The Indian Grassbird is a ground-dwelling bird of freshwater wetlands and tall grass. It has a reddish-brown back and rump and a long tail with a white tip.
The upperparts are rufous brown with dark streaks, and the rump is rufous. It has a heavy bill and a long dark tail tipped with white.
It is active by day and lives on the ground in freshwater wetland scrub, where it feeds on invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.