Project LooM will showcase and celebrate the people, places and processes behind India’s wonderful handwoven sarees.
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The Milk Lady in Paperback
Gorgeous cover
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Jasmine perfume in Madurai
A Sufi saint was asked what forgiveness is. He said, “It is the scent the flower gives out when it is crushed.”
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Sandhotel, Reykjavik, Hotel Review
Sandhotel is situated in the heart of Reykjavik’s hip shopping street, Laugavegur, and is bordered by Iceland’s oldest gentleman’s tailor and a cult bakery. Warm staff and thoughtful touches including a mobile phone, and chic comfortable rooms with locally sourced organic toiletries, make it a great place to stay.
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What’s cooking, Gaggan Anand?
The 39-year-old chef’s Bangkok restaurant Gaggan, which claimed the top spot in the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for the third time in a row, is all set to close in 2020.
Shoba Narayan brings to you a taste of his new avatar
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A woman’s love affair with jewelry
In India, every community offers their own style of covetable bangles, earrings, necklaces and anklets
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Henna Journeys
A Quest to Master the Art of Henna.
Shoba Narayan sets out to hone her mehendi craft
Tai Chi Me for Condenast Traveler
Casting aside the yoga of her youth, Shoba Narayan turns to China’s martial arts to tame her wild emotions and get six-pack abs in the bargain.
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My Life as a Geisha: a favorite story for Condenast Traveler US edition
What woman can’t use some lessons in feminine allure? Shoba Narayan travels to Kyoto to pick up some tips from the mastersthe city’s renowned geishas. Trust usthere’s much more to Japan’s most enduring icons than white face-paint and a bee-stung pout
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Project LooM: Indian Textiles
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Anti-ageing, age reversal and longevity have become buzz words of our time. Friendship helps you age better. You have to cultivate it: slowly and steadily, one friend at a time. Think of it as the best investment of your life.
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How to preserve the story of your life
The beauty of handwritten letters wasn’t just the momentous announcements they contained, but also the mundane things you forget — about how people lived then
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The war of words in a post-marital apocalypse… Why do you call me names that come out of the blue? You keep asking for a divorce but is that really an option?
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About bread in Bhopal for Food 52
The Royal Persian-French Bread That Made Its Way to India
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The wedding hashtag
The wedding hashtag as challenged by Aunty Mona. A hashtag is like a Hindu priest.
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Whose wedding is it anyway?
Let’s be clear: The grand wedding is not about the bride and groom, it’s about the parents who raised them to be ready for holy matrimony!
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Tom Bihn travel carry on review
Bottom line: This is a travel carry-on that doesn’t cripple you on cobblestone streets
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Parent trap: Passing on the hurt
Of all the hurts that life doles out, it is the pain from the ones closest to us that stings.
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Thank you, Vanity Fair….
Ruth Reichls New Memoir Is a Delicious Insider Account of the Gritty Glamorous World of Food Culture
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Nothing Personal about comments
The comments rush out like a tsunami, flattening young and fragile egos (Getty Images)
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