Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
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Why we dance? for Mint Lounge
I have become interested in dancing recently, perhaps because I have been doing it. This November 17th is Pournami or full moon day. Planning a folk dance in my building similar to what is described below. HOME» LEISURE» THE GOOD LIFE Add a new ingredient to festivities: dance Group dances involve community; they involve meeting and dancing face to face Shoba Narayan It was at Devi Garh resort in Delwara, Rajasthan, that I got my first inkling of how Indian festivals should be celebrated. I was there in October, during Navratri. My room was on the highest floor. Every night, [...]
And one more post on social media
Is social media taking over your life? There’s an app for that Shoba Narayan November 5, 2013 Updated: November 5, 2013 18:30:00 How much time do you spend on Facebook and Twitter? No, seriously: is it an hour a day, or minutes spread over the course of the day? And why do you go to Facebook? Is it to bond with friends, check on how and what they are doing, or simply to surf and to stalk people for vicarious pleasure? I have three words for you: get a life. I mean that facetiously of course. I too spend an [...]
Secrets Of The Armoire: a piece in which I was quoted: Outlook India
My colleague, Shefalee Vasudev, who has a wonderful sense of Indian fashion, wrote this piece in which she included me. Shefalee knows Indian fashion well. Her aesthetic veers towards handmade, handwoven, quirky and local. I like the photos they have included with the piece as well. I have another friend, Shruthi, who is a curator of content for an extended group of readers. But she mostly sends articles from US publications. Wonder why Indian publications have not hit her eagle eye and eclectic taste? Is it because they are not as good? Or because we are so bombarded with media [...]
The Gifting season
What a treat to write this piece! Wish there was room to put some more photos in the paper. So included some below. This is the first LV bag that I love, love, love. I saw those Michelle Williams ads that are all over the place and thought, "I want that." If it didn't cost 5000 Euros, I would buy it. I may still. Damn, I want that bag. Just gorgeous. Claire Malet is my new favorite. Just look at her work here. Take risks, make your gifts special Shoba Narayan A Nappa Dori bag I imagine that the tradition [...]
Be the woman of your choice: for Mint Lounge
The piece below had the following comment from a reader. More than KV Kamath, the credit in ICICI should go to N Vaghul. The environment was conducive for the growth of women managers and the necessary flexibility was extended to women. They were given leadership roles during his tenure and by the time KVK came in most of them (lalita, kalpana, Chanda, Shikha, renuka et al) were in very senior positions. Of course, it is to KVKs credit that he took things to their logical conclusion and other women managers rose to prominence as well. Recently a global fund manager [...]
Furniture
In which I try to explain why I haven't bought new furniture for a while now. Opinion Comment A family’s history is written in couches, tables and chairs Shoba Narayan October 15, 2013 Updated: October 15, 2013 18:28:00 My husband and I talk about changing our sofa, in the desultory half-hearted fashion of long-married couples. We need to spruce up the house, we tell ourselves, marginally worried about middle age and inertia setting in. But we do nothing because, you see, our furniture is no longer merely couches and tables, sofas and chairs. Each of these items has become a [...]
Self Control
I have been using this great app called "Self Control." It lets you put sites that distract on a "black list." So every morning, after I check my Facebook for ten minutes, I turn on Self Control for 24 hours. My blacklist includes my blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. No matter what I do, I cannot access these sites. It is a free version of the "Freedom" app that writers use.