Category Archives: Arts/Fashion

Here are the articles I wrote for the Arts, Culture, Lifestyle and Fashion pages for The National

Kochi Biennale

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

How I wish I were in Kochi now! All for art and art for all: Kochi Kerala get its first biennale After months of excitement and controversy, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will open tomorrow in Kochi, Kerala. Named after an ancient … Continue reading →

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Dance for The National

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Dance is important for audiences to experience healing, says Akram Khan Shoba Narayan   Sep 17, 2012 Creating a dance performance for the Olympics was “humbling and challenging because I had to touch people – you can’t do that with … Continue reading →

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ArcelorMittal Orbit

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

The sprinter and the marathon man The ‘ArcelorMittal Orbit’ is a flight of fancy that arose from a fit of bravado – a product of using time and circumstance wisely The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Posted: Fri, Jul 20 … Continue reading →

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Sudarshan Shetty Profile

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

About Sudarshan Shetty for The National. Mumbai-based artist Sudarshan Shetty demonstrates his sense of play Shoba Narayan Mar 27, 2012  Standing outside the gleaming tower of the Maker Maxity building in suburban Mumbai is a fire-engine-red double-decker bus of the … Continue reading →

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Sacred Music

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Hindu Festival of Sacred Music starts this weekend Shoba Narayan Feb 29, 2012 South Indian or Carnatic music has a hoary history that dates back to the Vedas, ancient Sanskrit works that form the foundation of the Hindu religion. This … Continue reading →

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Fashion Story: Grasshopper

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Altered notions: recycling last year’s fashions Shoba Narayan (Writer) Mar 22, 2010 next previous   It is a problem that afflicts every fashion designer: what to do with last season’s clothes that didn’t sell? In India, unlike the US or Europe, … Continue reading →

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MF Hussain

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

India shamed as its greatest painter is driven abroad Shoba Narayan (Writer) Mar 10, 2010 India’s treasured painter Maqbool Fida Hussain officially handed over his Indian passport and became a Qatari citizen yesterday. He is never returning home and Indians should … Continue reading →

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Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

I spent two days hanging around Sabysachi.  He’s an interesting man.  Here is a story about him that appeared in The National.  Also pasted below. The sari warrior Shoba Narayan Nov 26, 2011 The fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee is sitting … Continue reading →

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Indian Textiles for The National

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

I am in love with Indian fabrics, particularly cotton.  Here is a piece on them Traditional Indian textiles get a turn on the fashion stage Shoba Narayan Nov 13, 2011   A group of Japanese tourists descend on Weaver’s Studio, … Continue reading →

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Anupam Poddar Profile

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

This is a profile of Indian art collector, Anupam Poddar, who has one of the best collections of Indian Contemporary Art.  As the piece suggests, it could well become an Asian art collection in the near future. Here is the … Continue reading →

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