A Starry Journey in Shobha De's Starry Nights

Shobha De's novel Starry Nights is a novel which depicts different faces of women. Nisha Trivedi in her article, "Search for Identity in Starry Nights" describes: "The writers of the post-independence fiction have focused on contemporary problems. They have explored the vital areas of individual consciousness and have projected the fascinating images of cultural change, rather than transformation" (The Fiction of Shobha De, 180). De in this novel suggests that the only way a woman like Aasha Rani can reach the ladder of success is 'Sex'. Geeta Barua in her article, "Rise and fall of a star: A study of Starry Nights" comments: "The novel is also a faithful portrayal of the film world with all its perfidies, glamour, crimes, lies, and deceits and sexual exploitation. Since Shobha De the novelist has been long associated with the Bombay film world as a j ournalist she knows it first hand and has been able to portray it well" (The Fiction of Shobha De, 174).