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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 | Hail our brilliant babus... thanks for running IndiaOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Hail our brilliant babus... thanks for running India

    Thank God for the babus. Babudom in India has been the one constant that citizens have grown accustomed to over decades....

    17 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Shobhaa De | Will wrestlers, Rahul dent the Glowing India story?Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Will wrestlers, Rahul dent the Glowing India' story?

    I am looking at colourful double spreads in the newspapers announcing a “Rashtriya Ramayan Mahotsav”,...

    3 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Shobhaa De | A big slice of the Apple pie, please: India waitsOpinion
    Shobhaa De | A big slice of the Apple pie, please: India waits

    Hey, guys… there’s a new Tim Tim in town, and the original Tim Tim (Taimur, son of Saif Ali Khan and...

    22 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Shobhaa De | So much thin air: Thanks for the strong snub by SC!Opinion
    Shobhaa De | So much thin air': Thanks for the strong snub by SC!

    Let’s talk about NSTR -- Nothing Significant to Report. Another way for dodgy folk to escape scrutiny, and indulge...

    8 April 2023 1:00 AM IST

    Shobhaa De | The heat is on ... A banger of a summer is coming upOpinion
    Shobhaa De | The heat is on ... A banger' of a summer is coming up

    Mad Hatter who's in charge of the weather, has really fried our brains this week with heavy downpours in March and the...

    25 March 2023 12:13 AM IST

    The Amazonian basin is nearly twice the size of India -- can you handle this factoid? (Representational Image)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | The first Samba-Tango in South America

    I am feeling like Vasco da Gama in a saree after discovering a new world: South America. I am...

    11 March 2023 12:17 AM IST

    (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Bring on the dancers: It’s carnival time in India…

    It’s been one hell of a fortnight, folks! Too much excitement and dhamaal. From the Adani thingie blowing up,...

    25 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Hanif Kureishi. (Deccan Chronicle Photo)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Why time for ‘maun vrat’ is over: Silence not an...

    I am on a self-imposed “maun vrat” (acute laryingitis). Not at all sure what I am protesting against. But...

    11 Feb 2023 9:01 AM IST

    Its time for us desis to borrow the Brit stiff upper lip. Our lips are like Mick Jaggers -- a bit too rubbery and loose. We react and over-react to any and every small thing. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | BBC Badnaam Hua…. Darrrrrling Tere Liye!

    Let me put it bluntly: I am keen to watch the much-talked about, highly controversial, banned in India BBC documentary...

    28 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    ongress leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Panipat, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Why have we become a nation of ‘darpoks’?

    It is time to say it out loud: We, as a people, have been reduced to putty in the hands of the powers that be. Voiceless...

    7 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Argentinas Lionel Messi holds the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Forget Messi mania… Who will win WC cricket 2023?

    Uffff! Such a relief to get back to a post-FIFA world! I, for one, don’t want to read a single extra line on Messi...

    24 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Cristiano Ronaldo (Twitter)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | No one can really bajaao Ronaldo’s band in Qatar

    There are only a few things more painful than the possibility of a Brazilian loss at the FIFA World Cup 2022 final in...

    10 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

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