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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

Being single in Bengaluru

HT Image

Updated on Feb 1, 2024 02:32 IST

A confluence of science, song, the sun and their significance

Like most harvest festivals, Sankranti honours the sun. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 18, 2024 03:22 IST

Why bother making resolutions if you cannot keep them?

People celebrate New Year on a Bengaluru street. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 5, 2024 10:58 IST

Street fairs, floats and processions and how Bengaluru enjoys them

Folk artistes take part in a procession during the inauguration of the 'Namma Jatre' programme at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on December 10. (PTI/File)

Updated on Dec 21, 2023 03:14 IST

What does Goa have that Bengaluru doesn’t?

The Bangalore Literature Festival which just concluded remains community funded and grows bigger every year. (HT file photo)

Updated on Dec 7, 2023 03:34 IST

Bengaluru’s tribal fierce goddesses

Hindu goddesses are thought of as “mothers,” givers of prosperity like Lakshmi, and the Sita who accepts everything. What happened to the fierce goddesses like Kali, who could give us permission to invoke the warrior within us? (HT Archives)

Updated on Nov 23, 2023 03:50 IST

Looking inside one of Bengaluru’s subcultures

Crowd at flower market ahead of festive season at KR Market in Bengaluru. (PTI/Representational Image)

Updated on Nov 9, 2023 03:18 IST

When will a Kannadiga character appear in Bollywood?

A crowd of people waiting in line to get movie tickets outside a cinema hall. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 30, 2023 01:26 IST

Goddess energy in city

For nine nights, it is believed that Goddess Durga descends from the heavens and conquers evil, the author says as she draws contrast with the show Aachar & Co. (HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 13, 2023 03:38 IST

Is beer the butter chicken of Bengaluru?

No other alcoholic beverage other than beer has been able to forge such a huge fan base among the Indians– and Bengalureans. (HT Archive)

Updated on Sep 28, 2023 03:08 IST

What is distinctive about the Bengaluru art scene

Gallery Sumukha’s owner says they never had anyone from the IT industry as a visitor. (PTI)

Updated on Sep 22, 2023 05:14 IST

Students leaving home for college and the accompanying checklist

Right about now, thousands of students all over India will be leaving home for college within the country or all over the world. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 24, 2023 14:20 IST

How to negotiate and get things done in B’luru

I know women who come all the way to the Commercial Street to stitch their clothes because it contains a concentration of talent and fabric material, says the author (Hemant Mishra/ Mint)

Updated on Aug 2, 2023 19:03 IST

Walking the talk about Inclusion

Shoba Narayan (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 19, 2023 19:30 IST

The Kannadiga obsession with khara-bhaath

Shoba Narayan (HT Archives)

Updated on Jul 5, 2023 19:08 IST

Why do so few outsiders bother to learn Kannada?

Learning Kannada could open up Bangalore for you in ways that you cannot imagine. (HT photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2023 19:38 IST

Better than bhel puri: Girmit or mandakki

To understand the hold that girmit or churmuri has on people from Karnataka, you have to understand that it is not just a recipe. It is an ecosystem. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 7, 2023 19:49 IST

What kind of a coffee drinker are you?

Shoba Narayan (HT Photo)

Updated on May 9, 2023 18:59 IST

Is the Kannadiga sambhar overrated?

Shoba Narayan (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 25, 2023 19:09 IST

How to spot a Bangalorean

Shoba Narayan (HT Archive)

Updated on Apr 12, 2023 19:03 IST

10 mind blowing things about B’luru’s history

Shoba Narayan (HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 29, 2023 18:54 IST

Why do Bangaloreans like single-colour chutneys?

Shoba Narayan (FILE)

Updated on Mar 15, 2023 19:38 IST

Why Bengaluru’s traffic makes it the startup capital of India?

Why Bengaluru’s traffic makes it the startup capital of India?

Updated on Mar 1, 2023 19:17 IST

The chef as an artist or businessperson?

Shoba Narayan (FILE)

Updated on Feb 15, 2023 21:38 IST

Which breakfast is better? Kannada or Tamil one?

Shoba Narayan (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 3, 2023 18:54 IST

Where can you go to shop in Bengaluru?

Shoba Narayan (HT)

Updated on Jan 17, 2023 18:25 IST

The delicate art of maintaining friendships

Columnist Shoba Narayan (HT File)

Updated on Jan 10, 2023 11:05 IST

Counting my numerous Bengaluru blessings

Shoba Narayan (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 21, 2022 18:49 IST

An art institution that deserves to be celebrated

Shoba Narayan (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 6, 2022 18:02 IST

Bengaluru’s Shivaji Nagar and its myriad hues

Shoba Narayan (HT archive)

Updated on Nov 26, 2022 14:55 IST

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