Simply Put: Wretched of the earth

Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

Survey highlights severe nutrition deficiencies in West Bengal tea workers

Study carried out following death of a tea worker due to starvation

Bengal's tea belt: 3 lakh voters, but nobody cares about elections

Tea garden workers in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and North Dinajpur, which go to polls on April 18, depend on Bhutan more than India for employment …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Residents of closed tea estate decide to boycott elections

Bundapani is one of the seven closed plantations in northern West Bengal where starvation deaths have been reported in recent past

Two leaves and a bud, a tale of certain exotics

Sayantan Bera chronicles the simmering discontent in the picturesque tea gardens of Assam, Darjeeling

Development projects threaten Dehing Patkai sanctuary

National Board of Wildlife panel to visit the area to review proposals

Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam

Rural employment guarantee scheme is keeping them engaged