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Contents 1 Model? 2 Answer to the above query 3 Omnibus story list 4 Maiden Name 5 judgemental? 6 Picture?

[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)

[edit] Maiden Name

Her maiden first name is not Shobha but Anuradha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.240.67.169 (talk) 01:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC). http://help.com/wiki/Shobha_De

[edit] judgemental?

"Although she initially gained recognition for her status as a rebel her writings currently sound matronly and even somewhat prudish. She often voices her dissatisfaction with the behavior and morals of the current generation, although she in large part can be held responsible for the speeding up of the pace and promotion of the sexual revolution in India with her sensuous novels and "Western" outlook." i thought wikipedia presents facts...this seems more like a personal opinion by someone who probably got offended by her material. The sentence " her writings currently sound matronly and even somewhat prudish" is not at all required and sounds almost degrading..these kind of statements are all 'a point of view' of just another human being and not credited facts. 'u say to-may-toe, i say to-maa-toe'...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alhehs (talk • contribs).

I removed the entire section as it had statements that warranted citation. If you can add anything to the article, have at it. :) Pumpernickel pickle 13:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture?

The picture used is copyrighted. On Wikimedia Commons there is another picture, of lower quality but higher resolution, which is CC-BY-SA and thus freely available. It is this one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Shobha_De.jpg (see right). Should we replace the one accompanying this article with this or a derivative version of it? --Gwyndon 00:35, 17 October 2007 (UTC)