Long before advanced hospitals, air ambulances and modern medical equipment reached the remote islands of Lakshadweep, there were nurses who kept the region’s fragile healthcare system running with little more than skill, determination and courage. One such nurse is Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada, whose decades-long career was shaped by emergency deliveries under candlelight, surgeries during power…

Located in the plains of Argentine Patagonia, is a site where history is painted on the rocks. Amidst striking cliffs, silent valleys and wilderness lies Cueva de las Manos or the “Cave of the Hands,” safeguarding the tales of folks who roamed these lands millennia ago. Marked with thousands of prehistoric handprints, hunting depictions and…

Artist: B.K. Mitra. (via Twitter: Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India) Before religious images could be created digitally, artists relied on paper, paint and painstaking handwork to give visual form to stories from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Hindu scriptures. Among those artists was B.K. Mitra, or Binay Kumar Mitra, whose paintings became closely associated with the religious…

National Vanilla Ice Cream Day National Vanilla Ice Cream Day is celebrated every year on July 23 and marks the most favourite day for ice cream enthusiasts who get an opportunity to indulge in this yummy frozen delight. While flavours like chocolate, strawberry, and many more innovative ones tend to attract a lot of attention,…