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
Thank you, The Hindu.
REVIEWS The Cows of Bangalore: And How I Came to [...]
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 [...]
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.