The wounds inflicted by recent floods remain fresh, but Punjab is already bracing itself for another monsoon with deep apprehension. The deluges of 2023 and 2025 were not merely acts of nature ...

With great pleasure, I spent part of Mother’s Day digging in the dirt. At last, sunny days and warmer nights are here and the growing season begins. As always, I planted old standbys such as tomatoes, ...

Washington Wizards' John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in ...

With a steadily growing number of working Hoosier families unable to make ends meet, it’s past time for Indiana’s elected officials to bridge the gaps created by short-sighted policy choices and costs ...

Editor’s note: The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2017. Packing again. This time we’re not going far, but the routine’s the same: nighties, underpants, two ...

Hello, again. It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and shared a word of inspiration with you. To bring you up to speed, my father died a year ago last March and then my beloved mother-in-law passed ...

I have an old clock. It is a Westclox Big Ben De Luxe, made by the Western Clock Company of La Salle, Illinois. The patent date is March 29, 1927, and was made in the late l920’s. This was one of ...

An expert explains how to choose the sexiest cultivated varieties of native plants that will also deliver the best ecological performance. By Margaret Roach Nothing says goodbye to winter as ...

From the time I could push a lawn mower at age 12, I worked. Sometimes two or three jobs at once. Work meant freedom to me. If I wanted something, I earned it. After three semesters of college, I ...

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