Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Eastern Vidarbha: A Tryst With De...
Eastern Vidarbha: A Tryst with Destiny Could Eastern Vidarbha, long dismissed as a ‘lagging’ region, hold the keys to building a regenerative economy.

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From Soil To The SKies: Threats L...
From Soil to Sky: Our Threatened Sarus Cranes The last few Sarus Cranes in Maharashtra cling to survival in their last fragile home in Gondia district.

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The Smallest Carnivores
The Smallest Carnivores Meet the relatively unstudied, yet sophisticated hunters of the plant kingdom through Soham Kacker’s stories.

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Let’s Stop Pushing: Planetary Bou...
Let’s Stop Pushing Planetary Boundaries Human activities are shoving the biosphere beyond the planetary boundaries, risking the disruption of life-support.

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Updates From The Fields - KFT Dec...
Updates from the Field Notes, anecdotes and reports from Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s projects across the country.

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Real People, Real Food
Real People, Real Food. With climate change affecting food systems, Ashwin Paranjpe poses what is perhaps one of the most challenging questions: How do we eat.

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The InBox - November 2025
INBOX Letters from you!

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Worm Warning
CITY BEAST: WORM WARNING What an arrow worm washed ashore on Mumbai’s city beach teaches Sahir Doshi about harmful plastic entering the food chain.

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Sugar Babies
SUGAR BABIES Reuniting leopard cubs lost in sugarcane fields with their mother ensures the little ones survive, writes Neha Panchamiya.

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Photofeature: We Are What We Eat
PHOTOFEATURE We are what we eat.

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Letter To A Friend
Valmik brought the story of India’s tigers to the world – a conservation force in his own right and a cherished member of the Sanctuary Asia family.

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Unseen Ecology
Unseen Ecology The interconnectedness of mangrove ecosystems is dramatically revealed by Soham Kacker through the flight of fireflies.

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