Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021 | Last Update : 11:15 AM IST
Shobhaa De
Shobhaa De | Kal Ho Na Ho: Inept govt messes up war on Covid
Dealing with Covid is a lot easier than dealing with our callous netas
17 Apr 2021 12:00 AM
Shobhaa De | Will Didi’s ‘dadagiri’ or BJP’s ‘dhanda’ win Bong hearts?
Didi can appease, appease, appease all she wants and say namaz in public five times a day to win over a big and influential Muslim votebank
03 Apr 2021 7:45 AM
Shobhaa De | I’ve vaxxed… Have you? ‘Jab’ as a status symbol
Meanwhile, Bollywood is all a-flutter dealing with the income tax raids on handpicked filmwallahs
06 Mar 2021 4:58 AM
Shobhaa De | Women walk taller… But what if Ramani had lost?
Priya and Rebecca must know what this victory and acquittal signifies for women -- it is like the biggest validation of all times
20 Feb 2021 7:10 AM
Shobhaa De | Yeh Rihanna-Wihanna, Greta-Vreta… kaun hai?
Who is Rihanna to us? Had her tweet been ignored, we would not have attracted even more global scrutiny
06 Feb 2021 12:38 AM
Shobhaa De | Vaccine hai to hum hai: Get ready for the vaxxie!
Come on Bollywood… pull out a few cool 'vaxxie' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!
23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM
Shobhaa De | Little cheer at Xmas time, hope for a healthier 2021
As the lucky survivors of this deadly scourge, let us raise a glass to a better, healthier, saner future!
26 Dec 2020 12:59 PM
Shobhaa De | V is for valour, victory… But V is also for vaccine!
Questions about decisions that will affect the heath and well-being of our planet will be decided by politicians!
12 Dec 2020 9:01 AM
Shobhaa De | High hopes over vaccine: Are we being unrealistic?
Here’s my prediction for what it is worth: our great PM will be the first, high-profile citizen to take the vaccine
28 Nov 2020 5:19 AM
Shobhaa De | How to be a good loser… Don needs crash course
It is said true character gets revealed not when you win big but when you lose even bigger
13 Nov 2020 10:14 PM
Shobhaa De | Battle for Bihar: Super flop or a blockbuster?
It’s time for “Battle cry Bihar”! And this stellar star cast can take the pants off just about any actor from Bollywood
31 Oct 2020 9:48 AM
Shobhaa De | Bollywood joins forces, but for what exactly?
While every industry is well within its rights to seek redressal, it is important to ask what exactly has miffed Bollywood?
17 Oct 2020 9:39 AM
Shobhaa De | Dalit lives: No more than a heap of ashes
To call UP anything else but a barbaric, no man’s land, would be insulting women across the country
03 Oct 2020 6:26 PM
Shobhaa De | A monument to a monumental ego
Heritage and history need to be respected, even by those determined to rewrite both
19 Sep 2020 5:32 PM
Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya… Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?
This is the aftereffect of the GDP debacle, which has set India back by a staggering 24 per cent
05 Sep 2020 6:00 PM
Shobhaa De | In search of Idealistic India: It will rise again
Are we shortchanging this generation of intelligent, capable young people?
22 Aug 2020 6:59 PM
Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama
This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically arrived in Mumbai
08 Aug 2020 6:43 PM
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 Jul 2020 6:43 PM
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 Jul 2020 6:38 PM
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
Columns
Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?
India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force is at a historic low
The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India’s historical presence in Afghanistan was forced to abruptly end
Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence