Shobhaa Dé > Quotes

“Mediocrity comforts the masses. Mediocrity is a likeable attribute.”
― Shobhaa Dé

“Indian food is like classical music raga- it takes time to build up to a crescendo.”
― Shobhaa De, Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable

“God had the males of the world neatly divided: the can-dos and the no-can-dos. To that he'd added a third category: 'the gandus'. Very few men would make it to the can-do category.”
― Shobhaa De, Sultry Days

“Even as I took a long, hard look at some of the obvious downsides (Q: 'What are the three things keeping India down? A: Corruption, corruption and corruption.'
), I still felt the upsides (Q: 'What is so fantastic about the India story? A: People, people and people.') tilted the scales in our favor.”
― Shobhaa De, Superstar India: From Incredible To Unstoppable

“The trouble is Indians aren't used to being prosperous. We are more comfortable dealing with poverty- after all, poverty has been the staple here, and has been for many centuries.”
― Shobhaa De, Superstar India: From Incredible To Unstoppable

“Waqt ne kiya kya haseen situm, tum rahe na tum, hum rahe na hum.”
― Shobhaa Dé, Starry Nights

“The lyricist was Shailendra Singh and the music was composed by S.D. Burman.”
― Shobhaa Dé, Insatiable