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		<title>Terror Attacks &#8211; Why Ahmedabad? Why Bangalore? Why India?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India has again seen a painful chapter of bombings. Over 20 bombs targeted the Indian cities of Bangalore and Ahmadabad and killed 10s of innocent civilians and injured 100s. While I feel very sad and rattled by the developments, I also fail to make sense of them. I only have questions for the militants on [...]]]></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; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a competing and city friendly ganesh festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the new format, the city would benefit in many ways other than the obvious traffic benefit. The police would have a far easier time securing a few grounds. Adequate security will also get families and women actively participating in the event. Citizens can choose to be a part of the festival and not have the festival forced on them. Mandals will have to be creative to be able to stand out and shine. The city could generate employment and revenues in many direct and indirect forms. Some portion of revenues should be ploughed back into improvement of infrastructure at the grounds that are used. The event could become a major tourist highlight not just for Maharashtra
but for India.

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		<title>Bachchan Temple Treks Are Disappointing</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2007/01/thoughts/bachchan-temple-treks-are-disappointing.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to think that Amitabh Bachchan was a great role model for Indians. But his regular  treks to temples across India are consistently eroding his stature in my eyes. Ref- Bollywood&#8217;s Bachchan walks barefoot to pray India is anyway full of religious fanatics and superstitious people who would believe and follow so called god [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga, Religion and Swamis on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2006/02/religion/yoga-religion-and-swamis-on-tv.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I like early mornings, I very rarely manage to get up early. Today was one of those rare days. As the newspaper had not come in, I switched on my TV set and had a look at some of the early morning religious preachings being aired on various channels. While many channels had people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion in India &#8211; Faith vs Reason</title>
		<link>http://www.harshadoak.com/2006/01/society/religion-in-india-faith-vs-reason.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harshad Oak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I wrote about the absence of scientific temper in India and the need for those well informed, to voice their opinions against superstitions and customs that have chained our society. India today seems completely at the mercy of ill-placed faith. Instead of individuals standing on the shoulders of faith and rising [...]]]></description>
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