Articles in the CULTURE/LIFESTYLE Category
Posted in CULTURE/LIFESTYLE, Spring 2010
So you want to spruce up your pad, accentuate your abode, make your home your own, right? Of course you do. But how? Where to start? And how to avoid the “Oh that’s so cool (kinda), I saw it at Urban Outfitters” response?
Here are a few simple ideas – not necessarily for copying, but for [...]
Posted in CULTURE/LIFESTYLE, Spring 2010
Lights. Camera. Literacy. On December 12, 2009, the ever ambitious YOUR DIL organization succeeded once again in its efforts to raise awareness and funds for literacy in Pakistan. The gala, one of New York’s most glamorous festivities, proved well that a good cause can attract a diverse audience. Held at the exquisite Prince [...]
Posted in CULTURE/LIFESTYLE, Spring 2010
Awakened in the middle of the night, a Maryland doctor is startled to find two men at his front door. One has a broken leg and needs immediate attention. Letting them in, he sets the leg and allows them to stay the night. The following morning, the doctor travels to town, only to learn that [...]
Posted in CULTURE/LIFESTYLE, Spring 2010
Growing up as a South Asian, you don’t really hear much about being eco-friendly, green, or even recycling. I remember it took my mother about fifteen years before she realized that recycling was easy to do, and pretty necessary for the environment.
Coming from a heritage that is all about diyas and mother earth, I found [...]
Posted in CULTURE/LIFESTYLE, EDITOR'S PICKS, Spring 2010
The March issue of Vanity Fair depicted a compilation of up-and-coming actresses blazing through the Hollywood stratosphere. With the likes of Kristen Stewart from the little movie called Twillight and Amanda Seyfried from the latest tearjerker Dear John, among eight other Caucasian actresses, who needs Zoe Saldana from the box-office behemoth Avatar and Star [...]

