Brahmaputra crosses danger mark in Guwahati as monsoon surge continues
River levels are expected to peak within 48 hours as relief camps open across the city.
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The Brahmaputra’s river islands: Majuli’s museums and the fight against erosion
Majuli, the vast river island in the Brahmaputra, loses metres of its banks to erosion every…
The Tipaimukh question: why a dam on the Barak keeps resurfacing in regional politics
The proposed Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river has resurfaced in regional politics, a decade after…
Assam’s ‘mising’ river culture: floating houses and the art of living with water
The Mising people, who migrated to Assam’s river plains centuries ago, have perfected a way of…
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…
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 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…