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  • ‘Tripping Down The Ganga’: A son’s faith and scepticism, and the worship and neglect of the river

    ‘Tripping Down The Ganga’: A son’s faith and scepticism, and the worship and neglect of the river

    Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
    · Apr 06, 2025 · 07:30 am
  • ‘Fire on the Ganges’: What life in Varanasi is like for the Doms who dispose of corpses

    ‘Fire on the Ganges’: What life in Varanasi is like for the Doms who dispose of corpses

    Shubhangi Tiwari
    · Nov 04, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • Watch: Stunning visuals of waves in the river Ganga caused by heavy rains

    Watch: Stunning visuals of waves in the river Ganga caused by heavy rains

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 15, 2020 · 09:17 am
  • A 19th-century plan involving the Godavari was designed to ‘throw open all of India to all China’

    A 19th-century plan involving the Godavari was designed to ‘throw open all of India to all China’

    Sunil Amrith
    · Feb 18, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Is the river male or female? How gendered language shapes the way we see the world

    Is the river male or female? How gendered language shapes the way we see the world

    Ella Tennant, The Conversation
    · Dec 01, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Video: India’s national aquatic animal is fighting a losing battle

    Video: India’s national aquatic animal is fighting a losing battle

    Ramakrishnan M
    · Nov 01, 2017 · 08:45 am
  • An unholy mess at Kanpur: How all plans to clean up the Ganga have totally failed so far

    An unholy mess at Kanpur: How all plans to clean up the Ganga have totally failed so far

    Juhi Chaudhary
    · Feb 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • First read: When the Tamil Lalgudi Iyer discovers he is the reincarnation of Bhima

    First read: When the Tamil Lalgudi Iyer discovers he is the reincarnation of Bhima

    Ryan Lobo
    · Nov 25, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Can a riverine transport network give an environmental boost to India and its neighbours?

    Can a riverine transport network give an environmental boost to India and its neighbours?

    Dipak Gyawali
    · Sep 15, 2016 · 11:30 pm