Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
Mr. Manbir Singh, Dr. Shivani Vashist
Vol 18, No 7 ( 2023 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no: 01-15 | Published on: 19-07-2023
Abstract
Shobha De is the author of a best-selling trilogy of books that began with her novel, Socialite Evenings (1988), and continued with Starry Nights (1990) and Second Thoughts (1997). Shobha De lives in New York City with her husband and two children (2001). Shobha De and her family now reside in New York City (1996). Shobha De is an inhabitant of the Indian city of Mumbai (1996). Beyond these best-selling novels, De has served as editor of other renowned journals, including Stardust magazine and Society magazine as well as the Celebrity magazine. Her writings mirrored the militant phase of feminism in Indian English literature at the time of their publication, which occurred at the time of their publication in the 1950s and 1960s. "A pioneer" in her field as a writer of "popular fiction," having written more than 100 volumes in her writing career as a writer of "popular fiction." She considers herself to be "a pioneer" in her field. Her second claim to fame is that she claims to have been "one of the first Indian women to analyse and write about the life of the metropolis woman," which she describes as "one of the first Indian women to examine and write about the life of the metropolis lady." It's evident that Shobha De is a fantastic writer, and her work has some very novel concepts as well as some absolutely stunning strokes of illustration. In her works, the female characters have endeavoured to establish a masculine worldview via the medium of her books, and she has been successful in this endeavour. The typical view of woman in our society is that she is a lesser entity who has always been under the care and control of males, as shown in myths and legends.
Keywords:
Socialite Evenings, metropolis, myths, popular fiction, female characters