Rozabal Shrine: The Tomb of Jesus
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2023
In the Khanyar area of Kashmir, India, in downtown Srinagar, there is an old shrine—a modest stone building with a traditional Kashmiri mult...
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Pidakala War: The Cow Dung Fight
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2023
The Hindu new year or Baisakhi is celebrated throughout India in mid-April. The celebrations vary across states and from culture to culture,...
The World’s Oldest Optical Illusion
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2023
In the October 1892 issue of Fliegende Blätter , a German humor magazine, there appeared an image depicting an optical illusion. The image w...
London to Calcutta by Bus
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2022
For fifteen years from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, it was possible to hop on to a bus in London and travel all the way to Calcutta, I...
Gol Gumbaz: The Taj Mahal of South India
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2022
In the city of Bijapur, in the south Indian state of Karnataka, stands one of the grandest royal tombs to be ever constructed in India. Aptl...
The Two-Headed Boy of Bengal
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2022
In May 1783, in a small village named Mundul Gaut, in Bengal, India, a strange child was born. He had two heads. The midwife assisting the...
Watson’s Hotel: India’s Oldest Cast Iron Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2022
Early one morning In 1867, a traveler walking through the familiar streets of Kala Ghoda district in Bombay noticed something strange “like ...
Mahabat Maqbara: A Forgotten Testament of Artistry
Anonymous
Jun 8, 2022
In Junagadh, Gujarat, the confluence of cultural influences in India epitomises in the form of an overlooked monument. Mahabat Maqbara—an ep...
Mehrangarh Fort: Of Brick, Mortar & Death
Anonymous
May 19, 2022
In Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, murals lend insight into the infernal past of Hindu traditions. Its imprinted walls and resounding...
The Mysteries of Nidhivan
Anonymous
May 13, 2022
Every year millions set foot on Vrindavan with one motive: to witness Krishna’s raasleela . This dance of coquetry has riddled the pages of ...
