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		<title>Bollywood Sperm (book review)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What should I expect from a novella titled Bollywood Sperm? Anything Bollywood by itself is packed with controversy, spice, and silliness. Add Sperm and it becomes potent, ready to re-produce within you. Nikhil Tripathi’s first published work is good storytelling. An easy read that does not fail to raise uneasy questions. That said, this is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=983&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the joy of darkness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mann Hall, which houses the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering was plunged into &#8220;darkness&#8221; for a few hours today due to a transformer failure. In the two and a half years I have been here this is the first such incident. And it was tons of fun! No internet and spooky corridors. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=933&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Constant Ambassador</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is what we are. Constant Ambassadors to what is outside of us. From what is inside of us &#8211; our self, genders, faiths, nationalities, and race to name a few. When you talk to the barista, or the waitress, or the bus driver, do not take your words or actions lightly. Because you represent not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=472&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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>The Pink Chaddi (Underwear) Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stone-age fundamentalists attacked pub going women in Bangalore. See news clip here. Women replied by starting a campaign to send the fundamentalists pink chaddis (underwears) this Valentine&#8217;s day. See Pink Chaddi blog here. And their facebook page is here. I am completely bowled over by the ingenuity of this reply.  I see some faces going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gurdas.com&amp;blog=1048290&amp;post=266&amp;subd=guldasta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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