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India must reduce inflation or it risks stunting its growth Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Feb 13, 2011 Some economists predict India's growth rate is likely [...]
Washington Post review.
"Monsoon Diary" is the first book she has written, but doubtless not the last. It is notable, by the way, not just for its own quite irresistible charm but also as the perfect companion piece to Mira Nair's exquisite movie "Monsoon Wedding."
New Yorker Book Currents section review of Monsoon Diary
In South India, as Shoba Narayan relates in her memoir Monsoon Diary (Villard), food is enriched by ritual importance, from the choru-unnal (the first meal of an infant) to the elaborate feast that commemorates a marriage. When she left Madras to attend school in the United States, Narayan craved bowls of yogurt and rice to ease her homesickness: “While the foreign flavors teased my palate, I needed Indian food to ground me.”
Book Stuff
Articles about Shoba Shoba beats Jhumpa in Writing Sweepstakes Shoba beats Jhumpa in Writing Sweepstakes by Aseem Chhabra When the editors of Gourmet assigned journalist [...]
Book stuff
Books General - Monsoon Diary Apart from the rest of her literary works Shoba has also been involved in writing books. Shoba's first book, "Monsoon [...]
New Zealand’s film industry for WSJ
New Zealand’s film industry - By Shoba Narayan Queenstown, New Zealand -- EVER SINCE DIRECTOR Peter Jackson put his native New Zealand on the map [...]
The Singaporean Paradox for WSJ
Articles > Newspapers > Asian Wall Street Journal > The Singaporean Paradox The Singaporean Paradox - By Shoba Narayan WHEN LEE HSIEN LOONG took office [...]
Spas versus tradition for AWSJ
Spas versus tradition - By Shoba Narayan Walk into any spa from Bali to Boca Raton, Florida, and the menu is likely to include [...]
With Nowhere to Go but Down, Siblings Reconnect
Articles > Newspapers > Wall Street Journal > Skydiving Skydiving - By Shoba Narayan With Nowhere to Go but Down, Siblings Reconnect (This article originally [...]
