Maldives: A Paradise on the Brink
If the global temperature keep rising, this paradise would be lost forever. Maldives is the lowest lying country in the world (the average height is 1.8 meters above sea level). Scientists estimate that melting polar ice caps could raise the ocean level by about 2 meters by the end of this century. This would swallow Maldives whole making its inhabitants the world’s first environment refugees.
Wild In Borneo
However when you let the rainforest open unto you, you realize that the forest itself is a primordial beast heaving with its own cadence and rhythm. In the silence you are overwhelmed by the persistent bell like sound of the cicadas broken only by the sounds of crickets. The forest is still but crawling with the little things that are so beautifully camouflaged that without a guide you would miss them altogether.
Sex and the Indian Journos.
Most journalists, come from the middle class and represent middle class values and obsessions. They like to believe in the slanderous exploits of others because these stories makes them feel better about their own sexually repressed lives.