Travel Stories
Travelling with kids on the Nile river for The National Abu Dhabi
I have started a new contributing gig, which is right up my alley. I've sent a series of essays under the title "Travelling with kids." Here is the first one. Travelling with kids: gods, [...]
For The National Abu Dhabi on Kerala
In The National, Abu Dhabi Thiruvananthapuram is India's evergreen destination Shoba Narayan December 5, 2013 Updated: December 5, 2013 16:52:00 With its lush green foliage, balmy weather and quiet streets, Thiruvananthapuram, previously called Trivandrum, provides [...]
For Cathay Dragon Air on Khadi
How Indian designers are reviving an ancient weave
For Vogue India on War Tourism
"Make Peace not War," raps Skepta. What is war tourism then? And can it mix with Louboutins and Chanel?
For Destinasian magazine on Chennai
About my hometown for Destinasian magazine's April issue. PDF below Chennai
For Cathay Pacific magazine on Health Resorts
A piece that appeared in Silkroad Airline magazine here Bangalore Health Resorts
For The National Abu Dhabi on Singapore
From durian to Kampong Glam Shoba Narayan (Writer) Sep 19, 2009 It is 4pm and the Ramadan bazaar in Geylang Serai, the Malay enclave of Singapore, is bustling. Tomorrow is Hari Raya Puasa, the local [...]
For The National Abu Dhabi on the Kumbh Mela
The spectacle of Hindu pilgrims converging near the Ganga.
For The National Abu Dhabi on tiger safaris
Finding peace on the trail of the tiger Shoba Narayan Oct 16, 2010 It was, in the end, a media brouhaha, but it did crystallise our travel plans. Earlier this year, there were a [...]
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It is a truth universally known that NRIs who need to shop for a wedding usually come to India. We each have our own list of products, shops and people. This one is mine.
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When you go to a restaurant, what do you go for? If it is just food, I would argue that you can get better food at your home or a relative’s home.
For WisdomCircle: on connection
Connection is what defines us as humans and it is one thing that exponentially increases our happiness. This isn’t some deep profound confide-all-secrets type of connection that I am talking about, although that too is good.
Hindustan Times Edit Page: Sex scandal in Hassan
In incidents of sexual assault and rape, India and indeed the world, has a tendency to blame the woman—the victim. “She must have been wearing something provocative to instigate him into rape,” is a common one.
India Today Travel Plus: Restaurant review
How does a fine-dining Indian restaurant differentiate itself? A review of Zarf at The Sheraton Grand Whitefield.
Hindustan Times: Beyond ayurvedic spas
Ultimately, it comes down to the smell of the towels, I said when a Bengaluru visitor asked why I had not given a spa guide to the city in this column. After all, I had written about everything else. This is odd because you see, I am that cliché. I am a spa junkie.
Temple food: for San Francisco Gate
This is my first piece for SF Gate which has some 136 million page views and some 30 million unique visitors each month. It is about the Livermore temple and its food.
Hindustan Times: On ageing
There is no single blueprint for ageing well. There are whacko schemes like tech entrepreneur Brian Johnson touting his “longevity mix” (also called Blueprint) as being second only to mother’s milk.
Hindustan Times: Is kaali-dal the McDonalds of North Indian food?
To me, the next bastion of North Indian food is to look to the light flavours of U.P vegetarian food
