Comment Essays for The National Abu Dhabi
Men who listen to their wives for The National
Here is the article on The National site. Here it is below. Untold riches await those men who listen to their wives Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Mar 29, 2011 Lucky Shyam Shewaramani. He won a Dh1 million lottery by listening [...]
Flying Coach for The National
I know about Qatar because a lot of my friends from the US fly the airline to get a connection straight into Kerala. This was a reaction. Flying coach class doesn't have to be a malodorous misery Shoba Narayan Last [...]
A night out with girlfriends
This essay appeared in M magazine of The National. Click here for the link. A night out with girlfriends is simply good therapy Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Mar 22, 2011 My three girlfriends and I went out one night recently [...]
Insurance for The National
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Selling Cars in India for The National
My editor, Rupert Wright, liked this piece, which means (sigh!) that I am making some headway in this business writing thing. Click here to read it at The National. Here it is below. Name calling and foreign dominance - selling [...]
Sleepovers for The National M magazine
I am part of a rotating group of columnists who write for The National's M magazine. My editor, Rick Arthur has the courteousness of a Southern gentleman but having never met him, I don't know if he is American or [...]
Labour Reform for The National
In this week's column, I interviewed labour reform expert, Manish Sabharwal about the future of employment in India. You can see the piece by clicking here India must remove shackles to achieve true labour reform Shoba Narayan Last Updated: Feb [...]
Future of private equity in India may be a pipe dream
The business column I write for The National every week is really tough for me. This week was no exception. I learned about private equity 101 and talked to about half a dozen players in Mumbai and Bangalore. No one [...]
India Inflation
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 to overtake China's this decade. Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg Recently the Indian Central Statistical Organisation [...]
The National, Abu Dhabi
I recently became a business columnist for The National in Abu Dhabi. My pieces appear every Sunday. It's challenging but keeps my juices flowing. My editor, Rupert Wright is an Englishman who has a fine instinct for how to make [...]
The National, Abu Dhabi
I've done a number of pieces for The National in Abu Dhabi. The editors-- a mix of Brits and Americans-- are really nice and I enjoy writing for them. Since I am too lazy to upload them one by one, [...]
Uncertainty: Comment for The National
So you don't like uncertainty: are you sure about that? Shoba Narayan Last Updated: August 12. 2009 5:37PM UAE / August 12. 2009 1:37PM GMT There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are comfortable with uncertainty [...]