But the presidency of India then won't be the same, author and columnist Shobhaa De tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar in a no-holds-barred conversation. Videos: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com......
Columnist and editor Anil Dharker passed away in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy @anildharker/Twitter Dharker, 74, was the founder and director of the Mumbai International......
Mumbai police seized pirated copies of Shobhaa De's latest book Spouse: The Truth About Marriage in a raid conducted at various places in the city on Tuesday.The book is scheduled to be launched in......
'You can ignore someone's passion, but how can you taunt someone for being obsessed with achieving greatness in her/his chosen field?' asks Sudhir Bisht. Shobhaa De likes to be known as a......
'The young middle-class Indian is more concerned with Birkins and bikes and the EMIs on a new home and travelling abroad than politics,' novelist Shobhaa De tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar......
The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......
Over the past four decades she provided a running commentary on the state of affairs of India and on her 50th anniversary, the cheeky, impish 'Amul' girl, has got a birthday present! The likes of......
Penguin is getting ready to launch digital content business in India. With 500 digital titles and counting, John Makinson, CEO of Penguin, is convinced that the publishing house will have a good......
Bestseller lists have been making a killing off Chetan Bhagat, and publishers Rupa seem to have found themselves a worthy successor to Anurag Mathur (The Inscrutable Americans), who, hopefully,......
'You want a steady, confident, self-assured and highly skilful hand at the till.''It is a pity that the BJP has decided to deprive itself of such a hand at this politically sensitive time.''It is......
By refusing to follow the pack and remain politically correct, Aamir Khan has paid a price.A fascinating excerpt from Shobhaa De's new book, Insatiable. IMAGE: Aamir Khan. All photographs: Kind......
'The lockdown underlined a lot of things, especially feelings of loneliness.' IMAGE: Lillete Dubey flanked by actors Ira Dubey, right, and Joy Sengupta during the rehearsals of Lockdown Liaisons.......
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.''People started saying,"Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".' Photograph: Kind courtesy Lillete Dubey/Instagram......
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Following a court-backed settlement with a Delhi-based Hindutva group, publisher Penguin Books India has withdrawn American author......
Director Aanand L Rai's Raanjhanaa has earned rave reviews, and become a big hit at the box office. But no everybody is entirely happy with it. Coulumnist Shobhaa De had accused the director of......