July 2024

Malaysia

Encountering A Wild Asian Elephant On A Malaysian Highway

And he wasn’t too pleased! My thesis on human-elephant conflict had taken me to remote corners of Malaysia, but encountering an Asian elephant trumps all other experiences. One of the 13 countries in Asia with Asian elephant population Malaysia has a good number of wild elephants. But forest fragmentation and easy access to palm oil plantations bring them closer to

Maharashtra Mumbai Places to Visit

CSMVS: The Museum in Mumbai That Was Awarded UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Excellence For Restoration!

The museum in question is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) earlier known as Prince of Wales Museum of Western India that turned a century old on 10th of January 2022. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018, it was also declared the recipient of  the prestigious ‘2022 Award of Excellence of the UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural