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Shobhaa - Never a Dull De...
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Shobhaa De
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English
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Available
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328
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The feisty lady of Indian Writing is back and this time she is tackling issues related to men and women and issues surrounding them. Never a Dull De is an anthology of her so-called feminist writings. The short pieces in this book centre on the theme of sexuality, gender, its problems and basically a satire on everything wrong with our society till date.
Never a Dull De has all the elements that it takes to rush through the book. It is most certainly a fast read and yet makes you ponder over the issues in our society. Her pieces are full of sardonic wit and she never manages to lose focus of the bigger issues. The book is unlike her fictitious works and quite refreshing. A book to read to be aware of the societal changes and a womans commentary on the same.
Description
Women. Men. Women and Men. Its all about The Sexes and how to negotiate the new equations society demands in a rapidly changing, super charged gender confrontation that is throwing up fresh challenges nobody has any real answers to. but which involve us all.
Shobhaa De presents a thought provoking anthology of her feminist writings. She bravely goes into sensitive terrain, raising important questions about our emotional complexities when it comes to issues that concern sexual politics in todays India.
De covers it all, as she dexterously gets into the minds of contemporary Indians and candidly exposes familiar hypocrisies and hang ups. From tricky marital issues that most are scared to admit to our moral double standards while judging movie stars, politicians, Godmen and assorted celebrities. Unabashedly she debunks the use of nauseatingly old-fashioned terms like keep by an erudite judge, which in turn elicits a quick reaction from legal luminaries.
Shobhaa: Never a Dull De provides tantalizing insights into the hidden lives of superstars to shocking incidents in small-town India that rarely find a spot on the front-page; poignant stories about women who silently suffer sexual violations; to the fascinating lives of women politicos who have made it big. Her writing is richly layered and insightful making it hard-hitting and socially relevant. As an important social commentator and opinion shaper, this is De at her sharpest best, fearlessly taking on prejudice and humbug, injustice and oppression,without once losing her humanity.
Shobhaa Des rightful sobriquet: the Empress of the Hearts and Minds of the reading masses comes to life in Shobhaa: Never a Dull De!
About the Author
Shobhaa De is one of Indias most widely read writers. All of her 14 books have been huge bestsellers in India and her latest work of non-fiction, Shobhaa at Sixty, sold 20,000 copies, her work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Korean.
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