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When the river runs high

Each year the embankments break and each year the Brahmaputra and the Barak rivers flow over into the land, claiming hundreds of lives, destroying hom
Ritu Raj Konwar
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

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
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