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Guest contributor Rajeev on why modern life still needs the ancient Indian institution of the guru — someone who has walked the path before you.

How a Naperville car dealership became an unlikely social hub for the area's South Asian community — and what it says about how luxury really sells.

Groupon's China arm Gaopeng imploded months after launch — mass layoffs, a viral employee revolt, and 5,000 local clones. What the China debacle revealed.

Navy, burgundy, camel, and emerald — the four colors stylists reach for when a shade has to work on any complexion. Why each one earns its place.

An Imperial College study found that a mother's pre-pregnancy BMI shapes her newborn's body fat — including liver fat. The obesity fight may start in the womb.

After a quadruple bypass and a stent, Bill Clinton adopted a plant-based diet and lost 20+ pounds. The story of the most famous vegan convert in politics.

A survey claimed women spend five hours a day gossiping. The methodology collapses under scrutiny — and the stereotype it feeds has a long history.

Yoga is union of body, mind, and inner spirit — an ancient Indian system of right living that belongs to no single religion. A beginner's introduction.

From the Jewish peyot to the Sikh kesh to the sadhu's full beard — why four faiths treat facial hair as a matter of devotion, and how differently they mean it.

A reader's review of Jean Sasson's 'Princess' — the ghostwritten story of Princess Sultana and the appalling treatment of women in Saudi Arabia.

Bolly Volley Volume 3 (July 2011): Arup Raha's monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews, and unsolicited views from the Hindi film beat.

A 2011 study claimed Internet Explorer users had below-average IQs. Days later, it was exposed as a hoax by a frustrated web developer — and it fooled the BBC.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers finally said what he thought of the Winklevoss twins at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference — and the twins answered

The sleepover question, the curfew question, the car question: parenting a teenager is a negotiation about control. Research says the painful version is not

Investor Jim Rogers moved his family to Singapore so his daughters would grow up fluent in Mandarin. Was it genius parenting — or a sign of the times?

A poem by fifth-grader Shlok Sharma of Naperville — kung-fu dogs, heroes, and a monkey that sings. Kids' writing from the Thoughtful India archive.

Toronto-born Sim Bhullar, a 7-foot-5 Sikh of Punjabi descent, became the first player of Indian origin to reach the NBA — starting at New Mexico State.

In a 2011 Wall Street Journal essay, Aatish Taseer — son of assassinated Pakistani governor Salman Taseer — traced Pakistan's obsession with India to its

A 2011 Wall Street Journal essay on the 'divorce generation' asked a hard question: when parents pour everything into the kids, who tends the marriage?

Arun Shourie's book on raising his son Aditya carries his wife Anita's wisdom: gratitude for an ordinary, boring, eventless day — a caregiver's creed.