Shobha De is among eminent novelist in India and she is recognized as Jackie Collins for India as well.
Background
Her birth took place in saraswat family of Brahmin who lived in the state of Maharashtra. Shobha de biography is very interesting. Her real name is shobha rajadhyaksha. She took her graduation degree in the subject psychology from Mumbai College named St. Xavier.
Career
In the beginning of her career, she worked as a model and made a name for herself. Thereafter, she thought of changing her profession. Then, she pursued her career in Journalism. She brought out three magazines namely Stardust, Society, and Celebrity. Presently, she is working as a freelance writer for a couple of newspapers and magazines.
She has also been actively involved in writing scripts for various TV soaps like Swabhimaan.
At present, she is working as a columnist and writes for a fortnight magazine "The Week". In this periodical, she writes on varied issues concerning the society. She speaks her mind in her writings. She often expresses her dissatisfaction with respect to the behavior exhibited by the present day generation. Many a times, she has been held responsible for accelerating the pace and bringing about a sexual revolution through her writings in the column "The Sexes" of the magazine "The Week". She has also written a couple of erotic novels.
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Quotations:
enjamin Franklin quote: Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing.