Publisher's Message, Fall 2012
I read a quote that was posted on a friend’s Facebook profile page recently (as we all do from time to time), by Dick Sutphen: “Love me without fear, Trust me without questioning, Need me without demanding, Want me without restrictions, Accept me without change, Desire me without inhibitions.” With the real-time information overload that we’re all exposed t
Open Chest Interview with Kim Kardashian
Marilyn Monroe once said, “I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful. I sin, but I’m not the devil. I’m good, but I’m not an angel.” People criticized her for being who she was but no one can deny that her innate sexual aura, coupled with her girl-like charm, still encapsulates the world today. Present day paral
Thoughts From The Editor-In-Chief, Fall 2012
What’s Your Story? Our world is quilted together by a collection of stories. Stories about love, life, experience, career, even little random moments that thread the day together: a joke heard during a coffee run, a funny email, a not-so-pleasant encounter with an ex. You can be happy, sad, frustrated or just plain furious. These are the emotions that carry the w
Let Love In
Three Magic Words to Attract the Man of Your Dreams Why am I attracting all of the wrong kind of guys? Why can’t I attract a man who I am equally attracted to; one who gives me butterflies when I am around him? Some of us have given up on getting what we want in love. We tell ourselves that we are chasing after a fairytale or a romantic comed
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Luxury Fashion In Poor Taste?
A peek into the lives of the Indian artisans who work to dress the rich. A recent meeting with the artisans at Jharcraft, Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation Ltd., was a heartening experience. They sat ha ...
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Mind Overload
Examining the effects of mental fatigue When I initially enrolled in school full-time, I thought it would be easy. I was working part-time which gave me the flexibility to attend day classes, plus I had days off to recuperate. When the year came to an end, I thought great; I have time to ...
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Intelligent Design
Zahra Al-Harazi went from unemployed mother of three to owning and running a multi-million-dollar design studio. We know – it sounds like some cockamamie testimonial from a latenight infomercial. But this particular success st ...
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The Rise of the Daughter-In-Law
Contrary to the controversial preference for a son in other parts of South Asia, in Bangladesh, the girls are getting quite the status upgrade. “Daughters are a curse,” a mother hissed at me, enraged at the return home of a daughter whom she believed had been successful ...
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Shining Bright From the Top of B-Town
Leading lady Deepika Padukone chats about her secrets to success, her iconic big break and dealing with the haters. Daughter of the eminent world champion badminton player, Prakash Padukone ...
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