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Reader's Digest India
BAKING IN A WAR ZONE
GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
3 min |
August 2023
Reader's Digest India
WHAT'S THE POINT OF NEW CLOTHES?
Sartorially Speaking, my philosophy is the opposite of fast fashion. I’m an adherent of wear-it-until-it-falls-offyour-body. Sometimes this brings marital discord. “You are not going out in that,” says my wife, Jocasta, as she inserts a wriggling finger into various holes in my t-shirt.
2 min |
August 2023
Reader's Digest India
A Helping Hand
By writing exams for persons with disabilities, one woman hopes to help them realize their dreams
3 min |
August 2023
Reader's Digest India
Cold-Water Cure
A chilly practice has some promising health benefits
3 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Are We Looking At Addiction All Wrong?
We ask author and psychiatrist Dr Anirudh Kala
3 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Books
Shadows At Noon by Joya Chatterji, Vintage
1 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Finding Freedom
This detective story, set in pre-Independence India, combines a fastpaced plot with reflections on what freedom means for individuals
2 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
WAKE UP WITHOUT COFFEE?
Do you blame your coffee habit on a biological incompatibility with mornings? It turns out that being an early riser isn’t genetic, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications
2 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
The Dog-Park Trading Post
DOWN AT MY local dog park, the scene is one of constant frivolity
2 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Pass It On
In the best mentoring relationships, everybody learns
4 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
THE BLIND WOMEN DETECTING CANCER
HEALTHCARE According to a 2019–2021 National Family Health Survey report, less than one per cent of Indian women have ever undergone breast-cancer screening
2 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Rachel's Winning Ticket
She won the lottery and used her good fortune to help those in need
2 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
E-Waste to Eco-Art
Ever wondered where your defunct headphones go after you throw them away? Parts of at least some of them could end up in one Bengaluru artist’s creations
1 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Swiss Miss Marple
A husband with a whip in his car. A con man eyeing an elderly woman's wealth. It's all in a day's work for Louisa Erismann, private detective
10 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
MY LUCKY BAMBOO
If the plant could thrive, maybe I could too, even with cancer
3 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Talking to Siri
How my son found his soulmate
4 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
A Dream of HEALTH for All
Innovative civil society initiatives that have enabled health care to reach the last mile
10+ min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Local Colour
Be it plains, mountains, rivers or sky, our little planet never ceases to amaze
1 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Rise Above Pain
THE REMEDIES AND STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP YOU ENJOY LIFE AGAIN
10+ min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Back to Poker Table
Men don't make friends as easily as women do, and the pandemic didn't exactly help. I'm glad to return to my dates with mates
6 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
Let's Be Friends
How to make lasting connections that lift you up
3 min |
July 2023
Reader's Digest India
How To Live Life More Fully
Happiness experts and palliative-care doctors share their strategies
10+ min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
13 Things - A Bouquet Of Facts About Flowers
1 According to the ‘language of flowers,’ known as floriography, each month can be symbolized by a flower. June has the rose, symbolizing affection, and the honeysuckle, which represents devotion in love.
4 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
At the Heart of Every Home
Innovative ideas for kitchens that enjoy pride of place
2 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
Good Vibes Grow on Trees
Science shows that our plants take care of us too
4 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
To Do or Not To Do
Why we procrastinate and how to stop
4 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
GOOD NEWS ABOUT HOUSEWORK
A 2021 STUDY from Singapore found that people who do housework are fitter than those who don't. Tackling 'high intensity' tasks such as cleaning windows helps improve physical health and mental faculties, especially among the elderly.
2 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
Made in Afghanistan
Nasrat Khalid turned his artisan website into a grassroots disaster-relief organization
2 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
Hunting with Dolphins
An extraordinary encounter reveals how environmental neglect endangers more than just our non-human neighbours
10 min |
June 2023
Reader's Digest India
A Life in Books
A daughter learns how stories have shaped her world
4 min |