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How to Build a Better Brain

New research has found that to boost memory and stay sharp, it makes sense to stick to the basics.

Sarah McPharlin (left) and Daru Smith each received three new organs. Photographs by Ryan Segedi

True Stories

The Double Triple

A Triple transplant—heart, liver kidney—is among the rarest of medical procedures. In one 48-hour stretch, a team of doctors performed two back to back.

Culturescape

Stephen Alter's Top-10 All-Time Favourite Reads

Conservationist and founding director of the Mussoorie Mountain Festival, Stephen Alter is the author of more than 20 non-fiction, fiction and children’s titles. His latest novel, Birdwatching, is a tale of intrigue and mystery set against the 1962 Sino-Indian war.

Joke of the day

My wife got mad at me for buying the family-size pack of Oreos for just the two of us and I was like, “Are we or are we not a family?”

@Average_Dad1

Quote of the day

And to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before.

Kamala Harris

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Features

A Hundred Visions and Revisions

Reader's Digest speaks with award-winning author George Saunders.

Humour

Children's Day: 50 Jokes by the Funniest Kids!

Our compilation of the funniest jokes by kids of all ages. (Cartoon by CONAN DE VRIES)

Culturescape

V. Sudarshan's Top 10 Thrilling Reads

V. Sudarshan’s earlier non-fiction titles—Adrift and Abduction—told us gritty tales of survival and escape. The journalist’s two new books— Dead End: The Minister, the CBI and the Murder that Wasn’t and Tuticorin: Adventure in Tamil Nadu’s Crime Capital—are both just as action-packed.

Culturescape

Food and Family: Mary Kom's Walk Down Memory Lane

An excerpt from Sudha Menon's Recipes for Life

Features

Preserving Ancestral Recipes: In Conversation with Author Sudha Menon

Having recently released her cook book Recipes for Life, Sudha Menon talks about her passion and inspiration to preserve what is closest to her heart.