Eco-Tourism in North-East India – 6 Responsible Cottages And Homestays

Northeast India is not one of those destinations found in every traveler’s list. This is mostly because of the region’s remoteness, closeness to sensitive international borders and absence of proper infrastructure. Call it godsend, the niche tourism acts as a safeguard to the region’s rich but delicate environment and cultures, whereas, if mass tourism was … Continue reading »

Climate Change And The Future Of Assam: Floods, Erosion And Danger

Assam, located delicately where South Asia meets Southeast Asia, is a land blessed with an extremely rich biodiversity and cultures, and can arguably be considered as India’s most fertile state. But, as the years pass, more and more CO2 is getting released to the air, making the planet warmer. For those with a keen eye, … Continue reading »

Jadav Payeng Of Assam – The Man Who Grew His Own Forest

It is not easy these days to find an exceptional person. Someone who is genuine enough and compassionate enough – to surrender his life to giving. Leave all the magnificence of the whole wide world, and transcend to a state where none of it really matters. To go back to the roots; those that sprout … Continue reading »

Photo Of The Day ~ Namdapha National Park

The mighty Namdapha is a magical mystery; a forest that is alive, that has a spirit. And from the words of a good  and crazy friend, “it is absolute freedom!” The park can be considered as one of the last remaining tracts of the world’s greatest wildernesses. A boiling point of bio-diversity, but which is slowly disappearing. Converted into … Continue reading »

Photo Of The Day ~ Return Of The Wild

Manas National Park in Assam, India, was once booming with wildlife diversity. So much so, that it in the 1980′s, it was considered as one of the most important Eco-regions of the world, and was named by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. But then, came the disastrous 90′s, and Assam witnessed a decade of darkness – … Continue reading »

Photo Of The Day ~ Friends Of Forests

Men are at times incredible. They risk there own lives, for love for others. In Kaziranga National Park, India, the prestigious forest guards battle it out against hunters and loggers. Yet, a many of them loose their lives to the very animals they are protecting. For the grasslands of Kaziranga are teeming with wild animals; … Continue reading »

An Encounter With The Red Giant Flying Squirrel. At Namdapha National Park.

It was the last day of an expedition into Namdapha National Park. The three of us – me, Bhaskar and a tribal porter, were about fifteen miles deep inside the mighty forest, and to get to the nearest civilization seemed like a far-reaching dream. But yet, we couldn’t stop – not in this dense jungle. … Continue reading »

Dams pose a threat to Kaziranga and Manas

GUWAHATI: The officials of Aaranyak, city-based biodiversity conservation NGO, feel thatUNESCO should take cognizance of the impact of large dams in Arunachal Pradesh andBhutan on the state’s world heritage sites, Kaziranga national park and Manas national park. “Unless sincere efforts are made to check the large number of ecologically harmful and unsustainable dams in Eastern Himalayas, it … Continue reading »