Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has been elected as one of the members of the Tea Board of India. When he was asked by a journalist about his further course of action after being elected, he responded as follows: “As you are aware the Darjeeling Hills, Terai and Dooars along with neigbouring Assam produce some of […]

Writes: Chandan Pariyar It’s time for the Monsoon flush, fighting with the wind and the rain women are seen bent at their waist behind the tea bush, plucking the tea leaves and carefully tucking it inside the cane basket hung on their head. Their sunburnt faces and the frostbitten hands may tell you hundreds of […]