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'''Shobha De''' (''[[née]]'' '''Rajadhyaksha''', formerly '''Kilachand'''; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. She is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction,.<ref name="Khan 2007">{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Urmee |title=Hooray for Bollywood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/may/04/india.gender |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 4, 2007}}</ref>
 
==Early life and education==
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Shobha has married twice, and has often said that she is the mother of six children, which includes two step-children.<ref name="Fineman 1992" /> Directly after graduation, Shobha married Sudhir Vrajlal Kilachand, of the Kilachand [[Marwari people|Marwadi]] business family.<ref name="Fineman 1992" /> They quickly became the parents of two children, a son, Aditya Kilachand, and a daughter, Avantika.<ref name="Fineman 1992" /> The marriage ended in divorce. Shobha then married Dilip De, a businessman in the shipping industry, and a [[Bengali people|Bengali]].<ref name="Fineman 1992" /> This was Dilip's second marriage also, and he has two children by his previous marriage. Shobha and Dilip De became the parents of a further two daughters, Arundhati and Anandita.<ref name="Fineman 1992" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bobb |first1=Dilip |title=Shobhaa De's 'Spouse' takes a hard look at Indian marriages |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20050228-shobhaa-de-takes-a-hard-look-at-indian-marriages-in-spouse-787976-2005-02-28 |access-date=10 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=28 February 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Vaihayasi P |title='Marriage is becoming like the dinosaur' |url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/2005/feb/14de1.htm?zcc=rl |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=www.rediff.com |date=16 February 2005}}</ref>
 
== Books ==
* ''Srilaaji - Diary of a Marwari Matriarch'', Simon & Schuster (2020)<ref name="Salim 2020">{{cite news |last1=Salim |first1=Lubna |title=The tales of two women |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/the-tales-of-two-women/story-DgC6rxGyE9PloBmUywX8xI.html |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=October 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Kumar 2020"/>
* ''Lockdown Laisons'' (2020)<ref name="Kumar 2020">{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Surya Praphulla |title=Shobhaa De on her latest book, Lockdown Liasons |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/shobhaa-de-on-her-latest-book-lockdown-liasons/article32240464.ece |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=July 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ghoshal 2020">{{cite news |last1=Ghoshal |first1=Somak |title=Sex, lies and job loss: Shobhaa De on her weekly lockdown stories |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/sex-lies-and-job-loss-shobhaa-de-on-her-weekly-lockdown-stories-11592220094527.html |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=Mint |date=15 Jun 2020}}</ref>
* ''Small Betrayals'' − [[Hay House]] India, New Delhi, 2014<ref name="Kumar 2020"/>
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==See also==
* [[Indian literature]]
* [[List of Indian writers]]
 
==References==