Contents
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Cover Story
WHAT FREEDOM MEANS
TO YOUNG INDIA
How Free Are We?
PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA
Voices for Liberty
52
TEAM RD
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR CARING
A young man’s gratitude to his
wife’s caregivers. PETER D e MARCO
56
CAN MEDITATION REALLY
SLOW AGEING?
The secret to a longer life may lie
within us after all. JO MARCHANT
62
AN UNLIKELY CHAMPION
OF PRESS FREEDOM
The story of India’s first English
newspaperman. ANDREW OTIS
70
Drama in Real Life
TRAPPED INSIDE
A GLACIER
Seventy feet inside the
ice with no way out.
NICHOLAS HUNE-BROWN
90 IMPROVE YOUR
MARRIAGE (IN
JUST ONE DAY)
Life’s tangles are no match
for this relationship.
GARRISON KEILLOR
94 THE TRANSFORMATIVE
POWER OF GIVING
Can generosity make you a
better person? AARTI MADHUSUDAN
WITH ABHA SRIVASTAVA
102 CLANDESTINE IN DELHI
Rediscover monuments from
the capital’s long-lost past.
108 WHEN THE EKTARA
FELL SILENT
A seaman remembers an
unforgettable voyage.
S. K. MARWAHA
112 OF MOONS, STARS
AND WINES
A visit to Italy’s famed
biodynamic vineyards.
DANIELLE PERGAMENT
80
Everyday Heroes
ENDURING
LOVE
SUCHISMITA UKIL
Bonus Read
120 MY FAMILY’S
SLAVE
A typical,
urban family
hides a shameful
secret.
BETWEEN A
MAN & A MOB
RITUPARNA
ALEX TIZON
CHATTERJEE
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