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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 Dalai Lama’s take on ageing and wisdom part 1: The monk and the smartphone junkie

Most of us use every moment that can offer a lull to check our phones

Updated on Sep 15, 2018 16:54 IST

Travelling with parents part 3: Unexpected brushes with the ordinary

Shoba’s mother spent the entire trip in Singapore driving the electric buggy, having a blast

Updated on Sep 1, 2018 17:06 IST

Travelling with parents part 2: Fathers and daughters

Shoba’s parents liked the way the wax version of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dressed at the Madame Tussauds in Sentosa Island

Updated on Aug 18, 2018 17:25 IST

Eating butter chicken at 32,000 feet

Travel, in case of some parents, is a way of recapturing their younger selves

Updated on Aug 4, 2018 17:06 IST

Sharing secret lives and riotous deaths

Is the point of sharing to crow about your accomplishments or expand your human connections?

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 16:08 IST

Save your marriage, plant a tree

Using a cellphone in bed is a common point of discord among couples

Updated on Jul 7, 2018 17:02 IST

Are you a texter or a talker?

The youth of today will go to extraordinary lengths not to have a conversation

Updated on Jun 29, 2018 06:42 IST

Realities of virtual thefts

We inhabit cyber space with ever-changing norms and rules. How do we keep up?

Updated on Jun 9, 2018 14:20 IST

What to do when guilt and irritation are mixed with love

Curd rice cannot bring in world peace, but it certainly can calm down a mother and son who love-hate each other

Updated on May 26, 2018 16:26 IST

To go or not to go: That is the question

In the Abilene Paradox, a group does something that nobody wants to do because each person thinks that everyone else wants to do it!

Updated on May 12, 2018 20:29 IST

Padaneer: the perfect summer cooler for parched souls

My grandmother loved drinking the sap of the palmyra tree because my grandfather disapproved of her drinking it

Updated on Apr 28, 2018 16:04 IST

Of Snapchat stalkers and Musical.ly yours

Updated on Apr 20, 2018 08:12 IST

When ‘vanity’ is a phone number

To get her new SIM card, my mother called up our family astrologer to pick the number accordingly

Updated on Mar 31, 2018 19:24 IST

The proverbial power of words!

The beauty of Indian proverbs is that they sound pithy and powerful. They made me feel like an orator

Updated on Mar 3, 2018 15:28 IST

The Indian’s common challenge: after an age, how to parent your parents...

Comedy livened with moments of tenderness that borders on the sublime also unites us Indians

Updated on Feb 17, 2018 16:53 IST

Women of India, unite -- you’ve nothing to lose

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Updated on Apr 7, 2009 10:28 IST

Heart in the right place

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Updated on Mar 27, 2009 17:48 IST

Muthalik and the Mahatma

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Updated on Feb 7, 2009 17:07 IST

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