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Parvati Power: for Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal Parvati Power This Hindu goddess, consort of Shiva, proves that dignity and smarts prevail. By Shoba Narayan Parvati is one face of the divine female energy, often called Devi (the shining one) or Shakti (power), that many Indians [...]
About female goddesses for the Yoga Journal
Thanks, Nora Isaacs, for sending me these links in the Yoga Journal. Wrote these pieces a long time ago. Didn't know they existed. Quite Contrary Kali is both a fierce warrior and a compassionate mother goddess, reflecting the range of [...]
Bespoke Flowers: Mint Lounge
Columns Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2012. 7:54 PM IST Earth laughs in flowers All over the world, people are moving towards handmade, handcrafted local objects—made to measure and customized right in front of your eyes The Good Life | Shoba [...]
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 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 [...]