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Sunset by the Brahmaputra

TravelLenz — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:17:00 +0000

It was an October evening and the sun had just slipped under the horizon beyond the Brahmaputra at the Kachari ghat. We stood waiting in the golden hour, taking in the impossibly colourful vista of the Uma Nanda temple on the island a ferry ride away. There was a solitary approaching boat in the placid [...]

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Brahmaputra River and a golden sunset

Malini — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:15:42 +0000

What would you do if you had only an evening in Guwahati? Spend those precious hours at the expanse of the calm and unhurried Brahmaputra River. That’s what we did! We were at the fag end of our 21-day sojourn through the northeastern states. We were in Guwahati for just a night before catching our flight [...]

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Digboi: Remnants of a War and Oil Well

Malini — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:20:49 +0000

So, how did Asia’s first oil refinery get its name? You heard it right – Digboi. The year: 1882 Engineers, commissioned by the Assam Railways and Trading Company (AR&TC), were using elephants to haul the tracks amidst the swampy dense forests of north-eastern Assam. They were extending the railway line from Dibrugarh to Margherita. The AR&TC [...]

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