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Why French students are marching, and what Paris's unrest means for Indians
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Dussehra on four plates: what Bengal, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu cook
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Culture
Fires behind a Paris café table, and France's long terrasse tradition
A Reuters clip of a couple at a café table near the Arc de Triomphe, with fires burning behind them, went around the world this week. The Paris terrasse has sat beside unrest before, in 1968, in 2015 and in the yellow-vest years.
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Lifestyle
Townhouse Books and Café in St. Charles, IL — A Review by SAGA
SAGA reviews Townhouse Books & Café in St. Charles: an indie bookstore in an 1853 Victorian house on the Fox River — plus sandwiches and salads.
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Naperville Diary
Attention Naperville: Parents and Kids Together Will Make the Difference
ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.
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Naperville Diary
Why Do Facebook Updates Resonate With Us?
Why a friend's Facebook update stays with you longer than a hundred scholarly articles — a Naperville writer on raw, unedited emotion and the case for
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Naperville Diary
Tips to Transform from the Summer Mode to School Routine
In some states, school is yet to start but in Midwest the schools have begun. It’s not easy for the kids and the families to switch from the summer mode to…
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Everyone we know is giving out candy: Halloween from Seinfeld to Bangalore
A Seinfeld bit at the Chicago Theatre, and the Indian American families who learned Halloween from their children, then took it to Bangalore.
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After the Aurora temple plot: what older immigrant communities can teach Indian Americans
After a foiled shooting at the Aurora Balaji temple and another season of jewellery burglaries, a look at how the Irish, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Jewish communities learned to organize, what Sikh Americans have already built, and what the wider Indian American community can borrow.
· 14 min read
Science
The cost-per-kilogram lesson: what India's space programme teaches about frugal engineering
World Space Week, Gaganyaan-1's countdown: Mangalyaan reached Mars for $74M, Chandrayaan-3 landed for ₹615 crore. What the numbers teach, and what they hide.
· 8 min read
Health
Dinacharya for desk workers: Ayurveda's ancient routine meets your 3pm slump
Ayurveda's dinacharya schedules the day around sunrise, midday meals, and same-time sleep. Modern sleep and sitting trials keep landing in the same places.
· 8 min read
Economy
India's gold paradox: at record prices, almost nobody is selling
Gold trades near ₹1.5 lakh per 10 grams, yet Indian households sold less old gold last quarter than at any point in three years. They are pawning it instead.
· 6 min read
Economy
The rupee's plumbing: SRVAs explained, without the jargon
Rupee at 96 to the dollar, trade talks stalled. Meanwhile a quieter project runs on: settling India's trade in rupees. How SRVAs work, and their limits.
· 7 min read
Economy
GCCs: India's quiet $98-billion export engine
India's 2,117 global capability centres form a $98.4-billion market employing 2.36 million. Inside the quiet boom reshaping Indian cities — and its limits.
· 7 min read
Economy
The tariff threat just got a deadline: what Goyal's Washington week actually changes
Piyush Goyal lands in Washington this week with a 100%-tariff law ticking behind him. What actually changed in the India-US trade standoff — and what hasn't.
· 6 min read
Health
The 3 AM wake-up: what sleep science and Ayurveda each say about the small hours
Waking at 3 AM is one of the most reported sleep complaints. The honest version: lighter second-half sleep, cortisol's pre-dawn rise, and the usual evening suspects. Ayurveda marked this hour two thousand years earlier.
· 5 min read
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Family Matter
A short story about a family that refuses to see what is wrong — an abusive home, a child who needs help — until a crisis forces the truth out.
· 10 min read
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China, Balochistan and Pakistan: the new Great Game
In May 2011 Pakistan asked China to take over Gwadar port — and hinted at a naval base. Beijing said no. Inside the new Great Game.
· 16 min read
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Health & Spirituality
The 3:00 AM Awakening: Why Your Nervous System Surges in the Quiet of Night
Waking at 3 a.m. with a racing mind? Cortisol's early-morning rise and lighter second-half sleep explain most of it — the liver-glycogen story is only a
· 6 min read
Health & Spirituality
Vamkukshi: What Ayurveda and Modern Science Actually Say About Sleeping on Your Left Side
Ayurveda's vamkukshi advises resting on the left side after meals. Modern reflux studies back the left-side habit, but the heart and lymph claims don't hold up.
· 4 min read
Health & Spirituality
Yoga Diplomacy: How India Exports Wellness to the World
From ashrams to Instagram: how yoga became India's most successful cultural export, what was gained in translation, and who captures the value.
· 4 min read
Politics
Water Crisis: Cities Running Dry Across India
Groundwater falling a meter a year, 30-40% of treated water leaking from pipes. India's urban water crisis is already here — not a future warning.
· 4 min read