Articles in the CULTURE/LIFESTYLE Category

Artify Your Home (No Artistry Needed… though a little would help)
By NEEM Magazine
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 [...]

Your Dil’s La Nuit Mystique: Combining Elegance with Charity
By NEEM Magazine
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 [...]

Opinion: Let our name not be ‘Mudd’
By NEEM Magazine
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 [...]

The Tech Savvy & Eco Friendly for Desis: Stop Wasting!
By NEEM Magazine
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 [...]

The New Hollywood Doesn’t Look So New
By NEEM Magazine
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 [...]