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Awarding Excellence

A look back at the 2023 Trusted Brand Award presentation ceremony hosted by Reader's Digest India last month.

The Great Unknown

An unlikely friendship helped my son grapple with divorce, death and ...

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

A couple, fleeing the shelling in Ukraine, are captured by Russian troops. It's up to their frantic son-living 2,400 km away-to get them free.

BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR MONEY (AND MANAGE IT TOO!)

This successful Internet entrepreneur, content creator and bestselling author shares his tips for anyone trying to kickstart their investment journey

Conquer Your Heartburn

A variety of new treatments could finally mean relief from acid reflux

WOMEN ON THE MOVE

Meet five women who found joy, power and purpose through a passion for adventure and the great outdoors

A Fondue Swisstory

Switzerland's gift to the world is a pot of melted goodness

A NEW TREATMENT FOR HEART DISEASE

Since the 1950s, medical scientists have understood that high cholesterol can contribute to coronary artery disease (CAD) by clogging the arteries with plaque. More recently, researchers have learnt that chronic inflammation in the arteries can play a role in restricting blood flow, too.

A Mental Workout

Exercise releases 'hope molecules' into the bloodstream

Words to Live By

What I've learnt from reading obituaries

REVIVING FORESTS AFTER WILDFIRES

ENVIRONMENT As a biology student at the University of Victoria, Bryce Jones took a summer job planting trees in B.C. and Alberta. Now an entrepreneur, he's found a faster way to get the job done. In 2019, Jones co-founded the Toronto-based Flash Forest, which uses drones to help replant forests after wildfires.

BYTE-SIZE BLUES

IT SEEMS LIKE you can't read the news nowadays without hearing about some new technology that could fundamentally change the lives of people-ideally other people.

A School for the Displaced

Estefanía Rebellón is helping provide an education to children living in migrant camps

When The World Spins

Vertigo is surprisingly common. Here's how to handle it

A Cure For 'Mean World Syndrome'

A cure for "Mean world syndrome"

The Pig Flip

READER'S DIGEST BOOKS REVIEW

The Poisoner of Bengal

In 1930s Bengal, Amarendra Pandey, the young heir of a well-known zamindar family is killed after being pricked by a mysterious assassin.

LORENZO SEARCHES FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE

One of India's pre-eminent English-language novelists returns with, perhaps, his most unconventional, meditative novel yet.

The Soul of Morocco

Tagine offers a taste of North Africa layered as the region's history

THE POWER OF 26 LETTERS

My son's split-second decision may have changed a stranger's life

RESTORING CARIBBEAN WATERSHEDS

GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

"SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"

FLAT-PACK FURNITURE was once a small segment of the market. Those who were up for a challenge could visit IKEA and test their wits against the evil geniuses who wrote their instruction manuals.

ME & MY SHELF

Radhika lyengar is an award-winning journalist based in Mumbai, who writes on arts and culture, marginalized communities, history and gender. Her debut work of non-fiction is Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras, which has been shortlisted for KLF Non-fiction Book Award.

HEART & SEOUL

This bustling metropolis will woo you with its melting pot of futuristic architecture, ancient culture and natural beauty

Dr Elliott's Very Polite PREDATORS

New Zealand shark scientist Dr Riley Elliott is happiest when diving below the waves observing sharks, or lobbying for better understanding about the ocean's most maligned occupants

Keeping Hope Alive

Jane Goodall isn't slowing down in her mission to raise awareness about the planet's shrinking biodiversity

Love is Winter

Fairytale marriages do not exist. But is a lifelong commitment to show up for each other still possible?

SPEARED BY A MARLIN!

A fishing trip turned to terror for three friends when the huge fish leapt directly toward them

DEAR READERS...

To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Indian edition of Reader's Digest, editors of this legacy publication share their stories of what it was like at the helm of one of the world's most widely read magazines from 1954, until today

Over Rainbow

RD speaks to queer-rights activist Pawan Dhall, one of the most prominent names at the head of the rainbow wave in India since the 1990s