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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Country</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views as a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web Software.</description>
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		<title>48 Indian Companies in Forbes Global 2000 (Top Companies Worldwide)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading the Indian pack is Reliance Industries with a market value of 89.29 Billion dollars. It is ranked 193 worldwide based on profit. Following closely is ONGC with a market value of 54.11 Billion and ranked 198 worldwide. Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum &#038; Hindustan Petroleum are the three other entrants from Oil &#038; Natural Gas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/48-indian-companies-in-forbes-global-2000-top-companies-worldwide/</link>
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		<title>We Are Hiring!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out our career page and open positions. We prefer candidates from Kolkata, India. Exceptional candidates out of state will also be considered. In short we are looking for:
1. Software Engineer
You will be developing very high quality software products and services catering to a worldwide market.
Java (JSP, Servlets etc.), PHP and Javascript are the key [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/we-are-hiring/</link>
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		<title>Wish You Happy Holi / Dol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holi is the festival of radiance, colors and usher in spring. I wish you all a happy Holi / Dol (as we Bengalis say) and hope that you all remain safe (no colors in eye).
Holi / Dol is also used as an occasion for old foes to come together and forget their feuds, at least [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wish-you-happy-holi-dol/</link>
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		<title>Dating Spam: With Love From Russia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a non-typical email spam, a well written (spams are usually filled with bad spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, especially those from Dakar, Senegal for example) email from Maria Wyatt (most likely forged) claiming to be Nadezhda from Saint-Petersburg in Russia. Couple of photos were also included.
The full email without the headers:
Hello!
How are you? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dating-spam-with-love-from-russia/</link>
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		<title>ICICI PaySeal, PayPal Alternative, Offline!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been trying for the last 6 hours to access ICICI PayPal alternative, PaySeal (203.27.235.72). Unfortunately the site is unreachable from India as well as USA. Even the server cannot be pinged. 
I am not sure what exactly happened. What could bring down a major online payment processor? I wonder if it is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/icici-payseal-paypal-alternative-offline/</link>
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		<title>A Multi-Lingual Indian Kid Genius</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at this multi-lingual kid genius. He speaks tons of languages fluently, learning just by selling hand fan to tourists. He is simply amazing.

I wish someone could provide him support for education instead of having to selling hand fans on the street at such a tender age.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-multi-lingual-indian-kid-genius/</link>
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		<title>How To Purchase Dell Computers Without Windows Vista &#038; Microsoft Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a hard time in selecting a Dell configuration from their website without Microsoft Windows Vista or other Microsoft software. We are a Linux house and have no need for Microsoft products on our machine. As a technologist and a software architect if I found it hard to figure out how to strip Microsoft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-purchase-dell-computers-without-windows-vista-microsoft-software/</link>
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		<title>Dell&#8217;s Customization Sucks in India + Mysterious Microsoft Call</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell in India doesn&#8217;t offer the range of customizations that you would normally come to expect from them. Moreover calling Dell may have some unintended consequences like possibly a call from Microsoft. Here are some issues that you would like to be aware of:
1. The widely displayed configurations doesn&#8217;t allow you to remove the Operating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dells-customization-sucks-in-india-mysterious-microsoft-call/</link>
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		<title>Mysterious Call From Microsoft Inquiring About Windows! &#8230; Evil Nexus With Dell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just received a mysterious call from Microsoft inquiring about our Windows usage! I was surprised to say the least. Why would a 100% Linux based company get a call from Microsoft? Read on for the juicy details.
We are 100% Linux based company. We develop software products and deliver services in Java (cross-platform), PHP and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mysterious-call-from-microsoft-inquiring-about-windows-evil-nexus-with-dell/</link>
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		<title>Nice Free Hindi Cartoons from Kaak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this site for nice cartoons in Hindi. Kaak is a popular caroonist in Hindi dailies spanning several decades. The site is unfortunately visible properly in Internet Explorer only. There is a big archive of past cartoons, mostly focussed on current issues and politics.
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nice-free-hindi-cartoons-from-kaak/</link>
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