Friendship podcast
This week's podcast about Friendship. Here at the Indicast site. Also below. This week's lesson from life is inspired by Dr. Manmohan Singh's invitation to Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the Semi-final match between India and Pakistan. The incident was neither about [...]
How to bring up kids?
Is an iPod their birthright? 4 min read . Updated: 31 Mar 2011, 10:00 PM ISTThe Good Life | Shoba Narayan This is something I think about a lot. While I know [...]
Men who listen to their wives for The National
Here is the article on The National site. Here it is below. Untold riches await those men who listen to their wives Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Mar 29, 2011 Lucky Shyam Shewaramani. He won a Dh1 million lottery by listening [...]
Secret Luxury for Mint’s luxury issue
Mint's luxury issue to coincide with the luxury conference had a bunch of interesting takes. I liked the one about knowledge and bespoke catering. Would have been nice to see more stuff on luxury travel, music, cigars, etc. Here is [...]
Flying Coach for The National
I know about Qatar because a lot of my friends from the US fly the airline to get a connection straight into Kerala. This was a reaction. Flying coach class doesn't have to be a malodorous misery Shoba Narayan Last [...]
Lessons for Life: new podcast series
Aditya Mhatre of the Indicast Podcast Network emailed me after a Mint column about the podcasts I listen to. He introduced me to his podcast network at The Indicast and helped me learn how to do a podcast. We talked [...]
A night out with girlfriends
This essay appeared in M magazine of The National. Click here for the link. A night out with girlfriends is simply good therapy Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Mar 22, 2011 My three girlfriends and I went out one night recently [...]
Insurance for The National
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Tone of voice for Mint Lounge
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. 8:39 PM IST Columns What does your email say about you? In today’s geographically diffused [...]
Lessons in Rajat Gupta’s phone call
Lessons in Rajat Gupta's phone call 3 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2011, 03:10 PM ISTThe Good life | Shoba Narayan Here is a podcast that I did right after the Rajat [...]
Selling Cars in India for The National
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 it at The National. Here it is below. Name calling and foreign dominance - selling [...]
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw profile for Silkroad, Dragonair, Cathay Pacific
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 for two stories for the same magazine: one a profile on her work-life balance, and [...]