Main Reports
The Marginalized and Excluded Communities
Cha Sramiker Jibon O Sangskriti
Cha Sramiker Jibon O Sangskriti (Life and Culture of Tea Workers)A 13-minutes documentary film on Life and Culture of tea workers (Bangla and English)Screenplay and Direction: Philip GainEditing: Tulsi SahaCopyright: Society for Environment and Human Development...
Pothey Pothey
Pothey Pothey (English)32-minute documentary film on the Bede (gypsy) of Bangladesh (Bangla and English) Screenplay and Direction: Philip GainEditing: Ronald HalderProduction and copyright: Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), 2019. Pothey Pothey...
Bagan Mayer Sushasthya, Bagan Mayer Suraksha
Bagan Mayer Sushasthya, Bagan Mayer Suraksha (English)13-minute documentary film on women tea workers (Bangla) Screenplay and Direction: Philip GainEditing: Ronald HalderProduction and copyright: Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), 2019. The...
Sylvan Tears (Aranyer Artonad)
Sylvan Tears (English)40-minute documentary film on Modhupur sal forest, its demise and the forest villagers (Bangla and English) Direction: Philip GainEditing: Ronald HalderProduction and copyright: Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), 2005. The...
Mandi
Mandi (English)28-minute documentary film on Modhupur Sal forest and the Garos (Bangla and English) Direction and photography: Ashfaque MunirResearch: Philip Gain, Shishir Moral and Benedect MangsangEditing: Kazi Belal UddinProduction and copyright: Society for...
চা-শ্রমিকদের ধর্মঘটের অবসান, তারপর
ফিলিপ গাইন|bangla.thedailystar.net রোববার, সেপ্টেম্বর ৪, ২০২২ ০২:৪২ অপরাহ্ন | মজুরি বৃদ্ধির দাবিতে চা-শ্রমিকদের আন্দোলন। ছবি: সংগৃহীত/ফাইল ফটো আগস্টের ৯-২৭ দেশের উত্তর-পূর্বাঞ্চলের চা-বাগানগুলোয় শ্রমিকরা দৈনিক ৩০০ টাকা মজুরির দাবিতে নজিরবিহীন ধর্মঘট পালন করেন।...
Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?
By Philip Gain, The Daily Star, Sep 3, 2022 | Bangla Edition | English Edition Tea garden workers show three fingers in tune to their demand for Tk 300 in cash wage. Photo: Philip Gain During an unprecedented strike between August 9 and 27, the tea workers in...
Kick-off Workshop: Brattyajan Resource Center (BRC) Launched
Dedicated to the marginalized and excluded communities of Bangladesh, a long-cherished national entity—Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC)—was officially launched on 28 May 2022 in Dhaka. Eleven books and monographs and a documentary film on the marginalized communities...
Why are the tea workers on strike?
By Philip Gain, The Daily Star, Aug 14, 2022 Tea workers are among the most marginalised, excluded and poor of Bangladesh. PHOTO: Sanjay Kairi There was agitation in 158 tea gardens in Sylhet and Chattogram divisions during the tea-leaf-plucking season when the tea...
The National Tea Day Celebrated
The National Tea Day was celebrated for the second time on 4 June 2022 at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka. Last year the day was celebrated also at the same place. Last year no leader from Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union (BCSU), let alone any tea worker, was seen...