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A Race Well-Limped
Reader's Digest India

A Race Well-Limped

A reluctant runner’s key to keeping high spirits? Low expectations

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July 2024
THE Beauty Queens OF AL DHAFRA
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THE Beauty Queens OF AL DHAFRA

Welcome to Al Dhafra’s camel beauty pageant, where the competition is tough

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July 2024
Words from the Heartland
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Words from the Heartland

A letter can contain many things: an expression of warmth, consolation for a loved one’s absence, or perhaps a reminder of provinciality

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July 2024
DISASTER ON THE RIVER
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DISASTER ON THE RIVER

__ Two canoeists struggle to keep themselves—and their friendship—afloat

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July 2024
Let's Dance!
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Let's Dance!

It’s good for your body, soul and even your brain

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July 2024
Next Stop: Who Knows?
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Next Stop: Who Knows?

We wanted to do a once-in-a-lifetime trek in northern Laos. Just getting there became the adventure

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June 2024
ME & MY SHELF
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ME & MY SHELF

Former director-general of the Delhi Policy Group, Radha Kumar is an academic, author and policy analyst. Her most recent book, The Republic Relearnt: Renewing Indian Democracy (1947-2024), explores the triumphs and the democratic decay of the Indian Republic.

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June 2024
The Journey Of The Kon-Tiki
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The Journey Of The Kon-Tiki

Is it possible to cross the Pacific on a wooden raft? Natural scientist Thor Heyerdahl risks everything to prove it

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June 2024
Hot and (Un)bothered
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Hot and (Un)bothered

Not that anyone in India needs to be reminded, but summer is here, and the collective energy dissipated by people complaining about the heat is making climate change even worse.

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June 2024
GOTCHA!
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GOTCHA!

We asked for it: What’s the best prank you ever pulled?

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June 2024
Do More With Your Tech
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Do More With Your Tech

You're undoubtedly missing out on cool features that can help make life easier, safer and even more fun

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June 2024
Why Water Workouts Work
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Why Water Workouts Work

Swimming and other aquatic exercises have special benefits

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June 2024
Surf's Up... Again
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Surf's Up... Again

A Hawaiian helps victims of a devastating fire in the most Hawaiian way possible

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June 2024
HUMOUR in UNIFORM
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HUMOUR in UNIFORM

I got sloppy with my shaving one morning and nicked my skin.

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June 2024
Leave the WILD Things Be
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Leave the WILD Things Be

Wild animals have been made to serve a variety of human needs, including recreational ones. It’s up to everyday folk to decry the use of animals for entertainment

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June 2024
Doing Dad's Bucket List
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Doing Dad's Bucket List

Laura Carney's father died suddenly, with unfinished business. So she started checking off the items for him

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June 2024
Buried beneath a Mountain
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Buried beneath a Mountain

The amazing 17-day-long, multi-agency effort to rescue 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel

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June 2024
IS EVERYONE ON OZEMPIC?
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IS EVERYONE ON OZEMPIC?

Everything you need to know about the new diabetes drugs shaping the weight-loss revolution

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June 2024
Have Child, Will Travel
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Have Child, Will Travel

Bringing my kid on my around-the-world adventures helped me see her in new and unexpected ways

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May 2024
As Gods Among Us
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As Gods Among Us

A photographer explores the gamut of India’s ritual performers who embody deities as a form of worship

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May 2024
My stutter, Myself
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My stutter, Myself

If others don't notice my stutter, can I really call myself a stutterer?

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May 2024
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Modification
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Modification

A Queensland mechanic customizes bikes so veterans can get riding again

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May 2024
I Tried It...Exercises to Relieve Tech Neck
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I Tried It...Exercises to Relieve Tech Neck

I STARE AT MY phone for five hours a day.

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May 2024
The Upside of Getting Lost
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The Upside of Getting Lost

I was in the woods with my family and we'd lost our way. My phone was dead. It was getting dark. How could this possibly be a good thing?

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May 2024
A MOTHER'S CONVICTION
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A MOTHER'S CONVICTION

AFTER ALL FOUR OF KATHLEEN FOLBIGG'S CHILDREN DIED IN INFANCY, A COURT FOUND HER GUILTY OF MURDER. TWENTY YEARS LATER, SCIENCE FINALLY UNCOVERED THE TRUTH

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May 2024
KITT THE COURAGEOUS K-9
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KITT THE COURAGEOUS K-9

Officer Bill Cushing needed a partner. His dog needed a purpose. Together, they rescued each other

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May 2024
Lite, Unplugged
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Lite, Unplugged

Could you get through seven days without looking at a device? I tried—here’s what happened

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May 2024
GET A GREEN(ER) THUMB
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GET A GREEN(ER) THUMB

Whether you love digging in the dirt, planting seeds and reaping the bounty that bursts forth, or find the whole idea of gardening intimidating, this spring offers the promise of a fresh start.

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May 2024
THE UNBELIEVABLE MR RIPLEY
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THE UNBELIEVABLE MR RIPLEY

The creator of Believe It or Not had an insatiable curiosity about strange and astonishing facts

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April 2024
HE OPENED UP THE ARC TIC
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HE OPENED UP THE ARC TIC

\"You don't just sit and wait for adventure to come,\" famed polar explorer Knud Rasmussen liked to explain.\"You go out and make it happen!\"

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April 2024