Shobhaa De: Difference between revisions

'''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> for which she has been referred to as the "[[Jackie Collins]] of India."<ref name="Fineman 1992">{{cite news |last1=Fineman |first1=Mark |title=‘The Jackie Collins of India’ |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-01-vw-221-story.html |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 1, 1992}}</ref><ref name="ABC 2013">{{cite news |last1=Betigeri |first1=Aarti |title=Meet India's Jackie Collins, Shobhaa De |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/booksandarts/meet-india27s-jackie-collins2c-shohba-de/4524476 |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Australia]] |date=18 February 2013}}</ref>