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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 perfumes of Bengaluru: Jasmine and sandalwood

The beauty of living in Bengaluru or any other city in India is that you can discuss scents with perfumers to create unique fragrances that suit a moment and mood (File photo)

Published on Aug 21, 2025 07:16 AM IST

Bengaluru’s flower power and festive vibes

Preparations underway for the 218th Independence Day Flower Show at Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru (PTI)

Published on Aug 07, 2025 04:30 AM IST

Let us be a tourist in one’s own city this summer

Need to encourage your kids to keep a “summer holiday” journal and record five things that they noticed each day, either by drawing or writing, or both. (HT file)

Published on Jul 24, 2025 07:28 AM IST

Bangalore savours the final flavours of mango season

India is the world’s largest producer of mangoes, contributing to a whopping 40% of global production. We also are the world’s largest exporter, sending over a million tonnes to the US, UK, UAE and everywhere else (HT PHOTO)

Published on Jul 22, 2025 08:54 AM IST

Bengaluru’s long relationship with its 280 lakes

The worst time for our lakes was in February 2017 when Bellandur Lake caught on fire, thanks to the large amount of toxic waste released into it (File photo)

Published on Jun 26, 2025 05:39 AM IST

Karaga, Cricket, Garbage collide in Bengaluru

On April 1, the BBMP imposed a “garbage tax” collecting additional money for doing its job (ANI)

Published on Jun 12, 2025 07:54 AM IST

Why Kannada deserves more than apologies

Immigrants from all over India have populated Karnataka and Bengaluru without assimilating into their language or culture (PTI)

Published on May 30, 2025 11:36 PM IST

What do Bengaluru’s youth really care about?

Bengaluru recently witnessed heavy rainfall causing waterlogging in several areas. (PTI)

Published on May 29, 2025 06:28 AM IST

Katori versus banana leaf: The geography of cuisine

Katori or banana leaf, rice or roti, fingers or palms, runny gravy or thick, invasions or not. These determine your eating habits. (File photo)

Published on May 15, 2025 06:26 AM IST

Beyond startups to pop-ups in Bengaluru

Akhila Srinivas’s line-up include Sienna Café’s Bengali food, Gingko Pune’s Uzuki summer menu, the Maratha Kitchen’s food and more. (File photo)

Published on May 01, 2025 05:48 AM IST

World Malbec Day: Bread, cheese, a jug of wine, thou

The problem with Indian cheeses is that they aren’t aged long enough or well enough. So they don’t have the sharp differentiated taste that is typical of excellent European cheeses (File photo)

Published on Apr 17, 2025 08:42 AM IST

Ghibli art, poetry,AI, and summer music concerts

Bengaluru has a vibrant culture of music concerts. (Agency)

Published on Apr 03, 2025 06:48 AM IST

Bengaluru’s water bodies and wonderful pop-ups

Heralded as a “first-ever” religious spectacle that honours the Cauvery river, Cauvery Aarthi is the brain-child of the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Mar 20, 2025 06:21 AM IST

The dance between ambition and adaptation

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

Published on Mar 12, 2025 05:46 AM 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)

Published on Feb 26, 2025 07:54 AM 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)

Published on Feb 20, 2025 06:36 AM 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 08:22 AM 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 09, 2025 07:42 AM 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 06:12 AM 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 08:32 AM 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 02, 2024 02:15 PM 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 07, 2024 05:26 AM 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 07:56 AM 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 07:04 AM 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 06:38 AM 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 06:26 AM 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 08:30 AM 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 08:00 AM 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 01, 2024 07:36 AM 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 08:00 AM IST

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