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My Father, Do Not Rest
WORDS OF Lasting Interest
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
H!DDEN & DANGEROUS!
INFLAMMATION is behind so many health issues. Here’s how to stop it
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
FACT OR FICTION?
21 TALL TALES THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLY TRUE … … AND 21 FACTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MYTHS
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
Fighting Fatigue
The first step is observing yourself in order to discover its cause
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
TAKING THE PLUNGE IN MY THIRTIES
My son was terrified of the water. But before I could help him face his fear, I had to overcome my own
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
An Elephant in My Kitchen
Following my husband’s death, I found myself in charge of the African nature reserve we created together. I didn’t know where to begin
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
Books - Maryada: Searching for Dharma in the Ramayana by Arshia Sattar, HarperCollins Publishers India
Renowned Ramayana scholar Arshia Sattar explores the existential and philosophical conundrums in the concepts of maryada (dignity) and dharma in her latest book.
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF - Dharini Bhaskar's Favourite Reads
Mumbai-born Dharini Bhaskar was formerly the editorial director of Simon & Schuster India. Her debut novel These, Our Bodies, Possessed by Light (2019) has been shortlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature and the Valley of Words Book Awards, 2020.
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October 2020
Reader's Digest India
Rage by Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster India
Books
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
ME & MY SHELF - The Cairo Trilogy
Author-journalist, film-maker and founder of the Draco Books publishing company, Janaki Lenin specializes in writing about wildlife and conservation practices in India. She is the author of My Husband and Other Animals, A King Cobra’s Summer and her latest, Every Creature Has A Story.
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
7 Heart Numbers You Should Know
These measurements offer important clues to health risks you may face
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
How To Get A Healthy Home
Most of us have spent more time at home recently than we ever imagined possible. Maybe you took the opportunity to clean, or maybe you plan to do it ... tomorrow. These tips can help make your domicile better for your body and your mind.
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
7 Diabetes Symptoms Every Man Must Know
Warning signs men should not ignore
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
THE SMOKE JUMPERS
When wildfires break out, this elite team parachutes into dangerous places to fight them
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Kindness of Strangers
RD readers share their experiences of random acts of benevolence and decency from the most unexpected saviours
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Arrow That Saved My Life—Twice
After a freak backyard accident almost kills her, a Texas woman is taken on a miraculous medical journey
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
The Hairbrush
My Mum had wanted Dad to find new love. I was the one having trouble with it
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September 2020
Reader's Digest India
SCAMMED
Even the most savvy among us can be duped. I learnt that harsh lesson myself when an urgent and heartfelt plea arrived in my inbox
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September 2020
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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August 2020
Reader's Digest India
21 Health Symptoms You Should Never Ignore
21 Health Symptoms You Should Never Ignore
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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