Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed the release of the film The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond after a Division Bench set aside an earlier interim stay imposed by a Single Bench. The Division Bench, while hearing an appeal filed by the film’s producers, vacated the temporary stay order that had restrained the…
American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan captured widespread attention at the 2026 Grammy Awards red carpet with a daring, fashion-forward appearance that quickly became one of the night’s most discussed moments. The performer — who earned her first Grammy last year — stepped onto the red carpet in an avant-garde Mugler creation enhanced by temporary body art…
An enduring funerary practice dating back centuries continues to draw global attention SAGADA, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES — High on the limestone cliffs of northern Luzon, rows of wooden coffins hang precariously on rocky ledges—silent witnesses to one of the Philippines’ most unique and ancient Indigenous funerary customs. The Kankanaey people, one of the major ethnolinguistic…
C Mahesh MAPIMÍ BIOSPHERE RESERVE, MEXICO — Deep in the remote expanse of the Chihuahuan Desert, researchers are once again turning their attention to La Zona del Silencio — the Zone of Silence — a region long shrouded in folklore, scientific puzzles, and unexplained incidents. Frequently compared to the Bermuda Triangle, this 50-kilometre stretch where…
C Mahesh Cao Viejo Pyramid, El Brujo, Peru — In 2006, deep within the sun-baked adobe walls of the El Brujo archaeological complex, scientists uncovered a secret that would rewrite the history of ancient Peru: the mummified remains of a woman who wielded extraordinary power in Moche civilization, nearly 1,500 years ago. She is now…
Marajo Island, Brazil:In one of the most unusual and visually striking policing methods in the world, officers on Brazil’s northern Marajó Island are patrolling floodplains and forests not on horses or in vehicles, but on Asian water buffalos. The distinctive practice has turned into a symbol of the island’s culture and environmental adaptation. A Unique…
Iceland:One of the world’s most surreal and isolated man-made structures is capturing global attention once again — the Þrídrangar(three rock pillars) Lighthouse, perched dramatically atop a narrow sea stack near Iceland’s Westman Islands. Rising nearly 120 feet above the raging Atlantic, this tiny beacon has become an online sensation for its unbelievable location and the…
C Mahesh Nestled in the rugged highlands south of Taif, Saudi Arabia, lies the abandoned village of Al-Kharfi, a silent testament to human resilience and desert ingenuity. Among its crumbling clay houses and forgotten paths, archaeologists and local historians have uncovered over 1,200 ancient beehives, painstakingly crafted from clay and mud. These remarkable remnants, dating…
CUSCO, PERU — Standing at the very center of the ancient Inca capital, the Coricancha — also spelled Qorikancha, meaning “Golden Temple” in Quechua — remains one of the greatest architectural and spiritual achievements of pre-Columbian America. Once the most revered temple in the vast Inca Empire, Coricancha was dedicated to Inti, the Sun God,…
Summary & Historical Context For many centuries in China, women seeking medical attention faced strict cultural constraints. Under the influence of Confucian gender norms, direct physical examination of a woman’s body by a male physician was often socially unacceptable. To work around this barrier, some physicians kept a small carved figure — typically of a…
