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611, 2012

Mothers and Daughters

Shoba Narayan2012-11-06T11:18:56+05:30November 6th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

I love writing for The National. It is hard for my family to access-- certainly for my kids-- so it is easy to be open. This one is a piece on a topic that is so close to my heart [...]

2010, 2012

About aging

Shoba Narayan2012-10-20T21:39:04+05:30October 20th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Op-ed and Comment, Relationships, The National|

Some articles I agonize over. Some are a gift from the muse. This one was the latter. I dashed it off in half hour in the midst of hectic activity. Click here for the piece Life's grandest challenge: watching those [...]

2008, 2012

On Wisdom

Shoba Narayan2012-08-20T19:29:00+05:30August 20th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

This one is for you, Ma. And thanks, Sujata, for sending out the study. Intelligence versus wisdom, and humility comes out on top Shoba Narayan Aug 21, 2012 Does intelligence have anything to do with happiness? Or is it that [...]

2803, 2012

Idealism and Love

Shoba Narayan2012-03-28T06:01:13+05:30March 28th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

My latest My Life column for The National's M magazine Shoba Narayan on idealising your spouse Shoba Narayan Mar 29, 2012 After 20 years of marriage, I am no longer the dewy-eyed newlywed who believes her husband can do no [...]

2902, 2012

My Life: Writing

Shoba Narayan2012-02-29T07:01:06+05:30February 29th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

My life: Shoba Narayan on being born to write Shoba Narayan Feb 29, 2012 My mother doesn't read my articles but she thinks I am a terrific writer. Out of this seeming paradox springs my attitude and approach towards writing. [...]

102, 2012

About the comfort of rice: for The National Abu Dhabi
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About the comfort of rice: for The National Abu Dhabi
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About the comfort of rice: for The National Abu Dhabi

Shoba Narayan2020-06-22T15:24:15+05:30February 1st, 2012|Food, My Life column, The National|

My Life: Shoba Narayan on rice Shoba Narayan Feb 1, 2012 People want different things on a cold winter night: a piping hot bowl of soup or the seductive richness of, say, foie gras. I crave steaming hot rice. [...]

401, 2012

Party Animal?

Shoba Narayan2012-01-04T18:15:32+05:30January 4th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

My Life: negotiating new roles as we age Shoba Narayan Jan 4, 2012 I've noticed a curious phenomenon: men get more introverted as they get older and women more extroverted. I see it in several of my married friends. [...]

401, 2012

Party Animal?

Shoba Narayan2012-01-04T18:15:32+05:30January 4th, 2012|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

1612, 2011

Mother in law

Shoba Narayan2011-12-16T08:19:50+05:30December 16th, 2011|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

The problem with the mother-in-law Shoba Narayan Jan 8, 2011 Two women who love the same man is hardly the recipe for a friendship. I speak not of extramarital affairs or bigamy, but of the relationship between mother-in-law and [...]

1612, 2011

Matchmaking Tiffin

Shoba Narayan2011-12-16T07:40:56+05:30December 16th, 2011|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

My Life: Indian matchmaking takes a tiffin or two Shoba Narayan Jan 29, 2011 My husband, Ram, and I met over tiffin and tea one rainy afternoon in November 1991. We had an Indian arranged marriage, and as was [...]

712, 2011

Conflict about Facebook

Shoba Narayan2011-12-07T05:21:09+05:30December 7th, 2011|Columns, My Life column, Relationships, The National|

Does this essay which appeared in M magazine explain my conflict about Facebook? Here in the M website and pasted below. My life: Shoba Narayan on social networking Shoba Narayan Dec 7, 2011 As a memoir writer and columnist, I [...]

1811, 2011

Food and its connection with place for The National Abu Dhabi
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Food and its connection with place for The National Abu Dhabi
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Food and its connection with place for The National Abu Dhabi

Shoba Narayan2020-06-25T19:35:32+05:30November 18th, 2011|Food, My Life column, The National|

My column for The National's M magazine, edited by the divine Rick Arthur and Helena Powell. Click here for the latest one. Also pasted below. Great meals forge a connection to their place and time Shoba Narayan Nov 16, 2011 [...]