Nagaland – Discovering India’s Forgotten Frontier

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Text and images by Subhasish Chakraborty   A team of Anthropologists from a Paris based NGO was scheduled to visit the Northeastern state of Nagaland. They...

Thailand: The Kayan in Limbo

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Text and Images by Guillaume Petermann The Kayan village of Thailand is a minority group of Myanmar (Burma), donning brass spirals around their necks for...

The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing Filipino children into hazardous work

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By Marielle Lucenio The Philippines had been making slow progress in its long fight against child labour, but the pandemic reversed the gains that had...
China , Opium , Drugs

When Opium was used for Toothaches

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We know of opium as the addictive narcotic that once held Asia drugged and spellbound. But the people of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand – still major producers of this “joy fruit” – once had a healthy relationship with its intoxicating effects
Cambodia, Skateboarding, Factory Phnom Penh

Breaking Boundaries : Cambodia’s Female Skateboarder Takes on the Asian Games

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With skateboarding making it's debut in the 2018 Asian Games, Cambodia’s top female skater,  Kov Chan Sangva aims to use the platform to break gender boundaries and inspire girls to get on skateboards

And Thereby Hangs a Tale

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Irrepressible, mischievous, resourceful yet eternally effervescent, the tale of the monkey is one that transcends continents, creeds, customs and centuries. In Asia, the monkey in his various guises has been venerated and deified perhaps even before 500 BC.

Spirits of the Yellow Leaves

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Text Shu Nimonjiya | Photos Geza J. Holzinger When development and preservation collide. In the highlands of Northern Thailand, there was once a truly isolated tribe...

Nepal’s Last Nomads Still Hunt and Eat Monkeys

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Nepal’s last hunting tribe subsists on primates as their main meal, but not for much longer