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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).
    One stoically reads about the saddest tales of grit, survival, defeat and loss during these terrible times of unprecedented suffering across the world. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Drastic survival steps to live through COVID times

    With no signs of abatement, most of us are now resigned to a bleak future with dark clouds on the horizon

    25 July 2020 6:43 PM IST

    Police inspect the encounter site where gangster Vikas Dubey was killed when he allegedly tried to escape from the spot following an accident, near Kanpur. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De | Gangsterism in politics: Vikas Dubey in UP's Wild West

    Dubey's subsequent arrest and murder are clearly a part of the huge coverup, now that the game is up

    11 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

    Statues of people long dead, and possibly of zero relevance to our times, should be dismissed, ignored, and removed if they have become painful reminders of something hateful in the past. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De | 150 years of Mahatma: Why are we so touchy?

    In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, why is our national outrage this pronounced?

    27 Jun 2020 5:41 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (AFP)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Plug and play, says PM: Enter political gaming!

    The sort of administrative negligence one comes across is mind-numbing, to say the least

    13 Jun 2020 5:42 PM IST

    Representational image (PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa De | Where are our godmen when they are needed?

    Mumbai experiences devastating floods, the authorities promptly trot out some more nonsensical statistics to justify...

    30 May 2020 7:08 PM IST

    Attendants wearing protective gear walk as the first special train from New Delhi after train services were partially resumed arrives at the railway station in Jammu, India. AP PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De: Thank God Indians still have a sense of humour!

    In itself and on paper, the stimulus package looked good -- at least in the way it was marketed . But did it make much...

    16 May 2020 7:16 PM IST

    An artist paints a mural of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan on a wall, in Mumbai. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Shobhaa De: Farewell, Rishi & Irrfan, two icons India will salute

    Both died of cancer, despite getting the best possible international treatment Irrfan Khan in London and Rishi Kapoor...

    2 May 2020 5:00 PM IST

    A few faithful pray at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Opinion
    Shobhaa De: Should Muslims vanish? Shun hate amidst crisis

    Prejudice creeps in stealthily when nobody is looking

    18 April 2020 2:30 PM IST

    Shobhaa De: Diya jalao, folks! Diwali in April!Opinion
    Shobhaa De: Diya jalao, folks! Diwali in April!

    Get ready to celebrate the festival in April. The coronavirus can take care of itself.

    4 April 2020 9:43 PM IST

    Prime minister Narendra Modi making his address to the nation.Opinion
    Dear Nagriks Seeti bajaao taali bajaao

    What we were handed out was a school master's lesson in model behaviour. The PM could easily have emailed it.

    22 March 2020 7:39 PM IST

    Senior Indian Police Service officer Param Bir Singh was on Saturday appointed Director General of the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau. (File Photo)Opinion
    Thana welcome desks'? End cop-neta nexus

    Someone did the maths and figured at any given time, 194 Mumbai constables will be busy smiling and offering water to...

    7 March 2020 7:05 AM IST

    A hoarding with picture of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Trumps forthcoming Namaste Trump event in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Trump bhaisaab aayega: Aapun ke vaastey kya?

    The wall in India is being mocked as aggressively as the other, more notorious wall in America.

    22 Feb 2020 3:16 AM IST

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