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Aramness Gir: for Destinasian

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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

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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

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

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Tone of voice for Mint Lounge

Shoba Narayan2011-03-18T18:15:17+05:30March 18th, 2011|

This week's column for Mint Lounge about how you say what you say. Click here for Mint's website Pasted below Posted: Thu, Mar 17 2011. [...]

Lessons in Rajat Gupta’s phone call

Shoba Narayan2022-02-12T21:05:18+05:30March 14th, 2011|

Lessons in Rajat Gupta's phone call 3 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2011, 03:10 PM ISTThe Good life | Shoba Narayan [...]

Selling Cars in India for The National

Shoba Narayan2011-03-14T04:43:13+05:30March 14th, 2011|

My editor, Rupert Wright, liked this piece, which means (sigh!) that I am making some headway in this business writing thing. Click here to read [...]

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw profile for Silkroad, Dragonair, Cathay Pacific

Shoba Narayan2020-06-23T17:50:36+05:30March 11th, 2011|

Some months ago, I went to Biocon to interview Kiran Mazumdar Shaw for a profile. With me was photographer, Mallik Katakol. We were photographing her [...]

Sam Gosling Interview

Shoba Narayan2011-03-09T16:21:29+05:30March 9th, 2011|

Here is a podcast I uploaded in which I interviewed Professor Sam Gosling via Skype. The archive.org page is here. You have to click on [...]

Full Stop India

Shoba Narayan2011-03-09T05:11:12+05:30March 9th, 2011|

Thank you, Chris Chopp, for your kind words in Full Stop India

Introductory Podcast

Shoba Narayan2020-07-01T14:42:15+05:30March 6th, 2011|

It took me ten days to record this one because I wasn't really sure what it was about. Finally, I decided to stop fussing about [...]

Sleepovers for The National M magazine

Shoba Narayan2020-06-07T13:29:42+05:30March 4th, 2011|

I am part of a rotating group of columnists who write for The National's M magazine. My editor, Rick Arthur has the courteousness of a [...]

Monsoon Diary in Florida

Shoba Narayan2020-06-18T18:07:25+05:30March 3rd, 2011|

Author Shoba Narayan stands as a shining example of the writers’ axiom: Write what you know. Her just-published first book, “Monsoon Diary: A Memoir With Recipes” (Villard, $22.95), recalls the Indian-born writer’s childhood, her struggle to convince her parents to send her to a U.S. college and her arranged marriage. Narayan will make two appearances in Fort Myers on Saturday to read from, and autograph copies of, her book.