180 year old Assam Tea industry gets its first woman garden manager
Manju Baruah, 43, is the new manager of Apeejay Tea’s Hilika Tea Estate near Dibrugarh in Upper Assam. The tea leaves are pluck by women, but they are always led by male ‘Sardars’. Now, history has been scripted.
STAFF REPORT, GUWAHATI TIMES
