The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra: Samrat Choudhury, HarperCollins India, Noida, 2021

The Brahmaputra is the oldest antecedent and the widest braided river flowing through China, India, and Bangladesh. It is known as Tsangpo in Tibet, Siang in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, Dihang in the plains, Brahmaputra in Assam, and the Jamuna in Bangladesh. In The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra, Samrat Choudhury, a journalist and author, elucidates on the life around Brahmaputra in Assam and Bangladesh. The book is a travelogue wherein Choudhury describes his personal experiences juxtaposed with the broader environmental, socio-cultural, political, and strategic issues. The author begins his journey from Dibru Saikhowa to the three formative tributaries of Brahmaputra—Lohit, Dibang, and Siang—through Upper and Lower Assam, and finally to Bangladesh.