Full Stop India
Thank you, Chris Chopp, for your kind words in Full Stop India
Introductory Podcast
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 making it perfect and simply decided to try out this new and exciting medium. I [...]
Sleepovers for The National M magazine
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 Southern gentleman but having never met him, I don't know if he is American or [...]
Monsoon Diary in Florida
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.
My First Podcast
Charlotte visited from Boston and inspired me to do something that I have long been wanting to do. Aditya Mhatre of Indicast told me to set it up at archive.org I recorded the piece using Apple's built in Garage Band [...]
Labour Reform for The National
In this week's column, I interviewed labour reform expert, Manish Sabharwal about the future of employment in India. You can see the piece by clicking here India must remove shackles to achieve true labour reform Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Feb [...]
Feedback Section
Dear Class: A word about my blog. I have included my teaching stint at IIM because I am proud of the caliber of the students who I taught. Two, I wanted to document it. And three, it is a way [...]
Project Details
Dear Class: The final project submission is on April 28th from 9 to 2. Sandeep is organizing the line-up. Each of you will get ten minutes to make a presentation on your project. Two questions came up. 1. The final [...]
About the Course
This is how the course was presented to the Executive Post Graduate Program (EPGP) at IIM-Bangalore. Companies spend enormous amounts of money each year in soft skills training. Many have realized that in additional to core competencies, employees need to [...]
Future of private equity in India may be a pipe dream
The business column I write for The National every week is really tough for me. This week was no exception. I learned about private equity 101 and talked to about half a dozen players in Mumbai and Bangalore. No one [...]
EdelGive Social Innovation Honours
Last week, I attended an event that was very inspiring. I was part of a jury that judged about a dozen humanitarian organizations to figure out which ones to support. The whole thing was organized by Vidya Shah (wife of [...]
Can you survive a year without shopping?
My latest Mint piece is a topic that I have been thinking a lot about. Can you show affection without buying people things? How to use the most precious thing we have-- time-- to tell the people we care that we care about them.