Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
Graphology and Mike Mandel
If you are even a little interested in hypnosis, graphology or neuro-linguistic programming, you ought to experience this man
Headphones: Vain Sthlm versus Bose
If you’re on a budget and like design, pick the Van Sthlm Commute. If you want a recognized name and are rich, go for the Bose Quiet Comfort 35.
Tri-Star travel bag
The man-bag that Morphs
Pizzeria Pronto Stovetop Pizza Oven
Don't have space for an oven but still want to make your own pizza? This is for you.
Shapewear– Booty Patooti bootcut pants
Shapewear. Sometimes, you just can't help it. These pants do the trick though.
Madame Gadgetry Reviews
List of Madame Gadgetry articles
For Qantas magazine on Mumbai Cricket
About stadiums, fans and ethos of cricket in Mumbai.
Madame Gadgetry
So I have been writing a column called Madame Gadgetry for Mint on Sunday, edited by the irrepressible Sidin Vadukut. In it, I write about quirky gadgets and classes that interest me. Below are the links to the pieces. Master page with clips of all of the below found here. Booty Patooti Bootcut pants Pizzeria Pronto Tristar Travel Bag Vain Sthlm versus Bose headphones Mike Mandel and Graphology Vibram Furoshiki Shoes Ztylus Revolver 4-in-1 iPhone lens Carson Binocular Hookupz Olloclip 4-in-1 smartphone camera lens Eagle Creek Doubleback and Convertabrief A bra that fits Orchard Corset Shelfpack Second City Comedy Classes [...]
Condenast Traveller India Jury Awards
Simplest way to explain this is to post the below. Jury list here. It is arranged alphabetically by first name and S(hoba) comes way down. But it is a great list of a disparate group of people. [wpvideo zhyia86d] Dear Shoba, How are you? Thank you so much for being part of our jury for the first India’s Top Restaurant Awards! The 50 restaurants that have made the list will be informed by me personally later today, but their rankings will not be revealed (to anyone!) until the actual ceremony on Tuesday, December 19, at The Lodhi, New Delhi, at 8pm. An [...]
New episode in Bird Podcast
Check it out here.A few years ago, I cold-emailed Jairam Ramesh, then minister of rural development, with one question: how could urban individuals contribute to rural India? He called me from Gumla, Jharkand. “Do you know where Gumla is?” he asked. Sheepishly, I said No. After some small talk—his mother lives in Bangalore— I asked how the average urban citizen could help rural India, should they desire to. What were his top five priorities? Ramesh laughed and said that his top priorities such as land reform, rural infrastructure and employment were not things the average citizen could contribute to. “Those [...]