Category Archives: Comment Essay

The Sexes– again

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

The thrill of being a beat reporter at a newspaper is to turn in copy and have it up in a few hours. Column writing takes away that immediacy but offers carte blanche with respect to voice and content– that … Continue reading →

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About Sons-in-law for The Atlantic

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

I love “The Sexes” channel in The Atlantic Monthly. I think the articles are edgy, smart and spot-on. A long time ago at an awards luncheon in NYC, I sat beside Corby Kummer who writes about food for The Atlantic. … Continue reading →

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Motherlode

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Motherlode of the NYT is one of my favorite blogs– along with The Atlantic’s “The Sexes.” After the Paul Tudor Jones fracas, I wrote an essay as a reaction. To my delight, they published it today. The headline is more … Continue reading →

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Tone

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

The reason for misunderstanding– many times. The National Conversation Comment It’s not just what you say that matters, it’s how you say it Shoba Narayan May 15, 2013 Save this article My nephew Harsha is a remarkable boy. He is … Continue reading →

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Chennai (again)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Sat, Apr 13 2013. 12 08 AM IST Chennai’s love for cheesy ‘compliments’ From the Great Chennai Paradox to the American ‘throw ins’—why this love for useless freebies? Chennai shoppers buy a lot of gold, but a freebie makes them … Continue reading →

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The Art of Throwing

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Do scientists do research on throwing and running? I didn’t know this before I interviewed this man. It was heartening to hear his views on scientific research in India and the funding that is available. My friend, Srikantan, who is … Continue reading →

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Power Couples

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Hollywood’s power couples offer twice the envy Shoba Narayan Feb 28, 2013 Save this article Now that the Oscars are over, the usual lists of Hollywood (and other) power couples are making the rounds. There is something about the notion … Continue reading →

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Dropping Names in Columns

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Recently, someone called Krishna commented on my piece about BPAC in an insightful way.  Comment below (“…Liked your ego bashing undertone. At the same time citations like “I was here because Ms.X, Rock Star invited me” and “my husband was … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

What are you doing this Valentine’s Day? In which the author tackles this question for The National here They’ve given me a column and apparently, the paper has an illustration of me to accompany my pieces.  Sad that I cannot … Continue reading →

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RIP dear Light of our current lives

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Very busy Sunday– writing and rewriting this piece in between hospital visits– don’t ask. At first, I included her name in the article.  As my editor said, what’s the point of asking them to name a law after her if we … Continue reading →

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