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		<title>Shallow contempt? No&#8230;only deep disappointment!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s Mint&#8217;s Lounge, Aakar Patel takes head-on Ramachandra Guha on his article on the Prime Minister (Telegraph, December 31 2011) and through him the middle-class&#8217;s contempt for the Prime Minister and terms it &#8216;shallow&#8217;. (To be sure, Mr. Guha does not use the word contempt, he only cites disappointment)  Now, I should admit, &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/shallow-contempt-no-only-deep-disappointment/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=427&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>23C</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For four years during my engineering days, I travelled in Route 23C to commute to college. The commute in the morning was usually spent on reading The Hindu or for the tests/exams. Had some wonderful friends sharing the commute too. Sabine Saravanan was the most regular and we both used to board at the Ayanavaram &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/23c/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=421&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The most asked question :P</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A most asked question, in one form or the other, especially nowadays. I have answered this question already twice today, and my day is only starting!. I have found it not so difficult to answer though. And for once, I could not be accused of inconsistency at least. I always give the same answer. I always &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/the-most-asked-question-p/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=412&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unbundling Creative Potential &#8211; Professor Ramnath Narayanswamy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this interesting TEDx talk on &#8216;Unbundling creative potential&#8217; by Professor Ramnath Narayanswamy.  I was fortunate to be taught by Professor Ramanth in my first year at IIM Bangalore. He constantly urged us to think out of the box and question continously, thoughts that are echoed in this presentation. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=400&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom from the past</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one Tamil poem that most who have learnt Tamil in schools would have come across. Part of the Purananuru (Puram + Nanuru = external + 400), a collection of 400 songs belonging to the Sangam period of Tamil literature (600 BC to 300 AD) that provides wisdom on external aspects of human life. While &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/wisdom-from-the-past/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=397&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ஜகத்தினை அழிக்காமலேயே!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;தனி ஒருவனுக்கு உணவில்லையெனில் ஜகத்தினை அழித்திடுவோம்!&#8221; பெரிய பெரிய உணவகங்களுக்கு  சென்று உண்ணும் பொது சில சமயம் முண்டாசுக் கவிஞனின் இந்த கூவல் நினைவுக்கு வருவதுண்டு. நான் ஒருவன் சாப்பிடும் காசுக்கு பலரின் பசியை போக்கலாமே என்று. ஆனால் என்னை மாற்றிக்கொள்ளும் பக்குவம் இன்னமும் வரவில்லை. இன்று காலை வேலை செய்ய மனமில்லாமல் இணையத்தில் சஞ்சரித்துக்கொண்டிருந்த போது இந்த பதிவுகளை வாசிக்க நேரிட்டது. மிகவும் சாதாரணமான மனிதர்கள். ஆனால் தாங்கள் செய்யும் உணவுத் தொழிலை வியாபார நோக்குடனே அணுகாமல் பல எளியவரின் பசியையும் போக்குகிறார்கள். இவர்களின் கதைகள் வாழ்கையில் &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/%e0%ae%9c%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%b2%e0%af%87%e0%ae%af%e0%af%87/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=393&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rajiv Gandhi</title>
		<link>http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/rajiv-gandhi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 17:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manikandan K S</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 20th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi. I still remember vividly the moments I heard the news of his assasination. It was holidays. And I had been to my grandparent&#8217;s place and stayed overnight, a rare instance. We were sleeping when we heard noise on the streets in the middle of the night. &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://excitingjourney.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/rajiv-gandhi/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=excitingjourney.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1046349&amp;post=386&amp;subd=excitingjourney&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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