Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
Photos of the Chennai show
Thanks to the organizers for supplying.
Hum Raag performs at Bharat Kalachar, Chennai on April 11th at 6:30 pm. Please come.
We are so thrilled to be going to Chennai. Mrs. YGP is a doyenne in the field of education. She started Padma Seshadri School. Her son YG Mahendra is a theatre and film actor. Now, three generations are running the cultural component of the school-- called Bharat Kalachar. Madhuvanti Arun is YGM's daughter. If you happen to be in Chennai on April 11th, please come in the evening to attend our show. BHARAT KALACHAR 16, Thirumalai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 17; Phone: 28343045/42024304 Website: www.bharatkalachar.com Cordially invites you for the programme for APRIL 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/04/2015 - TAMIL NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS [...]
Would you wear a garment without a blouse? for Mint Lounge
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New book, not by me: The Udipi Kitchen
Geetha Rao is someone I got to know through Stanley Pinto's The Bangalore Black Tie. She always wears gorgeous saris and is now President of the Karnataka Crafts Council. I have written about her sari collection for Mint-- search for Kodali Karuppur sari and Geetha Rao. Now, Geetha has a new book out, co-written with her mother. She was kind enough to invite me to be part of the launch. K. Jairaj will release the book. I am to speak on Food as part of culture. Priya Bala will converse with the authors as they give a demonstration. Incidentally, Geetha's [...]
Why balance wins over early retirement
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The joy of a migratory bird going back home
Have been working on our upcoming music shows in Chennai all weekend. We are completely redoing the show, and including more Tamil songs. The Chennai audience is both discerning and has a specific taste. Like the fabled Hamsa birds that can separate milk from water and drink only the milk, the Chennai audience has forgotten more about music that I care to remember. So it is exciting for me. I feel the joy of a migratory bird that is going back home. The rosy starlings that are currently thronging Ulsoor Lake will go back to Tajikistan at about the same [...]
The Music Show goes to Chennai!!
We are performing back to back. April 11th evening at YG Mahedra's Bharat Kalachar. April 12th morning at Vani Mahal. This event requires RSVPs. So please see attachment for details
For The National, Abu Dhabi on Indian safaris
So every writer aspires to be a photographer or at least I do. Here are the photos I took at Kanha and Pench. You have to be patient and refresh the page many times. On a tiger trail in India Shoba Narayan March 12, 2015 Updated: March 12, 2015 02:29 PM I'm sitting on the deck outside my tent, which perches high above the Banjaar River in central India. Across the river lies Kanha National Park, which at 1,945 square kilometres is one of India’s largest. White egrets pick their way across the bank searching for fish. A male langur cries [...]
For India Today Travel Plus on Taj Safaris
One thing that wildlife teaches you is humility. Money cannot buy everything and certainly not a tiger sighting
How women speak: Which Verbal Personality type are you? for Mint Lounge
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