Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
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Shoba Narayan’s friendship with Sarala, the milk woman, leads to the writing of a tale replete with wisecracks, wry observations and warm memories
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REVIEWS The Cows of Bangalore: And How I Came to Own One review: Bovine happiness Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta MARCH 31, 2018 19:45 IST UPDATED: MARCH 31, 2018 17:54 IST The Cows of Bangalore: And How I Came to Own One Shoba Narayan /Simon & Schuster ₹350 Discovering a bit of old Bangalore in the new When we were growing up in a spacious green layout in South Bangalore, my mother used to buy fresh milk from a woman who brought two cows to the street corner every morning. Those were the days when everything you needed was at the street corner: the [...]
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Author Shoba Narayan explores the stories, mythological tales, genetic history, cultural beliefs and rituals associated with the cow in her book.
Vanity Phone numbers and what they say about you
What should you do when you can pick the digits of your phone number? Ask the astrologer of course!To get her new SIM card, my mother called up our family astrologer to pick the number accordingly
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Saturday, March, 31, 2018 Home Life Style Books It’s not just Moo point By Thushara Ann Mathew | Express News Service | Published: 28th March 2018 10:31 PM | Last Updated: 29th March 2018 01:53 PM | A+A A- | Photos: P Jawahar CHENNAI: As I entered the well-lit room with chairs arranged neatly, Shoba Narayan welcomes me with a warm smile. Dressed in a beige-coloured saree with motifs of cow on it, she flaunts her pallu, saying “this is my love for cows”. The Bengaluru-based author was recently in the city for the launch of her book ‘The Cows of Bangalore’ by Prakriti Foundation. After having spent most of her childhood in [...]
My father’s take on wine and the poetry of Omar Khayyam
A wine nerd weaves the realms of high poetry, family banter, and memorable evenings spent in the company of a fine grape. A glass of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou. I recite this verse to my father. We are sitting together drinking, as it happens, a glass of chilled white wine. My dad is 87 and the only things that interest him these days are words and poetry. He quotes entire verses from memory and can connect words to legend and history effortlessly.
Milk Lady in a podcast
Love the title: Professional Book Nerds. Thank you. Professional Book Nerds All Episodes Archives Now displaying: Page 1 Ep. 213: April's Biggest Books0 Mar 29, 2018 On today's episode Adam is back in the office from a whole bunch of travels just in time for our April book picks! Join in as Jill and Adam get a little weird talking Zelda, Duck Tales and, of course, the books they're most excited about coming out this month! Books mentioned in this episode Circe by Madeline Miller The Geraldo Show by Geraldo Rivera Noir by Christopher Moore My [...]
Carol Look and How to Conquer Fear of Success
EFT is a classic mind-body philosophy that links emotions with maladies.
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Book Launch at The Park Bangalore
The book launch at The Park Bengaluru was so much fun, because I was among friends. Thanks to all who came to cheer me on. Facebook Post and album here. Thank you Chetan Kamani Youtube video of my speech below. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEzXRIc9cpw&w=560&h=315] Part 2 below [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9_3yS8FZDc&w=560&h=315]