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		<title>Returning to Bangkok after the floods&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A month back I had left Bangkok on two day&#8217;s notice. The flood waters were flowing towards Bangkok. As it engulfed the old airport area, the government complex, the already tense Bangkok-ians panicked. I was advised by my colleagues to stock up on dry food and water. The shelves at the super-markets emptied at a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=253&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ghas ki roti… grass rotis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While in school there was a story in our Hindi text book about how Maharana Pratap after one of his battles with the Mughals had to take refuge in the forests amongst a group of bhil adivasis. They lived a hard life and he and his family had to survive on ghas ki roti or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=243&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growing up with Indian Railways</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of late I have been frequently remembering our travels with the Indian Railways and it struck me – how big a role it has played in our growing up years. Every school vacation meant – going to our grandmother&#8217;s home in Kanpur. A 24 hrs journey by train. And after the school going years – [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=237&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going down memory lane…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>For Every Woman by Nancy. R. Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading something when I came across this, and wanted to share&#8230; For Every Woman For every woman who is tired of acting weak when she knows she is strong, There is a man who is tired of appearing strong when he feels vulnerable. For every woman who is tired of acting dumb, There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=222&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Snip snip snip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year started with these small eruptions, breaking the known routine of life – ejecting out so many different things &#8211; all of which had to be dealt with attention and care. I desperately needed some diversion – something that would take my mind off from the questions of the present. Colleen McCullough&#8217;s sequel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=200&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! I did not think I would start the new year with raving and ranting – but I read that &#8216;avatar&#8217; had become a big box office hit. And I could not help myself. I saw Avatar during the holidays. It was a brilliant film in terms of technology – the visuals, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=197&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rickshaws and the motor-cy(s)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once again missed the rickshaw today. Rickshaw – the mode of transport that is still popular in most parts of south Asia. In fact Wikipedia says that Dhaka is the &#8216;rickshaw capital&#8217; of the world. It looks small -but you will be surprised at how much holding capacity it has. It was this rickshaw, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=182&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In search of roots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time my visit to Bangladesh had a special mission attached to it. I was to go to Maimansingh to find out if there are any traces or memories left of my paternal ancestors – my great grandfather, Shri Amar Chandra Datta who founded the Bramho Boys School, and who left sometime in the late [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=174&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You know – Mumtaj?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know Mumtaj? Mumtaj?? You mean Taj Mahal? Nonono – Dharmendra? Hema Malini? Amitab Bachan? Oooo – you mean the actress Mumtaj! Films! Yes, &#8211; Rajesh Khanna – very handsome hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you know sholay? &#8216;Daughter of Kashmir&#8217;? &#8216;Chang peun Kaew&#8217;? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm …chang peun kaew? No, I don&#8217;t know… But that is a famous movie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kalpalatad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6547620&amp;post=168&amp;subd=kalpalatad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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