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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).
    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

    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
    Conversations by women, about women

    Delhi's Shaheen Bagh model is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

    25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM IST

    JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh during a meeting with HRD secretrary Amit Khare in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    After JNU attack, bring on the black bands

    Citizens had started to believe that this foul, vitiated atmosphere based on belligerence and muscle power was here to...

    11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM IST

    Protesters from the Muslim community burn tyres during a demonstration against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head

    The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.

    14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM IST

    Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)Opinion
    Maha ghotala and Gondhal' in Maharashtra

    Mumbaikars are known to shrug, grin and get going with their lives in the metro.

    30 Nov 2019 12:37 AM IST

    Pilot of Air India Jaipur-Delhi flight refused to fly due to duty limitations prescribed by the DGCA. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

    Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop...

    16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM IST

    Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates his partys win in Assembly elections outside BJP head office in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)Opinion
    BJP-Sena drama: Bhaisaab, yeh 50-50 kya hai?

    Today, Mr Fadnavis wants to hang on to all the key portfolios and hand out the leftovers to the Shiv Sena.

    2 Nov 2019 12:09 AM IST

    Abhijit BanerjeeOpinion
    The Bongo-fication of a Nobel Laureate

    To make matters worse, Banerjee is also Amartya Sen's prot©g©. Oh dear! Amartya babu, also a Bengali Nobel Laureate, is...

    19 Oct 2019 4:40 AM IST

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