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Shinan Govani

Toronto

Contributing Columnist at The (Toronto) Star

Social Columnist at Freelance

Social columnist, pop culture buff, novelist. Weekly: Toronto Star. Tatler, Town & Country, Air Mail, Hello!, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair. Former Blue Check.

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Articles

  • How The White Lotus Got Its Green Thumb

    1 month ago | townandcountrymag.com | Shinan Govani

    “The stars are the coconuts,” Bill Bensley tells me from Bangkok. A renowned landscape architect and a kind of Willy Wonka of gardening, Bensley has long been associated with all things maximalist and also unordinary: the father of a ruggedly Southeast Asian style that touches some 230 hotels and resorts across 30 countries around the world—from Bali to Bhutan, Udaipur, and The Congo, from the world's first edible golf course in St Kitts to The Royal Istana, an actual King's palace in Malaysia.

  • The Most Creative Cooking in Toronto Is Happening in Its Indian Restaurants

    1 month ago | msn.com | Shinan Govani

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  • Here's Why the Restaurants You Need to Book on Your Next Trip to Toronto Are all Indian

    1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Shinan Govani

    Photo: Courtesy of Curryish Tavern Chaat is like a religion in Indian cuisine, and at Adrak in Toronto, it demands new reverence. A catchall term for roadside snacks that promise both spice and tartness, it takes on many guises in couture-like fashion at this Michelin-recognized restaurant. Adrak’s puri is hot pink and resembles a Georgia O'Keeffe flower.

  • Dolly Parton lost her husband of 60 years — we lost one of the most exemplary of public marriages

    1 month ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Shinan Govani

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  • Dolly Parton lost her husband of 60 years — we lost one of the most exemplary of public marriages

    1 month ago | thespec.com | Shinan Govani

    “The secret to being a private person is to overshare dumb stuff so people think you’re an open person but then not tell them any important details of your life.”That is the cheeky message on an anonymous reel that cruises through my Instagram every so often, and which I happened to catch again this week — just hours before the news emerged that Carl Thomas Dean had died.

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