Asian Geographic Magazines

Text by Khushi Makasare Utensils clatter. Sweltering heat engulfs the room. Hundreds of volunteers busily go about their work. These are all familiar to anyone setting foot in the kitchen of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. The Golden Temple is the holiest gurdwara, a "door to the guru". Located in northern India, this place of worship and assembly is...

BOROBUDUR Central Java, Indonesia Located on the Indonesian island of Java, Borobudur is the largest and most famous Buddhist temple in the world. The temple is believed to have been built over a period of 75 years in the 9th centuries by the kingdom of Sailendra. Nine platforms are stacked on each other; six squares and three circular. A dome sits...

The Orangutan has become a renowned victim of the palm oil industry much to the sadness of many. As an inhabitant of the rich tropical forests of Borneo and Sumatra, deforestation has gravely endangered these intelligent animals. International Orangutan Day has been established in order to raise the all important awareness of the threats which Orangutan’s face and is in...

Text and images by the Mandai Wildlife Group Le Le, the first Giant Panda cub to be born in Singapore, has just turned one (on the 14th August) and is stepping into his first year with a taste for solid food and new positive reinforcement skills learned at panda-garten. His birthday festivities started early at River Wonders when his care team...

Text and images by Subhasish Chakraborty   This is where things stood in 1994, when a Time magazine cover shouted that the Tiger was “Doomed”, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit warned –“There may not be another chance to save Tigers”. This new crisis galvanised the conservation community. It became clear that saving the tiger was not a battle to...

Text by Khushi Makasare Snakes may be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths across India each year, but this fearsome reptile is a powerful symbol in the region’s religions. Snakes have been milked for their venom for centuries. Frenchman Léon Charles Albert Calmette (1863–1933) created the world’s first anti-venom for snake bites in 1894. The immunologist developed antibody-based anti-venom by injecting...

Text and images by Subhasish Chakraborty As a much published Travel Writer and a diehard Himalayan aficionado, I vividly recall my association with Nepal’s first ever Tourism campaign – The Visit Nepal Year 1998. I was then working for one of Nepal’s premier inbound tour operator – Nepal Travel Information Centre at their New Delhi based office and inspite of my repeated requests for...

Text and images by Subhasish Chakraborty Drugs and Everest are virtually the height of contradiction. The former epitomises negativity, doom and darkness, while the later signifies positivity, victory and heroism. Let us be honest. Today, we live in a world where summitting Mt.Everest has become a symbol of pride, vanity and arrogance. I am compelled to quote Pablo Figueroa’s no hold’s barred article entitled...