The Tea-Garden JournalFamous for their Darjeeling tea, the tea gardens of Bengal were the birthplace of a workers union movement in the 1930s, while India was under British colonial rule. Protesting oppression by owners and managers, the workers formed unions, organized by the Communist Party of India, which pitted them against the owners and managers, their enforcers, and the constabulary. Despite the powerful opposing forces, the workers union was successfulthanks to

an elaborate house of cards

the German Romantic poet Novalis

the circus is a world of magic and spectacle for the viewer

this false witness’ voice

and pays tribute to the writers—such as Walser

Forty-eight brilliant and sensual color images accompany the text

and Rasheed Araeen

He has had retrospective of his works at Goethe Institute

a virgin and a mother—as well as the attendant divisions of speech and silence

Dirty’s Issue 04: Identity

to the practices and techniques of Indian artisans

ensconced within the real