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		<title>How Trees &amp; Birds Grabbed Prime Land In Pune City!</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/05/pune-city/trees-birds-grab-prime-city-land.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nature shows the way to healing the city&#8230;
Like most Indian cities, Pune has crumbled quite rapidly over the past decade and most citizens are convinced that things can only get worse. So thought I would write about a positive development in the Deccan Gymkhana area in Pune. About a project that highlights how things can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magical Men Of 21st Century India</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Key Selling Point Of The GodMen Is Their Talk About Things That Make No Sense&#8221;
Right from childhood, stories that had their foundation in magic and &#8216;chamatkars&#8217; always appealed to me. I must have watched 10s of combinations of stories like &#8211; Ramu&#8217;s son is ill and no doctor is able to cure him; Ramu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse Migration &#8211; Get Me Out Of The Big City</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/04/pune-city/reverse-migration-get-me-out-of-the-big-city.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our way back from a beautiful village on the Konkan coast, me and my wife got talking about why Indians are abandoning the vast countryside and moving to ever so cramped and inhospitable cities. We have long toyed with the idea of moving out of the city but never have actually done much in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stupidify Spell Has Been Cast. Can Brains Fight Back?</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/03/society/the-stupidify-spell-has-been-cast-can-the-brains-fight-back.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A commonly used spell in the Harry Potter books is &#8220;Stupefy&#8221;. When a wizard says the incantation, a jet of red light flies out of the tip of the magic wand and if it hits the target, the recipient gets stunned and knocked out of his senses. I am unsure of the date and time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Of The Young, Rich &amp; Healthy &#8211; Welcome To Youngistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Pepsi ad has coined the phrase &#8216;Youngistan&#8217; by combining Young &#38; Hindustan. The actor in the ad claims to be an alien from the planet Youngistan. However is Youngistan really a planet in outer space or is India and Youngistan one and the same? I say this as I can&#8217;t help but note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case Of The Missing Paisa</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/02/society/the-case-of-the-missing-paisa.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I get into arguments at billing counters so frequently these days that I wonder if it has subconsciously become one of my favourite pastimes. I have a fairly wide range of causes for these disputes. However the most common cause is that of the cashier gobbling my hard earned paise. The amusing and strange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Us vs Them &#8211; The Mantra Of Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/02/society/us-vs-them-the-mantra-to-political-success.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/02/society/us-vs-them-the-mantra-to-political-success.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After extensive research at Oak Labs, we believe we have discovered the secret of success in politics. It revolves around the simple concept of “Us vs Them”. The key to getting a mass following, winning elections and being a popular leader lies in the ability of the politician to clearly define an &#8220;Us vs Them&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Sport of Spitting On The Streets Needs To Get Its Due Recognition</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2008/01/pune-city/indian-sport-of-spitting-on-the-streets-needs-to-get-its-due-recognition.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;World Spitathon Champs&#8221;
Indians might have the strongest lungs on the planet. Not because of any genetic reasons but because of the exercise that they make their lungs undergo by firing spit missiles every couple of minutes. Across the country we have great exponents of this art, hard at work on every street. While walking, driving, [...]]]></description>
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