Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
For Cathay Dragon Air on Khadi
How Indian designers are reviving an ancient weave
Wimbledon
On Kids Day No kidding, this is Wimbledon The club should ease up and celebrate its youngest patrons like the other Opens Shoba Narayan First Published: Sat, Jun 22 2013. 12 08 AM IST A scene from Wimbledon 2012. The Championships doesn’t exactly welcome children. Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images ALSO READ Wimbledon | Get in line or better, online Wimbledon | Ground realities Updated: Sun, Jun 23 2013. 08 13 PM IST It was a sunny day in May last year. My family and I—and what seemed like three million excited children—strolled outside the red clay courts of Roland Garros [...]
Airport mural to celebrate art of India for The National Abu Dhabi
At the new airport in Mumbai. A piece I wrote for The National Airport mural to celebrate art of India Shoba Narayan Jun 18, 2013 A stunning collaboration among Kashmiri artists will soon adorn the sprawling Terminal 2, scheduled to open in September at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. A mural featuring the arts and crafts of Kashmir was previewed in the state capital, Srinagar, last week before making its way to Mumbai to become part of a 1.2-kilometre wall of murals in the new terminal's arrivals corridor. Conceived and curated by the Padma Bhushan award-winner and stenographer Rajeev Sethi, [...]
Father’s Day
I am in large part-- my father. As a child, they say I looked like him. I have his metabolism and constitution. He belongs to the astrological star, Swati, which they say, has a personality called "sabdeekam" or softness. This came in Mint Make your father’s day How will you celebrate your Dad tomorrow? Shoba Narayan First Published: Sat, Jun 15 2013. 12 02 AM IST Tomorrow is a day that will celebrate men who arguably have the coolest jobs in the world: our dads. Ok, that was a lame attempt to link this column to this issue. Dad, Dada, [...]
The Sexes– again for The Atlantic
Are women truly more compassionate than men? In responding to the sexist saga that has Australia all a-twitter, is the Dalai Lama himself being sexist?
Radio New Zealand
Every once in a while, Radio New Zealand calls me for Bryan Crump's show, "Nights on Radio New Zealand." It is a surreal experience, not the least because koels are cooing here and it is night there. I submit three topics and we discuss this, usually live. I don't know how to listen to it but here is the link on Radio New Zealand.
About Sons-in-law for The Atlantic
Depends on if you're American or Indian: a look at how two different cultures approach family-blending.
Cow Chronicles
Bovines can cry. Great headline. This second edition of Cow Chronicles has been an interesting journey. On the one hand, I get very touching personal emails that react to these stories. On the other, I think it was overkill to do this the second time around. The cow chronicles: bovines can cry Everyone from Charles Darwin on has a view about whether animals have emotions Shoba Narayan First Published: Sat, Jun 08 2013. 12 07 AM IST Updated: Sat, Jun 08 2013. 11 17 AM IST The next morning, both Sarala and I are strained as we meet for milk. [...]
Cow Chronicles
Bovines can cry. Great headline. This second edition of Cow Chronicles has been an interesting journey. On the one hand, I get very touching personal emails that react to these stories. On the other, I think it was overkill to do this the second time around. The cow chronicles: bovines can cry Everyone from Charles Darwin on has a view about whether animals have emotions Shoba Narayan First Published: Sat, Jun 08 2013. 12 07 AM IST Updated: Sat, Jun 08 2013. 11 17 AM IST The next morning, both Sarala and I are strained as we meet for milk. [...]