Shobhaa De a passionate, poignant and confident writer by means of her art disseminates the idea of disgusting back for the fundamental mental rights of females. She achieved success with latest burning issues faced by her characters in relationships.The book explores deeply Shobhaa De’s fiction and raises the mask of crimeful relations prevailing in high society of contemporary India. She exposes the obscure secrets of the urban elite people and the changed picture of dilemmas to a few knows about it. Through the means of literature she wanted to bring the awareness among the people and to stop the absurd circumstances ongoing in metros. Although the modern life has been exhibited in the novels, at the end she focuses on the Indian ethos. As a feminist cum humanist she intimates the women to be self reliant, independent through education and economic independence. Characters in new avatars are presented. This book discovers the secret behind linking of unmarried females to married males and the entrapping of young females by ineffectual males. This epitome confers benefit to the youngsters to know about the side effects of premarital relationships. It also exhorts the decaying of marital relationships and rise in remarriage. Denying from motherhood is also viewed. The reasons behind falling into extramarital affairs are outspoken. New attitudes towards sex are adverted. It discusses the reason of preferring homosexually by bestowing the knowledge of mental health and problems in the lives of upper class people. Voilence against women is also stated.This book is a solution for each and every unsettled, unsatisfactory relationship prevailing in contemporary society and also to the students, researchers and readers to get right direction for their motives. This contemplation exhibits that people live longer if they are in satisfying relationships. It is an honest and sincere attempt by the authors to convey Shobhaa De’s significant thoughts to the readers.

As the world is shaken by a virus, Shobhaa De – a writer who understands the human heart and how it beats – felt the need to document not just what she is going through personally but what the entire world is experiencing. And out of this need emerged many unique narratives ... Lockdown Liaisons is a collection of short stories, from the varying perspectives of both men and women – young and old, brave and cowardly, cheerful and weighed down – each story an unique offering from a writer who understands how very fragile human relationships can be as they break, suffer and are redefined under trying circumstances. Explore, read and understand the subterranean world of shifting emotions during Covid-19, through stories that will speak to you. There is a woman with a young child who discovers that she doesn’t love her husband after all, there is a migrant worker who has to make a tough choice as he gets ready to walk hundreds of uncertain kilometres homewards. And many more. But what binds these stories together is love. These are stories that show how Covid-19 is affecting the hearts of hundreds of people as they struggle to make sense of altered circumstances, of the ‘new normal’ that will emerge in a post-Covid world.

Literature is one of the fine arts that employ "language" as medium of expression. It is essentially an expression of human feelings, emotions, sufferings and joys. Good literature is never outdated and is unbounded by space and time. It has permanence. It is also universal, in the sense that it appeals to readers of any nationality or linguistic ability. Language or culture may be different but human sentiments remain essentially similar in all literatures of the world.

A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her—neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa Dé’s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.

As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface - some happy, others bitter-sweet and a few that are downright poisonous . . . Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another and the mood of the party turns nightmarish . . . Death, infidelity, incest, rape, lies and the evil that lurks beneath the everyday lives of people form the substance of Snapshots, Shobhaa Di s explosive novel.

Since Its Inception In 19Th Century, Indian Writing In English Has Coruscated Worldwide And The English Works Of Indian Authors Have Been Highly Appreciated Even By The People Of English-Speaking Nations. Not Remaining Confined To The Restricted Gamut Of Themes And Style Of Olden Days, Indian Writing In English Has Made Its Dent In Myriad Human Concerns At The Hands Of Great Number Of Indian Writers.In The Present Anthology, A Sincere Attempt Has Been Made To Provide An In-Depth Study Of The Works Of Reputed Indian Authors Like Bhabani Bhattacharya, Amitabh Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Raj Kamal Jha, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Shobha De, Manju Kapur, Anita Nair To Name But A Few. Aiming At Encouraging Variegated Opinions Without Conforming To Fixed And Rigorous Critical Canons, The Anthology Not Only Focuses On Novels But Also On The Other Forms Of Literature That Are Brilliant Evocation Of Historical, Philosophical And Social Issues Of Great Importance. It Also Traverses Through Psychological And Subliminal Issues. Contributors To The Present Anthology Have Explored The Varied Aspects Of Literary Works Of The Noted And Award-Winning Writers, Besides Analysing Critically And Impartially The Question Of Equal Rights For Women Raised By The Eminent Indian Writers In Their Works.It Is Hoped That Indian Writings In English Would Prove Indispensable For The Students Of English Literature And Would Even Appeal To Those Interested In The English Works Of Indian Writers. It Will Undoubtedly Enkindle In Readers An Avid Interest Towards Their Works And Also Help Them Sharpen Their Critical Understanding With Its Ample Food For Thought.

The book is a collection of 22 research papers/articles on the theme of gender from Indian English Writings. It is a critical study of the works of Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Krishna Sobti, Khushwant Singh, Bharati Mukherjee, Indira Goswami, Rama Mehta, Arundhati Roy, Kamala Das, Nissim Ezekiel, A. K. Ramanujan, Manju Kapur and Shobha De. The roots of gender discrimination stem from the patriarchal hegemony of our society. All forms of oppression, suppression, subjugation and exploitation of women have been projected through the analytical lenses by the erudite research-scholars and experts from the texts of Indian Writings in English.