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		<title>Gulam Nabi Azad&#8217;s inspiration</title>
		<link>http://ratnakar.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/gulam-nabi-azads-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian central health and family welfare minister recently came up with a wonderful solution for the country&#8217;s population crisis. He was of the opinion that India&#8217;s population crisis can be addressed with one magic pill &#8211; no not the i-pill or unwanted-72, which I am told by the media are two of the best performing products [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=107&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leave no stones unturned !</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Leave no stones unturned&#8217;. Thats the golden rule when it comes to territorial claims and the related propaganda war.
DD News, the state owned 24 hours news channel, includes Gilgit and Chitral in its city/town weather report in its telecasts.
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		<title>The blue marble</title>
		<link>http://ratnakar.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/the-blue-marble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bumped into this at a souvenir shop on Swanston street in Melbourne. A map where southern hemisphere is on top, with the prime meridian criss crossing through Australia, Papua new guinea, Japan, Russia etc.  Looks completely different, contrary to our view of the world.  Mercator would be proud of this.
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		<title>Following reality show from down under</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 03:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Away from the action down under in Victoria, getting a broadband internet connection to follow the indian general election results, was numero uno on my things to do this morning. Thanks to my hotel, that was easier than making Maggi.
Interesting one, it might be this time, as we may see Dr Singh getting one more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=98&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Godly cash flows</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People think that the credit crunch is a creation of the 21st century. However, like the religious fundementalists say, all things are there in the scriptures. The Gods of India have a practical example of how individuals with low credit ratings are forced to accept loan terms which are frankly usurious. In contrast, we shall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=95&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looks like recession is really here !</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Took some time to realise and more importantly digest the same, but some reasons to believe recession is here definitely.
1. The pantry on my office workfloor used to stock badam powder, instant coffee powder, tea bags, Filter kaapi dicaution and of course fresh milk to mix with any of the above ingredients. A fortnight ago, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=88&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE Reality Show</title>
		<link>http://ratnakar.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/the-reality-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People tend to forget that long before Endemols and Alvas were wearing short pants, Nirvachan Sadan brought reality shows into India in 1952 itself. Common, what can be more real than a billion (discount the billion to what ever amount it was in 1952) people voting  across the country. And a point worth noting is that, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=74&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Invest in Das Kapital</title>
		<link>http://ratnakar.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/invest-in-das-kapital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady luck has always been terrible and awful with me in matters related to investing/trading/speculation, no matter what the underlying is. Take this example.
 
In mid 2003, I was wandering around in a busy street in Tirunelveli, on the southern tip of India, with a friend of mine. We spotted a pavement kiosk selling second hand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=70&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of two Bail outs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t seen much of legislative procedures(debates, voting etc) in other parliaments but for the Indian one, until last evening when most television channels were showing US congressional debate on the grand $700 bn bail out which it seems will be the anti dote for everything toxic that is going on in financial world. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=66&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s not so Taiwan !</title>
		<link>http://ratnakar.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/thats-not-so-taiwan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ratnakar</dc:creator>
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According to Wiki, Republic of China (a.k.a Taiwan) has the highest number of claims if all territorial disputes in South, South East and East Asia are taken into account. That would as well make Taiwan Numero Uno in the whole world for this category as the areas in question are notorious for territorial disputes. That’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ww.ratnakar.wordpress.com&blog=174556&post=57&subd=ratnakar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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