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	<title>India Political Blog</title>
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	<description>About governance, consumer rights, and politics in India</description>
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		<title>Lalu heavily criticizes Bardhan</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/19/lalu-heavily-criticizes-bardhan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Left]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you consider the pedigree of these 2 gentlemen, RJD chief Lalu Prasad (who is a self-claimed socialist having risen up through the support of the people), and CPI leader AB Bardhan (and of course the Communists always consider themselves to be the representatives of the people, even if the ungrateful people do not elect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court gives friendly advice to property buyers</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/17/supreme-court-gives-friendly-advice-to-property-buyers/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/17/supreme-court-gives-friendly-advice-to-property-buyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/17/supreme-court-gives-friendly-advice-to-property-buyers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a warning right from the Supreme Court for home owners. People get attracted to the flats and houses offered by real estate builders, more so when they are offered by reputed and large builders. At the same time, the terms and conditions of the deals offered by these builders can be complex, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karat wants Speaker Chaterjee to quit over nuclear deal</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/15/karat-wants-speaker-chaterjee-to-quit-over-nuclear-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/15/karat-wants-speaker-chaterjee-to-quit-over-nuclear-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Left]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/15/karat-wants-speaker-chaterjee-to-quit-over-nuclear-deal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Left has always modeled itself on its adherence to political probity, and to good norms (in the process considering itself the party with the highest morals); of course it is another matter that people who cannot stand the policies of the Left (and its pandering to an out-dated economic model and to its adherence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Protectors or … ?</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/08/police-protectors-or/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/08/police-protectors-or/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gujrat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Punishment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accountable]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian police works under manuals and guides written during British times where the main aim was to protect the rulers from the ruled. Further, in urban and rural areas both, the police is also used as an extension of the power of the local political leaders; a side effect of these factors is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symbolic gesture for river cleaning in Lucknow</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/06/symbolic-gesture-for-river-cleaning-in-lucknow/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/06/symbolic-gesture-for-river-cleaning-in-lucknow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/06/symbolic-gesture-for-river-cleaning-in-lucknow/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian rivers are extremely polluted, and have been so for a long time now. It is all the more horrible since we consider many of these rivers as holy and worship them; the waters of the river Ganga find a very holy spot in Hindu culture. And yet, the waters of most of these rivers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress on the nuclear deal despite the Left</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/05/progress-on-the-nuclear-deal-despite-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/05/progress-on-the-nuclear-deal-despite-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Left]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/05/progress-on-the-nuclear-deal-despite-the-left/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who would have believed that something like this could happen even a month back ? When last year the Prime Minister had declared that his (actually, the Congress party of Sonia Gandhi) was not a one-issue Government, it was taken for granted that with the Left putting a veto on the nuclear deal, and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official losing salary for being tardy</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/02/official-losing-salary-for-being-tardy/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/02/official-losing-salary-for-being-tardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Punishment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Babudom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maharashtra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/02/official-losing-salary-for-being-tardy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you really believe this ? That Government officials would actually lose salary for being late to office. Most citizens of this country, who run after officials, and have to put up with babus who are not be found in their seats, or have not yet reached office even many hours after the scheduled time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education officer penalized under RTI Act</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/02/education-officer-penalized-under-rti-act/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/02/education-officer-penalized-under-rti-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Punishment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Babudom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RTI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accountable]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I normally celebrate every use of RTI, and write about it as much as I can; in the hope that all these articles can make a difference and encourage more people to use this tool to get the information that they desire rather than wait behind the dark wall of babudom. Waiting to get information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving parents behind</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/01/leaving-parents-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/01/leaving-parents-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/07/01/leaving-parents-behind/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I came across a situation that was terribly distressing. There was a school friend of mine (we are talking about the late 80&#8217;s) with whom I had lost contact some years back. During the time that I remember spending with him in school, he was a good friend. However, as happens many times when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark windows on cars - violation of laws</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/06/30/dark-windows-on-cars-violation-of-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/06/30/dark-windows-on-cars-violation-of-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Convenience]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Citizen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2008/06/30/dark-windows-on-cars-violation-of-laws/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really wonder sometimes about whether we should blame the ordinary citizen or the police when you see laws and rules being broken so easily in the country. I was witness to something that left me wondering about this question. We see traffic rules normally broken very casually on the roads (speed limit, usage of [...]]]></description>
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