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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

Rosemary Johnson, a former Welsh National Opera violinist with severe brain damage, composed music for the first time in 27 years — using software that

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.

In Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Anuradha Mishra Jain feeds 70 strays daily and runs 'Hope for the Speechless Soul' — a one-woman shelter for Delhi's injured dogs.

Shahnawaz and Sofiya Patel of Preston took their sons to India to see their sick grandfather — and were prosecuted under the UK's term-time absence rules.

WotNow, the local Naperville social-calendar app, was hiring summer interns for 2015 — info desks at Naperville libraries, five hours a week minimum.

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.

No food melts belly fat on its own — but eggs, oats, dals, nuts, and leafy greens make the calorie equation easier. Suchitra Sharma on eating for a flatter

Pamela Druckerman's delightful reflection on the small, hard-won lessons of middle age — from spotting narcissists to the joy of unmedicated sleep.

A simple five-step wake-up routine — set intentions at night, move the alarm across the room, hydrate, and get dressed to move — that makes early mornings

In 2014, ecommerce platform Zepo put four Bandra street chaiwalas online at ChotuChaiWala.com — weekly subscriptions of Mumbai's cutting chai, delivered to

A man's demand for an open relationship backfired: his girlfriend found plenty of dates while he found none. The 2014 Reddit story that made TI readers

Immigration officer Chris Holmes quit his Border Force job by piping his resignation letter onto a cake — 18 eggs of pure career change.

English Vinglish showed what it costs not to speak English in India; Anju Gattani on Shashi's quiet stand for her own worth.

Veteran teacher Gerald Conti's resignation letter: 27 years at Westhill High, and a farewell to a profession he says ‘no longer exists’.

McMaster's Stuart Phillips explains why lighter weights, more reps to fatigue, build muscle as well as heavy lifting — with less injury risk.

Blended-family chaos meets The Prince: one mom's Machiavellian experiments — Target budgets, school rivalries, and one well-timed white lie.

A Christmas story written by eight-year-old Nyssa Aftab: when Santa runs out of time, he's replaced by the villainous Mr.

Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.

Steve Martin became a first-time father at 67 — his rep confirmed he and wife Anne Stringfield had welcomed a baby girl born in December 2012.

Every Tuesday at 2 a.m., a landline still registered to Katie Couric's late husband Jay Monahan was dialing 911 — and the NYPD had no idea why.

Author Anju Gattani on Walmart's India entry: why a retail giant's American playbook collided with Indian roads, kirana shops, and cultural walls.

A University of Utah study found the people most convinced they can multitask are actually the worst at it — the most skilled multitaskers are the ones who

Deep Foods started in 1977 with Bhagwati Amin's Gujarati snacks in New Jersey. It became one of America's largest Indian food brands.

Rohtas police arrested a Bihar man after his sixth wife complained he had married five more women while posing as an Intelligence Bureau officer.

The American groom was once the top prize in India's marriage market. Brides' families are looking twice — and often looking away.

The eve-teasing debate keeps blaming what women wear. The evidence — and plain logic — says the jeans were never the problem.

Women were told to fear the weight room. The men had it right all along: lift heavy, eat enough, rest — and stop doing endless cardio.

Facebook has killed the mystery of school reunions — so why do people still go? On nostalgia, comparison anxiety, and the ones worth attending.

Google added a full 34-button scientific calculator to its search results in July 2012, with voice input on desktop and a mobile-friendly layout.

The feeling of certainty is one of the brain's favorite traps. From Kahneman's System 1 to the .10 bat-and-ball problem — why confident answers deserve a

In May 2012 Dharun Ravi received 30 days in jail for spying on Tyler Clementi — a sentence that satisfied almost no one in one of America's most debated

In May 2012 Facebook tested paid 'promoted posts' in New Zealand — charging page owners to reach their own followers. It was a preview of the end of free

Satyamev Jayate aired in 2012 without commercial breaks — a deliberate choice that changed how India watched television tackle female foeticide and child abuse.

Two 2012 civil suits accused John Travolta of unwanted sexual advances during massages. Both were dismissed — a reminder that civil litigation is not

A six-year-old suspended for singing an LMFAO song he didn't understand: what the 2012 case says about zero-tolerance discipline and young children.

When audience members fainted at Barack Obama's rallies, his response was unglamorous and dad-like: eat and drink before you come. Why the small moments worked.

Naperville parents Paul and Amy Miller, who lost 18-year-old daughter Megan to heroin, began educating other families about the drug's reach into suburbia.

Dr. Ken Murray’s viral 2011 essay observed that doctors facing death often choose comfort care over aggressive treatment.

One DMV clerk, one refused donor box, and the real arithmetic of giving: a single donor’s organs reach several people on the waiting list.

Hit a fitness plateau? Progressive overload, cross-training, and real recovery — not more of the same — are what restart progress and redefine exercise.

An honest essay on stepping back from work to raise kids: the joy, the lost identity, the judgment from both sides — and why every mother is a working mother.

Gottman's 'Four Horsemen' — contempt, criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling — predict divorce. Why marriages fail, and what actually prevents it.

Why did India rank 134th of 153 countries on the 2010 World Giving Index? An essay on survey bias, informal giving, and the culture of Indian philanthropy.

At 26, the Facebook founder was named TIME's 2010 Person of the Year. Why the choice was right — and why it made so many people uncomfortable.

Growing up in India, she was told fair skin was everything. Moving to America taught her otherwise. A personal essay on colorism — and unlearning it.