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		<title>The Paradox of Carefree Perfectionism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The throbbing pain has almost spread to my right elbow now, can barely feel my fingers over the numbness that had long replaced the burn. I look up to find the stopwatch mercilessly taunting me with 57 minutes and 3 seconds screaming across the display. To be frank, I did&#8217;nt need to maintain Jhala for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CRICKET ! TERA JAWAB NAHI!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post goes out to The Indian Cricket Captain Anil Kumble and all of Team India that has been subjected to an unfair defeat in Australia aided by &#8220;lop sided&#8221; umpiring. As many as 9 ( yes thats right, 9!) umpiring bloopers went against key Indian batsmen and bowlers alike who showed what true sportsmen [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>At The &#8220;Bhavan&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The morning after I found myself staring at the last water hole left in the Sahara and much like moths to a flame, all the beasts were jockeying for position and the last remaining drops of the life giving liquid. I am talking metaphorically of course. What I am describing here was the sight at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our First Concert at Manchester.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone! I’m back as promised with the details of the tour. I will break up this up into 4 or 5 different posts detailing each concert separately. It was the evening of the 11th of September, as we boarded the Emirates flight from Kolkata to Dubai onto London, Heathrow. I was in my best [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy !!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello and a very delightful Durga Puja to you all. Sorry for the long delay but I have been guilty of taking a long break winding down from the hectic England tour which I must confess , has been a resounding success. The publicity, attendance and sales all went well beyond what we expected. And [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCHEDULE OF UK TOUR</title>
		<link>https://18strings.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/schedule-of-uk-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, here is the schedule of the UK tour starting from 15th to 29th September. The time given is according to the UK zone. First concert is in Manchester at 7pm on 15th September. Second concert is in London at 6pm on 16th September. Third concert is in Newcastle at 1pm on 19th September. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back To Basics&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://18strings.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/back-to-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In sticking with evening ragas, I came across Yaman today. You know, we often to over look the beauty that is there in the basics. As anyone who has ever learned any form of Hindustani classical music knows, Yaman is the raaga that is used to ease the new student in. And it is this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Another Day, Another Raaga&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Everybody out there,sorry for the 2 DAY hiatus. I know I was supposed to post on a daily basis but renovation is really taking  its toll on my schedule. Anyways ,I moved on to the next raags on mu practice list and it just happened to be on of my favorites, namely Naiki Kanada. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Day 2, A little shaky&#8230;..</title>
		<link>https://18strings.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/day-2-a-little-shaky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was Hameer day today just as I had promised it would be but, morning brought with it a lot of unexpected detours , making it necessary for me to combine my first 2 practice session into a double session at 3 in the afternoon! Now on to Hameer (click here to know more about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>T minus 24 days and counting&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://18strings.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/t-minus-24-days-and-counting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the Tour of England coming up in 24 days, its time for me to get down to some serious practice. My regime consists of mostly evening and night ragas like Bihag, Hameer, Yaman, Naiki Kanada etc to name some of them. I have decided to break up my practice into 3 sessions of one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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