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Reader's Digest India
13 THINGS Look Up! Facts About Stargazing
Just how many stars can we see with the naked eye? The Yale Bright Star Catalog provides the answer: 9,095.
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October 2024
Reader's Digest India
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
DOES YOUR DOCTOR'S GENDER MATTER?
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October 2024
Reader's Digest India
Planting Memories
When we think of family heirlooms, jewellery or crockery comes to mind. Olly Mann hopes to save a plant for the future
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest India
"Give Me the Baby!"
A commuter takes an unexpected detour to stop a distraught parent
3 min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest India
Ghost Busted
How to tell if you’re being haunted
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October 2024
Reader's Digest India
DO YOU KISS YOUR DOG?
Find out how gross your questionable habits really are, according to health experts
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October 2024
Reader's Digest India
HOME AT LAST!
A cat missing for 10 years, a dog who disappeared during a wildfire, and more heartwarming true stories of pets who were lost—and then found
10+ min |
October 2024
Reader's Digest India
READER'S DIGEST-BOOKS
These book summaries highlight Siddharthya Roy's exploration of conflict and violence, Michael Castleman's deep dive into the history of publishing, and Swadesh Deepak's examination of social issues and masculinity through Hindi literature.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Man with printed sarong
A lawyer, pianist, critic, and mentor to artists, Lionel Wendt is best known for his photographs of Sri Lanka, especially those of people indigenous to the island, captured amidst the lush landscape or posing in his studio.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Too Much?
New studies show that even moderate drinking is a health hazard. Here’s a frank look at the toll alcohol takes on the body
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF
Coimbatore-born Prashanth Srivatsa is a science fiction/fantasy writer whose stories have appeared in magazines such as Asimov’s, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Three-Lobed Burning Eye, among others. Prashanth’s debut fantasy novel, The Spice Gate chronicles the journey of Amir, a young man born with special abilities who unravels the power that keeps the world in balance. magazines such as Asimov's, Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction and Three-Lobed Burning Eye, among others. Prashanth’s debut fantasy novel, The Spice Gate chronicles the journey of Amir, a young man born with special abilities who unravels the power that keeps the world in balance.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Small Business, Big Heart
Caring for people is part of the deal at family-run shops
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Spill the Beans
Everyone has secrets. Here's why you should share yours
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
It Happens ONLY IN INDIA
Angry lovers are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
FULL STEAM AHEAD!
I GOT THE CHANCE TO DRIVE THE WORLD'S LAST SCHEDULED STEAM TRAIN
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Stressed and Worn Down
More and more people are clenching and grinding their teeth. Here's what to do about it
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
THIS BACON FAKERY MUST STOP
I was recently given bacon-flavoured dental floss for my birthday.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Tasty Tacos
Those shells hold a lot of history
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
About Shipwrecks
If you don’t want your ship to sink, you’d better break a bottle of champagne on it before launching.
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Freaky Phobias
Just because it doesn’t make sense doesn’t make it any less scary
3 min |
August 2024
Reader's Digest India
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
HOW SHUTTING UP FOR THREE MONTHS AND WALKING NEARLY 1,000 KILOMETRES TRANSFORMED MY LIFE
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
Taking on Goliath
How one man led a successful campaign that saved 4,45,000 acres of forests from 21 planned coal mines in India
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
HEARTS of STEEL
FOUR STORIES THAT PAINT A VIVID PICTURE OF BRAVERY, SACRIFICE, AND THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF WAR ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT
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August 2024
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF
Chitra Divakaruni is the author of 23 books including The Forest of Enchantment, Mistress of Spices and Palace of Illusions. Her latest book is An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayan Murthy.
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July 2024
Reader's Digest India
RD RECOMMENDS-BOOKS
Hanuman Chalisa and More
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July 2024
Reader's Digest India
Who's Getting Colon Cancer
With rates rising among younger people, testing should start sooner
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July 2024
Reader's Digest India
25 Lessons That Last A Lifetime
Suggestions about life are a little like lottery tickets: You may collect a lot of them, but they rarely pay off. Yet if you are truly lucky, you receive a few words of wisdom that inspire you forever. That's called hitting the jackpot
10+ min |
July 2024
Reader's Digest India
A Symphony Of Irritation
In the 2022 film Tár, Cate Blanchett played a conductor who was affected by misophonia—an acute sensitivity to certain sounds. For Lydia Tár, Blanchett’s character, the clicking of a pen or the beat of a metronome was enough to drive her to distraction.
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July 2024
Reader's Digest India
Is Poverty Alleviation Truly Possible?
We ask economist and Nobel laureate Esther Duflo
4 min |
July 2024
Reader's Digest India
The Alpha Dog
To rescue lost animals, she climbs into places most of us avoid
3 min |