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Hylete 6-in-1 backpack
Travelling cross-country? This is the bag for you.
Vivanta by Taj, Bangalore: Hotel Review: The Telegraph UK
This luxury hotel has spacious soothing rooms, a Jiva spa offering excellent treatments, pool, fitness centre, Indian and Italian restaurants, all held together by the intuitive service that the Taj hotels are known for.
Riveter Magazine picks my book!
I have been following Riveter magazine for ages. Love the tagline: Riveting Storytelling by Women. I was pleased to receive the following email from my publicist, Brooke. Happy that I join the "canon" that includes Morgan Jenkins and Mary Beard. Hi Shoba: In case you haven’t already seen, THE MILK LADY OF BANGALORE is a January pick on The Riveter magazine. Nice! The review is mostly summary and says the book is “full of fascinating information,” BookClubCookbook.com, a website for book clubs with a wide-reaching newsletter, also plans to feature the book around publication day. The editors wonder if you’d be willing to [...]
Thank you for this lovely review.
Narayan's descriptions of India are rich and specific, making readers feel as if they are there, with cows wandering through traffic or chewing on the grass in the park. Anyone with the slightest interest in India or cows will find Narayan's memoir, with its myriad insights, a delight.
Milk Lady chosen by Barnes & Noble
When I lived in New York, a huge Barnes & Noble was round the corner from my home in the Upper West Side. This store at the corner of Broadway and 66th street was a refuge on cold winter days. So I am thrilled to get the below message. "Dear Shoba: The Milk Lady of Bangalore has been selected for the Spring Discover program at Barnes & Noble! This means that B & N will place your book in its Discover section in stores and will promote the book, too -- both online and in the physical stores. This should help [...]
Kirkus Reviews– Milk Lady of Bangalore
A culture writer and cookbook author leaves New York City to reconnect with her roots in this humorous and heartwarming story about cows, Indian culture, and the strength of female friendship.
Milk Lady picked by Refinery29
A huge thank you to Refinery29
Booklist Review
Grateful to get some good reviews Booklist Review The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure. Narayan, Shoba (Author) Jan 2018. 272 p. Algonquin, hardcover, $24.95. (9781616206154). 390.0954. Narayan is an Indian native who immigrated to the U.S. as a young adult, married, and gave birth to two children in New York City. After 20 successful years together, Shoba and her husband decided they missed home. They wanted their children to understand their heritage and know their grandparents. So they moved back to Bangalore. When the family is greeted by a cow in the elevator of their new apartment building, [...]
Milk Lady of Bangalore Press Release
Click here for the Narayan - press release The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure By Shoba Narayan A Barnes & Noble Spring 2018 Discover Selection “At once sincere and laugh-out-loud funny, this memoir chronicles a genuine bond between two remarkable women that transcends class, culture, and privilege. In this beautiful examination of the differences between Eastern and Western cultures as told through the eyes of a writer who is uniquely qualified to comment on both, Narayan’s rich and evocative writing transports readers to the busy streets of Bangalore and a fully formed picture of modern India that [...]