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Fishing nets put out to dry. The Misings are expert fishers.

Living on the edge: Assam's Mising tribe

They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis

Ritu Raj Konwar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

Living on the edge

They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis

Ritu Raj Konwar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

Squeezing a river dry

The Kulsi river in Assam is a habitat of the endangered Ganges river dolphin, but illegal sand mining and the existence and construction of bridges ar

Text by Sushanta Talukdar ,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

A Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in the Kulsi river (40 km way from Guwahati), the unique habitat of the species in Kamrup district, Assam.

Threats to the Kulsi river in Assam

The Kulsi river in Assam is a habitat of the endangered Ganges river dolphin, but illegal sand mining and the existence and construction of bridges ar

Text by Sushanta Talukdar ,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

Threats to the Deepor Beel

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

Sushanta Talukdar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

Wild Asiatic elephants frolicking and foraging in Deepor Beel on the outskirts of Guwahati.

Deepor Beel, the riverine wetland in lower Brahmaputra valley, on the brink

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

Sushanta Talukdar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar