The editor's selection of Thoughtful India's longer reporting and analysis on India, its diaspora and Indian American life.
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An Arkansas mother put bourbon in her 10-month-old's bottle instead of rubbing it on his gums. The baby recovered — and she faced felony charges.
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A 28-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with terminal cancer held a wedding ceremony with a life-size inflatable doll — and the photos went viral around the world.
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Radhamma, a Dalit head cook at a Karnataka school, writes 'No one ate today' in her midday meal diary every day — because parents won't let her cook for
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Uber's arrival is squeezing London's black cab tradition: the oldest Knowledge training school closed as enrollments fell from 350 to 200 a year.
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Mosaics Community Café served the Chicago area with no prices on the menu — pay what you can, or nothing at all. How one café fought hunger while preserving
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Sureshbhai Patel, 57, of Gujarat, was left partially paralyzed by a 2015 Alabama police encounter. Officer Parker was acquitted; Madison settled the civil suit.
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Who should a self-driving car kill in an unavoidable crash — you or the pedestrians? A 2015 study found most people pick the greater good, just not when
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Deputies found 69-year-old Gary Richard Buys dead on his kitchen floor — likely a year, unnoticed because he lived quietly and paid bills automatically.
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Meera Jain, a Naperville graphic designer turned mixed-media art teacher, transforms photographs and everyday objects into art — and shows novices they can
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Parivaar founder Vinayak Lohani (IIT, IIM Calcutta) spoke at Naperville's 95th Street Library on October 31, 2015, on his vision of social transformation.
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Why a friend's Facebook update stays with you longer than a hundred scholarly articles — a Naperville writer on raw, unedited emotion and the case for
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Plastic surgeons say selfies drive business as millennials seek surgery over what they see in their photos — while psychologists warn the pressure warps values.
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Steven Assanti, 33, lost his spot in a Rhode Island hospital weight-loss program after ordering pizza — now he and his father are driving around Rhode
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Fall 2015's Chicago South Asian Film Festival: five days of cinema from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the diaspora — beyond Bollywood.
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Trump called Pakistan 'probably the most dangerous' country in a 2015 interview — saying India, with its own nukes and powerful army, is 'the real check'.
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#ShoutYourAbortion went viral in September 2015 as thousands of women shared abortion stories after the House voted to defund Planned Parenthood — and
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Chicago police: robbers twice posed as Uber drivers in River North and Old Town, luring waiting riders into a black car and robbing them. How to check first.
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A Chowhound video shows a faster, better way to boil spaghetti. Turns out the classic method — plenty of boiling water — isn't the whole story.
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A short story about a family that refuses to see what is wrong — an abusive home, a child who needs help — until a crisis forces the truth out.
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A 17-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped in Outer Delhi's Aman Vihar. Irate locals thrashed the two accused and tonsured their heads before police
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