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Nadisutra: Patna to Maniharighat

Team father and son paddle past the ghats, see the state of the water as well as the dwindling species of fish, and learn along the way from family, friends and fisher folk.

Posted on 08 Feb, 2015 03:47 PM

A dying river

Nadisutra: Paddling into many surprises!

8 rapids, the Anguilla eel, marsh crocodiles, tigers, freshwater dolphins and a topple! The journey along the Mahakali gets more intense (and interesting)!

Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 01:16 PM

24th November to 9th December

Journey to the Karnali-Ghaghra confluence

NadiSutra: Half way mark reached

The 45-day journey hits the 42-day mark but the father-son team are only at Patna. What has happened along the way, and what's in store next?

Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 12:05 PM

Our planned 2000 km-long canoe ride has brought us half way, to the old great river-port of Patna.

Nadisutra: Sailing into Patna

Fishermen and others along the way recount how the river has drastically changed over the years -- the flow of water, the amount of fish and much more.

Posted on 11 Jan, 2015 04:26 PM

The river is much bigger now, the clear waters of the Karnali-ghaghra, which comes all the way from Tibet and Nepal, mingling with the sand and silt laden Sharda to become turbid as well after a stretch. Right from the confluence onward, the abundance of dolphins seems to increase very noticeably.

NadiSutra: A 2000 km canoe ride to tell a river's story

A father-son team will follow the river Mahakali, which is proposed to be the longest and most radical link, to see and experience the effects of interlinking on the entire river system, and beyond.

Posted on 01 Dec, 2014 01:19 PM

2000 km on a kayak to follow 'their' river, to see and experience firsthand the progressions from the glaciers to the ocean, and to bear witness, both through images and the written word, to the radical changes being wrought on the entire river system, and beyond.

A long, winding and confusing path

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