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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).
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    Shobhaa's Take: India is changing... softly, smartly

    Indore, a Tier-2 city, is likely to get its smart city' status pretty soon.

    22 April 2017 12:35 AM IST

    The party member and nine others are facing a criminal case under the Madhya Pradesh Cow Slaughter Ban Act (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Please treat me like a cow

    While we are busy protecting bovines with such ferocious zeal, why not look at tightening certain provisions to also...

    8 April 2017 12:36 AM IST

    A man is treated by emergency services, as knives lie on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament London. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: London Bridge is falling down

    Today, we hurtle on stoically, living for the moment, and not bothering about semantics.

    25 March 2017 12:29 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his victory celebration in Delhi. (Photo: ANI Twitter)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Amid Northern Lights, some UP thoughts

    The thing about the Northern Lights is their utter unpredictability will they or won't they?

    14 March 2017 12:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Amid Northern Lights, some UP thoughts

    How many more tests does the PM have to pass?

    11 March 2017 12:53 AM IST

    BJP MLA from Khaga Fatehpur constituency, Krishna Paswan alleged she was prevented from voting while MLA Sangeet Som alleged that there was misbehavior with his party legislators. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Ram Bharose's time has come

    During the past five years, small town India has grabbed space for itself in the country's imagination.

    25 Feb 2017 12:27 AM IST

    AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala flashes victory sign after attending the party MLAs meeting in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Beats all melodramas

    Sasikala clearly holds the keys to Amma's tijori.

    11 Feb 2017 1:08 AM IST

    File image of Indian Army jawans patrolling the border (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Kyunki jawans bhi insaan hain!

    Improving rations on a priority basis is the easy part.

    21 Jan 2017 12:43 AM IST

    The Nation has found its independent voice again.Opinion
    The Nation gets its voice back...

    The topic is trending... hold on to your seats while the Nation takes off after being forcibly grounded for years.

    7 Jan 2017 1:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the launch of a new mobile app BHIM to encourage e-transactions during the Digital Mela at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Friday. ()Opinion
    2016: The year of post-truth

    Cowards in designer bandgalas and Modi-bundis. Nobody expected better.

    31 Dec 2016 2:24 AM IST

    Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: After Amma - Motherless in Tamil Nadu

    Isolated and remote, cut off from her biological family, Jayalalithaa was married to politics and politics alone.

    10 Dec 2016 1:08 AM IST

    The demonetisation had not only affected the commercial growth of farmers, but had brought hardship to the rural poor.Opinion
    Shobhaa's Take: Winter of discontent - If I were rich

    If NaMo cannot come up with better mechanisms to navigate the calamity, the outcome may be terrible.

    26 Nov 2016 12:54 AM IST

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