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36 Things to do after the pandemic in Bangalore
What will you do after Covid? A very specific Bengalurean take. I wrote this in hope that this seemingly never-ending pandemic will bow out. Still living in hope. For Hindustan Times. BENGALURU NEWS Bangalore Talkies: 36 things to do [...]
Have you exited a Whatsapp group lately?
BENGALURU NEWS Bangalore Talkies: Have you exited a WhatsApp group lately? By Shoba Narayan PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2021 08:49 AM IST My friend, Raju, is incensed. He calls me out of the blue and says, “I am thinking [...]
Food and Faith book review in the Deccan Herald
Thank you Rashmi Vasudeva for this generous review. Clear here for Food and Faith Review in Deccan Herald
Khabar Magazine review of Food & Faith
View here online and below Khabar magazine food and faith book review
Street Art in Malleshwaram, Bangalore
Bangalore Talkies: Conservancies changed face of Malleshwaram It is art that has drawn me to Malleshwaram several times during Covid. Walking through streets where the artists have painted an ode to their neighbourhood is nothing less than a joyous [...]
Food & Faith: Shoba Narayan Walks Us Through the Spiritual Food of India
Conversation in Soft Power Magazine In her book Food & Faith: A pilgrim's journey through India Shoba Narayan combines her two loves cuisine and spirituality. A journalistic offering, she shares her experiences with sacred food in shrines across India [...]
Bangalore Talkies: Of hostage negotiators in city markets
Bangalore Talkies: Of hostage negotiators in city markets Shoba Narayan on taking a crash course in bargaining from Lily Aunty and crashing, but not quite burning, at the actual task Hostage negotiators would [...]
What makes Bangalore special?
Amongst those who live in-- and love their cities-- and the two don’t necessarily go together-- there is often a somewhat trite parlour-game that is played, often after copious amounts of alcohol. The game relates to identity, of a [...]
Blooming tabebuias and drooping jacarandas
Bangalore Talkies: Blooming tabebuias and drooping jacarandas Shoba Narayan on the lesser-known side of Bengaluru—a city of nature lovers, tree huggers and flower peckers (the bird, not the human) Have you seen ‘Wild [...]
Bangalore Talkies: Moonwalking at night on city streets
Bangalore Talkies: Moonwalking at night on city streets Bengaluru’s streets are like moon craters. Why bother with Mars rovers, Shoba Narayan contends, when you can barely walk on Magadi road? If you are [...]
The trouble with wineglasses
The trouble with wineglasses View it in Sommelier India magazine here. Take any wine group and the talk eventually turns to stemware. Recently, in Bangalore, there was a flurry of discussion, and much hand-wringing, about how to preserve and [...]
Wine in an age of Covid
The joke about the lockdown was, of course, how all our wine supplies depleted rapidly. Here in Bangalore, in between zoom calls, oenophiles shared photos and compared tasting notes about varietals from the new and old world wines of [...]