Highlights of Reader’s Digest India magazine dated December 1, 2013. With 15 lakh new stroke cases every year in India, we have a comprehensive cover story Stroke! When Every Minute Counts. Many doctors now prefer to call it brain attack in order to show how seriously damaging a stroke can be. The article explains how to recognize a stroke and act quickly. It also covers prevention and the latest medical updates. Escape to India is a moving story of a migrant whose family was forced to abandon its roots and start life from scratch after the fateful 1947 partition. For Christmas, theres an RD classic, “The Gold & Ivory Tablecloth.” It’s the kind of World War II story that used to appear often in the Digest after family members, tragically separated, found each other several years later. Other highlights of the December issue include a commemorative 50th anniversary Quick Study on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. You Must Remember This, details scientific ways to improve your memory. And there is You Know What I Mean, on why some relics of the English language cant be avoided. Enjoy a lively feedback debate on whether e-readers can beat proper books in React, and read the most heartwarming of stories in Kindness of Strangers. And as always, theres our humour sections and RD Living to make our lives merrier and easier.