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		<title>Big Fat Indian Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Something to Talk About</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had stopped writing mush stories sometime back and had gone for deeper topics. But I couldn’t resist the temptation for long. Many of my friends also told me to get back to stories. So yesterday while climbing down the stairs, on my way back home, I got this story idea. Hope you enjoy it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=45&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being Stupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do we get stupid with age? Or is stupidity a natural and ever present phenomenon which occurs in all of us in varied proportions? Sometimes questions like this make me wonder, is being stupid good, bad or generally stupid? That’s actually a lot many questions to start a discussion on stupidity! Before I take you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=44&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Random Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Happy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something about happiness It makes me fearful when its with me Losing it always only to find later. All stories strive for happiness. All stories with a happy ending are incomplete stories. All stories with a sad ending were once happy stories. Some come close but fall short. Others fall too short. Only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=43&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soul Searching</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avidya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a part of our distinct romantic selves to go after things or acts which defy logic. Be it cheering for the weaker side in a competition or striving for improvement against all odds, we love it when rules of logic and science are defied. Life after death is such a topic which goes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=41&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>By God!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Today while having lunch Anil, one of my colleagues, mentioned about the idea of God’s as Brands. This seemed to be an interesting idea to write on, so here I am. All credits to Anil for this very interesting idea, but all brickbats on its implementation are strictly mine.) Ever since childhood we have been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=40&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long Awaited Trip</title>
		<link>http://saurabhdatta.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/long-awaited-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISKCON Temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krishna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mathura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vineet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been planning a trip to Mathura and Vrindavan for the past 2 months. Every time the plan was cancelled at the last moment. So when my friend Vineet asked if we could make it this weekend, I promptly agreed and got tickets booked for both of us. Catching a morning train has always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=39&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep the Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friedrich Nietzsche had once discussed that the tragedy in our lives often is not in the conflict with the times but rather in our inability to postpone them, as they cannot wait. Some things and activities cannot wait for the patient and great men to come in and take their own sweet time to execute. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=38&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Office Spouse&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an outsider looking at the corporate culture is just like looking at the earth from outer space; everything is serene and there seems to be no reason to suspect otherwise. But as you start zooming in more and more, you get to see people, and their lives. Professionals, as most of us are, should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=37&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Withdrawal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Datta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disillusionment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grave Dressing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Withdrawal refers to the characteristic signs and symptoms that appear when a drug that causes physical or psychological dependence is regularly used for a long time and then suddenly discontinued or decreased in dosage. Easiest example of this being people leaving smoking, alcohol, and other psychotropic drugs. Having mentioned what exactly is withdrawal, let us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saurabhdatta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2177229&amp;post=36&amp;subd=saurabhdatta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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