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Astrology of the Apple Watch
The problem with the Apple Watch is that it aspires to be a timekeeper; a gadget amd a fashion accessory.
Photos of the Chennai show
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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 [...]
Would you wear a garment without a blouse? for Mint Lounge
Scurrilous as it sounds, it was the breasts that stupefied me—and I might as well warn you now—this is a word you are going to read a lot in this column—and if it makes you uncomfortable—well, that’s the point. I had entered Tasveer art gallery in Bengaluru to cultivate the sagacity that comes with viewing art—or so we hope. Instead, my thoughts were salacious.
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 [...]
Why balance wins over early retirement
Patrick Pichette is probably a nice guy but.... A retirement letter masquerading as a wise sermon should hardly make news, let alone cause effusive gushing. Pichette comes across as a nice man. He has a lyrical turn of phrase. That, along with the fact that he holds a top job in a revered Silicon Valley company, may be why his resignation letter has the drama it does. Man rockets to the top; then drops off the cliff. That’s the story.
Nine features I wrote for Condenast Traveler (US edition) a while back
Interviews with His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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Shoba Narayan is an award-winning Indian author, journalist, and freelance travel writer based in India. She specialises in luxury travel, immersive journeys, and Indian culture with a focus on food, wine, culture, cities, and identity. With over two decades of experience, she has contributed travel features to Condé Nast Traveler (US edition), Travel & Leisure, DestinAsian, Mint Lounge, The National (Abu Dhabi), Taj Magazine, and Hindustan Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph UK, The Guardian UK, and Robb Report among others. Her awards include the James Beard food-writing award and a Pulitzer Travel Fellowship. Her travel writing spans India, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, the Maldives, Bhutan, Costa Rica, and beyond — always with a focus on the sensory, the cultural, and the deeply human. Based in Bangalore, India, Shoba is a leading voice on South Asian travel, reviewing luxury hotels in India and abroad, and writing immersive features on traditional Indian crafts, and contemporary Indian culture. As a freelance travel writer and memoirist, she writes evocative, deeply researched features on everything from birding in Costa Rica to spiritual tourism in Bhutan.
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