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Reader's Digest India
The Woman Who Studies Women
Reader’s Digest meets Vidya Balan, award-winning actor, producer, inveterate observer and author of her own unique life story
6 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest India
Bitten by the Acting Bug
Having made her mark in the world of fashion, designer Masaba Gupta breaks new ground with a self-titled online series
2 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF: Benyamin's Top-10 Reads
Benyamin is an Indian novelist and writer of short stories in Malayalam. His 2008 book Goat Days won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Another novel Jasmine Days was awarded the JCB Prize for Literature and the Crossword Book Award (both in 2018). His latest works include Al Arabian Novel Factory and Body and Blood.
5 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Books - Spirit of Cricket: Reflections on Play and Life by Mike Brearley, Hachette India
Ex-cricketer Mike Brearley reflects on the importance of the rules and the spirit of ‘justice’ in the game of cricket in his latest book.
2 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
21 Health Symptoms You Should Never Ignore
21 Health Symptoms You Should Never Ignore
9 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
THE FIGHT TO SAVE A MOUNTAIN
A former Air Force pilot and tea planter describes why, at 77, he is still ready to fight to protect the Himalayan landscape he calls home
5 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Versatile Mr Grover
An accomplished stand-up comedian, Varun Grover is an adept screenwriter, lyricist, and now author, as well
2 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
MAKING DO TO SURVIVE
Famine, floods, poverty and now a pandemic— Indians have faced it all. So what keeps us going? Often, it’s a clever little thing called jugaad
4 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Children of Destiny
Once a victim of child labour, Neeraj Murmu now leads other disadvantaged kids out of the trap of exploitation and poverty
3 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Things We Leave Behind
After my grandmother’s death, we found drawers filled with knick-knacks her pilot son would bring her. Is it our anxiety to not forget and not be forgotten that makes us collect things?
6 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Great Indian Jugaad
INDIANS ARE NO STRANGERS to hardship but the current coronavirus pandemic has surely tested the limits of desi homegrown cleverness. Here we feature some of the ways in which the Indian jugaadu came through against COVID-19.
8 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Miracle in Mid-Air
Almost 80 years after it unfolded in the sky over San Diego, a nearly impossible rescue mission remains one of the most daring feats in aeronautical history
6 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Lessons for India's Democracy
On 25 November 1949, the principal architect of the Indian constitution Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar addressed India’s Constituent Assembly for the last time, the day before the Constitution was adopted. Here is an excerpt from the speech.
4 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Five Lessons in Harmony
What choir singing taught me about life, fellowship and happiness
4 min |
August 2020
Reader's Digest India
Me & My Shelf
Manjula Padmanabhan is an author, playwright, artist and cartoonist. She won the 1997 Onassis Award for Theatre, in Greece, for her play Harvest. Her comic strip Sukiyaki appears in Chennai’s BusinessLine. Her books include The Island of Lost Girls and two collections of plays, Blood And Laughter and Laughter And Blood.
3 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
Books
Shaheen Bagh and the Idea of India, edited by Seema Mustafa, Speaking Tiger Books
1 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
What Goes In Must Come Out
Healthy bowel movements mean a healthy you. Here's how to avoid or fix problems
7 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
An Insurance Cover For Covid-19
With the pandemic still raging, there are new guidelines in health insurance to keep you and your family covered
2 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
Rules of the Job Game: Learn and Upskill
In a changing job market, adapt by building skills the marketplace needs—don’t wait for another similar role
2 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
Taming the ‘What Ifs'
We may not be able to run away from our worries, but how do we keep them from running our lives? We asked a handful of experts for tips on how to get a grip in these challenging times
6 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
TRACKING THE TIGER BUTCHER
Large numbers of tigers are being farmed, killed and trafficked in Laos. Karl Ammann pursues those responsible
10+ min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Woman Who Won a Pot of Gold
A serial winner of consumer contests tells her amazing story
5 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
Drink to Beat Back Summer Heat
These 5 easy-to-make healthy refresheners will keep you hydrated when you need to cool off
2 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
NIGHT WITHOUT END
Two students escaped campus violence in Jamia, after being saved by some good people they met by chance
4 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
I WAS SCAMMED BY MY BEST FRIEND
She swindled me out of $92,000, forcing me into bankruptcy and destroying my once sunny outlook. But I finally got justice
10 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
A Doctor's Duty in Today's World
Compassion, courtesy and information sharing are some of the key attributes of a physician, even in a tech-intensive world
3 min |
July 2020
Reader's Digest India
Covid-19 Vaccine: First Steps Taken
A home-grown vaccine for COVID-19 could take around 12 to 18 months. Scientists at the National Institute of Virology, Pune, claim to have 11 coronavirus isolates and sequenced genomes of 10 already. Raman R. Gangakhedkar of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) recently said that the isolation of the virus will lead to understanding the evolution of the virus in India and its genetic affinity with isolates from other countries. A home-grown vaccine could be designed based on the research.
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest India
Corona Takes The Crown
A top public-health expert decodes the novel coronavirus and how you can protect yourself from this sinister infection
2 min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest India
What's Wrong With Conner?
His parents were exhausted and frustrated. Conner’s life, and theirs, had been upended by a medical riddle
10+ min |
April 2020
Reader's Digest India
THE MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD
How a simple man’s selflessness turned a painful tragedy into a lifetime of contentment
4 min |