The editor's selection of Thoughtful India's longer reporting and analysis on India, its diaspora and Indian American life.
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Infosys engineer Raghavendran Ganeshan went missing after the March 2016 Brussels bombings. Days later, Belgian authorities confirmed he had died in the
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A community Holi celebration was held April 16, 2016, at Aurora's Prisco Community Center — colors, music, and spring for Chicago's Indian-American families.
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After 20 years of marriage, one spouse walks out for someone else. A reflection on infidelity, the new romance's fading thrill, and why exciting marriages
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Martha DeVries, a 47-year-old Baptist high school counselor in North Kansas City, Missouri, wears a hijab every Monday in solidarity with Muslim women
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Kathleen Murray's memoir 'Count It All Joy' chronicles raising a son with Down syndrome and autism — a Naperville mother's journey from fear to inner peace.
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Sweet potatoes pack fiber, potassium, and vitamins A and C into about 100 calories — an easy, versatile staple worth a regular spot on your plate.
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Naperville's Junior First Lego League drew over 16 teams for the Waste Wise challenge — plus a recycling lesson from a seven-year-old and X-rays turned into
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ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.
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Cleveland Clinic performed the nation's first uterus transplant: a nine-hour surgery on a 26-year-old woman using a deceased donor uterus, to enable pregnancy.
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A mouse study: adaptive chemotherapy — high dose first, then dialing back — so the body's immune system can fight the cancer. Early days, but promising.
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Dutch psychologist Merel Kindt found that propranolol, given after a fear memory is reactivated, can blunt the anxiety attached to it — a possible future
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Azim Premji flies economy. Warren Buffett eats at Burger King. Carlos Slim keeps paper ledgers. Five billionaires who chose to live frugally — and the
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Rosemary Johnson, a former Welsh National Opera violinist with severe brain damage, composed music for the first time in 27 years — using software that
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Chicago-area theater group Dramatech.in seeks male actors for a one-act Hindi satire by Harishankar Parsai, 'Inspector Matadin Chand Par.'
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Loneliness now rivals smoking and obesity as a mortality risk. The biology — from gene expression to inflammation — and what actually helps.
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Japanese company Spread is building the world's first robot-run farm: no human farmers, 30,000 heads of lettuce a day, 98% of water recycled.
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Pittsburgh OB-GYN Dr. Carey Andrew-Jaja has sung to thousands of newborns right after delivery — 'Happy Birthday' and 'What a Wonderful World' for their
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Five phrases to say to your child every day — I believe in you, you can do it, you are beautiful — and why small words build big confidence.
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Chronic stress is associated with faster cognitive decline and higher dementia risk — through cortisol, inflammation, and the hippocampus.
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Monika Prasad is a communications professional having over eight year experience in Public relations and Corporate Communications. She started her career…
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