Daily News & Analysis: Columns by Malavika Sangghvi http://www.dnaindia.com/ dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, business, technology, Mumbai, India, world and more. en-us COPYRIGHT @ 2012 DILIGENT MEDIA CORPORATION LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED XML::RSS Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:46 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:46 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/syndication/ 10 http://www.dnaindia.com/images/logo_dna_rss.gif Daily News & Analysis: News http://www.dnaindia.com/ 31 88 dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, politics, India, World and more. Arre, we are like this only http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_arre-we-are-like-this-only_1224751 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_arre-we-are-like-this-only_1224751 I promise I will not write a word about Slumdog Millionaire, India’s chances at the Oscars, and whether Danny Boyle has finally put Dharavi on the world map. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:38:00 GMT That was a very bad hair year http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_that-was-a-very-bad-hair-year_1217111 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_that-was-a-very-bad-hair-year_1217111 Mostly, at the end of the year pointy heads, obfuscators, TV anchors and hacks like me sharpen our wits and our pencils and muster our choicest adjectives to describe the year that’s been. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:14:00 GMT Of SRK and Arundhati Roy http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_of-srk-and-arundhati-roy_1213694 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_of-srk-and-arundhati-roy_1213694 No, I will not make a human chain, wear a black arm band, dress in white, don the national colours, sign a petition, drive in a rally to meet the PM, refuse to vote... Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:12:00 GMT Living with the choices we make http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_living-with-the-choices-we-make_1206760 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_living-with-the-choices-we-make_1206760 Forgive me for drawing the parallel, but the election for the Bigg Boss winner has occupied as much interest in many households as the election of the occupant of the White House. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:04:00 GMT The yin and the yang of politics http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-yin-and-the-yang-of-politics_1202624 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-yin-and-the-yang-of-politics_1202624 Like millions of other YouTube-watching, coffee-guzzling, EMI-paying people, I have become obsessed with the US presidential elections. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:16:00 GMT The yin and the yang of politics http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-yin-and-the-yang-of-politics_1202625 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-yin-and-the-yang-of-politics_1202625 Like millions of other YouTube-watching, coffee-guzzling, EMI-paying people, I have become obsessed with the US presidential elections. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:16:00 GMT The art of sensitised HR http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-art-of-sensitised-hr_1199257 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_the-art-of-sensitised-hr_1199257 A friend given to black economic humour says the only thing surpassing the rupee going down the hill are the fortunes of our shiny new airlines. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:52:00 GMT Of matters of the womb http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_of-matters-of-the-womb_1191894 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_of-matters-of-the-womb_1191894 The last few months have seen the womb take centre stage in current affairs. First there was the debate on Nikita Mehta and her right to abort, then came news about a transgendered male giving birth. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:49:00 GMT Shock and awe in the media http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_shock-and-awe-in-the-media_1188215 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_shock-and-awe-in-the-media_1188215 Here’s the story so far: an international storm is brewing in the media, on the web and amongst opinion makers about a 16 page spread in the August issue of Vogue India. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:12:00 GMT Please, set Kashmir free http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_please-set-kashmir-free_1185295 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment_please-set-kashmir-free_1185295 As the daughter of a Kashmiri Hindu, whose family left its ancestral home in Srinagar during the turmoil that followed Partition, I would like to express a sentiment. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:26:00 GMT