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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).
    Shobhaa De | The ‘Bandra Boys’ and their Gangsta Rap goes off key…Columnists
    Shobhaa De | The ‘Bandra Boys’ and their Gangsta Rap goes off key…

    Make no mistake, folks! No matter what the authorities claim, the menacing gang wars in Bombay-Mumbai never ended. If ...

    18 Oct 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up, folks!Columnists
    Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up,...

    “Pitru Paksh” is over. Our ancestors are pleased that we remembered and honoured them as the moon waned and amavasya...

    4 Oct 2024 7:43 PM

    Shobhaa De | The Kutta Billi ki Kahani derails Trump campaignColumnists
    Shobhaa De | The Kutta Billi ki Kahani derails Trump campaign

    Bring on the curry! It’s raining cats and dogs in America. By the time you read this I will be in the Land of Looneys...

    20 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | Does anyone give a damn for rape victims in India?Columnists
    Shobhaa De | Does anyone give a damn for rape victims in India?

    Take a look at the statistics: In 2022, around 32,000 rape cases were reported to the police across India. But on top...

    6 Sept 2024 8:04 PM

    Shobhaa De | Watch out for grasshoppers, in Bollywood and in politicsColumnists
    Shobhaa De | Watch out for grasshoppers, in Bollywood and in politics

    Kangana Ranaut has effortlessly embraced her two main passions -- Bollywood and politics -- unlike her showbiz senior...

    23 Aug 2024 6:41 PM

    Shobhaa De | No mangal in this dangal: How India blew it in ParisColumnists
    Shobhaa De | No mangal in this dangal: How India blew it in Paris

    The kadwa Paris Olympics daal has left an unpleasant aftertaste… quel dommage! The fiasco of started with the...

    9 Aug 2024 6:43 PM

    Shobhaa De | ‘I’m the guy’ syndrome always spells bad newsColumnists
    Shobhaa De | ‘I’m the guy’ syndrome always spells bad news

    My slogan for America’s Elections 2024? “Make America Sane Again”. Forget “great”, forget “strong”. Just get the...

    26 July 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | The messy ‘maamla’ with the Hindujas of GenevaColumnists
    Shobhaa De | The messy ‘maamla’ with the Hindujas of Geneva

    As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me”. ...

    28 Jun 2024 7:27 PM

    Shobhaa De | Watch out: India’s #WeToo movement now under way!Columnists
    Shobhaa De | Watch out: India’s #WeToo movement now under way!

    Ufffff … I cannot handle the excessive pyaar-vyaar on parade. Bro love is all well and good, but right now there is an...

    14 Jun 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | This election in India challenged the narrative of trust & distrust Who’s ‘Desh ka Huzoor’? India gets its voice backColumnists
    Shobhaa De | This election in India challenged the narrative of trust...

    You know what they say about the morning after the night before? The haze and daze that greet you, can either fill you...

    6 Jun 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | An open letter to Bapu… as the countdown beginsColumnists
    Shobhaa De | An open letter to Bapu… as the countdown begins

    Dear Bapu: Chill. Worry not. We have not forgotten you and never will. You are alive and well in the hearts of...

    31 May 2024 6:40 PM

    Shobhaa De | The murky political ‘Mandi’ minus ‘Heeras’ is in troubleColumnists
    Shobhaa De | The murky political ‘Mandi’ minus ‘Heeras’ is in trouble

    The word in the film bazaar is that SLB, the auteur of Heeramandi -- The Diamond Bazaar (touted as Netflix India’s...

    17 May 2024 6:40 PM

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