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A remote and tropical destination where elephants ‘fly’…for now.

Fashion concepts, not bombs, erupt on Pakistan’s runways.

Strong Asian flavors waft into latest international film event.

An Atlantic feature titled ‘The National Bread of Afghanistan,’ accompanied by a 21-photo slideshow, got me wondering what kind of last minute editorial bind they must have been in to produce such an extensive piece on bread in their food section. Ce

Thanks to the Internet, I’ve again been blessed with information I may have missed otherwise. A UK-based colleague has just informed me (by email) that acclaimed photojournalist Don McCullin, best known for capturing iconic images of conflicts in Vie

‘It’s about the Buddha, yo. Hey brother, listen carefully! You got it? No? You don’t? Okay, baby, no problem.’This hip-hop excerpt is just a small taste of a new wave of Japanese Buddhism that is becoming increasingly popular, at least according to a

In the week leading up to Valentine’s Day in Japan, there was a steady flow among the major cities’ females. First they hit up grocery store baking isles in droves, and then moved on to craft shop gift-wrapping sections. Later they dispersed graceful

I couldn’t resist a headline which read, ‘Best Ever Commercials of India,’ jumping out at me on a popular aggregation website recently. Clicking through, I found myself on a strange marketing website that despite its lack of cohesion, as promised, ha

Acclaimed chef and restaurateur Mai Pham was born in Vietnam, raised in Thailand and moved to the US-where she currently resides-with her family back in 1975. And despite having started her professional career as a TV reporter, she eventually turned

Both sexy and affordable, at least according to Travel and Leisure magazine, is Langkawi, a cluster of 99 islands off of Malaysia’s north-western coast. The publication included the Asian destination in a recent round, calling it a ‘nature-lover’s pa

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. -Ansel AdamsDespite being a writer myself, I continue to believe that a sensitive or timely image can sometimes replace swathes

‘From a Calcutta brothel to a New York University,’ reports the BBC today on one of the eight children who were featured in the 2004 documentary Born into Brothels, a remarkable film about finding hope through art for some of the most unfortunate you