River Traveller by Sanjoy Hazarika [Hardcover]

River Traveller is a literary travel narrative and exploration of the Brahmaputra River, one of the world's great rivers. Drawing on more than two decades of travel and research, journalist Sanjoy Hazarika traces the river's journey from Tibet through India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal.

Along the way, he examines the river's geography, history, politics, ecology, and cultures. The book explores Tibet under Chinese rule, the work of explorers and mapmakers who sought to uncover the river's course, the lives of communities dependent on the Brahmaputra, and the environmental and political challenges facing the region.

Blending travel writing, reportage, history, ethnography, and environmental observation, Hazarika portrays the Brahmaputra not merely as a river but as a force that has shaped civilizations, economies, identities, conflicts, and landscapes across centuries.