The Russian Woodpecker
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2017
Anyone who listened to shortwave radio or was a ham radio operator from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s will be familiar with a sharp, repet...
The Fortified Villages of Khevsureti
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2017
Tucked away in the Caucasus Mountains in the north of Georgia, is the historic province of Khevsureti. Its men were once renowned in martial...
Britain’s Thankful Villages
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 27, 2017
War memorials are a familiar sight in towns and villages across Britain, somberly remembering the sacrifices made by millions of ordinary yo...
Poles of Beauty
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2017
An image recently published by one of my favorite blogs, Astronomy Picture of the Day, made me realize that our planet earth posses perhaps...
Checkpoint Charlie
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2017
For nearly thirty years until the end of the Cold War, Berlin lay divided both physically and ideologically by the infamous Berlin Wall that...
Ethiopia’s Churches In The Sky
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2017
The ancient Kingdom of Axum, now a part of Ethiopia, was one of the first nations in the world to adopt Christianity. The religion took stro...
How Clowns Trademark Their Face By Painting On Eggs
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2017
Every clown’s face makeup is unique, or at least, they should be, for there is an unwritten rule within the clowning community that no clown...
Toronto’s Camouflaged Electric Substations
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2017
More often than not, industrial infrastructures are an eyesore, especially when they are smack in the middle of a beautiful city like Toront...
Cultybraggan: Britain’s Last POW Camp
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2017
The Cultybraggan camp located near the Scottish village of Comrie, in Perthshire, is one of the last remaining World War 2 Prisoner of War C...
Decorating Fences With Trash, The New Zealander Way
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 9, 2017
New Zealanders have a unique way of discarding their trash—they hang them on fences. Bras, boots, toothbrushes, bicycles, everything that ha...
