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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

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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

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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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Food & Faith: Conversation with Amit Varma

Shoba Narayan2021-01-10T14:33:19+05:30January 10th, 2021|

Amit Varma's podcast is hugely popular all over India and indeed the world. So I was delighted to be in conversation with him. Amit's [...]

Food & Faith featured in Morung Express– Northeast India

Shoba Narayan2021-01-22T15:35:58+05:30January 8th, 2021|

Writing about sacred food helped me figure out my faith: Shoba Narayan FEATURED NEWS 28th November 2020 By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, November 28 [...]

Food & Faith discussion at the Bangalore Literature Festival

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:08:02+05:30January 8th, 2021|

Please click below on the right for my conversation with Mani Rao at the Bangalore Literature Festival held at the BIC premises. Also below [...]

Food & Faith: Vogue Magazine feature

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:08:29+05:30December 30th, 2020|

CULTURE & LIVING This new culinary book builds a connection between food and religions in India BY SONAL VED 27 DECEMBER 2020 Food [...]

Food & Faith: Book Review in Medium.

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:08:54+05:30December 26th, 2020|

Book By Its Cover- Food and Faith Munmun Mohanty 13 hours ago·3 min read Having been an ardent reader [...]

Conversation with Litt Live

Shoba Narayan2021-01-10T14:03:36+05:30December 17th, 2020|

The next Literature Live! Brightness of Books is a mouth-watering one. The book by Shoba Narayan is called Food & Faith: A Pilgrim's [...]

Food & Faith featured in HT Smartcast Podcast

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:09:37+05:30December 12th, 2020|

The contradictory impulse. Where you write pretty much in solitude. And then offer it to the world through talks and conversations. I lost an [...]

Food & Faith: Feature in The Hindu Metroplus

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:05:25+05:30December 8th, 2020|

Feature about Food & Faith The Hindu Metroplus Food is an inherent part of India’s places of worship. In her [...]

Food & Faith excerpted in Condenast Traveller

Shoba Narayan2021-01-16T09:04:42+05:30November 27th, 2020|

‘Hinduism, like many great religions, is about feasting and fasting, praying and eating prasadam’ Shoba Narayan's new book delves into the [...]

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