Micro-habitats, Monsoon & the Case for Looking Closer A roadside ditch. A flooded paddy field. A puddle beside the road. Dr. Nabojit Das has spent years looking at the water bodies everyone else walks past — and finding entire ecosystems hiding in plain sight. By Dr. Nabojit Das Estimated read time: 4 minutes Assam and its neighbouring states sit directly in the path of the southwest monsoon, receiving immense amounts of rainfall every year. But not all of that water flows in