WRITER

Shobhaa De

1948 - Today

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Shobha De (née Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shobhaa De has received more than 1,085,597 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Shobhaa De is the 6,903rd most popular writer (down from 6,231st in 2019), the 1,137th most popular biography from India (down from 953rd in 2019) and the 134th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shobhaa De ranks 6,903 out of 7,302. Before her are Sayed Kashua, Sandi Toksvig, Abdourahman Waberi, Richard Flanagan, Kiran Desai, and Ishmael Reed. After her are Robert B. Spencer, François Bégaudeau, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Paul Attanasio, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, and David Nicholls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Shobhaa De ranks 765. Before her are Nancy Lynch, Teresa Graves, Pat Quinn, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Farooq Sheikh, and Jay Thomas. After her are Prakash Karat, William M. Daley, Dennis Waterman, Tom Udall, Robert J. Cenker, and Tito Sotto.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shobhaa De ranks 1,137 out of 1,861. Before her are Raja Rao (1908), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Deepti Naval (1952), Vijaya Mehta (1934), and Kiran Desai (1971). After her are Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), Lillete Dubey (1953), Salabat Jung (1718), Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), Tina Ambani (1957), and Tom Alter (1950).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shobhaa De ranks 134. Before her are Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Toru Dutt (1856), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Raja Rao (1908), and Kiran Desai (1971). After her are Kamala Markandaya (1924), Rupi Kaur (1992), Ram Swarup (1920), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Aravind Adiga (1974), and Shashi Deshpande (1938).

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