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The Good Life | Shoba Narayan

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ARTICLES BY THE GOOD LIFE | SHOBA NARAYAN

Ascetic: Thoreau retreated into a ‘Socratic’ life at 28.Wikimedia Commons

Can you survive a year without shopping?

4 min read . 18 Apr 2011

There are few things that upset us more than a sarcastic comment casually uttered by the spouse in front of friends.

How to deal with snarky put-downs

4 min read . 08 Jul 2010

Cornered: In this year of the tiger, there are very few of the magnificent beasts left. Aditya Singh/AFP

Be a conservationist, the simple Indian way

5 min read . 03 Apr 2010

Why no writer can match Salinger’s voice

1 min read . 11 Feb 2010

The perils of faking it

1 min read . 04 Feb 2010

Our festivals reflect our tolerance for chaos

1 min read . 17 Dec 2009

Why Facebook is like low-fat ice cream

1 min read . 27 Nov 2009

Mellow or sparkling: what’s your kind of tea?

1 min read . 29 Oct 2009

A book can teach you the nuances of music

1 min read . 23 Oct 2009

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