{"product_id":"river-traveller-journeys-on-the-sanjoy-hazarika-9789363363588","title":"River Traveller- Journeys on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal","description":"\u003cp\u003e River Traveller tells the story of a great river, as powerful as it is mysterious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Brahmaputra rises in Tibet, travels through three countries and, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter travelling over 2,900 kilometres, flows into the Bay of Bengal. It has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efascinated cartographers, lured adventurers, attracted kings and dynasts, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand has supported life and ways of living by its banks. It is one of the world's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elongest and widest rivers-sustaining entire civilizations and agrarian systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlongside, its unmatched fury has destroyed human overreach for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn River Traveller, veteran journalist and writer Sanjoy Hazarika makes epic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejourneys down the mighty river and describes all of this-and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his travels spanning over two decades, Hazarika gets to know the river\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintimately, and brings both a journalist's eye for reportage and a writer's fine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esensibility to his descriptions of places, people and events, and his accounts of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe river's historical burden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe describes a Tibet that is trying to hold on to its cultural legacy in the face\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Chinese rule and the land's exploitation for its resources. He recounts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories of explorers, spymasters and map-makers who discovered the route of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe river. Travelling with the river in Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBangladesh, he notes the changing face of the expansive waterbody. Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistorical connections with conquerors and colonialists, studying natural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisasters, and minutely observing the contemporary lives of people, he creates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea narrative as majestic as his subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom extremism to environmental responsibility, politics to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eethnography, River Traveller touches on a multitude of subjects, and is an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenduring study of human life and natural history. It is a rich and memorable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eportrait of one of the mightiest rivers on our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sanjoy Hazarika\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9363363589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363363588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Sanjoy Hazarika","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874597515519,"sku":"9789363363588","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/river-traveller-journeys-on-the-sanjoy-hazarika-9789363363588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}