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		<title>The Ticking Time Bomb that is India&#8217;s Population</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Absorb these facts: One out of every 6 people in the world live within the geo-political boundaries of India, which makes this country the second most populous country in the world. Yet, despite having this large number of human minds who can potentially innovate, invent, imagine, achieve, and uncover great value, India remains one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2012: A Review of My Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 22,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Homosexuality and its Discontents</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is not far from the truth to complain that &#8220;most gay men want nothing more than casual sex.&#8221; Often one hears this refrain from older guys who perceive an alarming level of apparent promiscuity among the younger ones; one hears this also from young boys who seem to come manufactured with a built-in &#8220;monogamously [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Amen: A Victim of Abuse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A word of Hebrew origin, amen means so be it, truly. Amen also happens to be the name of a movie inspired by the life of Harrish Iyer&#8211;an enterprising, entertaining, and enthusiastic young man; a friend of mine; and a persistent voice for the rights of sexual abuse victims and the queer community. The story behind the creation of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The New Socialist: An Achievement in Illogical Radicalism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Knowing leftists and socialists, you can count on them being unable to string a coherent sentence. So, reading leftist material and theories become akin to watching static noise on television; there&#8217;s absolutely no sense in what is actually on the screen, but if you stare long enough, you can imagine some illusory patterns. That&#8217;s how [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Monogamy May Not Be Sexual Fidelity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think some clarity is required around the varieties of legitimate romantic relationship designs. In particular, we must dispel this notion that monogamy is identical to sexual fidelity. In reality, truly loving and healthy romantic relationships can occur in at least the following designs. The different is merely in the negotiation of boundaries, keeping in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Homosexuality is Unnatural</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/homosexuality-is-unnatural/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A case of deep-rooted fear and self-loathing The idea that homosexuality is unnatural is held widely not just among the religiously tainted but also by those who support the rights of LGBT persons. Perhaps this is because the experience of same-sex attraction is so incredibly difficult to imagine for heterosexuals that they prefer to let it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Pressures of being an Intellectual</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/the-pressures-of-being-an-intellectual/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The pressures of being an editorial columnist, journalist, or some kind of published intellectual can put real strain on your abilities to reach rational, honest conclusions. Because, in this information age, we interact within a massive marketplace of ideas&#8211;a market that is constantly and rapidly updating itself with newer, better, more provocative, more sensational ideas. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Psychology of the Rioters in England</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-psychology-of-the-rioters-in-england/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days, as I read the reports about the sickening and terrible loss of lives and property at the hands of looters and marauders in England, I wondered what could have caused such a spectacle. There was a nagging sense that I was witnessing a rotten malaise spreading within the minds of the youth in England. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Explaining Postmodernism by Dr. Stephen Hicks</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/explaining-postmodernism-by-dr-stephen-hicks/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My trip to Italy provided a fitting background for me while I finished reading the brilliant book Explaining Postmodernism: From Rousseau to Foucault by Dr. Stephen Hicks. This book should be required reading for all university graduates&#8211;especially those of liberal arts and humanities. The essential thesis of this book is: The failure of epistemology made [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why You Should Not Support Anna Hazare&#8217;s LokPal Bill</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/why-you-should-not-support-anna-hazares-lokpal-bill/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As an Indian, I am not in favor of Anna Hazare&#8216;s Lokpal bill in any form. Anna Hazare wants to form an autonomous authority that will monitor the activities of politicians and bureaucrats (i.e., the existing government) and hold them accountable for their actions. In essence, that&#8217;s creating a powerful, autonomous, non-representative authority, with a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">893</post-id>
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		<title>Compromise with Abhay Kumar</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/compromise-with-abhay-kumar/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Just that sort of a day]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ergosum.wordpress.com/?p=889</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I apologize to Abhay Kumar and his family for causing them agony and harm through my actions, which I accept now, were not justified. The entire episode has been a result of misunderstanding, which has now been sorted.]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">Ergo</media:title>
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		<title>Release of &#8220;Atlas Shrugged&#8221; in Marathi</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/release-of-atlas-shrugged-in-marathi/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Professor Mugdha Karnik from the University of Mumbai had undertaken the monumental task of translating Ayn Rand&#8217;s epic novel Atlas Shrugged into Marathi &#8212; the regional language of the state of Maharashtra&#8211;one of the most populous states in the country. I have personally heard Prof. Karnik read an excerpt from her translation during one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">878</post-id>
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			<media:title type="html">Ergo</media:title>
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		<title>My Blog Review in 2010: Wow!</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/my-blog-review-in-2010-wow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here&#8217;s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 26,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">Healthy blog!</media:title>
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		<title>The Story behind Our Entry into the Atlas Shrugged Video Contest</title>
		<link>https://ergosum.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/the-story-behind-our-entry-into-the-atlas-shrugged-video-contest/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My friends and I submitted the &#8220;Sixth Sense&#8221; video. Admittedly, the philosophy and concept behind the video is not easily accessible at first&#8211;beyond the most obvious message to &#8220;Think&#8221;; so, I&#8217;ll just give a brief explanation of our thoughts that went into creating the script of the movie and then the movie itself. First, when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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