August-2012

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Reader's Digest India December 2011 coverIn the Magazine:
Reader's Digest India - AUGUST 2012 

COVER
Energize Your Life
Regina Nuzzo & Michelle Crouch
Health experts on the changes they want you to make.

Bolt!
Alison Kervin
Will the fastest man ever break his own record again?

REAL-LIFE DRAMA- Mayday!
Derek Burnett
Could you tread water for 18 hours without a life vest?

F E A T U R E S

Man Who Saved 2 Million Babies
Helen Signy
Why James Harrison is the world’s greatest blood donor.

The World Is Watching
Jo Carlowe
Dictators beware—there are eyes in the sky.

QUICK STUDY- Star Wars
Leesa Hamilton
A long, long time ago, an epic space adventure was born.

Meera Syal Remembers
Ellie Rose
The UK-based actress reflects on her career and growing up.

The Life-Saving List
Lisa Davis & Regina Nuzzo
Fourteen discoveries, drugs and devices that will change your life.

The Good Serb
Der Spiegel
Tennis ace Novak Djokovic is the new face of war-ravaged Serbia.

Paris in August
National Geographic Traveler
The hustle and bustle gives way to lazy weekends and simple diversions.
 

BOOK BONUS - Confessions of a Serial Dieter
From the book
The trials of dieting, and how life-changing motivation finally made the author slim down from 104 kilos to half that weight.

D E P A R T M E N T S

Outrageous!  -  Why is radio news still a government monopoly?

My Story - Mother revealed her heart when she thought I wasn’t awake.

Kindness of Strangers - Small acts, big impact.

Heroes  - Mohammed Iqbal—a voice for the disabled.

Language  - The plain logic of South Indian English..

Look Twice  - Clean energy creates a picturesque landscape.

Quirks  - Watch out, or you’ll be forced to take a vacation.

In My Opinion - Do Indians have a sense of humour?

Around the World - Festivals—burdensome or blissful?


React - Letters from Readers

Quotes

Up Close- Career advice from the whiz behind LinkedIn.

Right Here Right Now + Books

Around the World - Festivals—burdensome or blissful?


@ Work - All in a day's work

Off Base - Humour in Uniform

Word Power

Ask Laskas- Commonsense advice.

Greenheart - Bittu Sahgal on a very young conservationist.

Life! - Life's like that

Laughter - It's the best medicine

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