Nyepi: Bali’s Day of Silence
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2020
Every year, towards the end of March, the entire island of Bali in Indonesia, goes into standstill. Flights are grounded, shops remain close...
Digitally Reconstructed Medieval Castles
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2020
Europe is known for its magnificent castles and fortresses, but only a few survive in their original form. Since reconstructing them would b...
The Guillotine Haircut
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2020
Women traditionally wore their hair long. So when did short hair become the vogue? Some say it became fashionable only about hundred years...
Forgotten Jobs: Dog Whipper And Sluggard Waker
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2020
Photo: Nelson Antoine/Shutterstock.com In 16th-century England, stray dogs disrupting church service became such a big problem that many...
Joseph Bell, The Real Sherlock Holmes
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2020
An illustration of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson that appeared in a stamp printed in Alderney, circa 2009. Photo: Olga Popova/Shutterstoc...
The Quarantine Quarters of Dubrovnik
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 26, 2020
Social distancing and quarantine are not new concepts. During the Middle Ages, when Europe and Asia were devastated by deadly outbreaks of p...
Run Out of Toilet Paper? Use a Stick
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 25, 2020
Hoarding toilet paper. Photo: DigitalMammoth/Shutterstock.com Chances are, you’ve run out of toilet paper, unless you are the type who b...
Fatal Familial Insomnia: The Disease That Kills by Sleep Deprivation
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 25, 2020
Everybody suffers from a little insomnia once in a while, but what if you were unable to sleep for months? Early studies conducted on do...
How Coronavirus Emptied The World’s Streets
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2020
As millions of people around the world lock themselves indoors in order to prevent transmission of the dreaded coronavirus, the world outsid...
The Mulberry Harbours of Normandy
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2020
When the sea goes out in Arromanches-les-Bains, a small village on the coast of Normandy in northwestern France, the large concrete pontoons...
