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		<title>Indian Constitution: President vs. Prime&#160;Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2010/01/27/indian-constitution-president-primeminister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all began while staring at a wordle of The Constitution of India. Something was not right. Words I was looking for like: Prime Minister and Chief Minister; did not stand out. Instead words like: Act, Amendment, President, Governor, State, Parliament, Union stood out. Where I was expecting a Parliamentary System of Constitution, with words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soothsayers of the Indian Constitution &#8211; Part&#160;I</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2010/01/25/soothsayers-of-the-indian-constitution-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is the Republic Day of India, the day (26th Jan, 1950) when the Constitution of India was adopted and India became a Republic. Recently, I have been going over the Constitution of India and the debates that took place in the Constituent Assembly, to learn more about our Constitution and the story behind it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Struggle in the Indian&#160;Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2010/01/16/power-struggle-in-the-indian-constitution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Constitution of India has many contradictions, attempts to diminish the power of the President and freedoms of the people. Here is a funny example introduced in the FORTY-SECOND AMENDMENT ACT, 1976 during the emergency when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister: Section (3) of Article 77 in the Constitution of India reads: (3) The President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of Public&#160;Education</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2009/09/21/power-of-public-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past I had a very from-the-outside-looking-in kind of opinion about public education. I used to think that it was all about the quality of education. But, all that changed after I started getting an insiders view of public education in the US through my wife&#8217;s experiences as an elementary school teacher. One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amartya Sen explores &#8220;The Idea of&#160;Justice&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2009/09/12/amartyasen-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2009/09/12/amartyasen-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the little endian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is inspired  (and in a way I am inspired to write again on KarmaDude) by an interview I heard of the revered Dr. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate and economist. As articulate and lucid as he is in his conversation and as verbosely profound he is in his writing, Dr Sen never fails to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love, Friendship, and&#160;Art</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2008/03/17/love-friendship-and-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2008/03/17/love-friendship-and-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter Ansel Adams, an icon of landscape photography, sent to his friend Cedric Wright on June 10, 1937 Dear Cedric, A strange thing happened to me today. I saw a big thundercloud move down over Half Dome, and it was so big and clear and brilliant that it made me see many things that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good-bye: An interesting&#160;Etymology</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2007/11/01/good-bye-an-interesting-etymology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2007/11/01/good-bye-an-interesting-etymology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good-bye Etymology: alteration of God be with you That sure can put an atheist in a dilemma!]]></description>
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		<title>The Sycomore Fig&#160;Tree</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2007/02/12/the-sycomore-fig-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2007/02/12/the-sycomore-fig-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trees and their stories have always fascinated me, and I admire great story tellers who tell the stories of some of the most magnificent trees on our planet. One such story is that of the Queen of Trees, the Sycomore Fig tree. I recently got to watch the evolutionary paradox and ecologically astound footprint of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Silent&#160;Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/05/19/a-silent-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/05/19/a-silent-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 18:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silent Valley, one of the treasures of Kerala, is a fascinating forest, deep in the Nilgiri&#8217;s. There is a perceived lack of noisy cicadas in this forest, and hence the name Silent Valley. Locally known as Sairandhrivanam, this small tract of forest is a wondrous creation of nature. Learn more about this enchanting forest through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequoia&#160;Semperviren</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/04/20/sequoia-semperviren/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/04/20/sequoia-semperviren/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sequoia Semperviren (always green), a scientific name that sounds as grandiose as the great giants among trees, the Redwood Trees of California. I have always heard about them, only seen them in pictures, and some day I hope to see their immense presence, and contemplate on my insignificance and how little we still know. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KarmaDude&#160;Chat</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/04/14/karmadude-chat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/04/14/karmadude-chat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across gabbly while on 24-7media forum , and had to try it out on this blog. So there is a new chat feature on the site using gabbly. I have also added a chat link to the main navigation. The feature will be evaluated for a month, and if it get&#8217;s used regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Commonwealth: A Post Colonial&#160;Club</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/20/the-commonwealth-a-post-colonial-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/20/the-commonwealth-a-post-colonial-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ignorant as I still am, I did not know anything about the Commonwealth until today. I was, at first, surprised when I read, &#8220;India picks three more gold&#8221;, but that surprise went poof after I read, India won 69 medals, including 30 gold, in the last Commonwealth Games in Manchester, in the same news article. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudoku&#160;Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/12/sudoku-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/12/sudoku-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am no Sudoku expert, but I thought it would be fun to have a little Sudoku Challenge. Play the Easy Level for Sunday March 12th, 2006, and post your time. Rules: 1. You can start over as many times as you want. 2. Make sure hints are off. 3. Use pause only if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Historians&#160;Dharma</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/10/a-historians-dharma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/10/a-historians-dharma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing the response to the Aryan Invasion Theory post, I thought it would be a good idea to get some expert opinion on the issue. So I emailed Indian Historian, Dr. Nayanjot Lahiri, asking her if she would be interested in doing a blog interview on AIT, here is her response: My schedule simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life at the Atomic&#160;Level</title>
		<link>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/10/life-at-the-atomic-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www.karmadude.com/2006/03/10/life-at-the-atomic-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarmaDude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we were to see things at the atomic level, what would the world look like? I began to think about this, after reading &#8220;Flaws of Perception&#8221; by Deepak Chopra, where he sheds light on how we function at the atomic level. It&#8217;s an interesting perceptive, to think in terms of the atoms, it&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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