Edith Allonby: The Writer Who Courted Death For Her Novel
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2025
Getting published has never been easy. Even the most celebrated authors once faced rejection after rejection. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter w...
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The Great Tea Race of 1866
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2025
On a grey morning in late May 1866, the waterfront of Fuzhou buzzed with anticipation. Along the Min River, some of the fastest ships ever b...
John Taylor: The Oculist Who Blinded Bach
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2025
Legendary German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach suffered from weak eyesight for much of his life. His handwriting—beautiful in ...
Flak-Bait: The Most Resilient Aircraft of World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2025
The Martin B-26 Marauder was one of the most successful bombers operated by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. It was also one of...
The Vanishing of SS Vaitarna: The “Titanic of Gujarat”
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2025
On the morning of November 8, 1888, the passenger steamer SS Vaitarna departed from Mandvi—a busy port in Kutch, in the Indian state of Guj...
Macquarie Island’s Ecological Upheaval
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2025
Macquarie Island, a windswept outpost in the south-western Pacific Ocean between Tasmania and Antarctica, is a place of staggering natural w...
N1: The Rocket That Failed To Put Soviets On The Moon
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 20, 2025
On May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy stood before a special joint session of Congress and announced the ambitious goal to land an...
The Stegosaurus of Ta Prohm
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2025
Hidden among the sprawling roots and ruins of Ta Prohm , one of Angkor’s most atmospheric temples, lies a carving that has sparked fascinati...
Nowe Ateny: Poland’s Eccentric First Encyclopedia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 14, 2025
In 1745, a Polish parish priest named Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski published Nowe Ateny (New Athens), the first encyclopedia ever written...
The Invincible Bramah Lock
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2025
It is 1790, and you find yourself at 124 Piccadilly, London. As you stroll past the rows of shops, one window in particular catches your eye...
