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		<title>PETA India: A Vegetarian Agenda For The People of India</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Beatles singer, songwriter and composer Sir Paul McCartney has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh asking him to declare January 12th as a meat-free day in India.  In his letter McCartney said that “It would be a celebration of life, all life”.  Coincidentally January 12th is also the anniversary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia Gandhi Destroying Indian Religion, Culture and Traditions</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2011/01/03/sonia-gandhi-destroying-indian-religion-culture-and-traditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“She (Sonia Gandhi) wants to destroy Indian religion, culture and traditions. We are opposing this, since we will not let this happen. She realizes that our strength is growing, and she is scared of our power. That is why she is opposing us. We are not in any way connected to extremism. Neither the VHP, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manmohan Singh Gets Blessings from Sai Baba!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The statement of Christ is simple. &#8216;He who sent me among you will come again!&#8217;, and he pointed to a Lamb. The Lamb is merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the Voice &#8211; Ba-Ba; the announcement was the Advent of Baba. &#8216;His name will be Truth,&#8217; Christ declared. Sathya means Truth. &#8216;He will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will India be Thrilled if GOP Wins the Midterms?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article published in the online magazine Slate, former Governor of New York State and a CNN talk show host Eliot Spitzer indicated that countries like Brazil, India and China will be thrilled if the Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections.  He wrote “We have three weeks to make this choice. Because if we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astrology in India: From a Nation of Science to a Nation of Idiots</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/09/09/astrology-in-india-from-a-nation-of-science-to-a-nation-of-idiots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh gave a very interesting answer to reporters when he was asked about the soaring inflation in India.  He said &#8220;Let us hope, it (inflation) will come down in the coming months. I am not an astrologer.&#8220;   Manmohan Singh is definitely not an astrologer but he is an economics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Culture and Values Eroding</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/09/01/indian-culture-and-values-eroding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my school days in India one of the routine rituals that we did as students was to stand up as the teacher entered the class room, say the appropriate salutations in unison and then sit down and get ready for the lecture.  This is a small way to show our respect for the teacher.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India and China: Contest or Friendship of the Century?</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/08/31/india-and-china-contest-or-friendship-of-the-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the Chinese economy became the second largest economy in the world in terms of GDP.  This news was covered and analyzed by most major media outlets in the United States.  Most analysts tried to downplay the impact by focusing on the per capita income of China rather than the GDP (the per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saffron Terrorism is Real</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/08/26/saffron-terrorists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Home Minister of India P Chidambaram found himself in the middle of a major controversy when he made a few comments relating to terrorism while addressing the chiefs of police forces.  Chidambaram said “There is no let-up in attempts to radicalize young men and women in India. Besides, there is the recently uncovered phenomenon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada Supporting Anti-Indian Sikh Movement</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/06/12/canada-supporting-anti-indian-sikh-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to embarrass India, a Canadian Indian politician with Sikh origins has introduced a motion in the Canadian parliament asking the Canadian government to declare the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 as a genocide.  This motion comes a few weeks before the Prime Minster of India Manmohan Singh’s visit to Canada to attend the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Tradition of not Accepting Resignations</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/04/11/indian-tradition-of-not-accepting-resignations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1956 the then Minister of Railways and Transport Lal Bahadur Shastri submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.  He did so after about 112 people were killed in a railway accident in Mahbubnagar.  Nehru refused to accept his resignation.  A few months later he resigned again because of another rail accident in Tamil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indians are weak in Science and Innovation</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/04/04/indians-are-weak-in-science-and-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister of India (Manmohan Singh) was in Pune this past week to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the famed National Chemical Laboratory (NCL). During his speech he expressed his concern at the number of students taking up science after the 10+2 stage (after high school). He said “It is important to bring our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Home Ministry in Shambles</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/01/02/home-ministry-in-shambles/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/01/02/home-ministry-in-shambles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Events of the past 12 months have completely exposed the incompetence of India’s Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) lead by Home Minister P. Chidambaram.  Chidambaram was transferred from the Finance Ministry to the Home Ministry after the Mumbai attacks during November of 2008.  It was widely assumed that individuals like Chidambaram were needed to tackle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twitter Wars</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2010/01/01/the-twitter-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Shashi Tharoor vs. S.M. Krishna and it involves Twitter.  I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would one day live to read about a political controversy involving two Indian politicians about what one of them wrote on Twitter.  When I think of an Indian politician the image that I see on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are Welcome Mr. Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/25/you-are-welcome-mr-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/25/you-are-welcome-mr-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our expanding cooperation in areas of social and human development, science and technology, energy, and other related areas will improve the quality of lives of millions of people in our country.  The success of the nearly 2.7 million strong American community is a tribute to our common ethos.  They have enriched and deepened our ties, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Back Seat Drivers</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/23/the-back-seat-drivers/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/23/the-back-seat-drivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a strong believer in a liberal democracy.  I think that it is the only form of government that a country as diverse as India can have.  Of course India can have an authoritarian regime like in China or a military dictatorship like you have in Pakistan and Myanmar but that would be against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can an Aam Admi Become India’s Prime Minister?</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/14/can-an-aam-admi-become-india%e2%80%99s-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/14/can-an-aam-admi-become-india%e2%80%99s-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am an aam aadmi (common man). If I can become the Prime Minister, then so can you. I came from a very ordinary, lower-middle class family. It is because of my education that I am what I am” These words were uttered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to children during the Children’s Day festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Legacy: George Bush and Manmohan Singh</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/02/shared-legacy-george-bush-and-manmohan-singh/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/11/02/shared-legacy-george-bush-and-manmohan-singh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Former President George W Bush is a great friend of our country.  We, in India, recognize the important role he played in the fruition of the civil nuclear cooperation initiative”.  These were the statements made by our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a Luncheon yesterday organized for George Bush who is visiting India.  President George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Back President Bush</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/10/31/welcome-back-president-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/10/31/welcome-back-president-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This may be my last visit to you during your presidency and let me say, thank you very much.  The people of India deeply love you”.  These were the words uttered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to then President George Bush when he visited the United States in September of last year.  Manmohan Singh and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do Indians Seek Acceptance From the West?</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/10/28/why-do-we-seek-acceptance-from-west/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/10/28/why-do-we-seek-acceptance-from-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I read an article that said that US President Barack Obama considers India and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as “part of his family”.  He reportedly made these statements to Sant Chatwal (who according to Indian newspaper reports was an “eminent Indian-American leader&#8221;).  Almost every media outlet in India reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding G-20 Meeting in Pittsburgh Does Not Make Sense</title>
		<link>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/09/23/g-20-meeting-should-be-held-in-pune-and-not-in-pittsburgh/</link>
		<comments>http://indiafirsthand.com/2009/09/23/g-20-meeting-should-be-held-in-pune-and-not-in-pittsburgh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a few days the G-20 summit will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  The Group of Twenty (G-20) was set up in 1999 and meets frequently to discuss key issues facing the global economy.  India is a member of this group along with the largest twenty economies of this world.  The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan [...]]]></description>
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