Good Books with Arupjyoti Saikia
We organised a book reading and discussion session with historian Arupjyoti Saikia. The session started with Arupjyoti reading out sections from his book ‘The Unquiet River: Brahmaputra’. After the reading, the audience engaged in a free-flowing conversation about the themes of the book, what makes Brahmaputra unique and how current policies are affecting the river.
About the Scholar
Arupjyoti Saikia is currently a Professor in History at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati. He has a Ph.D from the University of Delhi and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. His research interests are primarily focused on the Economic, environmental and political history of modern Assam. His publications include 1) A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Assam since 1900, Routledge, Delhi, 2014, 2) Forests and Ecological History of Assam, 1826-2000, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2011, and 3) Jungles, Reserves, Wildlife: A History of Forests in Assam, Wildlife Area Development Trust, Guwahati, 2005. The Turbulent River: An Environmental Biography of the Brahmaputra, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
Connected Exhibits and Programmes
People and Water - photographs representing people and their relationship to water
The Unquiet River Brahmaputra by Arupjyoti Saikia - a public lecture and tutorial session