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Jute is an important source of livelihood in the eastern tip of India, bordering Assam and Bangladesh. The vast waterways still facilitate cheap transportation although interrupted and punctuated by the partition that ran along the rivers in the region, snapping vital river routes.

• Snail hunters of Siloni « Ashes & Diamonds March 30, 2010

  [...] hour’s drive at the max from the small town of Diphu is a natural river park called Siloni in Assam, India. As the regular swarm of visitors busy themselves bathing in the river or cooking around it, [...]