Sanjoy Hazarika currently lives near a forest in Shillong in the hills of Meghalaya and travels extensively across the North East and its neighbourhood. Over the decades, he has combined roles as researcher, columnist, mentor and practitioner. A former reporter for the New York Times, he is a recipient of the Rotary Peace Award for Writing and has been published extensively in Indian and international media. River Traveller is his sixth book. His earlier books include the acclaimed Strangers of the Mist and its sequel, Strangers No More. He has been co-editor of several books including Hope Behind Bars: Gender, Poverty and Livelihood in the Eastern Himalayas and Japan and India’s North East: Engagement through Connectivity. His work has also appeared in peer-reviewed journals and anthologies including the Routledge Companion to the North- East. He is currently completing a book on Mizoram. He has produced over a dozen documentaries including on the Brahmaputra, dolphins, governance, conflict and rights. In 2000, he founded the Centre for North-East Studies and Policy Research whose flagship programme is the innovative boat clinics on the Brahmaputra that reach nearly three lakh people every year with support from the Assam Government’s National Health Mission.
