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Aramness Gir: for Destinasian

Featured, Travel

For Indians, the jungle is the original storybook where our epics unfolded: a space both sacred and transformative. But Gir is the only place where you can see the Asiatic Lion.

Soneva Maldives: for Mint Lounge

Featured, Luxury, Travel

Just outside my cottage at the Soneva Fushi resort was a coral reef. Several times a day, I walked out into the sea and start swimming with my flippers.

Birding in Costa Rica: for Condenast Traveler US

Featured, Travel

We were in Monteverde, the second leg of my family's eight-day-trip through Costa Rica. Our itinerary was tight. We would fly into San José, the capital, rent a car, and drive the La Fortuna region where the dormant Arenal volcano loomed over the landscape like a benevolent pyramid. From there it would be onward to Monteverde,...

Luxury Bhutan: for The National, Abu Dhabi

Featured, The National, Travel

I am crawling on all fours on a bund between the emerald paddy fields in Punakha Valley, Bhutan. Ahead is the fabled Mo Chu river. All around, perched on hillsides are Buddhist nunneries and monasteries, their prayer flags bringing to mind a Matisse print. This is Bhutan: carbon-negative, Buddhist and a pioneer in sustainable tourism....

The welcome "lemon" at the Park Hyatt hotel, Sydney

Australian Restaurants: for Khaleej Times Dubai

Featured, Food, Travel

Some time ago, I took a trip to New South Wales, Australia. Here are six Sydney restaurants that I tried and loved.

The Dalai Lama: for HT Brunch

Featured, Profiles, Spirituality

Where I sit with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for an hour and ask him about life, love, meditation, wisdom and ageing. His Holiness is a person like no other in today’s world. Statesman, Nobel Laureate, spiritual leader of the Tibetans who view him as God, or at least the manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the...

Jasmine Perfume: for Travel & Leisure US

Featured, Travel

Can India be the source of the best jasmine extract in the world?

Travel Stories

For The National Abu Dhabi on Chennai

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:05:53+05:30December 16th, 2011|Arts, The National, Travel|

For The National Travel pages here and pasted below Chennai is at the art of the matter Shoba Narayan Jan 22, 2011 next previous Why Chennai? To get a taste of south Indian culture; because [...]

The Leela Delhi: Hotel Review: Mint Lounge

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:28:08+05:30October 28th, 2011|Columns, Hotels, HT Media, Luxury, Mint Lounge, Travel|

Is anyone listening to the guest? 4 min read 27 Oct 2011, 09:23 PM IST The Good life | Shoba Narayan Small bites: Try the fresh salads from Egypt, Morocco and all over the Mediterranean, [...]

For Cathay Pacific magazine on Beer

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:06:36+05:30October 21st, 2011|Drink, Travel, Travel Favourites|

Why Bangalore is the city for craft beers

For Destinasian on Kashmir

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:06:27+05:30October 14th, 2011|India, Travel, Travel Favourites|

Up high in the Kashmir valley where flowers and maidens bloom.

For Mint Lounge India on Delhi nightlife

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:07:41+05:30August 26th, 2011|Columns, HT Media, Mint Lounge, Travel|

A Phantom and Other Nocturnal Animals 5 min read . Updated: 25 Aug 2011, 10:01 PM IST The Good Life | Shoba Narayan There is one thing that we Bangaloreans mourn: the [...]

For Cathay Pacific Magazine on Architecture

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:08:00+05:30August 25th, 2011|Arts, India, Luxury, Travel, Travel Favourites|

Why Bangaloreans care so much about old buildings and neighbourhoods.

For Condenast Traveler US on China

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:08:17+05:30May 20th, 2011|Condenast Traveler US, Favorites, Travel|

I have come to China from my home in Bangalore, India, to find a tai chi teacher. My pursuit of tai chi has been punctuated by such cultural challenges. When I informed my conservative Indian family that I was interested in tai chi, they were appalled. Why was their Indian child, heir to an ancient and proud tradition of yoga leaning toward an alien discipline?

For Destinasian magazine on Hyderabad

Shoba Narayan2024-04-08T19:08:42+05:30April 10th, 2011|Food, India, Travel|

Here is a story I wrote for Destinasian magazine. Hyderabad

Financial Times: New Zealand

Shoba Narayan2022-11-15T06:30:44+05:30February 10th, 2011|Food, Travel, Travel Favourites|

Culinary cornucopia in Christchurch and beyond.

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Latest Articles

For India Currents: on dance

Shoba Narayan2024-07-03T16:02:37+05:30April 10th, 2024|

About a dance theater production based on my book, Food & Faith

WisdomCircle: Coping with Career Transitions

Shoba Narayan2024-07-04T07:08:50+05:30April 2nd, 2024|

Career transitions happen by choice or compulsion: some that we seek and some that are forced upon us. The trick when you find yourself stumbling is to be prepared to pivot, to change. Most people know how to change in theory. But doing it is terrifyingly difficult.