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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Politics</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
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		<title>Raw Opinions on India Today 9/21/2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some raw unfiltered opinions on India today:
On cricket:
1. 20/20 cricket is a joke. I have a better idea: 5/5 cricket and there should be no fielders except the wicketkeeper to fetch the ball and the bowler. And give the bat to lathi-wielding cops. It will be much more entertaining.
2. Only in India you can shelve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/raw-opinions-on-india-today-9212007/</link>
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		<title>The Right To Kill &#038; The Right To Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently started exploring a rather alarming phenomenon, which was there all along but has very recently been highlighted to me. Let&#8217;s say a person has been attacked by members of a particular community. The normal reaction I would have expected is general condemnation of the attack even from the members of the same community. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-right-to-kill-the-right-to-live/</link>
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		<title>Taslima Nasreen: Muslim Fundamentalism Rears Its Ugly Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a crying shame for India that in Hyderabad, famed internationally acclaimed Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen was attacked, with intention to kill, by muslim fundamentalists from MIM party which includes MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) who stated that he was a muslim first and MLA later. His attempt to kill was derided by a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/taslima-nasreen-muslim-fundamentalism-rears-its-ugly-head/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on US Presidential Election &#038; Candidates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US is standing on the cusp of the single most important event since the abolition of slavery and women&#8217;s suffrage. In the coming Presidential election democrats are generally being considered as having a greater chance to win. Two of the prominent democrat candidates are Senator Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of ex-President Bill Clinton, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/thoughts-on-us-presidential-election-candidates/</link>
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		<title>Barack Obama Creates Social Networking Site for Presidential Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama, US presidential candidate, has taken a huge leap forward from his contemporaries by creating his own social networking site, in addition to maintaining his presence in YouTube and MySpace (possibly unofficial) and other places.
I just registered and created a blog to test the site. Currently the site is very slow with most requests [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/barack-obama-creates-social-networking-site-for-presidential-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Bush Still A &#8220;Miserable Failure&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google announced that they have devised an algorithm to defuse Google bombs like &#8220;Miserable Failure&#8221; pointing to the current President of USA - George W Bush. Currently &#8220;miserable failure&#8221; in Google points to a BBC article explaining the hoax. 
However in MSN and Yahoo search engines the search for &#8220;msierable failure&#8221; still leads to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bush-still-a-miserable-failure/</link>
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		<title>China Vows To Purify Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese Communist Party big shot Hu Jintao today announced China&#8217;s intention to maximise the economic potential of the web, while seeking to &#8220;purify the internet environment&#8221;, Reuters reports.
The comments came as the party&#8217;s politburo met to cast an eye over China&#8217;s burgeoning internet - boasting 137m registered users at the end of 2006, up by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/china-vows-to-purify-internet/</link>
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		<title>India In Brief On The Republic Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Goldman Sacks predicts India will beat US by 2050, lagging only behind China in economy. I think it will be much sooner.
2. Moninder Singh Pandher, accused cannibal and serial killer of several dozens of children and teenagers, and his man Friday got lynched by lawyers in court premises. Talk about lawyers taking law in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-in-brief-on-the-republic-day/</link>
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		<title>The Shame of Iraq &#038; CNN and The Big Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USA and its puppet government finally commited the lynching (for lack of better word) of Saddam Hussein. He was no saint, but in light of the headcount Bush Jr. ranks higher, much higher.
CNN widely reported the last words of Saddam as &#8220;Muqtada Al Sadr&#8221;. In reality they were - &#8220;Heya hay il marjala…?&#8221; which is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-shame-of-iraq-cnn-and-the-big-question/</link>
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		<title>NSFW: Song On George Bush&#8217;s Lies &#038; Clinton&#8217;s Cigar Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to warn you that the song is not suitable for minors, (some) republicans and prudes. It is NSFW if you use speakerphones to listen at work. It is absolutely hilarious. It beautifully summarizes and compares the Presidency of George Bush (so far) &#038; Bill Clinton. He covers all the bases including my favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/adult-song-on-george-bushs-lies-clintons-you-know-what/</link>
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