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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).

An artist paints a mural of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan on a wall, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Opinion

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

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

Protesters raise slogans during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Is the BJP paying attention to the voices from Shaheen Bagh?

The rest of the disturbing and depressing domestic news involves comical clips that would have raised a chuckle had they...

8 Feb 2020 3:09 AM IST

$The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion