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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 1,031,047 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shobhaa De is the 6,255th most popular writer (down from 5,579th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from India (down from 833rd in 2019) and the 113th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 34.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shobhaa De ranks 6,255 out of 5,755. Before her are Lorrie Moore, Tor Ulven, Geoff Ryman, Mika Brzezinski, Rupi Kaur, and François Bégaudeau. After her are Mary L. Trump, Nadia Anjuman, Dave Barry, Ann Patchett, Walter Jon Williams, and Erik Möller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Shobhaa De ranks 675. Before her are Carol Bartz, Nell Carter, Robert J. Cenker, Paul LePage, Sandy Jardine, and Jay Thomas. After her are Fred Newhouse, Pat Quinn, Joe Corrigan, Charles D. Walker, Patrika Darbo, and Charlie Scott.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shobhaa De ranks 957 out of 1,493. Before her are Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Raman Singh (1952), Darshan Ranganathan (1941), Rupi Kaur (1992), and Poonam Dhillon (1962). After her are Devi Shetty (1953), Rahul Dravid (1973), Dina Pathak (1922), Simi Garewal (1947), Rabri Devi (1956), and Sourav Ganguly (1972).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shobhaa De ranks 113. Before her are Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Saroo Brierley (1981), Raja Rao (1908), Kiran Desai (1971), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), and Rupi Kaur (1992). After her are Aravind Adiga (1974), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Sharmila Rege (1964), and Nirupama Rao (1950).

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