Talk:Shobha De

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[edit] Model?

I was at a reading in Bonn, Germany today, where she read from some of her publications and answered questions. In the introduction the host of the evening said that Shobha De also was "India's first top model". Can anybody confirm this? De couldn't comment as the introdction was held in German and she didn't understand a word of what was said. She just laughed: "Whatever you said, it was probably all from the internet and all wrong." --217.232.78.169 00:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

De was born in 1947, and thus she is unlikely to be one of today's "top models". She was one of the first models apart from the Bollywood idols, as we undertsnad the term. She was a bit more risque than those that came before her, but she also had many contemporaries who could compete for that title as well.

[edit] Answer to the above query

There were more Top Models(in Popularity?? then not) even before Shoba De arrived on the scene (60's),and those days models were not as popular as they are today.Shobha De became more popular only after she started writing Novels.Even before that when she was in Star Dust (70's) she was/nt that popular.Popularity in the sense,being a household name in India,(upper and upper middle class),not only in Mumbai adworld and Bollywood.

[edit] Omnibus story list

List of novellas from the omnibus that may need including here or in articles of their own.

• Socialite Evenings – The story of a Bombay socialite trying to drown the sorrows of a failed marriage and failed relationships and a schizophrenic sister in the party life of Bombay.
• Starry Nights – A look at a girl's struggle to survive in the Bollywood industry.
• Sisters – A story of two sisters, both well off and good-looking, but at emotional war with each other.
• Strange Obsession – A story about sexual obsession set in Bombay's fashion world.
• Sultry Days – A story of lust and passion in the world of pseudo-art, yellow journalism, poetry for hire and junk culture.
• Snapshots – A story about the reunion of six women forced to confront dark secrets from their pasts.

Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 15:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)