Memory Improvement
Memory improvement is an obsession of mine. Here is my latest exercise/attempt to improve it. The National Conversation When I turned to the internet to improve my poor memory Shoba Narayan Jul 26, 2013 "Thanks to your mother, I am [...]
Goyard, Rimowa and Tumi
I finally got it right: connecting the global with the local. One of the few pieces I am happy with even after publication. Usually I go back and say– nah, wish I had said this instead of this; or wish [...]
Goyard, Rimowa and Tumi: defined by your trunk: for Mint Lounge
I finally got it right: connecting the global with the local. One of the few pieces I am happy with even after publication. Usually I go back and say-- nah, wish I had said this instead of this; or wish [...]
Booksoarus
Thank you, Lavanya Shanbogue, for the plug. Interview here.
Adam Grant
I read Adam Grant's essay in the New York Times last week. I had this knee-jerk reaction that was largely negative. I knew that I wouldn't be able to find the studies that countered Prof Grant's thesis. But I found [...]
Pappadams: what are they and how to eat them: for Mint Lounge
I loved this week's issue of Mint Lounge. Sumant Jaikrishnan is an authentic Indian stylister (the male version of stylista). I loved the cover. Read it here. My piece is on Pappadams. Nice accompanying photo. Read it here and below. [...]
The Gita Sung
I heard this song first in NYC at my daughter's school, Abraham Lincoln, opposite Mayor Bloomberg's house. I explain it at the end of the song. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/102699538" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]
Femina
A piece that came out in Femina a while ago about Return to India. Did I post it before. I did a search on 'Femina' in this blog and couldn't find it. Here it is dear shoba how are you? [...]
Jimmy Choos sexy shoes for Mint Lounge
Today morning, the first thing I did was to go out, pick up all the newspapers and hide Mint Lounge. My parents are temporarily staying with me and I didn't want my father to read my column today mainly because [...]
NPR/ The Takeaway Show
Love NPR. Still listen to it. They called from Boston to interview me about this. As always, I won't listen to it (prefer to listen to something other than the sound of my own voice) but in case anyone wants [...]
New York Times: School Poisoning Deaths
As a columnist, I don't get the high of newsrooms very often. But this was one instance where it worked. My editor at the New York Times and I were wrapping up an essay that I had written for their mother load blog. It was about 9 PM last night and we had deemed the piece ready. Then she suddenly sends an email telling me about the Bihar midday meals scheme tragedy and asked if I could write a piece on it within an hour. I did, and then went to watch Scandal! Here it is below.
Solar Energy
An article inspired by the zero carbon house of my friend, the mathematician, Sujatha Ramadorai. The National Conversation How solar energy is shining new light on this country Shoba Narayan Jul 17, 2013 Sometimes the solution stares us in the [...]