'Lovemaking involves your partner's brain, imagination, emotions, tuning in to you, and your response to your partner.' 'If you look at it as something transactional or something that's a part of a relationship formula as determined by society, then it's fornication, not lovemaking.'
'The photographs showcase the different emotions of India and power of faith. For someone who couldn't visit the historic event, the pictures take me there.'
Shobhaa De pays tribute to another legend who passed into the ages on August 23, publisher, producer and entrepreneur Nari Hira.
A R Rahman: 'I feel blessed to be Indian, which enables me to create a space which always allows freedom of expression and celebrates multicultural voices.'
#WeTheWomen returned to Mumbai for its eighth edition.
After the grand wedding reception of Vedant Birla (son of businessman Yashovardhan (Yash) and Avanti Birla), and Tejal Kulkarni (Supriya and Sanjeev Kulkarni's daughter), the Birlas threw a private party for selected celebs.
A stunning book on the Kumbh. And a recipe.
Shobhaa De recalls the splendid glowing Diwalis of her childhood.
Novelist Shobhaa De's typically original advice for Congress neta Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka and his bro-in-law Robert Vadra...
In conversation with rediff.com, Shobhaa De discusses her soon-to-be released book S's Secret, a fictional work targeting Young India.
The columnist attacks Bollywood's pretty young things in her latest column.
On Thursday, Shiv Sena activists staged protests outside her house in South Mumbai.
Whether or not he means to, Amitabh Bachchan always seems to steal the show. At the launch of acclaimed author Shobhaa De's new book, Superstar India, the Big B delivered the event's main address, before formally unveiling book and posing for photographs with the author.
Inspector Daulatram Jogewat, posted at the Police Lines in Neemuch, said he would talk to his seniors about the mockery over his obesity.
'You can ignore someone's passion, but how can you taunt someone for being obsessed with achieving greatness in her/his chosen field?'
Certain characters in Shobhna's 7 Nights have a resemblance to real-life people.
The society's attitude towards women has visibly changed with time and now is not a very pleasant time to be a woman in India, says author Shobhaa De.
Sabyasachi's 25th anniversary was a dazzling celebration of artistry and heritage.
'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 and Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Unfortunately for India's politicians, Shobhaa De has trained her sights on them in her 18th book, Sethji, whose protagonist is a wily, old-world, Delhi politician. She discussed the murky world of Indian politics with Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar and Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Karan Johar introduces an unusual combination this week in Koffee With Karan.
Shobhaa De's remarks are an insult to Maharashtra, Marathi language and culture, said Sena's Sanjay Raut.
With her new novel, S's Secret, writer Shobhaa De delves into a subject she had previously left unexplored: the world of Indian tweens.
Coulumnist Shobhaa De has accused Raanjhanaa director Aanand L Rai of glorifying stalking through his film. The director clarifies.
The writer-columnist may play Devyani Chaubal, a journalist in the time of actress Silk Smitha.
Should Shobhaa De apologise for tweet? Tell us what you think.
Shobhaa De took to Twitter to post a harsh and stinging message for the Indian athletes currently competing at the Rio Olympic Games.
Sena sought to move a breach of privilege motion against Shobhaa De for her tweet regarding Marathi films being screened in the prime time slot.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the breach of privilege motion notice issued against author Shobhaa De by Maharashtra assembly speaker for her tweets on the state government's decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.
While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely different speed. The movie is charged with a sense of discovery, and every shot is a cornucopia of details existing independent of the main story. It's touching, notes Sreehari Nair.
'Children have to remember that we come with all our failings,' says best-selling author Shobhaa De.
But the presidency of India then won't be the same, says author and columnist Shobhaa De in a no-holds-barred conversation.
In an age of megamillion dollar deals from overseas, the self-publishing phenomenon seems fresh, a fact heralded by the Mukherjee's guest, iconic Indian columnist Shobhaa De
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.
An evening celebrating the best of what medicine has to offer.
Film folk attended the Hello! Hall Of Fame Awards 2023 in Mumbai on Sunday.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
'Nobody really talks about the middle of relationships or the mundane parts... (When the end comes) we think, "Wow, this is the worst time of my life. This is horrible. It's never been worse". But actually, I feel the endings are what makes us who we are.'
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