Category Archives: Return to India

Women Talking

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

I had wondered and worried about how this would turn out. It actually turned out to be quite wonderful. Five women talking here

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Memoir vs. autobiography

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Lovely explanation by Dani Shapiro here.

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NDTV

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Some time ago, when my book was published, I sent the following email to NDTV. From: Shoba Narayan Subject: Immigrant angst, NRIs, diaspora Date: October 7, 2012 11:13:23 AM GMT+05:30 To: newsdesk@Ndtv.com Dear NDTV newsdesk: I am sure you get … Continue reading →

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Review of book

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Thank you Kari O’ Driscoll for the kind review here Author: Shoba Narayan ISBN: 978-0988415799 Shoba Narayan’s memoir is as much the story of an immigrant to a foreign country as it is the story of how becoming a mother … Continue reading →

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Profile in Khabar

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

  Longing to Belong By Deepa Padmanaban February 2013 Shoba Narayan is living in India and loving it. Why did Narayan, a successful author who spent some of her “best years” in the United States, go back to her homeland—and … Continue reading →

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r2iclubforums

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

I have been following r2iclubforums for years and years.  I have written about this forum in my book, Return to India. When I posted in the forum recently to publicize my book, the organizers came back to me with a … Continue reading →

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Selling on Gumroad

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

My friend, Sriram, told me about this website that lets you sell directly to your friends and well-wishers.  So if you’d like to buy my book from Gumroad, please click on the link below and it will take you there. … Continue reading →

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Blogadda

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Blogadda is a wonderful site.  I dip into it to get a pulse on who’s reading what.  I have discovered some new writers through it.  So when Shail commented here about this post, I had to link to it.  Indians … Continue reading →

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Singapore coverage

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

I am competing with svelte models but Singapore’s Pardesi Pulse has a piece on the book here.  

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From New York to Bangalore

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

Coverage in the New Indian Express here.  They all use this same photo!!    

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