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Malavika Sangghvi: Praise for the Padukones
When the dapper St Stephen‘s alumnus Amitabh Kant, CEO of the all-powerful NITI Aayog, chose to commend actress Deepika Padukone on the occasion of World Mental Health Day for her work with her The Live Love Laugh Foundation, it certainly carried weight.

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Asia and the world
Word comes in that the Asia Society India Centre has focused its gaze squarely on the lives of the rich and famous, this August. Next Monday, it hosts ‘India’s Gilded Age: Prosperity and Disparity’, a panel discussion with James Crabtree, former Mumbai bureau chief of the Financial Times; author Amish Tripathi; and Ashutosh Varshney, director, Centre for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University, amongst others.

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Instagram envy
Who in today’s selfie-obsessed age invokes the most Instagram envy? This was the subject of a recent discussion among a particularly well-heeled category of city slickers, we hear. Apparently, ‘envy’, these days, is an aspirational emotion to evoke on social media, by way of minute- by-minute broadcasts of the holidays one takes, the hotels one stays at or the luxury goods one purchases.

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Winning delivery
By all accounts, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra scored a big one for Team Gandhi recently. The scion of India’s most powerful dynasty recently completed the Mumbai leg of a multi-city lecture tour for the Entrepreneur’s Organization, an offshoot of the Young Presidents’ Organization, where she is said to have won over audiences with her candour.

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Out, but not down
Vijay Mallya’s chalice of woes never seems to run dry. As is known, the beleaguered spirits baron is facing a series of charges due to unserviced bank loans and has seen some of his prime assets, including his palatial Kingfisher Villa in Goa, seized by authorities and auctioned off.
