AFTER THE DELUGE

Every monsoon, Bihar is devastated by the wrath of Himalayan rivers. A recent photo exhibition in Delhi captured the flood and the fortitude of its people.

- RIYA YADAV

AT the turn of monsoons each year, the plains of Bihar are the first to bear the wrath of the mighty Himalayan rivers cutting their way down to the region from Nepal. The swollen rivers, like dilated veins, spread across the land and swallow up its houses, farms, cattle, and, many a time, its people. While rains in northern Bihar carry a sense of foreboding, its community confronts its cyclical devastation and its aftermath with courage.