Asia

POEM       Sometimes At night While lying in bed Drenched with the sweat of memories The scents and flavors Of memories waft away–   Sweet With remembrances of love given and received Bitter With longings and hopes, unfulfilled…

Isn’t it enough that 150 million people died in the two world wars? Are we the people again the fuel of their geostrategic interests? These days we are witnessing a grotesque spectacle between the US with NATO, and Russia, taking…

Pressenza Interview with Dr Vinya Ariyaratne, President of Sarvodaya the largest NGO in Sri Lanka reaching with their message of compassion and nonviolence over 15000 villages in the country. Transcript: I am Antonio Carvallo editor of presence and member of…

Antonio Carvallo is one of the organizers of the WHF-Asia. With a background in law from the University of Chile, he joined the starting Humanist Movement founded by Silo, Argentine author and spiritual guide, in 1969. Over the subsequent years,…

On the birth anniversary of respected ShivaJi Maharaj, the Humanists met at Khandala, near Mumbai, India to launch the Manavatavadi Kisan Manch (Humanist Farmers Platform) and had two days of deliberations to chalk out the next program of its spread…

ENDANGERED SPECIES ESSAY We must safeguard the web of life and care about the other living species that we share this planet with. Pygmy tarsiers eat and host bugs that we’ve seen at home — insects, spiders, lizards, bedbugs, lice,…

21 February 2022.  Philippine environmental groups working for a zero waste and toxics-free society have expressed support for a robust negotiation mandate as governments from over 190 countries meet next week to tackle plastic pollution, including microplastics, and other pressing…

THE ARTS       Last February 12, 2022, there was an artists’ gathering at Cafetabac, a multi-cultural space in Hongseong city. It is one of the oldest cities, 111km away from Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. The…

The interviews in this article were conducted face-to-face as part of field research between October and December 2021. By Moushumi Basu The northeastern Indian state of Assam is more affected by climate change than any other part of the country.…

An environmental health and justice organization has called for people’s support to the government-led efforts to eliminate a highly toxic class of obsolete industrial chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that were widely used in old electrical equipment such as transformers…