Shobhaa De wurde 1948 in Maharashtra geboren. Mit 17 begann ihre Karriere als Model, während sie in Bombay Psychologie studierte. Mit 22 wurde sie Journalistin und gründete drei beliebte indische Zeitschriften: Stardust, Society und Celebrity. 1988 schrieb sie ihren ersten Roman und ist seither freie Autorin. Shobhaa De ist verheiratet und hat sechs Kinder. Sie lebt in Bombay.

Vintage Shobhaa D , with scathing take-offs on everything, from the caste system to male chauvinism, from sex to social pretension . . . in other words, it's all great fun'-Economic Times Watching the preparations for independent India's 60th birthday in 2007, D -poised then to enter her own sixth decade-was struck by the thought, 'Surely my life has taken the same trajectory as the country's!' While she reflected on this, many more questions arose: Does India really deserve to congratulate itself? Has it lived up to the early promises it made to its people? Does D herself believe in India? In Superstar India, an intimate confession to her readers, D answers these questions and discovers a jawan-young-India, ready to find its place in today's world. Witty, passionate and gloriously opinionated, Superstar India celebrates the spirit of a nation that is certainly not about to lose its glow.

Vintage Shobhaa D , with scathing take-offs on everything, from the caste system to male chauvinism, from sex to social pretension . . . in other words, it's all great fun'-Economic Times Watching the preparations for independent India's 60th birthday in 2007, D -poised then to enter her own sixth decade-was struck by the thought, 'Surely my life has taken the same trajectory as the country's!' While she reflected on this, many more questions arose: Does India really deserve to congratulate itself? Has it lived up to the early promises it made to its people? Does D herself believe in India? In Superstar India, an intimate confession to her readers, D answers these questions and discovers a jawan-young-India, ready to find its place in today's world. Witty, passionate and gloriously opinionated, Superstar India celebrates the spirit of a nation that is certainly not about to lose its glow.