The Dimasa villages of the Barail range: mapping a forest people’s future
The Dimasa people of the Barail range are undertaking an unusual exercise: mapping their ancestral lands…
The Brahmaputra Board’s new river atlas: mapping the river that owns the maps
The Brahmaputra Board’s new river atlas, compiled from a decade of satellite surveys, is the most…
The Brahmaputra’s dolphin survey: counting the river’s rarest resident
The Gangetic river dolphin, the blind cetacean that navigates by sound, survives in the Brahmaputra in…
Assam’s rhino corridor: how a railway is learning to share the park
The railway line that threads through Kaziranga National Park kills animals every year — and the…
The Dimasa queen’s legacy: how a 19th-century warrior-ruler still shapes Dima Hasao
The story of the Dimasa queen who led her people against the British in the early…
The Brahmaputra’s night ferries: the river boats that never stop
The night ferries of the Brahmaputra run on schedules that predate the city’s streetlights: diesel boats…
The Brahmaputra’s first river cruise season: luxury on the world’s widest braided river
The Brahmaputra’s first full luxury cruise season is underway: seven nights, two dozen cabins, and a…
The Karbi Anglong youth: between the hills and the highway
The highway now threading through Karbi Anglong — the autonomous hill district between the plains and…