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

The Good Life | Shoba Narayan

ARTICLES BY THE GOOD LIFE | SHOBA NARAYAN

Pot luck: The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangapatna. Photo: flickr.com/photos/ideowl

Mastering the art of giving

4 min read . 08 Sept 2012

Comic timing: Shazia Mirza, comedienne, shops for a maang tikka. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Shazia Mirza: stand up, tell the (funny) truth

3 min read . 03 Aug 2012

Size matters: Mittal spent around Rs 168 crore for the 377ft Orbit outside the Olympic Park. The sculpture has received scathing criticism in London. (Photo by Steve Rose/Getty Images)

The sprinter and the marathon man

3 min read . 27 Jul 2012

The cow comes home: The cow comes home from left) Narayan (Sarala’s husband), Sarala and Selva with Anandalakshmi. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Cow chronicles: a civil ceremony

6 min read . 13 Jul 2012

Milk ilk: Dairy farmers like Sarala have to work hard to cultivate a customer base. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Cow chronicles: the coconut vendor’s offer

4 min read . 06 Jul 2012

Bovine bargain: Sarala, who is looking to buy a cow, has help from her son Selva, who rarely smiles but is a kind soul. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

The cow chronicles: the price just doubled

5 min read . 29 Jun 2012

Eat, experiment: You are bound to be surprised by the results. (F Poincet/courtesy Shangri-La hotel, Paris)

Why you should drop your culinary crutches

3 min read . 15 Jun 2012

The recipe: Adopting a new idea is like executing a back flip—trying is the most important aspect. Photo: Thinkstock

The real lasting power of two

4 min read . 01 Jun 2012

Holistic: Alternative remedies look at the mind-body component of the problem. Photo by Thinkstock.

Your health is in your hands

4 min read . 25 May 2012

Wish list: Are there Indian apps that can identify birds orsuggest recipes?

Here’s to an apt ‘app’ for everything

3 min read . 11 May 2012

Cooler: Home-made drinks are the best.(Thinkstock)

The many distinct flavours of summer

3 min read . 04 May 2012

Cross the bridge: A must-see spot outside Lijiang, Yunnan, is the Black Dragon Pool. Photo by Chris/Wikimedia Commons.

Herbs, tea, soup and monks-a Chinese experience

4 min read . 26 Apr 2012

Dual approach: The Festival of Sacred Music is attempting to revive the temple town of Thiruvaiyaru. Photo: C Ganesan

Tuning in to change

5 min read . 30 Mar 2012

Visionary: Mahesh seems sincere and is clearly competent in getting technology projects done. But will that translate to politics? Jagadeesh NV/Mint

Does Bangalore’s Good Man stand a chance?

4 min read . 16 Mar 2012

Charismatic: If she chooses, Priyanka Gandhi could have a role model in Sarojini Naidu. Photo: Atul Yadav/PTI

What is Priyanka Gandhi afraid of?

5 min read . 02 Mar 2012

Holed in: The façade of Hard Rock Café in Bangalore (Photographs by Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Can the Puritanical city go back to pub city?

3 min read . 17 Feb 2012

Fair company: (from L) Jitish Kallat; Reena Saini Kallat. Photos: Courtesy Arndt Berlin.

Walking the art talk with the Kallats

4 min read . 03 Feb 2012

In motion: Night, an installation from sculptor Sayaka Ganz’s Emergence series. Photo: courtesy Act4.co

The poetry of a horse on the move

4 min read . 20 Jan 2012

Muses: Sabyasachi with actors Rani Mukerji (left) and Vidya Balan. (Photographs by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)

Sabyasachi, the revivalist businessman

5 min read . 06 Jan 2012

Keeping time: Students practise Bharatanatyam at the Kalakshetra centre in Chennai. Photo: Sharp Image

Chennai’s muse: the Bharatanatyam diva

3 min read . 30 Dec 2011