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		<title>A Different Plain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been a long time since I last wrote a blog here. My apologies to anyone who has been visiting this page, but returning with nothing new. I have been on a different plain in the last few months! No no, I am still on the same planet, same country where I have lived for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=906&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wait&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day I set the alarm clock in my mobile, praying for the morning to come soon. And sure it does&#8230; Every day I count the number of hours passed. And sure they pass successfully, by the dozen&#8230; Every day I watch as the second&#8217;s hand makes thousands of rounds. And sure it never tires&#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=899&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cricket and Interruptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cricket matches played in Australia, England and New Zealand always used to fascinate me as a child. This fascination was not because of the quality of the cricket on display, but more because of the weather conditions and the stadiums where the matches were played. The lush green grounds, nice breezy weather and the sea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=890&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the dry desert sands of dead habit, a weary and tired traveller suddenly comes across some new leaves &#8211; fresh, pure, green, beautiful. He is inspired for more sightseeing, more distance. When you have been using a camera for a long time, unaware of a number of hidden features, and you suddenly come across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=879&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days whenever I talk to my friends and ask them how are things in life, one common answer I always get to hear is &#8220;Nothing&#8221;! Its as if nothing is happening in life. As a matter of fact even I have used this answer every now and then. &#8220;Nothing new is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=871&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I observe things in life, the more I am convinced that a lot of stuff happening around us follows a certain pattern. There are certain patterns that govern the functionality of things. These patterns follow a logical sequence, and there is nothing left to chance. If you are trying to model an entity, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=864&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>South of the Equator!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have spent more than a fortnight now in the land Down under. The city of Sydney is really lively and quite beautiful. A few observations I have made: 1 ) With total land area that is more than twice the size of India, and yet with less 2% of the population of India, you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=855&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For the Collective Good&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want a glass of water. I will go to the fridge and pour myself a glass of cool water. I want to travel to the nearest mall. I will get ready and move out of the house and take an auto or bus or own vehicle to get there. What is so simple about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=847&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What We Want!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is vast. We have a lot of dreams. Some of us get chances to work towards achieving the dreams. Some of us are able to convert those dreams into reality. Rest all the dreams remain what they are &#8211; dreams. Some of the dreams are big. Some dreams are small. Some dreams are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=828&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That Breaking News!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the good old days, we did not have too many media for news. The internet was still under studies of educational institutes and government labs. A solitary channel in India was our only window to the world of events. It was (ably) supported by radio and print media. I always used to wonder how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivekshankar13.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2844021&amp;post=821&amp;subd=vivekshankar13&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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