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…
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State: Assam
The Gamosa economy: Assam’s towel of many uses goes global
The gamosa, the woven cotton cloth that Assam uses for honouring guests, drying hands and everything…
Assam’s char-chapori cricket: the sandbar leagues that outdraw the stadium
When the Brahmaputra retreats in winter, the sandbars of Dhubri district turn into cricket grounds —…
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…
The Rabha people of the Goalpara belt: weaving the shawl that tells a story
The shawls of the Rabha people, woven in the villages of the Goalpara belt, carry bands…
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 Sikh heritage of Nagaon: a century of the langar on Assam’s plains
The gurdwara at Chaparmukh, built a century ago by Sikh families who came to Assam with…
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…
Assam’s jute revival: the fibre that built the plains comes back
The jute fields of the Brahmaputra plains, which fed a mill economy a generation ago, are…