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Irreverent, provocative, opinionated... Shobhaa De has been challenging status quo for four decades... and is at her best when she punctures inflated egoes. You can reach her at: @ShobhaaDe(Instagram) and @DeShobhaa(Twitter).
    Five Indian women led by ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and including Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, have featured on the list of the worlds 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Who can possibly bank on such bankers...?

    Cherchez la femme has been turned on its head in Ms Kochhar's case, with her businessman husband being in the line of...

    7 April 2018 7:29 AM IST

    A still from Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Bromance, sans fake sentiments, is in the air

    Male friendships operate on some other, far more impersonal plane.

    24 March 2018 12:31 AM IST

    The Oscars take place this Sunday. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Law of low returns hits Oscars. Reinvent the format...

    Donald Trump bragged nobody really cared about the Oscars since he alone is the biggest star left.

    10 March 2018 2:55 AM IST

    Narendra ModiOpinion
    Shobhaa's Take: It's time for NaMo to deliver, or face the music

    This is as good a time as any to start a genuine cleanup of India's unwieldy banking system.

    24 Feb 2018 7:10 AM IST

    Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Budget blues - One two ka four, four two ka one!

    Meanwhile, the poor aam aadmi is still trying to get a fix on Aadhaar.

    10 Feb 2018 12:37 AM IST

    Elections 2019 will dominate our lives in direct and insidious ways.Opinion
    Enough of looking back... it's time to look ahead

    Year after year every publication insists on a neat summing up of the most dramatic events that shook the world.

    30 Dec 2017 12:31 AM IST

    General Insurance Corp of India, GIC Re, is one of the state-run insurance companies. (Photo:Represenational/PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: How do you evaluate a homemaker's worth?

    Society glibly describes a homemaker's contribution as invaluable'.

    16 Dec 2017 12:44 AM IST

    Indrani Mukherjea (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Murder mysteries, sob stories hook people

    Bollywood which used to be a big leveller and unifier two decades ago, is no longer that magnet.

    18 Nov 2017 12:53 AM IST

    Donald TrumpOpinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Halloween over... but the skeletons refuse to go

    Agreed, some of these highly critical reports may be biased.

    4 Nov 2017 1:18 AM IST

    At least 22 people were killed in a stampede on foot overbridge at Elphinstone Road Railway station on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: This is not what I voted for in 2014

    Piyush Goyal is known for his dynamic style of functioning.

    7 Oct 2017 12:47 AM IST

    I was personally appalled by the so called national media that they found the story of a 43-year-old Chief Minister having a conflict with his 77-year-old uncle and 70-year-old father in Uttar Pradesh more newsworthy than Bengaluru mob molestation: Arnab GoswamiOpinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Truth in media - The nation does care

    Arnab had antagonised far too many people and tried to destroy innumerable lives.

    23 Sept 2017 1:47 AM IST

    If youre a private patient, youll probably want to smile as you go through the scanner.Opinion
    Oh, come on! How private is private?

    Personal freedoms and personal rights are given enormous importance in more developed countries.

    27 Aug 2017 1:23 AM IST

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