{"product_id":"river-traveller-journeys-on-the-tsangpo-brahmaputra-from-tibet-to-the-bay-of-bengal-paperback","title":"River Traveller - Journeys on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSanjoy Hazarika\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiver 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56272752443697,"sku":"9789363364578","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/xA9WZFvhNP9789363364578.webp?v=1789393051","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/river-traveller-journeys-on-the-tsangpo-brahmaputra-from-tibet-to-the-bay-of-bengal-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}