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Putin's tears in Manezhnaya Square after winning Russia's 2012 election — genuine emotion, staged vulnerability, or something else? What that night meant.

March 4, 2012 · 1 min read

Hungry at midnight? Here's how to snack late without wrecking your sleep — warm milk, fruit, handfuls of nuts, and what Ayurveda says about night eating.

March 4, 2012 · 2 min read

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.

March 2, 2012 · 1 min read

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

March 2, 2012 · 1 min read

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.

March 1, 2012 · 1 min read

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.

February 29, 2012 · 1 min read

All the New Year festivities and gatherings have given me many memories. There is a lot to ponder upon including the extra kilos that I picked up from…

February 28, 2012 · 2 min read

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

February 25, 2012 · 2 min read

The much-awaited week of that treasured statue is here; yet, that’s exactly how I feel whenever I recall that Alfred Hitchcock never received even one for…

February 23, 2012 · 6 min read

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

February 22, 2012 · 1 min read

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.

February 22, 2012 · 1 min read

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

February 22, 2012 · 2 min read

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.

February 22, 2012 · 2 min read

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.

February 22, 2012 · 1 min read

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

February 19, 2012 · 1 min read

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

February 8, 2012 · 1 min read

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.

February 4, 2012 · 1 min read

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.

February 2, 2012 · 1 min read

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

January 30, 2012 · 1 min read

When an apple fell on Newton’s head , he did not just eat it to satisfy his hunger , au contraire he used it as an excuse to get into the depth of the…

January 30, 2012 · 4 min read