The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal, a 48-year-old environmental activist, as he leads me along the refuse ...

Sue Perkins undertakes an epic, personal journey to the source of India's Ganges river in the Himalayas, meeting hermits and holy men to understand the sacred nature of this river.

He previously worked for Complex Magazine in New York City. Dozens of bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in India as the country deals with a recent increase in COVID-19 cases.