Photo feature: The Ganga and its people
Travelling slowly on foot along the Ganga provides everyday glimpses of how the river is an intrinsic part of life of the people that live beside it
Author: Siddharth Agarwal
Photo feature: Plastic flows in the Ganga from source to sea
Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has largely ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in small towns and villages, where no solid waste disposal systems are to be found
Walking along a river in India can take you to the most magical places, but huge piles of plastic trash brings you back to reality…Read More
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