The Beauty and the Bitterness
A life we rarely see A sweeping panorama of misty highland beauty greets the eye, bringing cool serenity to the heat and grit of Colombo. The result of combined efforts of more than 3 dozen youth from the plantation sector of Sri Lanka- and this time they have not been plucking tea leaves, but diverted their energies to a different art- the impactful skill of photojournalism. Their tireless civil society partners and artistic/creative advisors have pitched in to bring you an experience hitherto unparalleled. The Teh Kahata exhibition on photography brings you previously untold stories from the so called tea plantation sectors of Sri Lanka, bringing glimpses into a life we rarely experience beyond the uplifting sparkle of a cup of the world renowned Ceylon tea. Photo by WT Dhanushka Striking visuals The games that old folk like to say have become a long lost art still live here. A small child sits on a coconut frond while older children pull it along. One picture down some child...