{"product_id":"b08ys8q98s","title":"The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra","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\n\u003cp\u003eIn  The Braided River , 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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54231364764011,"sku":"YSL26608","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/61eTGmqNqYL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792834276","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b08ys8q98s","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}