Shobhaa De Biography and latest books by Shobhaa De

Shobhaa Rajadhyaksha, known as Shobhaa Dé, was born on 7 January 1948. She is known as an Indian columnist and novelist. Born in Mumbai, Shobha graduated from St. Xavier\'s College, Mumbai with a degree in psychology.

 

After making her name as a model, she began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three magazines – Stardust, Society, and Celebrity.

 

In the 1980s, she began contributing to the Sunday magazine section of the Times of India. In her columns, she used to explore the socialite life in Mumbai. At present, she is a freelance writer and columnist for several newspapers and magazines.

 

Shobhaa De is one of India’s top best-selling authors. All her 17 books have topped the charts and created records. Spouse – The Truth About Marriage, that examines the urban institution of marriage, sold 20,000 copies on the day of its official launch in Delhi and is currently being translated into several languages. Shobhaa gave a new definition to the mass market bestseller with her breakthrough, bold and highly individualistic style that spoke a new language. She is credited with having given birth to Hinglish, a heady, irreverent mix of Hindi and English, that spoke to readers in an entirely new way. Four of her titles, namely, Socialite Evenings,” “Starry Nights,” “Sultry Days,” and “Second Thoughts” are course material in the University of London.

 

De writes prolifically for Indian and International publications. She runs four weekly columns in mainstream newspapers, including the Times of India and Asian Age. She has been the writer of several popular soaps on television, including India’s first daily soap, Swabhimaan. She also anchored a prestigious weekly show called Power Trip. She participates on a regular basis on important TV debates, such as The Editors’ Verdict on NDTV during the Elections 2009. She is recognized as an important social commentator and something of an authority on popular culture. Outspoken and forthright, De chronicles today’s India in her own unabashed writing style. More recently via her immensely popular blog and Twitter account. Her books are best sellers in several regional languages too, including Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi .

 

Shobhaa De met her present husband, shipping tycoon and business magnate Dilip De in 1981. He was a widower with two children. Shobhaa (then Shobha Kilachand ) was a divorcee with two children of her own. The pair got married in 1984. She and Dilip De later had two more children.

 

She is the cousin of ace photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha.

 

Books

•             Shobhaa at Sixty

•             Sandhya`s secret

•             Superstar India - From Incredible to Unstoppable

•             Strange Obsession

•             Snapshots

•             Spouse: The truth about marriage

•             Speedpost

•             Surviving Men

•             Selective Memory

•             Second Thoughts

•             Small Betrayals

•             Shooting from the hip

•             Sultry Days

•             Uncertain Liaisons

•             Sisters

•             Starry Nights

•             Socialite Evenings