{"product_id":"the-braided-river-a-journey-along-the-brahmaputra","title":"The Braided River","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga in Bangladesh, it becomes the largest in Asia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Braided River\u003c\/em\u003e, journalist Samrat Choudhury sets out to follow its braided course from the edge of Tibet where it enters India down to where it meets the Ganga at a spot marked by the biggest red light district in Bangladesh. Along the way, he meets suspicious Indian spies, gets packed off on the back of a cement truck by soldiers, visit a shelter home for baby rhino and elephant orphans in Kaziranga, and hops from river island to riverside town meeting the locals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tales of these encounters spice up a story that weaves in the history of the emergence of the border between India and China in Arunachal Pradesh, the formation of the Assamese identity – a matter of great contemporary relevance owing to the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act – and the ecological challenges posed by proposed dams. This is a genre-bending book that touches upon several hot-button issues – environmental, military and political – as it blends travel, memoir and history with the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samrat Choudhury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953186009135,"sku":"9789390327584","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789390327584.jpg?v=1770794221","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/the-braided-river-a-journey-along-the-brahmaputra","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}