Articles by: Pragya Ranjan

The present and the future of Darjeeling tea

The present and the future of Darjeeling tea

An exclusive interview with Sandip C Jain about Darjeeling and its tea industry    Darjeeling tea is known worldwide for its delicate taste and for being one of the most expensive teas. Despite this, when we look at the tea laborers we find how little their condition has changed over time. They still have to protest for days to increase[Read More…]

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Darjeeling- a journey through time – Colonialism and Establishment of Darjeeling 

Darjeeling- a journey through time – Colonialism and Establishment of Darjeeling 

An interview with Dr Sonam B Wangyal regarding how Darjeeling came into being and assumed its present state We all know about Darjeeling tea but little do we know about its history. The story of the establishment of Darjeeling has many twists and turns. There are only few works which are done on this topic and hence we have very[Read More…]

by 05/04/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Animal Farm of Indian Right Wing

Animal Farm of Indian Right Wing

 17 August: On the 75th anniversary of a classic  work Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903–21 January 1950), known to all of us by his pen name George Orwell, described the source of the idea of setting the book on a farm: “I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping[Read More…]

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