Lifestyle
Reader's Digest India
When Heart Disease Runs in the Family
What you can do with the cardio cards you’ve been dealt
4 min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
The Promise of Deliverance
Despite intentions, raising the age of marriage among women is a decidedly dubious solution to the social ills it seeks to cure
4 min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
FORGIVENESS COMES FROM THE HEART
A speeding boat nearly killed Carter Viss. He vowed to work with the driver to make sure it never happens again
10+ min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
She Finally Said YES!
A lovesick teenager gets the girl— 40 years later
7 min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
Little Magazine, BIG STORIES
A look at the significant, memorable, prescient articles and authors from a century of Reader’s Digest
8 min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
Books
Ann Patchett’s novels— Bel Canto, Commonwealth, The Dutch House—are all things of delight.
1 min |
February 2022
Reader's Digest India
The Food-Sleep Connection
Why we crave junk food when we’re tired
3 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
Parenting: To Coddle, Or Neglect?
THE YOUNGEST SIBLING in a family, according to a recent report, is often sleeker and fitter than the first-born child. While I’m with the scientists when it comes to global warming, the importance of vaccines and the need for dental hygiene, I must break ranks on this.
4 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
Your Body: A Maintenance Plan
From head to toe and inside out, here’s how to age well
8 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
Oatmeal: How A Weed Grew Into A Health Hero
Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. —A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755)
5 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
FORCES FOR GOOD
Bringing care to those who need it most, these extraordinary Indians are putting humanity first
10+ min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
FUN AND GAMES
What I learnt from playing 70 sports the year I turned 70
4 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
It Happens ONLY IN INDIA
“It was my father before my marriage and now my husband, they have the same habit.”
2 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
RETELLING THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD
In Eden, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, reinterprets Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore through an Indian lens. He tells us how he strikes a balance between the intimate and the panoramic in his writing
5 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
Books
Book Review
2 min |
January 2022
Reader's Digest India
More Than Winter-Dry Skin
Eczema and psoriasis flare up this time of year. Here’s what you need to know
6 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Book Of Recipes That Will Change Your Kitchen, And, Possibly, Your Life!
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee’s book of recipes will change your kitchen, and, possibly, your life
10+ min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Can This Digital Wild West Be Controlled, And More Importantly, Should It Be?
With over 500 million users, it’s a frenetic arena: emergency help pleas and political debates jostle for space with cat videos, fake news and threats of violence. Can this digital Wild West be controlled, and more importantly, should it be?
5 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Does This Dog Know Whether You Have Cancer?
The canine nose is a marvel of nature. Science believes that a computerized model will save millions of lives
10 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF
In her recent book, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence, Harvard-trained economist Shrayana Bhattacharya uses the lens of fandom to show how India neglects women and their desires.
3 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
A Season of Sweetness & Joy
A wish list that found its way to ‘Santa’. An unlikely Christmas far from home. A community that brightened a grief-stricken home. If you need a little extra warmth this year, these wonderful stories will do the trick.
8 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Bye-Bye, 2021
Two years ago, before The Time of the Virus, my husband and I spent a wonderful New Year’s Eve ringing in 2020. We drank prosecco and played charades with good friends at their country house surrounded by sparkling snow. Our two kids were off at parties with dozens of their friends, as one would expect from young adults.
4 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Books
Under Something of a Cloud: The Best Travel Writing of Dom Moraes, Speaking Tiger
2 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
DRAMA IN REAL LIFE THE BOYS IN THE CAVE
For the soccer team trapped deep in a Thailand cave, rescue seemed impossible
10+ min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
The Dark Web Demystified
13 THINGS
4 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
STRENGTH AND SENSIBILITY
In her new novel, The Blind Matriarch, author and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Namita Gokhale speaks of the resilience women and families have shown during the pandemic and the renewed importance of pluck and perseverance
5 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Up In LIGHTS
A community puts on a dazzling display of support for a grieving family
7 min |
December 2021
Reader's Digest India
Awesome Tips For Getting Back Into Social Shape
How to navigate friends, family and social outings in a vaccinated world
5 min |
November 2021
Reader's Digest India
Brain Games That Really Work
Researchers know more than ever about how puzzles and twisters keep your mind sharp (Hint: Start with games that are tough!)
10+ min |
November 2021
Reader's Digest India
How You Can Control Or Even Reverse This Diabetes
Striking new studies show how you can control or even reverse this common disease
8 min |