http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Narayan.aspx?NavId=88&NavsId=96 Narayan- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:38:12 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19205626/Bombay8217s-conflicts-and-i.html Bombay, more than any other Indian city, arouses loyalty and a dose of envy The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:08:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19205626/Bombay8217s-conflicts-and-i.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/08221235/The-8216rick8217-won82.html Most people who own autorickshaws or ride them want to get the hell out of them; which, if you are one of those contrarian, weird people like me, is a true compliment The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:42:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/08221235/The-8216rick8217-won82.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/01212732/The-dark-and-mysterious-side.html The moon has fascinated scientists and philosophers, astronomers and astrologers, poets and politicians The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:57:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/01212732/The-dark-and-mysterious-side.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/24211423/A-gal8217s-best-friend-is-h.html Custom tailoring is the promise and pleasure of India, but also, in my experience, a landmine fraught with disappointment The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/24211423/A-gal8217s-best-friend-is-h.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/18201639/Civility-makes-a-champ-on-and.html The flip side of civility has to do with selling and it is when your civility gets tested The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:46:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/18201639/Civility-makes-a-champ-on-and.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/10210820/Raise-a-cup-to-chicory-all-ye.html Chicory gives coffee its girth. New Orleans coffee comes mixed with chicory as do some Italian ones. Some say that chicory gives them indigestion; others say that it keeps the blood glucose levels down The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:38:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/10210820/Raise-a-cup-to-chicory-all-ye.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/13205031/Are-you-ready-for-your-own-8.html The thing with freedom is that you have got to know what to do with it. Idiotic allusions to butterflies and rainbows are not enough The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:21:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/13205031/Are-you-ready-for-your-own-8.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/28205232/Spicy-tart-pleasures-best-sav.html T balancer to the meat-eaters who sing the pleasures of pork chops and mutton biryani. Non-vegetarian delights may be beyond our palate’s reach but namkeens are egalitarian; available to all The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/28205232/Spicy-tart-pleasures-best-sav.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/21210401/Oh-for-the-comfort-of-a-false.html Sickness is a great unifier. Joy comes occasionally, sadness can be temporal but sickness and death spare no one The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:34:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/21210401/Oh-for-the-comfort-of-a-false.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/07202622/Lamborghinis-and-more-wet-drea.html Do you want danger and speed or comfort and engineering? The twain can never meet; and indeed, they shouldn’t The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/07202622/Lamborghinis-and-more-wet-drea.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/30200203/Mr-vs-Mrs-or-how-to-compete-a.html Socializing and helping children with homework can go either way, depending on attitude, education and interest The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:32:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/30200203/Mr-vs-Mrs-or-how-to-compete-a.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/24215256/The-new-edgier-Chennai-hasn.html Chennai is now edgier, sexier, grittier but tradition has not given away completely in this traverse of time The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:22:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/24215256/The-new-edgier-Chennai-hasn.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/16212000/Karma-yoga-and-the-need-to-neg.html Negotiation is a necessary evil in today’s business world and the fact that I am saying it this way betrays who I am The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/16212000/Karma-yoga-and-the-need-to-neg.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/09203726/Behind-every-successful-oenoph.html Indian wine is an orphan with an image problem. Unlike liquor, wine lacks a lobby. Wine lovers can protest all they want but there is no concerted effort by any coalition to make wine accessible to the masses The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:07:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/09203726/Behind-every-successful-oenoph.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/02203603/Watch-me-swoon-over-timepieces.html Enamelling is the latest trend in watches. Most Swiss houses have captured advances in horology The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/02203603/Watch-me-swoon-over-timepieces.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/25203415/How-to-increase-the-gay-factor.html I admire gay people because they have to tread a path wrought with thorns. Their life pits conviction against convenience The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:52:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/25203415/How-to-increase-the-gay-factor.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/29205055/How-to-start-a-book-club-and-k.html Starting a group is tricky because it usually involves opinionated people -- or it should -- each of whom has an agenda and a view on how to do things The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 29 May 2009 15:20:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/29205055/How-to-start-a-book-club-and-k.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/15213530/The-case-for-a-wellpaid-villa.html Indian healthcare, in my humble opinion, needs managers more than it does doctors The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Fri, 15 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/15213530/The-case-for-a-wellpaid-villa.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/07203925/The-things-that-real-women-dre.html The author feels women need safety, health, education and jobs The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 07 May 2009 15:09:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/07203925/The-things-that-real-women-dre.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/04/23211046/Pigeon-poop-might-do-wonders-f.html If pigeon poop could corrode stone, my skin would be pigeon’s play for it. Could I somehow convert pigeon shit into an exfoliating mask? The Good Life | Shoba Narayan Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:40:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/04/23211046/Pigeon-poop-might-do-wonders-f.html