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		<title>For want of a nail, the war was lost!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us would have heard this story and the above statement. In similar lines, I believe, India is getting very vulnerable with increasing dependence on foreign countries (US, UK, France, Israel, Russia…I don’t know how many more) for its defense needs – big or small nails (aircrafts to carriers to sensors to engines to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=125&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piracy, Mafia &amp; Terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having a casual conversation with my colleagues on &#8216;Piracy&#8217;. Interesting twist to that conversation was: piracy is linked to mafia (organised crime) &#38; terrorism! So, if one is buying a pirated movie CD/DVD or sofware or books, they might be contributing to TERRORISM! A scenario: If as a local bootlegger, if one tries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=123&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to align your day-to-day activities towards what you want to achieve in life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to align your day-to-day activities towards what you want to achieve in life? Answer: Using a tool called ‘Management by objectives (MBO) or Management for Objectives (MFO)’! Oh! WoW! Such a short answer?! So, what is this about? MFO / MBO, a concept from Total Quality Management (TQM), aligns ‘Vision’ of a company to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=116&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from my experience* &#8211; Part 1 of n</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) Being content in life gives happiness. [Make the most of what you have / get] 2) When you pray, don&#8217;t ask anything. Just pray. Things will be taken care off for you. 3) Whether it is your friend or relative, trying to see yourself in them, will only result in a troubled relationship. Understand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=105&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yeh dosti! Karunanidhi &amp; Prabhakaran:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karunanidhi &#38; Prabhakaran: I saw in NDTV, Karunanidhi calling himself a friend of Prabhakaran. Head of State associating himself with a terrorist outfit head! Hmm&#8230;what an attitude! Certainly, this kind of statements by a responsible and experienced politician, who is also the head of state, is troubling to me and would keep the morale of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=103&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tamilnadu bandh 23 Apr 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate that politicians are showing great interest on what is happening in Srilanka. However, I don&#8217;t know, whether it is a genuine interest or the usual nature of politicians to draw political mileage (especially during election period!), I don&#8217;t know! However due to their recent action &#8216;Bandh in TN&#8217;, I am inclined to believe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=99&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What we eat is what we are!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 04:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all: A close friend of mine has contributed this article on food and the quality it imbibes into us, as we consume them. I thank the person for bringing this new dimension on food. You may post your comments / thoughts / questions and I would get it answered by my friend. Article: Foods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=98&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Few Bright Sparks</title>
		<link>http://katabaticwind.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/few-bright-sparks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came to know of these great intellectuals from Marginal Revolution by Tyler Cowen (as written by Tyler Cowen) I have been reading / researching on contributions by Indian thinkers – from vedic period to current period. Once I make some progress, I will post it. Until then, you may read about these great people! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=97&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Day Theme</title>
		<link>http://katabaticwind.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/womens-day-theme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Gain Identity and come out of oppression through One mind&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=96&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kimi &amp; Ferrari World Champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello world! Kimi &#38; Ferrari World Champions!!! What a great race it was!!! People a nail biting finish! Until the last few laps how many permutations &#38; combinations  were put into motion. For Ferrari fans a sigh of relief when Kubica overtook Alonso for P3 and Hamilton went down the positions (unfortunately). But tension was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katabaticwind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=924586&amp;post=94&amp;subd=katabaticwind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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