Comment Essays for The National Abu Dhabi
Royal Enfield for The National Abu Dhabi
Royal Enfield reinventing the wheels Shoba Narayan Jun 7, 2012 In what could have been a risky manoeuvre, the 119-year old brand of Royal Enfield redesigned its motorbikes. Beloved in India, the new motorbikes are meant to be sleeker [...]
Jeweller Hanut Singh: The National Abu Dhabi
About Jeweller Hanut Singh whose grandmother Sita Devi was a style icon
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 [...]
Sudarshan Shetty Profile for The National Abu Dhabi
About Sudarshan Shetty for The National. Mumbai-based artist Sudarshan Shetty demonstrates his sense of play Shoba Narayan Mar 27, 2012 Standing outside the gleaming tower of the Maker Maxity building in suburban Mumbai is a fire-engine-red double-decker bus of the [...]
Idealism and Love
My latest My Life column for The National's M magazine Shoba Narayan on idealising your spouse Shoba Narayan Mar 29, 2012 After 20 years of marriage, I am no longer the dewy-eyed newlywed who believes her husband can do no [...]
My Life: Writing
My life: Shoba Narayan on being born to write Shoba Narayan Feb 29, 2012 My mother doesn't read my articles but she thinks I am a terrific writer. Out of this seeming paradox springs my attitude and approach towards writing. [...]
Hindu Festival of Sacred Music for The National Abu Dhabi
Hindu Festival of Sacred Music starts this weekend Shoba Narayan Feb 29, 2012 South Indian or Carnatic music has a hoary history that dates back to the Vedas, ancient Sanskrit works that form the foundation of the Hindu religion. [...]
Parenting dilemmas
This piece is heartfelt. The problem is that I don't see any solution to this. Sometimes, parenting seems like a crapshoot-- you make certain decisions and hope they work out. My elder daughter still hasn't asked for a dog! Did [...]
About Starbucks
Starbucks has to wake up and smell the coffee in India Shoba Narayan Café Coffee Day, an Indian coffee chain, will offer serious competition to Starbucks, which aims to open 50 outlets by the end of the year. Aijaz Rahi [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Party Animal?
My Life: negotiating new roles as we age Shoba Narayan Jan 4, 2012 I've noticed a curious phenomenon: men get more introverted as they get older and women more extroverted. I see it in several of my married friends. [...]