Shobhaa De

Relax Ladies, It’s Only A Lehenga

By Shobhaa De · July 29, 2019

This is as good a time as any to talk about ‘phashion’. Frankly, it’s reached a stage when I cannot tell one designer from the other. Not that it matters. I am not their target client. Every other week is fashion week in India. With the same bunch of 200 people in attendance applauding the…

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Why I’m Ready To Be Flogged In These Chest-thumping Times

By Shobhaa De · May 15, 2019

WE ARE AT WAR We are at war, yet never really at war.  We are at peace, never truly at peace.  What is this land in which we live —seeded by hate, by the sword tilled, scythe-harvested by Death?  Since neither of us can win,  let our unequal gods meet,  bury arms instead of limbs, …

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An Intimate Affair

By Shobhaa De · June 14, 2018

The days of the big, fat Indian wedding are numbered.

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