Interesting

When Maggi was banned in India in 2015 over lead concerns, legal notices went to celebrity endorsers like Madhuri Dixit. Where does an endorser's liability end?

Why do Indian-American families push so hard on academics? From skilled-worker immigration to the tiger-parent ethos, a look at the culture of excellence.

In 2015, Chicago-area theater group Ekjut staged Yoni ki Baat at Naperville's North Central College — a look back at this community theater notice.

An NGO and Chandigarh Police rescued 63-year-old Sukhi, who had locked herself in her Sector 36 home for days, untreated and battling depression.

In May 2015 the world was told a Nigerian restaurant served human flesh. Days later the Anambra police debunked it and the BBC retracted the story.

A popular Quora thread asked what Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others did between ages 10 and 22. The answers share a striking pattern.

In 2015, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh offered severance to anyone who didn't want Holacracy's boss-less system. 210 employees — 14% of the company — took it.

A Philadelphia dad took his kids to the Boston Marathon, got a warning letter from the school, and wrote back a reply that went viral worldwide.

The Supreme Court ruled that abusing in-laws and barring them from the matrimonial home amounts to mental cruelty — a valid ground for divorce.

'Ponytail-gate': a sexual-harassment complaint was laid against NZ Prime Minister John Key after waitress Amanda Bailey described his repeated hair-pulling.

A 2015 community announcement: Ekjut, the Chicago-area theater wing, presents Rangmanch par Ek Sham Aap Ke Naam, after the hit staging of Pyar ka Panchnama.

NASA's $18,000 bed-rest study at UTMB Galveston: 70 days in bed to understand how spaceflight changes the body — and how to counter it.

In 2015, drinks giant Diageo committed to voluntary nutrition and alcohol-per-serve labeling across brands like Smirnoff, Tanqueray, and Guinness.

A 21-year Finnish study found men who took saunas 4–7 times a week had far lower rates of fatal heart disease — with the usual observational-study caveats.

Shubhli Bhalla reviews Ashwin Sanghi's The Krishna Key — a thriller weaving the legend of Krishna with modern-day murder and conspiracy.

A viral video of a pen-selling child visiting McDonald's for the first time — and what 'first time' videos reveal, and conceal, about poverty.

In February 2015, the BMC demolished a 75-metre ramp Shah Rukh Khan had built on a public road outside Mannat — and considered billing him for it.

Shah Rukh Khan's Fan (2016) cast him in a double role — a superstar and his obsessive lookalike fan — in one of his most challenging performances.

In January 2015, five Disneyland workers contracted measles — including two who were vaccinated — as California's outbreak passed 53 confirmed cases.