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…
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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 Barak’s sand islands: how Bangladesh’s biggest river shapes Silchar’s world
The Barak river, which rises in Manipur and drains to the Bay of Bengal, throws up…
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 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…
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…