The Diplomat

An Unfair Trade: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tea Workers

For more than two centuries, Tamil tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka have been trapped in poverty, enduring structural ...

Sri Lanka, where tea is picked by hand for your cuppa – and eaten in a range of dishes

A lot goes into a tea bag, from growing and picking the leaves to fermenting and blending them. Nowadays tea also turns up on ...
Yahoo

Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives

CRAIGHEAD ESTATE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home for the safety of a nearby temple on the tea estate where she works. That same ...
UNHCR

Feature: Sri Lanka makes citizens out of stateless tea pickers

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (UNHCR) - Appu Kullamma does not remember anything about her motherland in India. Her earliest memories are of the tea plantations in Sri Lanka, where she grew up. "I can remember ...
Yahoo

I Trekked Across Sri Lanka's Tea Country—And It Opened My Eyes to Its Rich Culture

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The enchanting island of Sri Lanka has been known by many names. While under British rule for 133 years ...