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Reader's Digest India
An Ancient Elixir
Only two monks know the full recipe for Chartreuse, and it remains frozen in time
6 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
The Best Gift I Ever Received
Sometimes the simplest presents are the most meaningful. Here, RD readers from around the world reflect on the gifts they have never forgotten
6 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
A HUMAN HISTORY IN RUST
In refuse, there's beauty-and hope for what can be renewed
5 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF
ROAM IF YOU WANT TO-BUT DON'T FORGET THESE ITEMS IF YOU'RE OVER 60 OR HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES
8 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
It Happens ONLY IN INDIA
The Whole Nine Yards| Light My Fire| How to Save a Life
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Rah Rah, Ramen
The slurpy, savoury story of a Japanese sensation
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
OLD SCHOOL
I started playing the trumpet at 42. Why learning new skills as an adult is easier-and more fun-than you think
4 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Jaywalkers, Photocopiers and Other Mysteries
THRILLERS AND DETECTIVE SHOWS are all the rage on television, yet the real mysteries of life go unsolved.
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Run Like a Girl
Fusing personal essays with long-form reportage, The Day I Became a Runner is a poignant and insightful appraisal of Indian women athletes in a deeply gendered society
3 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
A WINTER BOOST
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
FOUND: PRISTINE CORAL REEF
GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Between a Mouse and a Green Place
A pacifist plant-lover faces off a hungry horde
4 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Magical Facts About the World of Disney
13 THINGS
3 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Unique Ways to Give
Here are the innovative ways people are helping those in need-even when money is tight
6 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
A Ride for a Lifetime
An Uber trip took a detour when the driver offered his ailing passenger one of his kidneys
2 min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
Holiday Magic
Real-life stories of comfort and joy
10+ min |
December 2023
Reader's Digest India
7 Global Sleep Tips
One of these could be your key to a good night's rest
7 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
A Tasty Way To Boost Gut Health
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
3 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Books
His Majesty's Headhunters: The Siege Of Kohima That Shaped World History, by Mmhonlümo Kikon, Penguin
1 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Get Along With Anyone
Whether you get cornered by a chatterbox or embarrassed by a jokester, you can turn things in your favour
10+ min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Illuminating Facts About Fireworks
13 THINGS AND FACTS ABOUT FIREWORKS
4 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Troubled Waters
A deftly made survivaldrama, Kaala Paani lays bare human strength and frailty during crises
3 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Splendid Isolation
On a visit to Iceland, I discovered an island of primal landscapes and enigmas-and a sense that you are never alone
10+ min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
The Company of Cats
Despite a reputation for being wily, mysterious and aloof, domestic felines have long woven themselves into our art, literature and language across the years
6 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
YASMEEN LARI'S CHANGE OF HEART
The former 'starchitect' who designed gleaming towers for Pakistan's corporate elite now rebuilds villages devastated by natural disasters
9 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
I SURVIVED!
THE PEOPLE IN THESE THREE STORIES HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT FOR ONE THING THEY FACED DEATH AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT
10+ min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
How I Tried to Stop Snoring
I wanted a quick fix, even if it meant strapping a glorified bike pump to my face
8 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
Soothe the Sunday Scaries
How to replace workweek dread with Funday
4 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
A History of You
How to write a memoir—and why you should
4 min |
November 2023
Reader's Digest India
FIXING CARS FOR THOSE IN NEED
COMMUNITY Collecting enough empty drink cans to buy a car may sound impossible, but the residents of Mooloolah Valley in Queensland, Australia, know it isn’t. Since 2018, the non-profit Cans for Cars has been fixing up used vehicles and donating them to those in need—using only recyclables to raise funds.
2 min |