Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India's river islanders return home in between floods
by Anupam Nath
May 22, 2024
2 minutes
Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year.
The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River. The island, like two thousand others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes rain heavier and more erratic in the region.
The family move
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