River seen meandering around India (5)
I believe the answer is:
seine
'river' is the definition.
(river in France)
'seen meandering around india' is the wordplay.
'meandering' indicates an anagram.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'seen' anagrammed gives 'sene'.
'sene' going around 'i' is 'SEINE'.
(Other definitions for seine that I've seen before include "Paris river" , "Paris's river" , "Second longest river in France" , "Parisian river" , "French river -- type of fishing net" .)