The Taj Mahal needs little introduction. Rising from the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, it is one of the most famous monuments in the world, receiving over six million visitors per year. But there is a reality that is quite literally behind the Taj Mahal that we do not see in photos and films. Look at atypical Taj Mahal photos and read about the true story behind the Taj Mahal, India that you experience when you visit.

Our media intake influences how we experience the world. Lately, my life has been feeling like a coming of age story. What does coming of age mean and what do our favourite film genres tell us about how we experience life?

Have you ever wondered why there are so few Black African surfers in the Olympics? Here are three action points to include them in 2028.

What to make of contrasting experiences and narratives when travelling Mexico, or any other foreign country? Here is what it is really like

Why I decided to do a four-week Mamé dieta with the Indigenous Yawanawa in Aldeia Nova Esperança under guidance of Chief Isku Kua

Avatar: Ways of Water is now available on streaming platforms. The sequence on the Avatar from 2009 tells the story of the indigenous Na’vi on the planet Pandora that is again being attacked by people from Earth: ‘sky people’. The Na’vi live in a deep connection with everything on their planet. The ‘sky people’, however, did not come to Pandora for the Na’vi’s valuable philosophy of life, but for the planet’s valuable resources. Earth is dying so they need a new one. When I w

In my last blogpost I wrote about what my stay in the Yawanawa village from chief Iskua Kua has taught me about the forest as a pharmacy and the role of indigenous languages in preserving that knowledge. The value of indigenous languages surpasses the indigenous context and goes way further than merely protecting global cultural heritage. Indigenous languages are valuable because they can make us see the world differently and inspire a closer connection to our natural envi

As you may or may not know I have spent a month in the Brazilian rainforest at the end of 2022. I lived in a village of the indigenous Yawanawa led by chief Isku Kua . Yawanawa means ‘people of the wild boar’. I went there to do a Mamé dieta, which is a traditional and culturally significant dietary practice of the Yawanawa people that is done for the purpose of physical and deep spiritual purification. In that one month I have learned an infinite amount of lessons, both abou

We are raised in a society where most drugs are illegal. The reason they are illegal is because they are dangerous for yourself and for...