Brahmaputra

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Majuli mask of Assam receives GI tag

Majuli masks of Assam receive the prestigious Geographical Indicator(GI) tag for their unique cultural tradition. The craft dates back to the 15th century and is made on bamboo frames, with unique clay.

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An elephant on the loom in river island Majuli

Battered by crop depredation and low farm yield, Majuli’s weavers grasp the loom of opportunity, creating not just garments but a narrative woven with threads of hope and transformation.

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In step with Assam’s Sattriya dance

Kashinath Krishnapriya Institute of Performing Arts (KKIPA), Tezpur, Assam promotes India's Sattriya and Odissi Dance styles. Based in Tezpur's interior regions, they try their best to maintain the balance between the local and elite traditions.

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Conserving the biodiversity-rich Dora Beel in Assam

Assam’s Dora Beel, a wetland and lake that’s home to river dolphins, has been facing threats of sand mining and pollution. Now conservation initiatives, including a local festival, are trying to make a difference.

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Assam villagers dread wrath of ravaging river

Ahead of the monsoon, fear of displacement lurks amid villagers in Assam’s North Lakhimpur district as the Subansiri river threatens to devour their land and homes yet again.

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Big money in small mustards

Around 3,000 farmers and migrant returnees in Majuli – Assam’s flood-ravaged and eroding river island – reap rewards from growing climate resilient mustard.

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Families along Brahmaputra lose land to river erosion

Having lost homesteads and farmlands to river erosion, Assam’s farmers living in makeshift camps seek government intervention, even as state administration tries to rework a rehabilitation scheme announced in 2015

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Assam flood fury leaves high houses on river islands untouched

A simple innovation of building houses on a raised and reinforced earthen platform has spared many village homes on the easily flooded islands on the Brahmaputra and its tributaries