Active Stocks

Thu Dec 11 2025 12:30:57

Tata Steel share price
164.60 1.48%

Eternal share price
289.70 2.24%

HDFC Bank share price
1,002.45 1.22%

NTPC share price
322.55 0.33%

ICICI Bank share price
1,364.20 0.00%

Business News > Mint Authors > The Good Life | Shoba Narayan

The Good Life | Shoba Narayan

ARTICLES BY THE GOOD LIFE | SHOBA NARAYAN

Big bite: Kavita Chesetty, owner of Cupcakes Amore. Nathan G/Mint

Customized cupcakes and south Indian tiffins

4 min read . 31 Aug 2012

Step by step: The mood is upbeat at the office of Sahodaran, Chennai. Photo: Nathan G/Mint

A space for gender-bending realities

4 min read . 24 Aug 2012

Family album: The TVS clan in Madurai in 1960.

In the words of the daughter-in-law

4 min read . 10 Aug 2012

Medium and message: The Yahoo CEO. Photo: Noah Berger

Mayer’s miscalculation

4 min read . 27 Jul 2012

Milky way: Sarala’s son Selva milking Dhanalakshmi, who likes cucumber peels. Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

The cow chronicles: a loss and a replacement

4 min read . 22 Jun 2012

Fragrance king: Serge Lutens’ latest perfume is based on sandalwood. Photo: Francesco Brigida

Using scents to tell stories

4 min read . 08 Jun 2012

One of a kind: Biking is not popular among women in India, yet.

Women who go va-va-vroom

4 min read . 18 May 2012

Logic in funding: It might be a better idea to support NGOs such as the Bharti Foundation that work in the field of education. Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Philosophically distant from reality

4 min read . 20 Apr 2012

Stirring up memories: Sherbets are the drinks of an Indian childhood. Photo by Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint.

The cooling draught

4 min read . 06 Apr 2012

Object of desire: Pi ke puht

The balancing act

2 min read . 23 Mar 2012

Design begins in your kitchen and your closet

3 min read . 09 Mar 2012

In the running: Streep has been nominated in the Best Actor (Female) category. Gero Breloer/AP

Nostalgia and Nielsen at the Oscars

4 min read . 24 Feb 2012

Mixed blessing: Getting a pet will teach your children compassion.

Have you ever mourned a pet?

7 min read . 18 Nov 2011

Clean sweep: Hyundai Motor India is constructing 200 toilets in Irungattukottai village, near Chennai. Photo by Nathan G/Mint.

Do you have a ‘Rurban’ in you?

6 min read . 22 Oct 2011

Truth be told: Friendships would be tough to sustain if the occasional white lie was completely ruled out; for instance, honesty over a gift of tofu could cause friends to part ways. Photographs by Th

The noble, useful art of telling white lies

4 min read . 06 Oct 2011

Truth be told: Friendships would be tough to sustain if the occasional white lie was completely ruled out; for instance, honesty over a gift of tofu could cause friends to part ways. Photographs by Th

The noble, useful art of telling white lies

4 min read . 06 Oct 2011

Religion meets art: German artist Gregor Schneider’s road-themed pandal for the Ekdalia Evergreen Durga Puja radically interprets the concept of a pandal as an artwork. Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

When Kolkata turns into a museum

9 min read . 29 Sept 2011

Religion meets art: German artist Gregor Schneider’s road-themed pandal for the Ekdalia Evergreen Durga Puja radically interprets the concept of a pandal as an artwork. Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

When Kolkata turns into a museum

9 min read . 29 Sept 2011

Minimalist: The Oberoi Gurgaon’s all-day diner Threesixtyone buzzes even on weekdays. Photo: Divya Babu/Mint

Embrace the flaws, turn them into assets

5 min read . 15 Sept 2011

Essentially Tamil: (clockwise from left) Idli, easy to cook and pronounce, has travelled well, but not vathal kuzhambu (below); and Naren Thimmaiah, executive chef, Gateway Hotel, Bangalore, shows us

Survival of the tastiest?

2 min read . 08 Sept 2011