Shobhaa De

Shobha De
De at an event in 2015
De at an event in 2015
BornShobha Rajadhyaksha
(1948-01-07) 7 January 1948 (age 76)
Satara District, Province of Bombay, Dominion of India
(present-day Maharashtra, India)
Occupation
  • Author
  • columnist
  • novelist
SpouseDilip De
Children4

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,[1] for which she has been referred to as the "Jackie Collins of India."[2][3]

  1. ^ Khan, Urmee (4 May 2007). "Hooray for Bollywood". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fineman 1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Betigeri, Aarti (18 February 2013). "Meet India's Jackie Collins, Shobhaa De". ABC Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.