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		<title>400-year-old Jharkhand drummakers struggle to keep trade alive (Feature with image)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madhusree Chatterjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ADHARJHOR - In the heart of a dense forest in the Patamda block, this ramshackle village of 100 thatched huts is fighting a tough battle to keep afloat its 400-year-old traditional craft - making percussion instruments.

The village is known for its special &#8216;hari khol&#8217; - the percussion instrument offered to Lord Vishnu at shrines during  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/400-year-old-jharkhand-drummakers-struggle-to-keep-trade-alive-feature-with-image-245100/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan will remain a threat, despite US surge (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s letter to Asif Ali Zardari is probably one of the sternest written by one head of state to another. It isn&#8217;t often that a president tells his counterpart in a supposedly friendly country that unless he ends his government&#8217;s &#8220;ambiguity&#8221; in certain policy matters, in this case the &#8220;war on terror&#8221;, then ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-will-remain-a-threat-despite-us-surge-comment-240255/">Original article on  : Pakistan will remain a threat, despite US surge (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gas-hit Bhopal colony remains a living tomb (25 years after Bhopal gas leak)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjay Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BHOPAL - A quarter century after a packed shantytown turned into a hell hole following the Bhopal gas disaster, JP Nagar&#8217;s perennially poor residents are still paying the price for a multinational&#8217;s folly.

The road in front of the now shuttered Union Carbide pesticide plant has been paved and widened. Most of JP Nagar now boasts ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gas-hit-bhopal-colony-remains-a-living-tomb-25-years-after-bhopal-gas-leak-237153/">Gas-hit Bhopal colony remains a living tomb (25 years after Bhopal gas leak)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>For 40 years, Muslim discourses on Hindu scriptures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asit Srivastava</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GORAKHPUR - Dressed in saffron robes, adorned with rudraksh garlands, sporting a sandalwood mark on his forehead and delivering discourses on Hindu scriptures in temples across eastern Uttar Pradesh, this &#8220;saint&#8221; is actually a devout Muslim, who offers namaaz five times a day.

Meet Mohammad Yaseen, 60, a resident of the Pipraich village in Gorakhpur district, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/for-40-years-muslim-discourses-on-hindu-scriptures-237128/" title="For 40 years, Muslim discourses on Hindu scriptures">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cow feeds baby goats in Orissa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JAGATSINGHPUR - Exhibiting rare love and affection, a cow has been feeding two baby goats in Orissa&#8217;s Jagatsinghpur district for the past two months, the cow&#8217;s owner said Monday.

Hundreds of onlookers have been visiting Kulataratang village, about 80 km from state capital Bhubaneswar to witness this rare sight. Manguli Bhoi&#8217;s cow has been feeding the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cow-feeds-baby-goats-in-orissa-234427/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Cow feeds baby goats in Orissa</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Winters leave Ladakh out of bound, make stocking of food material a must</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/winters-leave-ladakh-out-of-bound-make-stocking-of-food-material-a-must-234356/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LEH - Come winter and authorities in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir have to ensure that there is ample procurement and stock of foodstuff and other essential commodities since the region will remain cut off from the rest of the mainland due to heavy snowfall on the approach links.

Thus prior to the onset of ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/winters-leave-ladakh-out-of-bound-make-stocking-of-food-material-a-must-234356/" title="Winters leave Ladakh out of bound, make stocking of food material a must">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands (Feature with images)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madhusree Chatterjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUNDU - Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to &#8220;bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women&#8221; whose husbands and kin have taken to arms.

Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile &#8216;zamindar&#8217; (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-art-and-grit-she-helps-women-in-maoist-badlands-feature-with-images-232199/">Source article &nbsp;: With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands (Feature with images)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yuan as new global currency? It can bode well for India (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that World Bank President Robert Zoellick has said that China&#8217;s yuan may become the global reserve currency over the next 15 years assumes significance not just for the world but also for India. It has the potential to make Indian goods relatively more competitive as the Chinese currency today is highly controlled.

This is ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yuan-as-new-global-currency-it-can-bode-well-for-india-comment-229798/">Yuan as new global currency? It can bode well for India (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Communists fast losing appeal in India? (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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While Mayawati has received a shot in the arm from her successes in the recent by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the dismal run of setbacks for the Communist parties continues unabated. Not only did the Left lose all the three seats it contested in Kerala, the comrades received their most stunning blow in their ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/are-the-communists-fast-losing-appeal-in-india-comment-229153/" title="Are the Communists fast losing appeal in India? (Comment)">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Revival of India&#8217;s merchandise exports on the horizon (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The outlook for India&#8217;s merchandise exports now looks set to improve over the next few months, giving rise to hopes that a positive growth will finally be recorded by January 2010. The exports data for September clearly shows that the rate of decline has dropped considerably, even as global demand has picked up.

One of the .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/revival-of-indias-merchandise-exports-on-the-horizon-comment-222185/">Revival of India&#8217;s merchandise exports on the horizon (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Of virgin beaches and Indian history lessons (Letter from Andamans)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ritu Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT BLAIR - Along with its crystal clear blue water, long white sand beaches, mangrove-lined creeks and diverse marine life, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands also provide the visitor with vital insights into Indian history.

The infamous Cellular Jail here &#8212; now a museum &#8212; stands mute witness to the torture of incarcerated freedom fighters. Completed ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/of-virgin-beaches-and-indian-history-lessons-letter-from-andamans-222099/" title="Of virgin beaches and Indian history lessons (Letter from Andamans)">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why fundamental scientific research has not caught on in India  (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Narayanan Suresh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This can happen only in India! Even as the nation continues to celebrate the success of Chandrayaan, the country&#8217;s first space mission to moon, this is not something one of the seniormost scientists in India, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, is particularly thrilled about.

Chandrayaan made many remarkable scientific discoveries and validations in a short span of .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/why-fundamental-scientific-research-has-not-caught-on-in-india-comment-222090/">Why fundamental scientific research has not caught on in India  (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Muslims lack an enlightened leadership (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Muslims continue to suffer from the misfortune of being led by people with a limited vision whose initiatives appear to be aimed at fostering a ghetto mentality instead of encouraging the community to become a part of the mainstream.

As much is evident from the latest resolutions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, which can only serve ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-muslims-lack-an-enlightened-leadership-comment-221308/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : India&#8217;s Muslims lack an enlightened leadership (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India needs better fire protection services (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prem P. Batra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The massive oil depot fire that raged for days in Jaipur has dramatically but tragically illuminated the woefully inadequate fire service infrastructure in India. While conceding that the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot fire in Jaipur was colossal by any standard, the routine fire accidents that occur on a daily basis reveal the institutional flaws ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-needs-better-fire-protection-services-comment-217026/">Read : India needs better fire protection services (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The last of the Jarawas: Living on handouts (Letter from the Andamans)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ritu Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT BLAIR - As we drove from this capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands towards the Mayabandar forest reserve, four Jarawa children blocked the road with bamboo poles and demanded &#8220;paan&#8221; (betel leaf) and &#8220;biscut&#8221; (biscuits) in broken Hindi. The tribe with its population now down to 260 is getting dangerously dependent on handouts.

Aged ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-last-of-the-jarawas-living-on-handouts-letter-from-the-andamans-214085/" title="The last of the Jarawas: Living on handouts (Letter from the Andamans)">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China learns that 2009 is not 1962 (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The inscrutable Chinese are supposed to take every step after careful deliberation. Whether it is Mao Zedong&#8217;s smile for an Indian envoy to open a new chapter after the  1962 conflict or the summoning of the Indian ambassador in Beijing to the foreign office at 2 a.m. to express displeasure, the Mandarins are believed .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-learns-that-2009-is-not-1962-comment-213410/">China learns that 2009 is not 1962 (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With farm output poor, India&#8217;s recovery projections premature (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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With the Prime Minister&#8217;s Economic Advisory Council projecting India&#8217;s economic growth at 6.2-6.75 percent for the current fiscal, the question arises whether industrial output will rebound sufficiently to make up for the dismal performance of the farm sector.
The overall economic growth, compared to the 6.7 percent growth last fiscal, looks rosier than earlier .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-farm-output-poor-indias-recovery-projections-premature-comment-206238/">With farm output poor, India&#8217;s recovery projections premature (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A stark beauty that keeps calling you back (Postcard from Ladakh, with images)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ritu Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LEH - Known as the &#8220;land of high passes&#8221;, Ladakh is a kaleidoscope of nature&#8217;s extremes &#8212; snow-capped peaks to sand dunes, sub-zero temperatures to scorching sun &#8212; all sprinkled with barren mountains in myriad shades of brown.

It is difficult to breathe in the low-oxygen atmosphere of the high mountains, especially when the wind blows ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-stark-beauty-that-keeps-calling-you-back-postcard-from-ladakh-with-images-201708/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : A stark beauty that keeps calling you back (Postcard from Ladakh, with images)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Battle against Maoists being undermined by intellectuals (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lenin described as &#8220;useful idiots&#8221; those bleeding heart liberals who were soft on the Communists despite the latter&#8217;s avowed objective of launching a violent insurrection to overthrow the supposedly rotten bourgeois system.

A similar indulgent, romantic attitude is discernible among Indian intellectuals with regard to the Maoists. The track record of these insurgents in killing hundreds ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/battle-against-maoists-being-undermined-by-intellectuals-comment-198618/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Battle against Maoists being undermined by intellectuals (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka lead to hike in onion prices</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/floods-in-andhra-pradesh-karnataka-lead-to-hike-in-onion-prices-191842/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASIK - The floods in Andhra Pradesh and  Karnataka, described by officials as the worst in many decades, have led  to an increase in the prices of onions across the country.

The floods have destroyed onion crops in the two States and  have affected its availability, due to which traders dealing in onions .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/floods-in-andhra-pradesh-karnataka-lead-to-hike-in-onion-prices-191842/">Floods in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka lead to hike in onion prices</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bofors: the stain that won&#8217;t go away (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bofors-the-stain-that-wont-go-away-comment-185691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-two years after a Swedish radio station first suggested that the Bofors howitzer gun deal involved the payment of &#8220;kroners to cronies&#8221; in the Rajiv Gandhi government and the Congress party, the controversy is still an occasional &#8220;breaking news&#8221;. Yet, to those who have grown to adulthood after that 1987 broadcast, the scam is a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bofors-the-stain-that-wont-go-away-comment-185691/" title="Bofors: the stain that won&#8217;t go away (Comment)">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kashmir&#8217;s autumnal glory may be shortlived - thanks to urbanisation  (Letter from Kashmir)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>F. Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR - As the chinar leaves change colour from green to crimson to yellow, autumn, the season of plenty in Kashmir, is at its peak. The countryside is buzzing with activity as peasants harvest their paddy crop and fruit growers pick apples in their orchards.

&#8220;Despite poor rains this year, we have a good crop and ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kashmirs-autumnal-glory-may-be-shortlived-thanks-to-urbanisation-letter-from-kashmir-183461/" title="Kashmir&#8217;s autumnal glory may be shortlived - thanks to urbanisation  (Letter from Kashmir)">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the recession over for the Indian economy? (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/is-the-recession-over-for-the-indian-economy-comment-179987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are the clouds of recession lifting over the Indian economy as they seem to be over the rest of the world? That is the big question everyone is asking today, whether they be economic analysts or policymakers in the central government and the financial institutions.

The outlook is definitely promising as even the Asian Development Bank ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/is-the-recession-over-for-the-indian-economy-comment-179987/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Is the recession over for the Indian economy? (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the China threat story sells in India   (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manish Chand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the season of China-bashing in India. In bad old socialist days, the ruling party in India was quick to conjure up the &#8220;foreign hand&#8221; to distract public attention from a host of domestic crises. Now, it&#8217;s the turn of market-driven media to manufacture &#8220;external threats&#8221; to spike their TRP ratings.

But blaming the &#8220;testosterone-driven&#8221; media ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/why-the-china-threat-story-sells-in-india-comment-174841/">Why the China threat story sells in India   (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>By-poll shocks for ruling parties, except in Gujarat (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Within four months of the Congress&#8217;s success in the parliamentary polls, the party has been rudely jolted in the latest round of assembly by-elections.

After a severe drubbing in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wrested five seats from the Congress along with one in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress lost two seats - Okhla and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/by-poll-shocks-for-ruling-parties-except-in-gujarat-comment-172818/" title="By-poll shocks for ruling parties, except in Gujarat (Comment)">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The cycle rickshaw in London - it&#8217;s a &#8216;pedicab&#8217; mate! (Feature with images)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Chandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - For an outsider, it&#8217;s a strange and pleasant sight to see the pedicab - akin to the cycle rickshaw in India - weave its way across the London streetscape.

Since 1995, pedicabs have been a regular at West End, the entertainment area around Covent Garden, Leicester Square and the more crowded Soho, Regent Street .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-cycle-rickshaw-in-london-its-a-pedicab-mate-feature-with-images-168737/">Source &nbsp;: The cycle rickshaw in London - it&#8217;s a &#8216;pedicab&#8217; mate! (Feature with images)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Uneven growth makes India uncompetitive globally   (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is India a good place to do business? The answer seems to be it is excellent in some areas and difficult in others. No wonder the Indian economy has risen in one global index of competitiveness and gone down in another on business climate.

In times of recession, one can find a bit of cheer in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uneven-growth-makes-india-uncompetitive-globally-comment-167047/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Uneven growth makes India uncompetitive globally   (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Uttarakhand women earn a living out of forest produce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAMOLI - Women of Chamoli district  in Uttarakhand are rolling out herbal incense sticks and coal  under the guidance of the district&#8217;s forest department.

They have formed various self-help groups to reap profits out  of herbal environment friendly incense sticks and coal from leaves.
Aranyam, an eco and herbal centre in the district has ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uttarakhand-women-earn-a-living-out-of-forest-produce-162329/">Original article on  : Uttarakhand women earn a living out of forest produce</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Delhi, a world class city? Not when it pours  (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murali Krishnan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Waterlogged roads, uprooted trees, non-functional traffic signals, vehicle breakdowns, serpentine queues of vehicles and now a roofless airport! These happen with unfailing regularity - whenever a heavy downpour or thunderstorm hits India&#8217;s capital as it has thrice in the past month - and every time officialdom refuses to make amends.

Almost on cue, the blame game ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/delhi-a-world-class-city-not-when-it-pours-comment-147272/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Delhi, a world class city? Not when it pours  (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Bihar, gun toting farmers guard water sources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA - Harendra Singh and his neighbour Prakash Mahto, both farmers in Bihar&#8217;s drought-hit Arwal district, stand guard with guns at a canal - the only source of precious water for their fields - on the outskirts of their village.

They have done so from evening till late night daily for a week, with Arwal being .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-bihar-gun-toting-farmers-guard-water-sources-145794/" title="In Bihar, gun toting farmers guard water sources">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jaswant episode demonstrates BJP&#8217;s lack of evolution (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mayank Chhaya</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is tempting to describe Jaswant Singh&#8217;s unceremonious expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a glaring example of the culture of intolerance of independence of thought that runs through India&#8217;s political class. In reality, it is merely one political party&#8217;s inability to define itself.

During his news conference Singh repeatedly mentioned his 30-year-long association ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jaswant-episode-demonstrates-bjps-lack-of-evolution-comment-144520/">Read more : Jaswant episode demonstrates BJP&#8217;s lack of evolution (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Drought can be overcome, action must be swift (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest data on industrial output, which shows a 7.8 percent growth in June, brings with it a silver lining to the spectre of drought, which looms large over the country because of the scanty June-September monsoon, so critical to the country&#8217;s farm output.	 	

Little wonder the country&#8217;s overall growth projections have now been pushed ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/drought-can-be-overcome-action-must-be-swift-comment-139456/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Drought can be overcome, action must be swift (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Soviet holiday haven looks for new place in the sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Collier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIGA - The Amber Coast sanatorium, located in the Latvian seaside resort of Jurmala, features a dacha where Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev would greet his guests. A clock with a hammer-and-sickle pendulum ticks in the corner, just as it did during the Breznhev era; a portrait of Lenin stares down from the wall.

Now, nearly 20 ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/soviet-holiday-haven-looks-for-new-place-in-the-sun-138126/">Soviet holiday haven looks for new place in the sun</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>School comes in a little box in cyclone-hit Sunderbans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soudhriti Bhabani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KULTALI - Radharani Sardar, a Class 4 student, can never forget that May evening when she saw cyclone Aila batter her home here in the Sunderban islands that contain the world&#8217;s largest mangrove forests.

&#8220;My house was completely destroyed. Everything, including our clothes and utensils, was washed away during the storm,&#8221; Radharani, who lives in Kultali .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/school-comes-in-a-little-box-in-cyclone-hit-sunderbans-126250/">School comes in a little box in cyclone-hit Sunderbans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Payback time: India to celebrate joy of giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madhusree Chatterjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Mohammed Sharif, the owner of a cycle repair shop in Uttar Pradesh, seeks out unclaimed bodies, arranges a casket, calls a priest and gives a decent burial to the dead.

In 1990, police had disposed of the body of his murdered son after they failed to establish his identity. &#8220;Since then I see .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/payback-time-india-to-celebrate-joy-of-giving-124858/">Source &nbsp;: Payback time: India to celebrate joy of giving</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Selling off sick PSUs:  Were they really family silver? (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/selling-off-sick-psus-were-they-really-family-silver-comment-114032/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the brouhaha over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&#8217;s government reviving the public sector divestment - or partial privatisation - process, the old argument about selling the &#8220;family silver&#8221; has been revived once again. But the problem is much of the so-called &#8220;silver&#8221; has been tarnished and a large quantity was never silver in the first .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/selling-off-sick-psus-were-they-really-family-silver-comment-114032/">Original source &nbsp;: Selling off sick PSUs:  Were they really family silver? (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayawati is letting down Dalits and Uttar Pradesh  (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With each passing episode, Mayawati is doing a disservice to herself. Her latest decision to have Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi arrested for badmouthing her is another controversy which will highlight her impetuousness.

Yet, perhaps for the first time, Mayawati had some reason on her side. The Congress chief&#8217;s allegations about the role played ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mayawati-is-letting-down-dalits-and-uttar-pradesh-comment-113334/">Mayawati is letting down Dalits and Uttar Pradesh  (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Zardari more India-friendly than others in Pakistan? (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari&#8217;s acknowledgement of the links between the terrorists and the Pakistani establishment is not exactly a state secret. Nor is this is the first time someone in authority has made such a confession.

President Zardari&#8217;s predecessor, Pervez Musharraf, had also promised to rein in the jehadis if there was substantial progress, in Pakistan&#8217;s view, ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/is-zardari-more-india-friendly-than-others-in-pakistan-comment-106538/">Is Zardari more India-friendly than others in Pakistan? (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taj Mahal builders used Harappan measurement units</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K.S. Jayaraman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGALORE - Designers of the 17th century Taj Mahal in India, the finest piece of Mughal architecture, employed the same unit of measurement used by the Harappan civilization of 2000 BC, according to a new study reported in the latest issue of Current Science.

The study by R. Balasubramaniam of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taj-mahal-builders-used-harappan-measurement-units-103947/">Original article on  : Taj Mahal builders used Harappan measurement units</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s budget places common man above fiscal responsibility (Commentary)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has pleased the &#8220;aam aadmi&#8221; (common man) but made the &#8220;khaas aadmi&#8221; (the elite) unhappy in his 2009-10 budget proposals. Constrained by the global recession and domestic economic strains, he has provided a much awaited further stimulus to the economy by raising plan expenditure by as much as 25 per cent .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-budget-places-common-man-above-fiscal-responsibility-commentary-100782/">Original source &nbsp;: India&#8217;s budget places common man above fiscal responsibility (Commentary)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Echoes of a budget 40 years ago - that almost died at birth (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S. Narendra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday expectedly would reaffirm the Congress-led government&#8217;s &#8220;inclusive growth&#8221; agenda. When it does, it will be an echo from a 40-year-old budget brewed in the Congress party&#8217;s internal power struggle of 1969 - that almost failed to get passed.

Monday&#8217;s budget, while acknowledging this legacy, would .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/echoes-of-a-budget-40-years-ago-that-almost-died-at-birth-comment-99745/">Echoes of a budget 40 years ago - that almost died at birth (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberhan report will hurt Advani the most (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The M.S. Liberhan report on the Babri Masjid demolition could not have come at a worse time for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

First, the party is still reeling from the shock of two successive defeats in general elections because they have set off an internal debate on the correctness of its political line. The report .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberhan-report-will-hurt-advani-the-most-comment-99099/">Liberhan report will hurt Advani the most (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Expectations high as Mukherjee readies for national budget (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee faces a tough job July 6 as he rises to present the first budget of the newly-elected United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, during which he will have to try and keep fiscal deficit under check while meeting the many promises made by the Congress party and its coalition partners during the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/expectations-high-as-mukherjee-readies-for-national-budget-comment-96319/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Expectations high as Mukherjee readies for national budget (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CPI-M is damned if it does, damned if it doesn&#8217;t (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B.R.P. Bhaskar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo meets July 5-6 to grapple with the worrying problem of sectarianism in its Kerala unit. Few political observers believe it is in a position to act decisively.

Ranged on either side of the divide are two politburo members - party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, 65, who has the organizational  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cpi-m-is-damned-if-it-does-damned-if-it-doesnt-comment-96269/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Anand Model should be replicated for inclusive growth  (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Animesh Banerjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional growth models are the legacy of the industrialization era that started a couple of centuries ago. The approach meant leveraging lowest cost resources with an aim of maximizing benefits to the owners of the enterprise. It is apparent now that pursuing a growth model that brings prosperity to a few while leaving the majority .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/anand-model-should-be-replicated-for-inclusive-growth-comment-95247/">Anand Model should be replicated for inclusive growth  (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BJP will remain under RSS&#8217; thumb (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since defeat invariably leads to internal rows in a party, it is no surprise that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is experiencing acrimonious finger-pointing over the reasons for its setback in two successive general elections.

The problem is compounded, however, by the fact that the BJP is not quite the master of its own destiny. Unlike .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-will-remain-under-rss-thumb-comment-80471/">BJP will remain under RSS&#8217; thumb (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Early signs of bipolar trend at national level (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B.R.P. Bhaskar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of how the electorate belied political prophesies and made smooth government formation possible after the Lok Sabha elections deserves close scrutiny because it contains early intimations of a new trend.

Even the best scenario visualised by pollsters had left the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), widely acknowledged as the frontrunner, far short of a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/early-signs-of-bipolar-trend-at-national-level-comment-74281/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Early signs of bipolar trend at national level (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A smart citizen card can be among government&#8217;s top feats (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-smart-citizen-card-can-be-among-governments-top-feats-comment-74280/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prasanto K. Roy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This can become the largest database on planet earth and the oldest technology-driven plan that is still doing the rounds in India - a unique, single identity smart card for every citizen and resident in the country.

Don&#8217;t expect it in 2011, despite Home Minister P. Chidambaram promising a smart card in the hands of every .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-smart-citizen-card-can-be-among-governments-top-feats-comment-74280/">Original article &nbsp;: A smart citizen card can be among government&#8217;s top feats (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s bill, disinvestment to top government agenda (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/womens-bill-disinvestment-to-top-government-agenda-comment-73718/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Having succeeded beyond its expectations in the recent elections, the Congress seems to have decided to play some of the cards which it couldn&#8217;t do in the last five years.

Thus, the emasculation of the Mandal brigade comprising parties of the backward castes has made it promise to bring the women&#8217;s reservation bill within 100 days, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/womens-bill-disinvestment-to-top-government-agenda-comment-73718/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Women&#8217;s bill, disinvestment to top government agenda (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Bluestar&#8217; will remain etched in the Sikh psyche for generations (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bluestar-will-remain-etched-in-the-sikh-psyche-for-generations-comment-71607/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Sarin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently asked the Sikhs to move on with the cataclysmic events of 1984. Though the comment of the country&#8217;s first Sikh prime minister were in the context of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other places, the reference was also obliquely linked to the other, and bigger, happening of the ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bluestar-will-remain-etched-in-the-sikh-psyche-for-generations-comment-71607/">&#8216;Bluestar&#8217; will remain etched in the Sikh psyche for generations (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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