Food & Faith excerpted in Condenast Traveller
‘Hinduism, like many great religions, is about feasting and fasting, praying and eating prasadam’ Shoba Narayan's new book delves into the many ways food and belief are intertwined with our identities Shoba Narayan PUBLISHED: NOV 21, [...]
Food and Faith flies out to the world
Shoba Narayan approaches faith through perhaps its most primal and nourishing aspect: food. She partakes of sacred food in shrines across India and writes about the intimate yet powerful connection between food and faith.
Are wine terms pretentious?
Are wine terms pretentious? My column for Sommelier India Palate is a term that sounds pompous but really isn’t. In fact, it is the simplest way by which [...]
Karma yoga and the need to negotiate
Karma yoga and the need to negotiate 5 min read . Updated: 16 Jul 2009, 09:20 PM IST The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Karma yoga and the need to negotiate What’s the best negotiating strategy you can use in a [...]
Talk on Indian Jewellery Traditions
Where I participated in a panel on jewellery traditions from some of its best known experts. Event website here.
Twenty ways to do offbeat luxury
Twenty ways to do offbeat luxury in 2010: for Mint Lounge 4 min read . Updated: 02 Jan 2010, 02:33 PM IST The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Twenty ways to do offbeat luxury in 2010 Happy New Year everyone! The [...]
Bangalore’s underrated restaurants
Bangalore’s most underrated restaurants 4 min read . Updated: 22 Jul 2010, 07:57 PM IST Shoba Narayan | The Good Life Bangalore’s most underrated restaurants Some weeks ago, I was at a food and wine tasting, put together by Food Lovers, a [...]
Why naturalists are happier people
Being surrounded by trees, rivers and animals can add years to your life; and life to your years Welcome to my office," says Arpita Dutta. As lines go, this one is not particularly original. Except that we are sitting in [...]
Do your parents embarrass you?
When your mamma rocks the floor Have you ever been embarrassed by your parents? I confess that I have. The time when I was 18, for instance, and my father came searching for me at Mardi Gras (IIT Madras’ [...]
Weaving a revolution
I did something recently that gave me more satisfaction than a vacation. At the Sampoorn Handicrafts fair held at Chitrakala Parishad in Bangalore—similar to Dilli Haat and Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda festival—I spotted a beautiful khadi salwar kameez swaying in the [...]
What to do if your apartment is taken over by bees
The solution is surprisingly simple: leave them alone 5 min read. Every year, my apartment building in Central Bangalore gets taken over by rock bees in the summer. They come when the weather gets hot and leave when there [...]
Look at art intently, and with patience
Profile of Professory B.N. Goswamy 5 min read . Prof. Brijendra Nath Goswamy is in Bangalore to deliver Tasveer Foundation’s inaugural lecture. I have been allowed to take him out for an hour. Where does one take a man who is [...]