Education
Naperville-area schools let teachers decide on AI as New York and Los Angeles pause
· 6 min read
Monday, October 19, 2026
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Jon Stewart doubts AI's universal high income, and E.M. Forster would too
· 6 min read
India Politics
Rubio heads to Mumbai with a say over the Russian oil tariff waiver
Marco Rubio meets S. Jaishankar in Mumbai on Tuesday, four days after a White House order paused a 100 percent tariff threat over Russian oil and gave his office a say in when that pause ends.
By M. Subramaniam||5 min read
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Lifestyle
Townhouse Books and Café in St. Charles, IL — A Review by SAGA
SAGA reviews Townhouse Books & Café in St. Charles: an indie bookstore in an 1853 Victorian house on the Fox River — plus sandwiches and salads.
· 2 min read
Naperville Diary
Attention Naperville: Parents and Kids Together Will Make the Difference
ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.
· 2 min read
Naperville Diary
Why Do Facebook Updates Resonate With Us?
Why a friend's Facebook update stays with you longer than a hundred scholarly articles — a Naperville writer on raw, unedited emotion and the case for
· 1 min read
Naperville Diary
Tips to Transform from the Summer Mode to School Routine
Four tips for families shifting from summer mode to the school routine: reset the body clock, build study habits early, set screen rules, and stick to the plan.
· 2 min read
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Health
Dinacharya for desk workers: Ayurveda's ancient routine meets your 3pm slump
Ayurveda's dinacharya schedules the day around sunrise, midday meals, and same-time sleep. Modern sleep and sitting trials keep landing in the same places.
· 8 min read
Economy
India's gold paradox: at record prices, almost nobody is selling
Gold trades near ₹1.5 lakh per 10 grams, yet Indian households sold less old gold last quarter than at any point in three years. They are pawning it instead.
· 6 min read
Economy
The rupee's plumbing: SRVAs explained, without the jargon
Rupee at 96 to the dollar, trade talks stalled. Meanwhile a quieter project runs on: settling India's trade in rupees. How SRVAs work, and their limits.
· 7 min read
Economy
GCCs: India's quiet $98-billion export engine
India's 2,117 global capability centres form a $98.4-billion market employing 2.36 million. Inside the quiet boom reshaping Indian cities — and its limits.
· 7 min read
Economy
The tariff threat just got a deadline: what Goyal's Washington week actually changes
Piyush Goyal lands in Washington this week with a 100%-tariff law ticking behind him. What actually changed in the India-US trade standoff — and what hasn't.
· 6 min read
Health
The 3 AM wake-up: what sleep science and Ayurveda each say about the small hours
Waking at 3 AM is one of the most reported sleep complaints. The honest version: lighter second-half sleep, cortisol's pre-dawn rise, and the usual evening suspects. Ayurveda marked this hour two thousand years earlier.
· 5 min read
Diaspora
Brain drain in reverse: who is actually moving back to India
205,000 white-collar Indians came home in 2026, 17% more than in all of 2025. Who is returning, what the $100K H-1B fee changed, and why landing back is hard.
· 6 min read
Diaspora
'Living abroad makes you more Indian': inside the NRI identity debate
One NRI said three years in Paris made her 'more Indian than ever' — and the internet pushed back. Inside the diaspora's oldest identity argument.
· 6 min read
Education
What India's test-prep machine understood about reading before America did
US seniors posted their worst-ever reading scores; India's foundational reading is recovering. India treats reading as a skill. America treats it as taste.
· 7 min read
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Family Matter
A short story about a family that refuses to see what is wrong — an abusive home, a child who needs help — until a crisis forces the truth out.
· 10 min read
Long readDefense
China, Balochistan and Pakistan: the new Great Game
In May 2011 Pakistan asked China to take over Gwadar port — and hinted at a naval base. Beijing said no. Inside the new Great Game.
· 16 min read
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Health & Spirituality
The 3:00 AM Awakening: Why Your Nervous System Surges in the Quiet of Night
Waking at 3 a.m. with a racing mind? Cortisol's early-morning rise and lighter second-half sleep explain most of it — the liver-glycogen story is only a
· 6 min read
Health & Spirituality
Vamkukshi: What Ayurveda and Modern Science Actually Say About Sleeping on Your Left Side
Ayurveda's vamkukshi advises resting on the left side after meals. Modern reflux studies back the left-side habit, but the heart and lymph claims don't hold up.
· 4 min read
Health & Spirituality
Yoga Diplomacy: How India Exports Wellness to the World
From ashrams to Instagram: how yoga became India's most successful cultural export, what was gained in translation, and who captures the value.
· 4 min read
Politics
Water Crisis: Cities Running Dry Across India
Groundwater falling a meter a year, 30-40% of treated water leaking from pipes. India's urban water crisis is already here — not a future warning.
· 4 min read