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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.

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Soneva Maldives: for Mint Lounge

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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.

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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,...

Bhutan for The National

Luxury Bhutan: for The National, Abu Dhabi

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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.

Shoba Narayan with The Dalai Lama

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...

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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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Interview in Expert Hour podcast about Food & Faith

Shoba Narayan2021-07-21T13:34:24+05:30July 21st, 2021|

Where I am interviewed about things of beauty, food, and faith-- by an art gallery steeped in all of these things. Expert Hour with Shoba [...]

Bird Podcast: new episode: about Caracaras

Shoba Narayan2021-07-21T13:27:32+05:30July 18th, 2021|

A most remarkable creature: the hidden life and epic journey of the world's smartest birds of prey: the Caracaras. Listen to Bird Podcast's latest [...]

Fine wine and stereotypes

Shoba Narayan2021-07-16T12:42:19+05:30July 17th, 2021|

Fine Wine and Stereotypes In late April, Areni Global, the British wine research firm released a report about who buys fine wine. There were [...]

Bangalore Talkies: Gang violence and the new Bengaluru reality

Shoba Narayan2022-02-07T22:02:09+05:30July 16th, 2021|

Pitting two powerful women (relatives) against each other In a story worthy of a Rajinikanth thriller, two women-- sisters in law at that-- are [...]

36 Things to do after the pandemic in Bangalore

Shoba Narayan2022-02-07T22:25:47+05:30July 2nd, 2021|

What will you do after Covid? A very specific Bengalurean take. I wrote this in hope that this seemingly never-ending pandemic will bow out. [...]

Have you exited a Whatsapp group lately?

Shoba Narayan2021-07-05T19:20:54+05:30June 29th, 2021|

BENGALURU NEWS Bangalore Talkies: Have you exited a WhatsApp group lately? By Shoba Narayan PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2021 08:49 AM IST My friend, [...]

Food and Faith book review in the Deccan Herald

Shoba Narayan2021-06-29T15:14:29+05:30June 29th, 2021|

Thank you Rashmi Vasudeva for this generous review. Clear here for Food and Faith Review in Deccan Herald

Khabar Magazine review of Food & Faith

Shoba Narayan2021-05-07T14:54:07+05:30May 7th, 2021|

View here online and below Khabar magazine food and faith book review

Street Art in Malleshwaram, Bangalore

Shoba Narayan2021-04-29T19:56:28+05:30April 29th, 2021|

Bangalore Talkies: Conservancies changed face of Malleshwaram It is art that has drawn me to Malleshwaram several times during Covid. Walking through streets where [...]

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