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Coverage in the New Indian Express here. They all use this same photo!!
How the French do it: for Mint Lounge
To French wine, cheese, bread, but sadly, for a vegetarian-- not French food. Thank you, dear Elisabeth-- our lunches together give me a taste of France right here in Bangalore. How the French do it Provenance, Indian style, is soon [...]
Long-term marriages
I loved writing this column because it reflects my life these days. Are we destined to be curmudgeons? Only if we're lucky Shoba Narayan Dec 5, 2012 'Is this how we'll end up?" I ask my husband. "Is this how [...]
Reviews of Return to India
Thank you, bloggers Book Reviews by DDS So it is safe to say that, no matter who you are and what is your life like, you will be able to relate to this story because at the end of the [...]
Words
Thank you, Sriram, for the phrases. I wonder who the people in the photo are. My heart beats ‘pada-pada’ Around India, you find duplication of words, from mada-mada in Tamil to balle-balle in Punjabi, as a national trait Shoba Narayan [...]
The pink-skinned banana flower is a luxury for Mint Lounge
The pink-skinned banana flower is a luxury You have to be family to be served banana flower Shoba Narayan Updated: Fri, Nov 23 2012. 05 21 PM IST I am cooking banana flower today. It is a good-looking if shy vegetable, [...]
What’s your writing routine
I love Brainpickings. Friends frequently forward stuff to me and many times, it is essays from that site. Today, my friend, Sriram, sent me this link from Brainpickings about writers' routine. When I read and re-read The Paris Review interviews, usually [...]
Social media for The National
How did you spend your Sunday? How much time were you on your computer? Like I am now. Did you talk to people? Or did you type at them? It bothers me. Plugged in and 'alone together', conversation is a [...]
Should I stay or should I go? How an Indian family decided to return home
Excerpt in Quartz, the digital arm of The Atlantic Monthly, one of my favorite magazines. EX PATRIA Should I stay or should I go? How an Indian family decided to return home Shoba Narayan November 17, 2012 Dressing up for [...]
Carnatic and Western Classical Part 2
Dear Bijoy: Thanks for your missive on Bach, the fugue and the music of the Renaissance period. I found them to be very interesting. What is mordent? What are grace notes and trills? Is the below one piece or [...]
Conversation between Carnatic and Classical Part 2
Dear Bijoy: Thanks for your missive on Bach, the fugue and the music of the Renaissance period. I found them to be very interesting. What is mordent? What are grace notes and trills? Is the below one piece or a [...]
When the Lotus blooms
Just read "When the Lotus Blooms" by Kanchana Krishnan Ayyar. Loved it. If you want a glimpse of the TamBrahm ethos of yesteryear, read this book.