Board Games
The board game theory of life India is the birthplace of many modern board games Shoba Narayan First Published: Fri, Jan 25 2013. 06 51 PM IST A watercolour painting of Shiv and Parvati playing chaupar. It is a simple [...]
The great bubbly paradox: how to choose Champagne: for Mint Lounge
A piece about my favorite beverage. I have been trying to write columns without using the letter "I" in it, as a kind of New Year resolution. This was very hard with this piece because my instinct was to begin [...]
Selling on Gumroad
A friend told me about this website that allows writers to sell directly without middlemen. What this means is that if you buy my book for $10, I will get about $9 instead of the $5 or so that other [...]
Gifting
A long time ago, my mother brought me some rasam. The scenario described below was acted out, except that I was the one talking about knee pain, and why make rasam. And my mother was the one saying those words. [...]
RIP dear Light of our current lives
Very busy Sunday-- writing and rewriting this piece in between hospital visits-- don't ask. At first, I included her name in the article. As my editor said, what's the point of asking them to name a law after her if we [...]
New Year Resolutions
January 3, 2013 New Year Resolutions: 1. To write a bit everyday on this page. 2. To develop self-control, particularly when it comes to the uncontrollable urge to scarf down potato chips at midnight. 3. To attempt humor-- carry over [...]
Wearing a burqa
Stereotypes interests me. Perception too. What image do you have when you hear a person's voice? Or read their work? How does this match up to reality? It was a real delight to meet this young Radio Jockey and hear [...]
Blogadda
Blogadda is a wonderful site. I dip into it to get a pulse on who's reading what. I have discovered some new writers through it. So when Shail commented here about this post, I had to link to it. Indians [...]
All for art and art for all: Kochi Kerala get its first biennale: The National Abu Dhabi
How I wish I were in Kochi now! All for art and art for all: Kochi Kerala get its first biennale After months of excitement and controversy, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will open tomorrow in Kochi, Kerala. Named after an [...]
Teaching moments– parenting
This one is for Cheeni and Rooney and all the new puppies who elevate our lives Be your own person - as long as you do what I tell you Shoba Narayan Dec 11, 2012 notebook The other [...]
Singapore coverage
I am competing with svelte models but Singapore's Pardesi Pulse has a piece on the book here.
New York Times contest
This essay launched my food writing career