NEEM Magazine

Sometimes, we walk down paths in our lives so that when we look back, we marvel at what we went through and wonder. Would we go down that same path again if given the choice?  Because at the time that we make certain choices, we don’t have a crystal ball to foresee what the ramifications [...]

It’s a Friday morning. I’ve been working on a heavy caseload all week. My office is strewn with mini mountains of official looking red welds. I am salivating at the thought of balmy freedom on a late April afternoon. I want to stroll about the east village with my friends, I want to sit in [...]

First, what is location-based or location aware social media: location aware social media allows users to opt-into an interface that can pinpoint their location when they post through GPS, mobile email, or text.  In essence, online readers know where you are, when you are there, and what you may be doing there. As soon as [...]

Welcome to my world: a small town of 8385 people. We boast a less than 7% racial minority population in an extremely conservative part of an otherwise liberal state. In 2008 election lingo, we were part of what Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin called “the real America.” So it follows that my office is equally [...]

by, Sapna Pandya, MPH & Prantik Saha, MD, MPH “You lie!” While we as South Asian immigrants are rightfully proud to see a person of color elected to the U.S. presidency, it is no surprise that the highest office in the nation doesn’t afford protection from such insulting retorts – even from a member of [...]