Top
Home » Shobhaa De
Shobhaa De
About the AuthorShobhaa De
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).
    If VVIP Bharatwaasis did not step up publicly and lecture us on our duty as citizens, their bag of sarkari goodies would be snatched away. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Yeh Rihanna-Wihanna, Greta-Vreta kaun hai?

    Who is Rihanna to us? Had her tweet been ignored, we would not have attracted even more global scrutiny

    6 Feb 2021 12:38 AM IST

    A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Vaccine hai to hum hai: Get ready for the vaxxie!

    Come on Bollywood… pull out a few cool -'vaxxie-' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!

    23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Little cheer at Xmas time, hope for a healthier 2021

    As the lucky survivors of this deadly scourge, let us raise a glass to a better, healthier, saner future!

    26 Dec 2020 12:59 PM IST

    In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 a member of staff draws the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine out of a phial at the Southmead Hospital, Briston. (Graeme Robertson / various sources / AFP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | V is for valour, victory… But V is also for vaccine!

    Questions about decisions that will affect the heath and well-being of our planet will be decided by politicians!

    12 Dec 2020 8:58 AM IST

    Are we pinning unrealistic hopes on the vaccine saving humanity? (Representational Image:AP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | High hopes over vaccine: Are we being unrealistic?

    Here’s my prediction for what it is worth: our great PM will be the first, high-profile citizen to take the vaccine

    28 Nov 2020 5:19 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (AFP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | How to be a good loser… Don needs crash course

    It is said true character gets revealed not when you win big but when you lose even bigger

    13 Nov 2020 10:14 PM IST

    Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses during the second leg of campaign for Bihar assembly polls, in Samastipur district, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Battle for Bihar: Super flop or a blockbuster?

    It’s time for “Battle cry Bihar”! And this stellar star cast can take the pants off just about any actor from...

    31 Oct 2020 9:48 AM IST

    Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. (PTI File)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Bollywood joins forces, but for what exactly?

    While every industry is well within its rights to seek redressal, it is important to ask what exactly has miffed...

    17 Oct 2020 9:38 AM IST

    People from various organizations stage a protest against the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradeshs Hathras, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Dalit lives: No more than a heap of ashes

    To call UP anything else but a barbaric, no man’s land, would be insulting women across the country

    3 Oct 2020 6:26 PM IST

    The Central Vista project design (Image: HCP Designs)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | A monument to a monumental ego

    Heritage and history need to be respected, even by those determined to rewrite both

    19 Sept 2020 5:30 PM IST

    Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya… Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?

    This is the aftereffect of the GDP debacle, which has set India back by a staggering 24 per cent

    5 Sept 2020 5:53 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (AFP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | In search of Idealistic India: It will rise again

    Are we shortchanging this generation of intelligent, capable young people?

    22 Aug 2020 6:57 PM IST

    X
    sidekick