India, Nov. 1 -- River Traveller tells the story of the Brahmaputra, the mighty river that rises in Tibet, travels through three countries and, after making its way across 2,900 km, flows into the Bay of Bengal. The river has fascinated cartographers, lured adventurers, attracted kings and dynasts, and supported life and ways of living by its banks. It is one of the world's longest and widest rivers, sustaining civilisations and agrarian systems. Alongside, its unmatched fury has destroyed human overreach for centuries. In River Traveller, veteran journalist and writer Sanjoy Hazarika travels with the river, in Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangladesh. He notes the changing face of the expansive waterbody. Making historical connections with conquerors and colonialists, studying natural disasters and minutely observing contemporary lives, he crafts a narrative befitting of his subject. From extremism to environmental responsibility, politics to ethnography, River Traveller touches on an array of subjects, to form an enduring study of life....