Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
For The National Abu Dhabi on Summer holidays
As someone who loves swanky hotels, that last bit is going to be hard to follow. Maybe later on that one. Opinion Comment When did travelling overseas stop being an adventure? Shoba Narayan March 25, 2014 Updated: March 25, 2014 18:45:00 The holiday season is approaching in India. Many of my friends are making travel plans for trips to all corners of the globe. It is incredible how easy it now is to book tickets, rooms, cars and plays on the other side of the world. It is a far cry from times gone by when arranging travel was a [...]
Dragon Dictate
I have been using Dragon Dictate for some time and I love it. I am in fact speaking to my computer now. If your arms or hands are hurting from the typing, consider buying it. Talking to a computer is easy, but you must remember to keep calm Shoba Narayan May 17, 2014 Updated: May 17, 2014 17:41:00 People who follow my work will know that I have three obsessions. The first is to lose weight without exercising. The second is to slow down my mind without necessarily meditating and the third is to discover fun smartphone and computer apps [...]
About Narendra Modi for Quartz
As someone who is delighted with what happened in the elections, I just wish our new PM gave speeches that healed and built bridges rather than proclaim himself hero. In Quartz here As usual, the comments interest me: Posting some below. The article is below that. In order of appearance. In response to a question below. Yes, I did sit through the full speeches. Update: just pasted some more comments. My takeaways. Yes, I need to learn more quotes and stories from Indian culture. I cop to that and am attempting to rectify it. Someone said below that Mr. Modi [...]
Neuroplasticity
In the Times of India here. I was quoted :)
FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
Copa Del Ray It's the eve of the Indian election results and all my friends are doing a variety of things to keep themselves distracted from this nailbiting finish. I decided to sort through my photo library and discovered some photos of a recent trip to Barcelona-- that offered a different version of a nail-biting finish. The highlight of the trip was Copa Del Ray or the King's Cup finals at Valencia between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. It was the best sporting event that I have ever witnessed. I have watched football and basketball games at Madison Square Garden; [...]
Storytelling
I was asked to give a lecture for an hour to the "Mascots" of SAP Labs. These were the top 30 performers, the crème de la crème, the elite of the company. I suggested, "Storytelling in the Corporate Environment," as a topic. It was a stimulating session. One thing I learned was that incorporating storytelling into your corporate persona is a long-term project. A question was asked about how to do this in a time bound conference call with people in multiple continents. The only answer I could come up with was to use a storytelling-like phrase along with the [...]
Shangrila Paris
Remembering a lovely meal at the Shangrila Paris.
Sound of Indian Music
Wrote this for "Eat Stay Love" that is the in-house magazine for the Four Seasons Hotels among others. LOVE - 120-121 - Column - Shobha Narayan 2
Book about Indian Railways
Was happy to write for this book. The other contributors are terrific. Should be a good read.
For Silkroad Cathay Pacific on Dance
For Silk Road. May 2014 issue KA0514_p058-061_Bengalura dance