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08/01/2026
Deep in Southeast Asia, shared by Malaysia and Indonesia, Borneo’s rainforest stands older than most ideas we carry about progress.
This forest does not impress loudly. It simply continues. Trees rise without symmetry. Rivers change their minds. Animals appear and vanish without explanation. Life here has never been in a hurry.
People living around the forest respect this patience. They don’t try to dominate it — they negotiate with it. The pride here comes from endurance, not control.
Borneo reminds us that growth does not always mean expansion. Sometimes it means staying alive quietly, without applause, for centuries.
In a world obsessed with speed, this place offers a different achievement — survival without noise.
And that, perhaps, is the rarest success of all.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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