It’s no longer cool to say that we are working 24/7, no time for family, books or entertainment. Many companies are recognizing the value of time off. To be productive and creative, absolute shut-off from work is warrant...

It seems there is a mystery around why Ratan Tata took over from Cyrus Mistry as the interim Chairman of Tata sons. The compelling reason why though In July of 2016, Manu Joseph ( Radia Tape fame) wrote an article on ( a...

Most days I feel elated about being a working mother. But there are days when the guilt of not having spent enough time with my kids makes me miserable. All of us – mothers (working and non-working), let’s face it- we ar...

For another woman or man....... Says he/she found love...... Will he/she live in peace? The one who is left behind obviously can’t because the thought that while she/he was faithfully working on the marriage, the other w...

Rosemary Johnson was a budding violinist, a member of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra. She was expected to great things. She had a road accident 27 years ago and in the fatal car crash she lost her ability to move and...

writes on ( It torments the young and terrorizes the old. It carved “caverns” in Emily Dickinson’s soul and left William Blake “bereaved of light.” Loneliness, long a bane of humanity, is increasingly seen today as a ser...

I believe in you: Trust is fundamental for any relationship. Telling your child right from beginning that you trust him/her- sends a positive signal to their brain. Chances are they will not be lying to you even in a tri...

Stress levels have gone up. In the last thirty years, ( The most stressed group being between the age group of 33-47 year-olds. This seems logical. This is the group that has the most worries, kids, jobs, careers and hor...

An Angel by Choice …… ( How far will a kind human being go to help those in need is the question ..... Will cross all limits , Will leave no stone unturned , is the answer. That is the thought that came to my mind when I...

A couple who took their children out of school without permission to visit their sick grandfather in India are being taken to court this week as part of the government’s continuing crackdown on term-time absence. Shahnaw...

Attention: Naperville Residents. ( that helps manage life events better by synchronizing all your calendars (Facebook, Google, Phone etc.) into one calendar is hiring interns. Sign-up for WotNow app summer internships Si...

The Rossi family decides to take a vacation during the school session. When the return from the holiday, a letter is waiting. The letter is from the Principal of the Rossi kids who study in elementary school. The letter...

Films with father-daughter as the central characters are quite rare in Bollywood. “Daddy” (1989) and “Khamoshi The Musical” (1996) are two of the most memorable ones. Films discussing bowel movements in all its glory are...

This past November, my husband and I adopted our Mackenzie from foster care. She was only 6 months away from her 18th birthday and had spent more than half her life in the care of the state. “Mom, we need to do something...

The killing of an Indian-origin woman in Sydney — stabbed to death in circumstances that were investigated as a domestic homicide — joined a string of cases that had made the safety of Indian migrants in Australia a matt...

A sauna does more than build up a sweat - it can be a life saver, say researchers. Middle-aged men who take frequent saunas are around half as likely to die from heart conditions as those who do not, according to a new s...

Is it possible to be in a relationship and not lie at all? Is it possible to be honest all the time, without hurting the love in your life? Does lying and loving coexist? New ( on an average in a ten-minute conversation....

The video that circulated widely showing a young child — five or six years old — who had been selling pens outside a McDonald's restaurant visiting the inside of the restaurant for the first time generated the kind of em...

by Psychologist Arthur Aaron and few others goes to prove that love is an action to be done.Love doesn’t happen, it needs to be created.The group devised a set of 36 questions which could be a breakthrough to falling in...

Ekjut recently staged their maiden Hindi romantic comedy play called "Pyar ka panchnama" which entertained a full house with lots of laughter. EKJUT provides a platform for adult enthusiasts and local community for drama...

It Is None Of My Business ’’……….Somehow I keep hearing this sentence a lot these days……It seems like , It is the ‘’ En Vogue ‘’ statement now . As if to be with the crowd you have to know these magic words and using them...

Belly fat, potbelly, abdominal fat, or medically called as central obesity is a cause for many illnesses. From cardiovascular diseases to Alzheimer’s, belly fat –whether visceral or subcutaneous easily is the number one...

IF all goes according to plan, I’ll turn 44 soon after this column appears. So far in my adult life, I’ve never managed to grasp a decade’s main point until long after it was over. It turns out that I wasn’t supposed to...

Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. In a study that will appear in the Jan. 30 iss...

How you start your day sets the context and your mindset for the rest of the day. Yet, most people start the day with procrastination by hitting the snooze button, telling their subconscious that they don’t even have the...

Chotu Chaiwala of Mumbai The ( Chai right from the street peddlers to your office desk. When you can't have a chai break, the chai walas of the street deliver chai to your desk. ChotuChaiWala is an initiative by ( an eco...

All of us have been there , we want to change our ears , forehead, big butt , flabby arms , thin lips …..probably grow more hair ….the list is endless. With the burgeoning influence of social media and photos being taken...

So much has been written about this movie. Every critic has passed judgment on Vishal Bharadwaj and his gang. I am no critic. I don’t even write regularly. But after watching the movie, I felt this urge to voice my opini...

Seattle became one of the first major American cities to formally penalize residents and businesses for throwing away food scraps when compostable material was required to be separated for composting rather than sent to...

Flunking the pretest has huge benefits A scientific study revealed, that its not the study mode but the test mode that helps students learn better. If a student were to take a pretest before actually studying, when the t...

Another reason to lose weight Yes, you heard that right. Losing weight not only makes you look beautiful but also smarter. ( published and article how “Too much fat weighs down not just your body, but also your brain.” (...

Throughout the summer we've had an intern working with us to help test new product features before they go live with our customers. Evan is a Junior from Carnegie Mellon. Here he is in the office showing his support for...

Digital Detox A new age term-Digital Detox, describing when one takes leave from social media and in many cases from Internet. Today, everyday life, is synonymous with Internet, Facebook, Instagram, Hangout and so on. Bu...

This post originally appeared on ( but now is deleted but it can still be found on the ( Turns out, the guy in the relationship wanted to date and have relationship with other women because his girlfriend was “big” and h...

According to Freud, every single dream represents a want, a wish fulfillment. Dreams are demonstrative of our unfulfilled wishes and a medium to visually experience them while sleeping. Most of the times we don’t remembe...

A new app called “FIXED” helps top fight parking ticket fees. Right now it is only available in the San Francisco area. San Francisco is one of the cities, which has very strict parking guidelines. Once a person gets a p...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see" While a tourist might look like more planned with “things to do”, “places to visit” lists a traveler just has a place in mind and the excitement t...

Once in a while every house would have a clogged toilet . Boy! That’s ugly! Unclogging toilets are a pain –tools and chemicals are abundant in the marketplace for unclogging them. The best one though is baking soda-which...

A Philosopher Writes (By%20Sonali%20Dev) As someone who writes urban Indian love stories, I had no idea what to expect when I read The Immortals of Meluha. Amazingly enough, this utterly unique retelling of the legend of...

Wishing for a real life ? A website called ( is hugely popular these days –their mantra? You can say anything here, even the things you cannot tell your best friend because as it turns out Internet has made us “game face...

Building motivated children Early on, right from the prekindergarten years or maybe even before that, if we started training our little ones to be motivated learners, the kids would grow up to be self-assured adults and...

Learn Spanish at FRY YMCA Naperville What: Spanish lessons for kids 3-5 years When: Tuesdays 10:30 AM- 11:15 AM How Long: 09/03/13-10/22/13 Cost: $ 42 for the whole program Location : 2120 , 95th Street, Naperville , IL...

Facebook friends could change credit score A new trend – lenders would be giving loans not just on your credit score but also on the kind of friends you have on Facebook. Simply put, if you have friends that show irrespo...

Have we forgotten how to live in the present? Image Source : ( School reopens (USA) in a few weeks time –for some next week and for others much later. By September, though all the kids will be in school –I know many moms...

Does punishment really work? The easiest thing to do when the kid is misbehaving is either to give him a time-out or spank him. Anger is the immediate response to the kid’s misbehavior. Parents often say that kids need t...

Every minute of exercise increases your life by at least seven more minutes How much or actually how little exercise is needed to be on a steady climb towards a fit you? A recent article in ( talks about just 75 minutes...

As a designer of custom closets, offices and other functional built-in cabinetry, I was recently asked, “Why should I go with Cambridge Closets instead of a large closet company?” I passionately answered, “Because I plan...

Summer is the time when you don't want to switch on the stove or oven to cook anything -leave alone desserts . Here are some recipes which does not involve any cooking . It is as simple as mixing some things together the...

makes it news when Aishwarya Rai skips meeting Al Pacino so that she could be with her daughter. Rest of the newspapers follow suit –making it their job to make Aishwarya’s decision to stay home with Aradhya the national...

This time too the Scripps Spelling Bee Champion is a 13-year old Indian boy from New York. Arvind Mahankali became the national champion last Thursday. He had been getting the 3rd place for the last two years. In the pas...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 1 of 2) Art mirrors life, but when life portends art… To twist things a bit, let me tell you the story about a movie before I tell you the story of *the movie. What follows though, is a tr...

Anxious Vidya calls up Sabya to work out a slam-proof look for her Red Carpet stint On Wednesday morning, Vidya Balan was chosen to be a part of the nine-member jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, at this year'sCannes Film...

Kim Fraser came from a ''good Roman Catholic household'', was a successful barrister and a single mother of two children. Now the central coast resident is Australia's first female guru. Called Shakti Durga (meaning divi...

Resignation by cake: the sweetest way to say goodbye As resignations go, it takes the biscuit. Chris Holmes, an immigration officer for Border Force at Stansted Airport, handed in his resignation yesterday on a cake, bea...

If you’ve watched Sridevi’s—Bollywood actress of the 80s—latest release ‘English Vinglish’ you’ll understand what the plight of being an outcast means – when you’re out-casted by your family. Let’s face it, in India, if...

Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because they have had enough. Here is one resignation letter from a veteran tea...

In weight training, is it better to increase the number of repetitions or the amount of weight over time? If by “better,” you mean helps you gain muscle and strength without hurting yourself, then “the answer, to me, is...

Newly married, my husband, Eric, and I moved to a new home with our kids. Now we would start trying to blend our families. From the beginning, it was total chaos. There were endless chores, to say nothing of the logistic...

holder of a Harvard M.B.A., protégé of Clinton Treasury Secretary ( former vice president at ( ( chief operating officer at ( ( and mother of two young children—believes women are holding themselves back. In "Lean In," s...

Asia's most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies. And he's on Facebook. But Philippine Cardinal Luis...

Best Buy Co. said Monday it has ended its program that allowed corporate employees to control their schedules and how often they showed up at the company’s Richfield headquarters. Known as Results Only Work Environment (...

Santa was out delivering presents to all the children. Santa looked at the sky, and he was very surprised. The sky was starting to get light; the sun was coming up! Santa was very worried because he still had to deliver...

Bear Paddle swim school - their motto "unleash your paddle power!" This is one of a kind swim school perhaps anywhere in the world, well certainly in Naperville. My daughter started swimming here about three months ago....

Living in the Midwest, there are just too many reasons to be glad to get past the February bump. I usually enter March pirouetting around the yard chasing birds and plucking flowers, at least in my head, and tearing pink...

Fred Butler was married for 65 years, raised five children, served in the Army during World War II and worked for years for the local water department, but the fact he never earned a high school diploma always bothered h...

WDSRA :The development of individuals through recreation. Dreams come in all shape and sizes –dreams are not limited. Whether you are an able-bodied person or someone who needs a little help – all of us dream –dream to l...

It's perhaps motherhood's dirtiest little secret: Favoring one child over another. Favoritism is usually not intentional and can happen for a variety of reasons. Maybe one kid is the most well-behaved in the brood, espec...

was known for telling jokes and never wasting money. So when he died suddenly while en route to his wife's funeral, the couple's daughters knew there was only one thing to do: Hold a doubleheader service. The 94-year-old...

China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert. Hu lives in the Jiuquan region in Gansu province, one of the rare pla...

A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left hundreds of people hurt. The number of injured continues t...

is playing a dad again — and this time it's not a movie! The 67 year-old "Cheaper by the Dozen" star and his wife, Anne Stringfield, 41, have welcomed their first child. A rep for the legendary comedian confirmed to the...

is being rattled by a bizarre series of early morning 911 calls made from a home phone registered to her dead husband, police sources said. Every Tuesday at 2 a.m., Jay Monahan’s phone dials 911. And each time, a patrol...

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal last week and that really got me thinking. Walmart has been having a ball of a time now that it's gained entry in the Indian market. For many US-returns they get a slice-of-US...

he trend for women to increase the size of their bottoms to look like US stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian is catching on in the UK as figures show more women are injecting fat into their bodies than having...

Workers who boast that they can multitask are actually the worst at doing several things at once and at focusing on single jobs, according to a new study. Serial multitaskers end juggling two activities at once not becau...

img class="size-full wp-image-8962" alt="Retro Reel is a column about movies, but not about the latest box-office releases. There will be aspects of review, but the column is intended more as a recommendation of good mov...

The debate over how to structure health insurance in the United States returns, periodically, to an analogy that sounds intuitive on the surface: why not make health insurance work like car insurance? Individuals bear re...

Sleep is not a passive state of rest. It is an active biological process during which the brain consolidates memories, clears metabolic waste, repairs cellular damage, regulates hormones, and processes emotional experien...

The desire from people all over the world to look for a life in US continues to be ( There are millions of illegal immigrants in US who are perpetually at the risk of deportation. Obama tried to get them some comfort, an...

A memorably absurd workplace disciplinary case emerged from a federal government agency when an employee was formally reprimanded — in writing, with documentation — for excessive flatulence in the workplace, in a case th...

Anju Gattani, fiction author, international freelance journalist and former news reporter, has been published world-wide for over 2 decades in leading Asian and US publications. Indian-born, Anju grew up in Hong Kong and...

Georgia supervisor, coworker and four others cashed 1,300 U.S. Treasury checks before authorities caught them. More than 171 Postal workers arrested in 2012 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night could stop th...

At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work...

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the best known contemporary Indian musician, died Tuesday evening in San Diego, Calif. He was 92. The sitar star's website announced his death. "Shankar had suffered from upper-respiratory and heart...

Diet, fashion and now even weddings, everything is getting a vegan twist now. It's no more considered a hippy philosophy. Nor is it an alien concept that can be scoffed at for being 'a little too extreme'. At a time when...

A nurse duped by a prank phone call at the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died in a suspected suicide. Jacintha Saldanha, 46, who has worked at the hospital for four years, was found dead at an a...

The latest James Bond movie, "Skyfall", has become the highest-grossing film in British box office history, its producers said on Wednesday. The 23rd episode of the spy series, starring Daniel Craig as Agent 007 for a th...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Marriage and Partnership in Modern Life Marriage and long-term partnership remain central to human happiness and meaning. Yet modern life creates unique challenges for sustained partnership. What Makes Partnerships Last...

Understanding Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ? The topic "Fresh Vs Organic Vegetables & Fruits - Which is Better ?" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answ...

There was a time when the holiday shopping season began the day after Thanksgiving. Then it began on Thanksgiving itself. Then it began in early November. At some point in the recent past, Christmas decorations began app...

Understanding Firefighter Ostracized For Becoming A Vegetarian The topic "Firefighter Ostracized For Becoming A Vegetarian" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful...

Anju Gattani, fiction author, international freelance journalist and former news reporter, has been published world-wide for over 2 decades in leading Asian and US publications. Indian-born, Anju grew up in Hong Kong and...

Veteran Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha, who was suffering from depression, today committed suicide by shooting herself, police said. A singer and columnist, Varsha, 56, shot herself in the temple with a p...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra, who has given several golden hits to Indian cinema including 'Waqt', 'Deewar', 'Silsila', 'Dil Toh Pagal Hai' and 'Veer Zaara', will end his directorial innings with the upcoming Shahrukh K...

Chai, Chat with Books" is a small group of eight ladies who share their passion for reading over a cup of tea and lots of chaat/snacks. Our book club meeting is a time away from the daily grind of life...

Former President Bill Clinton addressed the recent unrest in the Muslim world over a U.S.-made film insulting the prophet Muhammad, saying that while the underlying message is offensive, "you can't react every time you'r...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Pratish Datta's achievement in topping the IIT Joint Entrance Examination among visually impaired candidates was a story that resonated far beyond the competitive examination ecosystem for what it revealed: that the barr...

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Retro Reel is a column about movies, but not about the latest box-office releases. There will be aspects of review, but the column is intended more as a recommendation of good movies of different genres, with the sense o...

The father of Hannah Truelove, 16, who was found dead behind her mother's apartment complex on August 24, has spoken out for the first time about the horrific ordeal.Gainesveille, Georgia, officials have refused to go in...

Forget Passwords: How Playing Games Can Make Computers More Secure A new security approach would let users input patterns instead of words to verify identity By Larry Greenemeier** It seems like something out of a Robert...

Paul Ryan's false claim about his marathon finishing time — stated during a radio interview in August 2012, shortly after he became Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate — became a surprisingly revealing episode i...

In the crowded landscape of the American food industry, the story of Deep Foods stands out as a remarkable account of immigrant entrepreneurship, cultural preservation, and business acumen that transformed a small family...

Exposed by sixth wife, Bihar conman arrested The Rohtas police arrested a 35-year-old man from Dehri after his wife lodged a complaint alleging that he had married five more women in the last 10 years, pretending to be a...

Understanding NRI Grooms No Longer In Style The topic "NRI Grooms No Longer In Style " addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and multip...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Understanding Health and Wellness Health is multidimensional—physical, mental, emotional, and social. True health requires attention to all dimensions. The Interconnection of Health Factors Physical health influences men...

The Most Dreaded Facebook Reunion The online world is easily divided into two categories: 1) people who love the idea of getting together with everyone from their past and 2) um...

Apple Inc. on Monday gave a federal judge a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market, including popular Galaxy model smartphones. U.S. District Judge Luc...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views by Arup Raha Olympics 2012 is over. Except those who get opportunities to appear on TV commercials, Indian medal-winners and other athletes who com...

In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team from the University of Adelaide and Un...

Exercise: The Most Powerful Medicine Available Regular physical activity is perhaps the single most impactful health intervention available—more effective than most medications at preventing and treating disease. Yet in...

Apple is Wall Street's all-time MVP -that's Most Valuable Property. On Monday, Apple's surging stock propelled the company's value to $624 billion, the world's highest, ever. It beat the record for market capitalization...

For the first time since he began running for president, Republican Mitt Romney has the support of over 40 percent of America's youth vote, a troubling sign for President Obama who built his 2008 victory with the overwhe...

Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman and House Budget Committee chairman, as his vice-presidential running mate in August 2012 was unusual in that it generated something rarely seen in politica...

The next time you perform a calculation in Google's search box, be prepared for a surprise. New Google calculatorGoogle launched a new feature that displays a scientific calculator as well as the results of your calculat...

Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused. They are both friendly white women from modest Midwestern backgrounds who left...

Having just finished a gruelling outdoor shoot in Istanbul for Race 2, Saif Ali Khan is back in Mumbai, promoting his new film Cocktail and planning his wedding with Kareena Kapoor. Even though Cocktail releases this Fri...

She Sees Clutter, He Sees Treasures Not long after she remarried two years ago, Karen Steele realized the look of her Roseville, Calif., home had changed. The problem is her husband's office. It has become a catchall for...

Mitt Romney, during his 2012 presidential campaign, proposed bringing in McKinsey & Company — the global management consulting giant where he began his business career before co-founding Bain Capital — to conduct a compr...

The genre of "things you should never post on social media" listicles had become its own cottage industry by 2012, and with good reason: the consequences of poorly considered Facebook posts were by then well-documented,...

The word "nag" — applied almost exclusively to women who repeatedly raise concerns, requests, or complaints — carries a weight of dismissal that is worth examining directly. It frames repetition as a character flaw rathe...

The concept of "lucky skin" — the kind that seems to age gracefully, maintain its clarity through dietary indiscretions and weather changes and stress, and require minimal intervention to look healthy — tends to create t...

The conviction of Rajat Gupta in June 2012 on four counts of securities fraud and conspiracy marked the end of a legal proceeding that had captivated both the business world and the Indian-American community — not becaus...

A growing body of research has identified a perhaps unexpected correlation: people who exercise regularly tend to earn more money. The relationship is not simply explained by health — the mechanisms are more interesting...

There is a particular kind of cognitive trap that researchers in judgment and decision-making have documented extensively: the feeling of clarity. The sense that you already know the answer, that the question is simple,...

The sentencing of Dharun Ravi in May 2012 brought to a close a legal proceeding that had become one of the most discussed cases at the intersection of cyberbullying, privacy, and anti-gay harassment in recent American hi...

Facebook's experiment with charging page owners in New Zealand to "promote" posts to their own followers drew sharp criticism in 2012, exposing tensions between the social network's business model and user expectations b...

When Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayte launched in May 2012, one of its most discussed features was the decision to air the program without commercial breaks. For viewers accustomed to the rhythm of Indian tele...

In early 2012, actor John Travolta faced accusations from two men who alleged that he had made unwanted sexual advances during separate incidents involving massage sessions. Both filed civil lawsuits. Both were eventuall...

Scientists say an epidemic of myopia, or nearsightedness, is sweeping through Asian children, and is likely due to students' spending too much time indoors studying and not enough time outside in the sunlight. It has lon...

When a six-year-old boy in the United States was suspended from school for singing the LMFAO song "I'm Sexy and I Know It" to a female classmate, the incident generated the kind of widespread bewilderment that only a sto...

The program is for kids 5 - 11yrs old. This free session runs for about 2 hrs. Your child will be introduced to the abacus and our math program in first hour. The second hour will be an information session for the parent...

Rifling through my wardrobe for the perfect ensemble to wear for a romantic dinner with my husband, a low-cut dress and strappy sandals catch my eye. The outfit is sexy with a hint of old-school Hollywood glamour...

Economic Policy and Development: India's Evolving Path India's economy has undergone dramatic transformation in recent decades. Understanding this transformation and ongoing debates is essential for informed citizenship....

For decades, the common-sense assumption was that living together before marriage would reduce divorce rates — that couples who tested their compatibility under the same roof before making a legal commitment would be bet...

Barack Obama's comment that the family "didn't have the luxury" of Michelle staying home when she was earning $316,000 a year in her role at the University of Chicago Medical Center sparked a predictable storm — one that...

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigned abruptly, with the company announcing that an internal investigation had found evidence of an "inappropriate relationship" with a female employee. The departure was swift and the circumst...

Karisma Kapoor's decision to file for divorce from businessman Sanjay Kapur after nearly nine years of marriage was confirmed in 2014, ending a union that had been reported as troubled for several years and marking a sig...

Naperville, Illinois — home to one of the largest Indian-American communities in the Chicago metropolitan area — launched a Hindi language immersion summer program through its school district, responding to both the heri...

The arrival of 3D printing technology in the consumer food space began, appropriately, with chocolate — a substance that is solid at room temperature, melts predictably when heated, and resolidifies cleanly, making it am...

Volume 8 finds us in late spring, when the produce is finally cooperating and the question is no longer what to cook to stay warm but what to cook to stay light — meals that are satisfying without being heavy, that taste...

Understanding Average Looking Woman Thinks It The topic "Average Looking Woman Thinks It" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers, thoughtful engagement requires nuance and mul...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

She famously struggled with her weight during the early years of her fame. But now that Kate Winslet has achieved a figure she is content with, the actress can look back on her most well-known film, Titanic, and smile sm...

When it comes to disorders of the mind, our society has a tendency to seek out the safety of clear-cut categories. We want there to be a bright line separating normal from abnormal, health from sickness. Alas, the human...

An analysis of government employee compensation data revealed that physicians and psychiatrists working in California's prison system were among the highest-paid public employees in the state — a finding that generated s...

Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn't lead to learning or behavioral problems, experts say. "It'...

As I sat down to face my mom, I sensed she was unhappy about something. "Joe, I am disappointed in you.Your writing scores are terribly low.You need to work on this. I have bought a diary for you. I want you to write a j...

Understanding Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms The topic "Lululemon eavesdrops on its customers in fitting rooms" addresses an important contemporary issue or experience. Rather than simple answers,...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views by Arup Raha Someone recently asked me which movie I am looking forward to, now that the earlier favorites for the year, Paan Singh Tomar and Kahaa...

Volume 6 arrives with a menu that leans into the season — or rather, into the specific pleasure of cooking for early spring when the impulse is to lighten up but the evenings are still cool enough to want something warmi...

It happened at a campaign event in Virginia: a young woman in the crowd began to sway, then slumped, and was caught by those standing nearby. Barack Obama paused his speech, asked the audience to give her room, and — onc...

The light was on in Megan Miller's bedroom late that January night inside her family's Naperville home. Paul Miller walked in and was startled to find his 18-year-old daughter curled into a ball, face down in front of he...

A widely circulated essay by physician Ken Murray posed an observation that had been quietly noted within the medical community but rarely discussed publicly: doctors, when they themselves are dying, typically choose far...

The last time I renewed my driver's license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at me and asked again. I said, "No. Just check the box that says, 'I am a heartl...

Our lives are like streams that fall over rocky cliffs before they can reach the ocean" and "then all the struggle and hardship suffered bleeds into a wash , just like watery ink on paper ‘’-- pearls of wisdom by SAYURI...

At some point in almost every fitness journey, the routine that once produced results stops working. The body adapts. The same miles on the same route, the same machines in the same order, the same weight class — they st...

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in India, the period that witnessed increased urban female participation in the labor force with a simultaneous shift in social acceptance and strong encouragement for a working woman, t...

You wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, sweaty, little out of breath, a tad confused, maybe you’ve been dreaming, you have experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions; you are nervous, tense, and anxious. You...

The question of why marriages fail has occupied psychologists, sociologists, theologians, and divorce lawyers for as long as marriage has existed as a legal and social institution. What the research over the past half-ce...

The party was in full swing , everybody seemed to be enjoying the music , some swayed with their cocktails and others enjoyed delicious looking appetizers . Amidst all this I was busy , as usual , doing what I do best –...

Which Sleeping Position is the Best for You? You spend about 1/3 of your life sleeping- are you sleeping the right way that facilitates the best sleep possible? Are you waking up stiff with neck and shoulder pain every m...

Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, published in January 2011, detonated a cultural conversation that had been building pressure for years — a direct challenge to Western parenting orthodoxy from a Yale law profe...

While browsing the web recently, I got interested in the World Giving Index reportpublished by the Charities Aid Foundation, which provided information on charitable giving patterns across the world through a survey cond...

In 2010, the 26-year-old Facebook founder recreated how humans communicated. Company biographer David Kirkpatrick gives 10 reasons he deserves Time's Person of the Year. Many ask whether at a mere 26, Facebook CEO Mark Z...

It took me a while to figure it out, but I did – brown is beautiful! And I'm not talking brown chocolate icing on a brown chocolate cake, but the color of my skin. The realization didn't come easily. It took a move to a...