'Shobhaa De can't be taken seriously, writes soft porn'

February 07, 2013 12:20

Globally celebrated author Reginald Massey, Monday, questioned writer Shobhaa De's credentials as a literary person, saying she should not be taken seriously as she wrote "soft pornography which titillates".

Massey, speaking as a guest at the Taj Literature Festival at the St John's College, Agra, told a huge gathering that "she (Shobhaa De) doesn't have a style like Dickens or Jane Austen...She need not be taken seriously." Read

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