Daily News & Analysis: Columns by Mallika Sarabhai 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 13:44:53 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 13:44:53 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. Plurality goes beyond diversity http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_plurality-goes-beyond-diversity_1691433 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_plurality-goes-beyond-diversity_1691433 We keep hearing the cliché – Unity in Diversity. And despite large scale attempts to homogenise us into a ‘pure’ race acceptable to the shortsighted right wingers, diverse we certainly are! Sun, 20 May 2012 11:25:33 GMT Ignorance is bliss, not in medicine http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_ignorance-is-bliss-not-in-medicine_1688294 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_ignorance-is-bliss-not-in-medicine_1688294 There are hardly any gynaecologists at hand for rural women in Gujarat. One, in the area just north of Gandhinagar, was popular for actually being available. However, he had developed for himself a great money-making enterprise. Sun, 13 May 2012 13:51:34 GMT You call that reading, do you? http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_you-call-that-reading-do-you_1685279 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_you-call-that-reading-do-you_1685279 Another mammoth Yippee Gujarat circus is nearing its end: Vanche Gujarat. Sun, 06 May 2012 12:15:59 GMT Ahmedabad gives Kalu a reason to smile http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_ahmedabad-gives-kalu-a-reason-to-smile_1682233 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_ahmedabad-gives-kalu-a-reason-to-smile_1682233 When a child is born with a cleft lip, he/she is deprived of the most social of expressions - a smile. Not to mention higher risk of infection, & ridicule by other kids. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:16:49 GMT Fighting corruption: To RTI or not to RTI, that is the question http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_fighting-corruption-to-rti-or-not-to-rti-that-is-the-question_1679224 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_fighting-corruption-to-rti-or-not-to-rti-that-is-the-question_1679224 While individual efforts can bring about change in system, the path to justice and information is not an easy one. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:08:02 GMT Empowering with the pen http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_empowering-with-the-pen_1676114 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_empowering-with-the-pen_1676114 A UK-based analytical magazine that had jobless/homeless as its distributors hit a crest and then a trough with advent of internet reading. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:03:30 GMT We Indians are like this only! http://www.dnaindia.com/india/column_we-indians-are-like-this-only_1673158 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/column_we-indians-are-like-this-only_1673158 She would wait a while, and then leave a note thanking organisers to have invited her, saying that she had come and was now leaving. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:01:39 GMT We are happy, but do we know it? http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_we-are-happy-but-do-we-know-it_1670117 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_we-are-happy-but-do-we-know-it_1670117 A suggestion for a Gross National Happiness Index was first mooted 40 years ago by the grandfather of current King of Bhutan. Shall we then start thinking of the India Happiness Project? Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:54:09 GMT Mallika Sarabhai: All we want is happiness http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_mallika-sarabhai-all-we-want-is-happiness_1667243 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_mallika-sarabhai-all-we-want-is-happiness_1667243 As writer Gretchen Rubin believes, one of the first steps towards happiness is to be yourself. Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:21:46 GMT How One can bring about change http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_how-one-can-bring-about-change_1664001 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_how-one-can-bring-about-change_1664001 Garbage collection in Ahmedabad has been outsourced to private contractors. These contractors are supposed to collect garbage everyday and dispose it off. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:29:16 GMT