About Shoba Narayan
Shoba Narayan is an award-winning Indian travel writer, author, and freelance journalist based in Bangalore, India. She writes about luxury travel, food, wine, hotels, culture, and spirituality across Asia, and has contributed travel features to Condé Nast Traveler (US edition), Travel & Leisure, DestinAsian, Mint Lounge, The National (Abu Dhabi), Taj Magazine, and Hindustan Times, among others. Her travel writing spans India, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, the Maldives, Bhutan, Costa Rica, and beyond — always with a focus on the sensory, the cultural, and the deeply human.Teaching moments– parenting
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Singapore coverage
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New York Times contest
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From New York to Bangalore
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How the French do it: for Mint Lounge
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Long-term marriages
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Reviews of Return to India
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Words
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