Porto Flavia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2019
On the west coast of Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, there was once an unusual port. It’s a small opening on t...
Kyshtym: The Nuclear Disaster That Was Kept Secret For 30 Years
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2019
Thirty years before the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl exploded, in what became one of the most devastating nuclear accidents in history, ther...
How Kazakhstan Became The Entire Soviet Union For 4 Days
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2019
1991 was a notable year in the geopolitical history of the world. It was the year the Gulf War started marking the beginning of America’s c...
The Hanging Coffins of China And Philippines
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2019
The ancient Bo and Guyue people of southern China did not bury their dead. Instead, they hung their coffins from tall cliffs. This peculiar ...
The Warship That Couldn’t Stay Afloat
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2019
During the American Civil War, the Union Navy designed a class of warships called “Casco” that could submerge its hull at will to make the b...
Gilbert Hill: Mumbai’s Forgotten 66 Million Years Old Heritage
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2019
Concrete buildings aren’t the only thing that rises vertically in the metropolis of Mumbai, India’s most populous city. In a suburb, north ...
Martha Gellhorn, The Only Woman Who Landed in Normandy on D-Day
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2019
On the eve of the Normandy landings in June 1944, there were over a thousand war correspondents all over Europe reporting back to the mill...
Trevor, The Loneliest Duck
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2019
On an island far far away, there once lived a duck named Trevor. Nobody knew where he came from, because until his arrival there was no duck...
The Shoe Fitting Machines That Blasted You With Radiation
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2019
Finding the right fit for your shoes is not that difficult. All you need to do is take a short walk through the store in the new pair. Squee...
Ethiopia’s Church Forests
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2019
Ethiopia is almost completely depleted of its forest cover. In the early 1900s, nearly forty-five percent of the country was covered by fore...
