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#NAINAxNarendraBhawan

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Diwali 2021 at Narendra Bhawan Bikaner

  • November 24, 2021
  • naina
“Most people prefer to stay home for Diwali.” While this might have been true in the past, things sure are changing. I spent Diwali 2021 at my home-away-from-home, Narendra Bhawan…
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To Suryagarh, Jaisalmer, by Road. October 2021

  • November 22, 2021
  • naina
Delhi to Jaisalmer by road, takes approximately 12-14 hours driving time – assuming you do not take a break every 30 minutes. The drive is certainly made better if it’s…
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A Rajasthan Holi, 2021

  • April 7, 2021
  • naina
A TRAIN JOURNEY “A season of firsts!” B and I had not traveled together by train previously! A first train journey. Did you know that Gurgaon has a Railway Station?…
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The Nine Stages of Experiencing Narendra Bhawan Bikaner

  • December 17, 2020
  • naina
ONE : Envy & FOMO You’ve seen photographs on the Instagram feeds of friends and acquaintances. You’ve heard their experiences. You’ve been checking the hotel’s website and the hotel’s Instagram…
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The Dive Bar at Bhairon Vilas, Bikaner

  • December 9, 2020
  • naina
Trust the Narendra Bhawan team to find eclectic locations for epic partying. In Bikaner! I’ve visited this dive bar twice this year and I want to go again.. More than…
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Narendra Bhawan Bikaner, July 2020

  • August 4, 2020
  • naina
Let me preface by saying that just because I’m writing about traveling during the pandemic, you must not take it as a suggestion to travel as well. We all have…
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Home Is Where The Heart Is #40and10in2020

  • January 2, 2020
  • naina
And heart is where the friends are. So, home is where the friends are. Pedal to the metal. Growing up, the concept of “friendship” was based on what I saw…
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Gratitude 2017 : The Year in Retrospect

  • December 26, 2017
  • naina
1,040 blog posts by the end of 2017. Across various categories, primarily focused on : EyesForLuxury, EyesForDestinations, EyesForTechnology, EyesForLifestyle, 12 personal style features, etc. 40 episodes of my podcast :…
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My Favourite Things at Narendra Bhawan, Bikaner #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

  • April 11, 2017
  • naina
Looking at the number of photo stories I’ve done from the city of Bikaner, it seems that we did more touristy things in Bikaner than we did in Jaisalmer. Very…
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Merchants’ Trail, Rampuria Havelis, Bikaner #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

  • April 6, 2017
  • naina
We did a LOT of things in Bikaner. Narendra Singh Bhawan had arranged for a bunch of trails across the city. We’d already visited Bikaji Ki Tekri, seen the Sadul…
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Lunch at Laxmi Niwas #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

  • April 1, 2017
  • naina
After visiting Bikaji Ki Tekri and the Sadul Singh Museum, the Narendra Bhawan team had planned lunch for us at the Laxmi Niwas Palace. There’s some insanely beautiful and intricate…
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Sadul Singh Museum #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

  • March 30, 2017
  • naina
After we’d visited Bikaji Ki Tekri, the next stop on the itinerary was Sadul Singh Museum, right next to the Laxmi Niwas Palace, where lunch had been arranged for us…
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Bikaji Ki Tekri #NAINAxNarendraBhawan #EyesForRajasthan

  • March 27, 2017
  • naina
Above, Narendra Bhawan looking lovely with the blue sky, clouds and a riot of Bougainvillea flowers. On our second day in Bikaner, the hotel had planned a bunch of experiences…
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#CoverUp 97 #NAINAxNarendraBhawan #EyesForRajasthan

  • March 25, 2017
  • naina
( All images are clickable for viewing in larger sizes. ) If I had been a guest of Maharaja Narendra Singh, and I’d been invited to stay over at the…
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Bye Suryagarh! Hello Narendra Bhawan! #EyesForRajasthan #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

  • March 24, 2017
  • naina
( All images are clickable for viewing in larger sizes. ) As much as Suryagarh was the epitome of luxury and luxurious experiences, Narendra Bhawan in Bikaner was the epitome…
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About Naina

Naina is currently the Head of Guest Experiences at Suryagarh in Jaisalmer.

Naina is also an entrepreneur : a professional photographer, a painter, an experience collector.

Her career, spanning 18 years, started with an MBA in IT & Systems, to a job as an Innovation Management Consultant, to branding & graphic design work for international clients, to a full-time solo-entrepreneurship as an Experience Collector.

Naina started her blog 17 years ago and it has evolved from writing about Creativity & Innovation, to sharing case studies about Branding & Graphic Design to finally a destination for some of the leading Luxury & Lifestyle brands as Naina writes features for these brands and photographs them.

Having traveled all over India as a child ( the advantage of having a father serving in the Indian Army ), she is also well-traveled across Europe ( Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy and France ), Asia ( Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam ), America ( New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco ), and Canada.

Naina has her own podcast called The Naina Redhu Experience, where she talks about the business and professional aspects of photography, blogging and influencer marketing in India.

Her abstract art, under the KhaosPhilos label can be shopped on the Naina.co online store and she is available for bespoke commissions as well.

"The New Rules of Online Brand Building", Naina's on-ground workshop, recently wrapped up its 8th Edition. Launched in 2018, "Workshops By Naina" is going to be seeing more editions across the country & online.

Naina is also available for hire as a Speaker. She has been invited as a Keynote Speaker at a blogging conference and also speaks about the business of photography in India.

Always learning & evolving online, she has presence across several online spaces including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, TikTok and her podcast can be found on all podcast channels and apps.

ART SHOP
  • Repeatedly Relentlessly Resourceful, 2021, 64 Inches in Diameter, Hand-Painted Acrylics on Stretched Canvas ₹500,000.00
  • Where Are My Succulents, 2020, 56 Inches on Canvas ₹350,000.00
  • Seven Lines, 2021, 48 Inches in Diameter, Hand-Painted Acrylics on Stretched Canvas ₹250,000.00
  • Clouds Are Rainbows In Hiding, 2020, 36 Inches on Canvas ₹160,000.00
  • coral ray dancer, canvas painting, contemporary art, acrylics on canvas, original art, hand painted, naina, naina redhu, khaosphilos, khaos philos, chaos lover, women painters, women artists, female artist, indian art, indian contemporary art, geometric abstraction Coral Ray Dancer, 2021, 30 Inches on Canvas ₹110,000.00
  • Is This A Sunset, 2020, 30 Inches on Canvas ₹110,000.00
Photography Portfolio
  • #EyesForStreetStyle #Bangalore LouisPhilippeIndia #LPCup #ProGolf Naina.co Luxury & Lifestyle, Photographer Storyteller, Blogger.
    Louis Philippe Golf Cup 2015 #LPCup #EyesForLuxury
    • June 17, 2015
  • Snooker player + photography
    • November 29, 2011
  • Naina.co, Naina Redhu, Google India, Google, Google Arts & Culture, #SareeOnMe, #WeWearCulture, #NAINAxGoogle, Professional Photographer, Blogger, Lifestyle Photographer, Lifestyle Blogger, Travel, Saree, Drape, Drapes, Draping, Textiles, India, Style, Ajmira Shaikh, Karishma Yadav, Sahiba Gursahaney, Ashu Mittal, Sejal Kumar, Anupriya Kapur, Bhumika Bhatia, Nicole Juneja, Purba Ray, Anjali Batra, Surabhi Chauhan, Nayantara Parikh, #EyesForPeople, #EyesForInfluencers, Influencers, Influencer Marketing, Portraiture, Portrait Photographer, Google Feature, Twelve Women, Arts, Culture
    #SareeOnMe #WeWearCulture Photo Project @googleindia @googlearts #NAINAxGoogle
    • September 7, 2017
FRAGRANCES #NOSEDBYNAINA
  • Baraonda by Nasomatto #NosedByNaina
  • NosedByNaina, Fragrance Blogger India, Perfume Blogger India, Naina.co, Naina Redhu, Nosed By Naina, International Fragrance Blogger, International Perfume Blogger, Perfume Review Blog India, Frgarance Review Blog India, EyesForBeauty, Lifestyle Blogger India, Luxury Blogger India, Lifestyle Photographer India, Luxury Photographer India, Professional Photographer India, Photographer Blogger India, Fragrance Influencer India, Perfume Influencer India, International Fragrance Influencer, So Nude, Costume National, Javed Sayed, Empress Trading Company, Pune, Eau De Parfum, EDP, Neroli, Floral, Rajnigandha
    So Nude, Eau de Parfum by Costume National #NosedByNaina
  • Naina.co, Diptyque, L'Ombre dans l'Eau, Shadow in the water, FragranceOfTheMonth, Fragrance, Parfumier, Perfume, Parfum, Made In France, Fragrance Blogger India, Perfume Blogger India, Fragrance Influencer India, Perfume Influencer India, Photographer, Blogger, Influencer, Fragrance Review Blog, Perfume Review Blog, Winters, Green, Fragrance For Women
    L’Ombre dans l’Eau by Diptyque #FragranceOfTheMonth #EyesForBeauty
  • Naina Redhu, Naina.co, #FragranceOfTheMonth, ScentSutra, Bracken, Amouage, Midnight Flower Collection, Bracken Women, Perfume, Artisanal Fragrances, Exquisite Perfume, Luxury, Niche, EyesForLuxury, EyesForDestinations, Mussoorie, JW Marriott, Marriott International, Walnut Grove, Resort, Spa, Cedar Spa, Uttarakhand, Mussoorie, Tourism, Travel, India, EyesForIndia, Content Strategist, Content Strategy, Incredible India, Digital Strategy, Online Strategy, Content Queen, Marriott Mussoorie, Content Queen, Lifestyle Photographer, Photography, Professional Photographer, Lifestyle Blogger, Lifestyle Content, Travel Blogger, Travel Photographer, Travel Content
    Bracken Woman by Amouage at ScentSutra.com
  • #EyesForBeauty, #EyesForLuxury, #FragranceOfTheMonth, Experience Collector, Fragrance, Fragrance Blogger, Fragrance Blogger India, Fragrance Market India, Fragrance Of The Month, Fragrance Photographer, Leather, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Blogger, Lifestyle Blogger India, Lifestyle Photographer India, Luxurious, Luxury Blogger, Luxury Blogger India, Luxury Brands, Luxury Photographer, Luxury Photographer India, Naina Redhu, Naina.co, Parfum, Parfumier, Perfume, Perfume Photographer, Product Blogger, Product Photographer, Professional Photographer, Scent, Visual Storyteller, Visual Storyteller for Luxury Brands, Chloe, Fleur de Parfum, Roses, Flower Charm, Michel Almairac, Mylene Alran, ribbon, silver plated
    Chloé Fleur de Parfum #FragranceOfTheMonth

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Amar Singh Palace, Amar Sagar, Jaisalmer. The lake bed is completely dry at this time of the year. 77 2
I've sat on a camel once in my early teens. I fell face down into the sand dune when the camel was in the process of standing up. I haven't had the desire to sit on a camel again. 102 1
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Oh you thought I was done with Bougainvillea? WRONG! 95 3
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Sheep at Jazia Talao. Feb 2023, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. 70 0
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Celebration Garden Bougainvillea, March 2023, @suryagarh Jaisalmer. Image created from 61 separate plates. A stitched panorama. See wider version posted on my Instagram Stories today. I'm also working on a blog post to share photographs of all the gorgeousness of these fiery shrubs. 95 2
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#NewOnTheBlog : Kuldhara Oasis Holi Sundowner with @suryagarh, Jaisalmer 2023 #NAINAxSuryagarh 75 1
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