The project, as titled, ‘Where the River Ends’ is based on the river Brahmaputra and its surrounding valley. One of the major antecedent rivers of Asia, the river Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh, and is known by different names in different locality. In Assam, the river is most commonly addressed as Luit or Burha Luit (literal - old Luit, metaphorical derivation - old man river). The River has been a source of multiple regional folk stories, songs, poems and philosophical inspiration. The only river in India to be addressed as Nad (masculine form of Nadi - River), is personified as the cultural ‘Old Father’ in multiple regional scriptures. Its brute force and untimely nature have been the source of multiple personal as well as cultural losses, in a way, conditioning the native civilization to the lessons of acceptance and adaptability. One of my personal relationship with the river Brahmaputra is through my grandfather. In the year 2013, 5th of September, my grandfather decided to end his life by jumping in the river Brahmaputra.
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