{"product_id":"9789354893148_the-braided-river","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. In \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. The 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\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":"Samrat Choudhury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46900002521237,"sku":"9789354893148","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9789354893148.jpg?v=1776992136","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9789354893148_the-braided-river","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}