The Misings live in elevated houses called Kare Okum (Chang Ghar in Assamese) built on bamboo stilts or wooden poles Credit: Pranjal Kumbang

Much of Assam’s flood management approach is focused on building embankments which is often argued to have facilitated a process of ‘contractor raj. Fair amount of literature and evidence over......


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