The Worshiped Child: Nepal’s Living Goddesses

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Text by Khushi Makasare In Nepal, young girls are revered as supreme deities - but not for long. The sun rises over the Kathmandu Valley as...

The World’s Largest Community Kitchen

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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...

3 Key Buddhist Sites In Southeast Asia

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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...

International Orangutan Day

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The Orangutan has become a renowned victim of the palm oil industry much to the sadness of many. As an inhabitant of the rich...

The First Giant Panda Cub Born In Singapore Celebrates His First Birthday!

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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...

Project Tiger: Conserving India’s Forests

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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....

The Power in Venom: The Snake’s Role in Some of Asia’s Religions

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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...

The World’s Highest Rescue Mission

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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...