The Misings, the second-largest population among all the tribal groups in Assam, are the most resilient community in the floodplains. Despite being exposed to periodic natural calamities, they seem to have learnt well to adapt to the unpredictable riverine environment, and rebuild their lives. 

উজনি অসমৰ য’ত ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদী অসমত প্ৰৱেশ কৰে, তাতে আছে এই ক্ষুদ্ৰতম দ্বীপটো; নাম কবু চাপৰি। ১৯৫০ৰ পৰা ১৯৬৫ চনৰ ভিতৰত বহুতো পৰিয়ালে সুৰক্ষিত ভূমি আৰু জীৱিকাৰ সন্ধানত ক্ষতিগ্ৰস্ত কবু চাপৰি এৰিছিল। লাহে লাহে দ্বীপটো প্ৰাকৃতিকভাৱে সহজ হ’বলৈ ধৰিলে। ফলত কেইবাটাও পৰিয়াল পুনৰ দ্বীপটোলৈ ঘূৰি আহিল। সময়ৰ লগে লগে কবু চাপৰিৰ পৰিৱৰ্তন ঘটিছে। কবু চাপৰি আজিও বানত আক্ৰান্ত হয়। বানপানীৰ হোৱাৰ সময় আৰু তাৰ পাছৰ সময়খিনিও কবু চাপৰিবাসীৰ বাবে গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ হৈ পৰে। সম্পূৰ্ণকৈ পঢ়িবলৈ ইয়াত ক্লিক কৰক

Gogamukh, a growing commercial town, is thirsty! It is hard to believe that this revenue circle comprising 173 villages in the Dhemaji district is facing a lot of water related challenges.   Monoj Gogoi documents the changing environment of the floodplains areas and lives of the local communities in Gogamukh.

This is a brief recollection of personal experiences of people who came to live in the bustling metropolis! It seems everyone has a water story, writes Arup Jyoti Das, a story of bitter struggle, silent sufferings, of anxiety, and of helplessness of people as they try to secure water for the household. 

A newly married woman on the day of her arrival in the village, who was shocked to learn that there was no water in the house for the bride and her visiting family members to wash up and get refreshed. That triggered jokes around the village that no girl would like to marry a man from this area because of the water crisis.

Recurring floods and erosion are the regular annual visitors to the flood plains of upper Assam across. But despite the vagaries of the Subansiri and Ranganadi rivers, the flood-hit families return to their risky but familiar environs, and try to rebuild lives with renewed vigour.

The ecological history of the Chaibari village and the river Kaldiya has largely been shaped by intimate relations between the river and the communities settled along its banks. Both had influence on each other, at times friendly, at other times, adversarial; it was a connector as well as a divider.

Kobo Chapori, a tiny island close to where the mighty Brahmaputra was formed after the confluence of three big snow-fed rivers (Dehang (Siang), Dibang and Lohit), has been witnessed to unprecedented hydro-ecological transformation since the Great Earthquake of 1950. 

This story brings – the daily struggle of tea garden families for securing safe drinking water at the Borhat Tea Estate.. Ranjita Bania and Ishani Gogoi travelled to the Borhat Tea Estate to assess what it took to secure water for the tea garden workers, especially women who they met during their visit. 

Returning after 30 years to Singerband, Swapan Ashangbam was taken aback by the rapid ‘development’ of the area. What struck him most was the complete detachment of the community’s life with the river Barak, which he recalled, was central to village life. Now, people hardly use the river.