The Buried Village of Al Madam
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2018
About two kilometers south-west of Al Madam, a small town along the old Dubai-Hatta road, is a spooky little abandoned settlement. It was on...
Brine Pools: The Underwater Lakes of Despair
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2018
Just like there are waterfalls underneath oceans , there can be lakes on seabed too. One is kept separate from the surrounding body of wate...
Letters of Utrecht: The Endless Poem
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2018
In the Dutch city of Utrecht, a poem is growing—one letter at a time, every week, for the past six years. Every Saturday, at around one in...
Killer Wasps And Zombie Cockroaches
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2018
The emerald jewel wasp is a deadly and venomous insect, like all wasps are. Their sting can be excruciatingly painful for humans. Neverthele...
Beijing’s Underground City
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2018
One of the entrance to the Underground City in Beijing. Photo credit: Scott Sherrill-Mix/Flickr In the late 1950s, relation between the tw...
India Unveils World’s Tallest Statue
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2018
The controversial Statue of Unity dedicated to India’s first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled today at a remo...
Foucault Pendulum And The Pantheon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2018
In the old Latin quarter in Paris, stands a magnificent 18th century building—the temple to all the gods, the Pantheon. Originally construct...
The Disgusting Food Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2018
A new museum aimed to assault the olfactory senses of visitors and churn their stomach opened yesterday in Sweden’s third largest city, Mal...
Horse-Drawn Boats
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2018
Before diesel and electric engines made sailing convenient, boats and barges had to be either rowed or pulled. In many European countries su...
The Ziggurat of Choga Zanbil
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2018
The Egyptians had pyramids, the Mesopotamians had ziggurats, which are massive brick structures with raised platforms with successively rece...
