About cool ideas and backflips
Lounge Posted: Fri, Jun 1 2012. 9:30 PM IST The real lasting power of two True Einsteinian, Jobs-like innovation comes from your solar plexus; from your gut; from your soul The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Where do cool ideas [...]
For Cathay Pacific magazine on Health Resorts
A piece that appeared in Silkroad Airline magazine here Bangalore Health Resorts
Indian fusion music
I am enjoying some fusion music. Began with Dagar Brothers (raag Malkauns)-- which is definitely not fusion. But since people keep asking me for music recommendations, particularly Matt from Memphis, and Chris from Melbourne, here you go. Can't find [...]
Bangalore Art Scene
A piece in FT here
Profile of Vinita Bali for Silkroad, Dragonair/Cathay Pacific
A Profile of Vinita Bali-- we eat her Brittania Ragi biscuits at home these days.
Jeweller Hanut Singh: The National Abu Dhabi
About Jeweller Hanut Singh whose grandmother Sita Devi was a style icon
India– Cultural Immersion
Professor Ravi Bapna's class from the Carlson School of Management's Executive MBA program visited India. I spent one morning-- three hours from 9-12-- doing a 'cultural immersion' class. We discussed history, customs, culture, music, dance (with a performance at the [...]
Right to Education
For Mint here
Cultural Immersion
I am doing a class/presentation/module on cultural immersion for a visiting Executive MBA class from the U.S. Basically, I am trying to un-package India for them and it is a fascinating exercise. What do you focus on? Values, food, music, [...]
New Book: Return to India
I am working on Book Number 2, which will hopefully be out later this summer. It is a memoir called, "Return to India." It will be published by Rain Tree (how I love that name), which Rupa calls "its new [...]
Research and Reality
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 2012. 7:51 PM IST Where research ends and reality begins Detachment is an interesting idea. How do you stop yourself from forming bonds of attachment with the people you report on for years? Can you? The [...]
Khadi: The Freedom Fabric makes a comeback: for The National Abu Dhabi
Khadi 'Freedom fabric' makes a comeback in India At the recent high-profile wedding of the Bollywood stars Genelia D'Souza and Ritish Deshmukh, two outfits that stood out were not made of high-end fabric or Swarovski crystal, but khadi, the Indian [...]