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| Article Name : | | | EXPLOITATIVE LABOUR REGIME: WOMEN LABOUR IN TEA ESTATES OF SONITPUR, ASSAM | | Author Name : | | | Binod Sarmah | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-6087 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Tea Garden Women Labour of Sonitpur in Assam has had a long history of oppression, repression and suppression by ‘private’ and ‘public’ patriarchies underlying the political and socio-economic system, despite their major contributive roles, both in reproduction as well as production, to plantation economy. About half of the labour force constitutes women in the Tea Estates of Sonitpur. It is revealed by their recruitment in large numbers in Tea Estates which signifies that their work is considered as ‘productive labour’. The most important occupation of Tea Garden women labour is production of tea through intensive labour which shows their gendered attributes to the different tasks performed in the Tea Estates of Sonitpur. | | Keywords : | | |
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