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An explosive investigation reveals how a criminal gang is colluding with the security forces of Bangladesh and has links to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

The 150th anniversary of the beginning of the tea industry in British Ceylon was marked in 2017 by a range of government and corporate events, mostly to promote Sri Lanka’s premier agricultural export. In counterpoint, the Gampola-based Tea Plantation Workers Museum and Archive hosted a symposium in Hatton that year, with the purpose of redirecting attention from crop and product, to cultivator and producer. Five papers: on historical dispossession; variations in production models; social and political exclusion in the North and East; women’s participation in unions and parties; and plantation political patterns, were recently published as ‘150 Years of Ceylon Tea and Community’ by the Kandy-based Institute of Social Development.

Public statement by the heads of the top Gandhian institutions of the country about the ongoing farmer agitation

Janam aur Jeevan, a short film (20 mins) about the hardships of pregnancy in rural India and women’s right to maternity entitlements. Released on the occasion of the recent cuts in budget allocations for maternity entitlements and ICDS.

From shouting matches to high-profile sackings, India’s mainstream media is facing a mounting credibility crisis.