How a Solar Storm Set Off Sea Mines During The Vietnam War
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2021
Buried deep within the archives of the US Navy, lied a mystery that was only recently solved. On August 4, 1972, dozens of naval mines that ...
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Slovak Radio Building: The Inverted Pyramid
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2020
Some call it ugly. Others defend it for its architectural features. Whichever faction you side with, you can’t deny that it is an exceptiona...
The Australian Floating Hotel That Ended Up in North Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2019
For little more than a year in the late 1980s, a seven-story five-star hotel floated over John Brewer Reef, about 70 km off the coast of Tow...
Hanoi’s Motorcycle Deliveries
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2019
Two-wheelers are the most popular mode of transport in Vietnam, especially in big and dense cities such as Hanoi. Motorbikes and scooters s...
The Wrecked Bomber of Huu Tiep Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2016
On the night of December 27, 1972, a US bomber B-52 was knocked out of the sky during a bombing raid on Hanoi, Vietnam. A part of the wrecka...
Vietnamese Water Puppet Shows
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2016
For centuries, Vietnamese kids and grown-ups alike have been entertained by a unique kind of puppet show —one that is performed on water. Th...
Floating Markets of Southeast Asia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 26, 2016
Floating markets, where goods are sold from boats, are a trademark attraction among the Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesi...
Unseen Pictures of The Vietnam War From The Other Side
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2016
What the western world remembers about the Vietnam War is defined by a handful of iconic photographs taken through the lenses of American an...
Aerial View of Hang Son Doong: The world's largest cave
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2015
Hang Son Doong is a cave in Vietnam, located near the Laos–Vietnam border, that is currently the biggest known cave in the world. Inside is ...
The Backyard Trains of Hanoi
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
The Old Quarter in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi is a bustling area of small, narrow streets packed with hundreds of buildings with charming ...
