
Assam: ‘Left-Behind’ Women Wage Lonely, Futile Battle Against Extreme Floods
Sonitpur, Assam: “Izazul… Izazul…,” Muklesa Parveen (22) called out for her husband as she saw the flood water seeping into her one-room hut on the night of July 2, 2024, in Assam’s Bihagaon chapori. She lay on a wooden bed, nursing her infant, panic …