She is sophisticated, slender, smart, sharp and shrewd – she has written 16 books till date and they all start with the alphabet ‘S’! Her name too, starts with an ‘S’ - Shobhaa De!
What is it about the alphabet ‘S’? Are you superstitious or is there some power quotient? “It’s a coincidence, well yes, okay, even the word ‘superstition’ starts with the alphabet ‘S’! I smile, short of words at the quick retort. A child of Independent India, born in 1948, one wonders if that could be the cause of her independent streak. ‘It was there in me always. I guess I was born with it’. The lady oozes of confidence. And ‘De’ – is it just that. “Well, Dilip chose to keep it as ‘De’, a short form of ‘Dey’, like you have Manna Dey. And I, of course went ahead to put an accent on ‘De’ because when I went to

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“I want to be in film production in future and the first film I direct will be an art movie”, says famous fashion choreographer Utsav Dholakia.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the living legend, who has elevated the simple bamboo flute (bansuri) to towering heights, has undoubtedly an amazing sense of humour. Expressing his shock at the trend of having remixes, he says, “Ye to galat baat hai bhai! Having remixes of anything and everything shows that our minds have become polluted. In logon ne to national anthem ko bhi nahi chhoda! It’s just like having plastic surgery done on your father’s face! Why would you need to change songs?”






