On the Farm

On the Farm

Sunday, April 17, 2005


A worker in a tea factory. Most of the tea workers, inside the factories and out picking the leaves, are women; most are Tamils. Although the northern Tamils have been in Sri Lanka for centuries, most of those working on the tea plantations began arriving from India 150 years ago. It took many years before the government granted them citizenship; in fact some of their descendants only became citizens, with benefits, two years ago. Posted by Hello

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