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		<title>1984 &#8211; The Sikh Massacre in Delhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reproduced below is a recent Facebook dialogue between me and friends about the 1984 Sikh massacre in Delhi, India. The dialogue is presented verbatim with correction of typos. &#8212; Gurdas &#8211; 1984, Delhi, India. 3000 Sikhs massacred in less than 48 hours. That is one Sikh every minute. Not shot in a riot or street wars, but burnt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=385&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea off at par friendships</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 01:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an avid tea drinker. Not that I drink gallons of it, just that I cherish each sip. A well brewed cup of tea (and that rules out any tea made by a machine) can do wonders to my mood. I can get almost intoxicated. And tea has led to many a memorable conversation with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=344&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The WC and the guard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had purchased an apartment last year and, as the building nears completion, some families have moved in. I decided to move in only when the building is fully done. But I am involved in issues of common maintenance and upkeep. Which brings me to the subject of this blog: the common water closet (WC), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=119&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The rebellion of 1994</title>
		<link>http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/10/16/the-rebellion-of-1994/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You cannot start a sentence with &#8216;but&#8217; or &#8216;because&#8217;&#8221;, Mrs. Pandit said in a reprimanding tone as she stared me down. &#8220;Yes, I can&#8221;, I said, half expecting to be thrown out of the English Language class. I proved her wrong and she acted hostile for the complete week. The year was 1994 and my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=104&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A day in my daughter&#8217;s life</title>
		<link>http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/10/06/a-day-in-my-daughters-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrounded by the din of the marketplace, I began my ritual of reading the newspaper. I had on me merely Rs. 10 for purchasing the two newspapers which carried news of the health camp we conducted yesterday. As I was scanning the pages, my daughter asked me for some money. She must have read the questioning look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=101&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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