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Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan is Bangalore-based award-winning author. She is also a freelance contributor who writes about art, food, fashion and travel for a number of publications.

Articles by Shoba Narayan

The dance between ambition and adaptation

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and Carnatic classical singer Sivasri Skandaprasad during their wedding ceremony, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 12, 2025 24:16 IST

Weddings, funerals, and meaning of love and life

Valentine’s Day and Holi both celebrate love, which most of us associate with the romance that we have with partners and spouses (kieferpix - stock.adobe.com)

Updated on Feb 26, 2025 02:24 IST

How organisations fail to include new, varied voices

Shailaja Paik’s Wikipedia page does not mention that she grew up in the slums around Pune. It does mention that she is the winner of the 2024 MacArthur “genius” grant. (HT photo)

Updated on Feb 20, 2025 01:06 IST

Secret Bengaluru: 25 things to try this R-Day

Hug the fig tree in Cubbon Park or the giant silk cotton tree in Lalbagh (File photo)

Updated on Jan 23, 2025 02:52 IST

After festivals, how to take care of yourself in 2025

We have eaten more Diwali sweets and Christmas cake than is good for us. Time to stop, we tell ourselves. Time to take charge of our health, habits and goals (File photo)

Updated on Jan 9, 2025 02:12 IST

Can you buy happiness for under ₹100?

Bangalore is blessed with many trails, all under two hours away. Take a hike on weekends to clear your head. (Maridav - stock.adobe.com)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 24:42 IST

Is Bengaluru the artisanal pizza capital of India?

Pizza 4Ps has been making waves in Bengaluru for a while and with good reason. Their burrata salad pizza was brilliant - tart, creamy and crunchy. (Kiattisak - stock.adobe.com)

Updated on Dec 12, 2024 03:02 IST

Creating a festival of festivals in Bengaluru

Artistes perform during the inauguration of ‘Namma Jatre’ as part of the annual ‘Bengaluru Habba’ festival, at the Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru, Saturday.

Updated on Dec 2, 2024 08:45 IST

About celebrating a state, its folk arts and forests

Students in 'yakshagana' attire perform during the celebrations of Karnataka state formation day 'Kannada Rajyotsava', at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 23:56 IST

A breakfast walk through Basavanagudi

Besides Mysuru masala dosa, Bengaluru offers several other kinds of dosas such as Khali dosa, Davanagere benne (butter) dosa (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 02:26 IST

The contradictory challenges of star-chefs

To be a good chef, you have to have knowledge, opinion and confidence. Few professions are as unforgiving as a chef’s chosen job (KreaFoto - stock.adobe.com)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 01:34 IST

Is Bengaluru the hub of classical dance?

Bengaluru is blessed with a multitude of classical dance forms relative to say, nearby Chennai where Bharatanatyam reigns supreme, or Hyderabad where Kuchipudi takes pride of place (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 27, 2024 01:08 IST

When Ganesha gets a six-pack on Bengaluru streets

Ganesha is a Pan-Indian inclusive and communal festival. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 24:56 IST

Are straight people afraid of gay folks?

In cities like Bengaluru queer is accepted these days by families and societies, partly because queer-ness has become part of collective conversation, and partly because many of us know folks who are gay (REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 03:00 IST

Ask what you can do for your country this I-Day?

Ask what you can do for your country this I-Day?

Updated on Aug 16, 2024 02:30 IST

The changing landscape of theatre in Bengaluru

Shivadoota Guliga staged at Ravindra Kalakshetra is a surreal and phantasmagorical kannada musical-play which talks about the spirit-gods that roam around Tulu Nādu. Kantara the film made this famous (File photo)

Updated on Aug 1, 2024 02:06 IST

Can drinking gin and wine teach you about smell?

Smell or olfaction is among the most ancient of our senses. In order to smell better, it seems obvious that you have to practice smelling. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jul 18, 2024 02:30 IST

What Bengaluru’s science institutions do wrong

Although laypeople think of scientists as a hyperspecialised species who operate in silos, they are actually good at collaborations—even at the global level. (HT FILE)

Updated on Jul 5, 2024 10:59 IST

The artists who populated this city

The artists who populated this city

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 11:00 IST

My two Bangalores: Street and luxury

One is the world of fine dining, wine and luxury and the other is the gullies and streets. If you are new in Bangalore, and are a professional (File photo)

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 02:34 IST

When your NRI relatives come for wedding shopping in Bengaluru

When your NRI relatives come for wedding shopping in Bengaluru

Updated on May 30, 2024 04:04 IST

Isn’t food enough to attract customers?

These days, Bengaluru is changing from an IT-driven city to one that is embracing the good life (davit85 - stock.adobe.com)

Updated on May 22, 2024 10:40 IST

Prajwal Revanna tapes call for a collective response

Prajwal Revanna (PTI)

Updated on May 7, 2024 16:36 IST

Can and should spas go beyond ayurveda in Bengaluru?

Spa is an experience that cocoons you. It is a splurge. (Africa Studio)

Updated on Apr 30, 2024 10:45 IST

Is there an Indian approach to ageing?

How then to live well and die quickly?

Updated on Apr 13, 2024 16:08 IST

Is kaali-dal McDonalds of North Indian food?

Shahi tukda is the queen of desserts, among the many that are served in the night markets around Mosque road, says Shoba Narayan. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Apr 15, 2024 13:18 IST

The controversy over Sangeetha Kalanidhi

The Music Academy decided to give this year’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi award to musician TM Krishna

Updated on Mar 21, 2024 16:20 IST

How to balance inventiveness and restraint in cocktails

The best cocktails are like a great piece of sculpture: they are all about structure and spirit. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 21, 2024 03:20 IST

The good life as per Indic thought

Putting the sacred back into our relationship with nature will give an added fillip to our efforts to stave off climate change.

Updated on Mar 13, 2024 10:18 IST

Being single in Bengaluru

HT Image

Updated on Feb 1, 2024 02:32 IST

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