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In 2012 the full Hogwarts castle model — hand-sculpted, 1:24 scale, filmed in every Harry Potter movie — went public at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour.

Aamir Khan stepped away from everything to make Satyamev Jayate, TV about India's hardest social issues. Why the 'offline' part was the story.

J.K. Rowling's first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, was announced in 2012. The trap only a billion-copy author faces: every new book is a referendum.

Eating on the street is normal in Mumbai and rude in Tokyo. A short meditation on food, culture, and why a sandwich tastes better in a park.

Holiday kilos, a new year, and an unexpected discovery: one writer's lighthearted account of resolving to get fit and stumbling into a local velodrome.

This week's Friday table took us to Le Siam in Naperville for Tom Kha soup, crazy noodles, and Massaman curry — plus a home-style Tom Kha recipe to try

At the 84th Academy Awards on February 26, 2012, Meryl Streep presented the Governors Award and then won Best Actress for The Iron Lady — her third Oscar

Holi, the festival of colors, falls on March 8 this year (Holika Dahan on March 7). A practical guide to the bonfire, the color play, and the food.

Prem Ganapathy reached Mumbai in 1990 with Rs 200 and was robbed on arrival. By 1992 he was selling dosas from a handcart near Vashi station; that cart

A Tel Aviv University study found a protein-rich breakfast including dessert helped dieters lose more weight and keep it off over 32 weeks than a strict diet.

In February 2012, Texas authorities removed 11 children from a Dayton home where a registered sex offender lived, finding eight confined, some tied to beds.

The Friday cooking column continues with Mrinalini Sen's Easy Breezy Bhindi, a Bengali Sorshe-Posto style okra preparation with mustard-poppy paste.

Three weeks before the 84th Academy Awards, Victoria Beckham was reportedly Hollywood's most sought-after designer, with stars like Paltrow requesting gowns.

Arup Raha monthly Bollywood column: previews, reviews and unsolicited views on upcoming releases — February 2012 edition.

Shaun Wild, 24, a Spring Brook Elementary second-grade teacher, was fatally stabbed at Frankie's Blue Room in Naperville on Feb 4, 2012, breaking up a fight.

The winter of 2011–12 barely showed up across the Northern Hemisphere: Chicagoans wore light jackets in January as NOAA confirmed the fourth-warmest winter.

Pune teacher Vandana Suryawanshi became the first foreign teacher — and the only Indian — selected for the US Space Foundation's teacher liaison programme.

A reader review of Khorshed Bhavnagri The Laws of the Spirit World, the automatic-writing book born of the tragic 1980 loss of her sons Vispi and Ratoo.

Footage of Texas Judge William Adams beating his disabled teenage daughter — recorded on her webcam and uploaded in 2011 — sparked a national debate.

James Tapke, 41, was charged with child endangering after allegedly binding his 12-year-old daughter with duct tape and shutting her in a dog cage.