Rivers of Blood: The Aftermath of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2017
Early last month, a macabre image of a little girl posing in what appears to be a street flooded with blood-stained rainwater went viral ove...
The Earth Pyramids of South Tyrol
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2017
At many places across South Tyrol, in northern Italy, one can see a peculiar geological formation called “earth pyramids”. They consist of t...
Ireland’s Famine Follies
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2017
In the grounds of the Castletown Estate, near the Irish town of Maynooth, is a large stone structure comprising of interlocking arches, ador...
A Garden In A Sinkhole
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2017
The region in the southeast of South Australia, near Mount Gambier, is littered with many volcanic and karst features such as volcanic crate...
The Mysterious Sajama Lines of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2017
Crisscrossing the highland plains in western Bolivia is a network of thousands of near perfectly straight lines etched into the ground. Thes...
The Stockholm Telephone Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2017
By the late 19th century, the miracle device called the telephone had been invented but the simple concept of undergrounding telephone cable...
Appian Way, The First Roman Road
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2017
Of the many things the Romans were famous for, roads rank pretty high in the list by importance, along with bridges, viaducts and canals. To...
The Dust Bowl of The 1930s
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2017
The 1930s were some of the driest years in American history. Eight long years of drought, preceded by inappropriate cultivation technique, a...
The Cathedral of Light
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2017
Every year, the Nazi Party used to hold large annual rallies in Nuremberg, which was at that time the center of the German Reich. These rall...
The Mossy Lava Fields of Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 22, 2017
Moss is a common plant in Iceland. It grows abundantly in the mountainous region and is a special characteristic of Iceland’s lava fields. O...
