Sumita Dutta 65 years of age lost her entire land to erosion. She lives on Majuli the biggest fresh water island in the world. She is forced to move away from her current house because of the danger of getting swept away. She now lives with her relatives.

Lili Saikia 47 yrs of age had to leave her house in Bahaka Bari village and live in a school classroom converted as a temporary shelter for flood affected families. She lost all her rice crop as well.

In Koshua , Kampur Romisha Khatun Age 44 a teacher by profession stands in an inundated classroom of a school. This school in low lying area went spared by the rivers hunger. Education remains affected during the months of monsoon.

Loknath Chetri 44yrs , a tribal from bogoroni village , lost 2.5 hectares of rice crop. The village lies near one of the tributaries of Brahmaputra which is also well known for its notorious shifting patterns. There is this uncertainty among people living dangerously close to the river.

The entire landscape in Assam keeps transforming due to the hungry river which swells up. Houses built on higher ground are saved from its wrath. It's mostly a gamble to live near the river or its tributaries.

The roads disappear and the trees afloat such is the situation of a village in Bhura Mayang in Assam every year due to rains. This visual of the transformed landscape is quite common in the months of May to September.

The fields behind him lie submerged. Yet his stride is purposeful determined to salvage what he can. It’s a quiet moment of resilience, where survival is shaped by the land, the water, and the hands that refuse to let go.

Shahidul Islam 16 yrs carries her cattle amid floods back to home after grazing them on a higher ground. He's lives in a village called Lutumari which was inundated because of an embankment breach. It's dangerous to walk on these invisible embankment roads because either sides there is a drop of at least 10 feet and only the locals know the way when they are inundated.

What people could save in just a night. A bed floats on a makeshift raft with cooking fuel after the river waters gushed into the village of Bordooba Toop.

Children row their way to school as floods swallow the roads. Responsibility comes early ,older ones guiding the younger adapting to a life where water dictates the path.

The road turns yellow with rice with farmer desperately trying to save their crop by drying them in sun. Farmers own around 1.1 hectare of land on an average and mostly lose 70-80% of their crop during the floods.

Assam being predominantly agrarian suffers massive losses in agricultural sector because of inundated farms.

In times of flooding, the community comes together to save what little remains of their harvest. Neighbours and families work side by side, often through the night, gathering scattered crops.This collective effort reflects not just the u

Biswanath Charali is another town severely affected by erosion, where a shared reality binds those living along the river , most families have been forced to shift their homes repeatedly, often one or two times within a single lifetime.

Children making their way to the school while walking on rice kept to dry during the floods. Some schools which are built on higher ground still operate during the floods.

Scars in the form of erosion. . For the people who depend on this land, erosion means more than just physical loss, it translates into reduced space for cultivation, diminished crop yields, and increased uncertainty about their future.

At dusk, women return after tending to their submerged fields. In unity they endure relentless work, quiet perseverance, and collective strength against the flood’s adversity.

Make shift shelters made on the embankment roads. The people of Bardooba top village make these tents and shift their belongings as a preemptive measure out of anxiety and fear of overnight flooding

Sand clings to a child’s back as they play on the riverbank, unaware of the river’s intentions.