Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Center for Contemporary South Asia

Sarah Besky Quoted on Darjeeling Tea Gardens

April 24, 2019

Photo of a closed darjeeling tea garden

Sarah Besky was quoted in Aniruddha Ghosal's April 17, 2019 article, Stuck in 'British India' for 29 Years, Why Polls Make No Sense to Residents of This Darjeeling Tea Garden. Ghosal discusses the recent contest between the TMC and BJP for the tea garden workers vote in the upcoming election, despite their lack of involvment within the tea gardens for decades. Read the full article.