Did you know that vetiver grass is native to India, where it is widely known as "Khus Khus"? Its roots run deep in language too: the word vetiver comes from Tamil, meaning "dug-out roots." The 2,000-ye...
On the way to Mangadu village from Rameswaram, in the Kalam Sea Shell Mart, you begin to question your beginnings. Mounds of seashells galore throughout the campus. Hillocks of them gleam in the sun. B...
In the Iraqi waters near the Khor-Al-Zubair port in the Persian Gulf, a light-coloured boat sped towards a coral-and-black vessel. Thirty-two-year-old Sayeed Azeem was on board when the unmanned boat s...
