Lifestyle
In quest of God
Meghana Athreye on the lifelong human search for God — and why every borrowed description, however beautiful, falls short of the thing itself.
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The editor's selection of Thoughtful India's longer reporting and analysis on India, its diaspora and Indian American life.
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Fresh Finds
Find of the week: Five Star Tennis of Plainfield
Five Star Tennis in Plainfield runs a summer camp for junior players of all levels — our find of the week for Naperville-area tennis families.
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Lifestyle
Another monarch off the market: Bhutan's king to wed a commoner
Bhutan's 31-year-old king announced his engagement to Jetsun Pema, 21, before parliament — weeks after Britain's royal wedding.
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Entertainment
Latest on Arnie, Maria and the woman: the wife suspected for a long time
Maria Shriver reportedly suspected the truth long before the LA Times broke it: how the Schwarzenegger marriage unraveled in May 2011.
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Bollywood
Bolly Volley Volume I
Arup Raha's monthly Bollywood column: the new wave of debutant directors, plus Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Delhi Belly, Ready — and a music quiz.
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Food
Watermelon recipes
Two ways with peak-season watermelon: a frozen margarita with lime salt, and a spicy watermelon-corn salad with chaat masala.
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Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan rehearses his dance moves for Ra.One
Shah Rukh Khan threw himself into Ra.One's dance numbers in 2011 — rehearsing for months and filming Chammak Challo with Akon on playback.
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Health & Spirituality
To do really well in golf, do not take any lessons
Bubba Watson never took a golf lesson, yet won twice on Tour in 2011. What his self-taught swing says about talent and instruction.
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Food
From fine arts to tandoor mogul: Ron Levy
Ron Levy trained as a fine-arts painter. Then he fell for the clay tandoor — and became America's leading builder of the ancient oven.
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Fresh Finds
Find of the week: Bobbie Lee
This week's local find: Bobbie Lee's Scrap & Craft Workshop in Chicago's western suburbs — small, hands-on craft classes for kids ages 7 to 12.
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Business
Temps: The New Permanent
The temp economy went mainstream after 2008: why companies love contract labor, what it costs workers, and why 'temporary' became permanent.
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Politics
UAE issues stapled visa to residents of Pak-occupied Kashmir
The UAE began issuing stapled visas to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir residents, including the region's 'prime minister' — echoing China's earlier row with India.
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Naperville Diary
A Silver Lining to the Twilight Years
The 'twilight years' aren't all decline. What aging research actually says about happiness, emotional steadiness, and the quiet upsides of getting older.
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Fresh Finds
The Festival of Colors: Holi in Naperville, May 14
Naperville's 2011 Festival of Colors brought Holi to Chicago's western suburbs — giving diaspora kids the one thing explanations can't: the real thing.
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Defense
Inside bin Laden's Compound: What the Cameras Found After the Raid
After the SEALs left Abbottabad, cameras got inside bin Laden's compound: bloodstained floors, scattered belongings, and the wreckage of the burned helicopter.
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Defense
Salman Rushdie: Declare Pakistan a Terrorist State
After the Abbottabad raid, Salman Rushdie called for Pakistan to be declared a terrorist state — the sharpest version of a question Washington was dodging.
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Defense
Pakistan faces pressure after Osama bin Laden killed near its capital
After the Abbottabad raid, Pakistan faced pointed questions from Washington and humiliation at home — the competence-or-complicity trap the ISI couldn't escape.
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India Politics
The Compound That Gave Pakistan No Excuse: A Mile From the Military Academy
Bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout sat about a mile from Pakistan's elite military academy — a custom-built compound with 14-foot walls and no phone or internet.
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Defense
Why Was bin Laden Called 'Geronimo'? The Raid's Code Name, Explained
Why was bin Laden called 'Geronimo'? The raid code word, what it actually meant, and the backlash from Native Americans who found it offensive.
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Defense
Hundreds join first Pakistan rally to honour Osama's death
Days after the Abbottabad raid, a pro-Taliban party held Pakistan's first public rally honoring bin Laden — small in size, heavy in symbolism.
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