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How not to forget
Is my problem genetics or just modern life? I forget Shoba Narayan Dec 7, 2010 Tom Cruise has been in and out of the UAE recently, filming the Mission Impossible sequel. I have a message for him. Tom, if [...]
For The National Abu Dhabi on Chennai
For The National Travel pages here and pasted below Chennai is at the art of the matter Shoba Narayan Jan 22, 2011 next previous Why Chennai? To get a taste of south Indian culture; because this city of 7.6 million [...]
Profile of art historian Dr. BN Goswamy for Mint Lounge
My profile of Professor B. N. Goswamy in Mint Lounge this week. Here and pasted below. Look at art intently, and with patience As someone who loves abstract and contemporary art, I am a little rattled by Prof. Goswamy’s obvious [...]
Why I’m raging against Kolaveri for Mint Lounge
Why I’m raging over ‘Kolaveri’ In the end, it is only a song, not world peace The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Why don’t I like the Kolaveri Di song? That’s the question that’s been bothering me all last week. Am I not [...]
Conflict about Facebook
Does this essay which appeared in M magazine explain my conflict about Facebook? Here in the M website and pasted below. My life: Shoba Narayan on social networking Shoba Narayan Dec 7, 2011 As a memoir writer and columnist, I [...]
Sabyasachi Mukherjee profile for The National Abu Dhabi
I spent two days hanging around Sabysachi. He's an interesting man. Here is a story about him that appeared in The National. Also pasted below. The sari warrior Shoba Narayan Nov 26, 2011 The fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee is sitting [...]
In the Mood for Love
Lust and danger in particular make for a compelling combination. In my view however, the directors who truly understand the nuances of lust and danger are Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee, two Asian directors who operate in a global milieu.
Bengali Films for Mint Lounge
In the midst of a Kolkata Ferment Cultural ‘adda’: Generations [...]
Some Feedback.
A friend sent me these links. Thanks, Raj. I thought I'd put them up. Writer and journalist Shoba Narayan puts a question mark over the link if any, between art and articulation and whether they go together. If you haven't [...]
About A Pet. Inji darling. RIP.
A very very hard piece to write. I wrote reams of prose and then rewrote it countless times. This has been in the works for the last four months. Finally worked up the nerve to send it and have it [...]
Food and its connection with place for The National Abu Dhabi
My column for The National's M magazine, edited by the divine Rick Arthur and Helena Powell. Click here for the latest one. Also pasted below. Great meals forge a connection to their place and time Shoba Narayan Nov 16, 2011 [...]
Indian Textiles for The National
I am in love with Indian fabrics, particularly cotton. Here is a piece on them Traditional Indian textiles get a turn on the fashion stage Shoba Narayan Nov 13, 2011 A group of Japanese tourists descend on Weaver's Studio, [...]