About Jitish Kallat and Reena Saini Kallat for Mint Lounge
Columns Posted: Thu, Feb 2 2012. 7:45 PM IST Walking the art talk with the Kallats Jitish and Reena are charming and polite—to me and to each other. They don’t interrupt and listen intently to each other as they describe [...]
About the comfort of rice: for The National Abu Dhabi
My Life: Shoba Narayan on rice Shoba Narayan Feb 1, 2012 People want different things on a cold winter night: a piping hot bowl of soup or the seductive richness of, say, foie gras. I crave steaming hot rice. [...]
Final Presentations
I request all of you who are doing your presentations next Monday and Tuesday to keep it under 10 minutes. Because there are so many of us, I have no choice but to ensure that people keep within their time limit, [...]
Role Playing
I enjoyed our session today! Thanks to all who had the courage to come up today. I realize that the later candidates will have the advantage of our feedback and I will factor that in while grading you. In other [...]
About the India Art Fair for Art in America
A piece for Art in America India Art Fair Gains Major Dealers, Courts Collectors by shoba narayan 01/24/12 "Once you exceed 100,000 people, it's not a numbers game anymore. It's about bringing high quality collectors in," says Neha Kirpal, 31, founder of [...]
Why art needs to speak a simpler tongue: for Mint Lounge
Here is the piece in Mint Columns Posted: Fri, Jan 27 2012. 9:51 PM IST Why art needs to speak a simpler tongue The India Art Fair is in full swing; and Delhi feels like it is at the centre [...]
About the India Art Fair for The National Abu Dhabi
Here are some of the articles that I wrote about the India Art Fair. Curators and gallerists put finishing touches to 2012 India Art Fair Shoba Narayan Jan 25, 2012 Iranian art seems to be, if not the flavour of [...]
The poetry of War Horse for Mint Lounge
The poetry of a horse on the move About sculpture, horses and Sayaka Ganz's work. This one is for Dhruv and Noor 4 min read . The Good Life | Shoba Narayan [...]
Saris from Paris: for Financial Times Weekend’s fashion pages
About the Hermes Sari. Appearing here in the Financial Times Weekend fashion pages and pasted below. January 13, 2012 10:05 pm Saris from Paris? By Shoba Narayan French label Hermès has launched a take on the traditional garment and [...]
Comedy Improv
The loser’s guide to comic relief
Profile of Sabyasachi, fashion desiger, for Mint Lounge
Sabyasachi, the revivalist businessman 5 min read . Updated: 06 Jan 2012, 09:31 PM IST The Good life | Shoba Narayan Clad in a khadi kurta-pyjama and Ferragamo flats, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, 37, [...]
Chennai’s muse: the Bharatanatyam divas
Chennai's muse: the Bharatanatyam divas 3 min read . Updated: 30 Dec 2011, 09:58 PM IST The Good Life | Shoba Narayan I am going to let you in on a little [...]