Speaking Tongues

Native languages carry within them a vision of the world we inherit. But can one get to the heart of dreams without one?

Only Good News

Start the new year right with our list of heartwarming, awe-inspiring and straight-up happy-making reasons to smile, from around the world

The Secret Of Grandparenting

WHEN A GRANDCHILD comes along, especially for the first time, it's important to have the right help. In our case, it's a lovely young couple who seem absolutely perfect when it comes to bringing up our grandson.

It Happens ONLY IN INDIA

An Inside Job, A Ruff Day and Three's Company

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Symptoms of Long COVID, Prevent Kidney Stones and Your Brain on Junk Food

Going Goblin

It was the year of the slow slide back into our chaotic public lives; of a ceaseless pandemic's third year, and also one in which a world war seemed imminent. There was but one word to describe how many of us were doing in 2022: 'goblin mode!

Does my Baby Know I'm Reading to Her?

We asked certified infant and child sleep specialist, Himani Dalmia, for answers

All Talk

How to quiet your inner critics

A Few Kind Words

A passerby convinces a distraught woman not to end it all

The Spirit Of Christmas Cake

An annual baking tradition that heralded the season of cheer and year-end magic

The Truth About The Man In Red

Losing Santa didn't have to mean losing Christmas

GOING IT ALONE

It’s often hard to keep your eyes off Jaideep Ahlawat. Releasing this month, his latest film, An Action Hero, is set to have the same hypnotic effect. The actor opens up to Reader’s Digest about his craft

COLD CASE Justice for Christelle

For 18 years, a pair of maverick lawyers helped a mother hunt for her daughter's killer

LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT

I'VE BEEN IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

MY HUSBAND'S SECRET LIFE

What did my new husband and one of the biggest rock stars of the 80s have in commmon? More than I realized

Locked in the Lion's Jaws

As the enormous lion bit down hard, ony tae y age st sure he 1 v—_ abot t to die.

I Can Just Be Her Mom

For years, I feared for my child’s life. Then science did something amazing for people with cystic fibrosis

TOGETHER, AGAIN

Not all Christmas gatherings may be the same, but they're all made with love

A Coffee For SANTA

For our first December in a new land, my parents arranged a special surprise

Home for the Holidays

Five heartwarming stories of Christmas memories that celebrate the comfort of family and remind us to treasure each other

WE FOUND A FIX

HELP, HACKS AND HOW TO

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

BY SAMANTHA RIDEOUT

AS KIDS SEE IT

\"I'm making us a plant-based meal.\"

Boredom-Busting Facts About Board Games

By Emily Goodman

What You Need to Know About Bad Breath

When mints don't cut it, get to the root of the problem

Yoga for Weight Loss

Striking a pose can help with more than just muscle tone and mindfulness

It Happens ONLY IN INDIA

Beauties and the groom Is it a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife?

My Letter to Santa

WHY SHOULDN'T ADULTS get the chance to write to Santa Claus?

Talk It Out

Why two Arab-Canadian youth created a forum for difficult discussions

OVER TO YOU

NOTES ON THE October ISSUE