Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
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Thank you, Harper’s Bazaar.
SIMON & SCHUSTER, Harper's Bazaar (Monthly), Mumbai, Apr18
Thank you, Harper’s Bazaar.
SIMON & SCHUSTER, Harper's Bazaar (Monthly), Mumbai, Apr18
Thank you for the review, Times of India.
Narayan’s narrative skills are supreme. From a reluctant believer in the virtues of udder milk compared with packet milk to consecrating her new flat with freshly laid cow dung to buying a cow as a spiritual and religious act, and then donating it, Narayan walks the whole hog with the cow—although not with the desi cow, but a Holstein-Friesian version.
The Pleasures of Palakkad: buying a lottery ticket
From the thrill of a lottery ticket to the wonder of herbal kashayams
Thank you, Chennai edition of The Hindu
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 [...]
Thank you Deccan Chronicle
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
Thank you, Chennai Express
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 [...]