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					<description><![CDATA[Today Blue Dart sent me an SMS to say it has delivered a packet—to Shalini. Good for them, and for &#8230;<p><a href="https://shailsnest.com/2026/07/16/name-games/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently I had an unusual experience. “She’s very stubborn!” I looked up, half-smiling, expecting it to be some joke at &#8230;<p><a href="https://shailsnest.com/2026/07/09/the-trouble-with-labels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>MicroBlog Mondays: The Missing Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rain, where art thou? It’s July, and you have barely poured for a week or so, that too intermittently. Not &#8230;<p><a href="https://shailsnest.com/2026/07/06/microblog-mondays-the-missing-rain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Six Seven</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is not a milestone birthday, just a birthday as birthdays go. So I am not sure what I want &#8230;<p><a href="https://shailsnest.com/2026/06/25/the-six-seven/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Microblog Mondays: What, It’s Monday Already?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I read somewhere that time seems to move faster for older people—and older I definitely am—than for those young. Even &#8230;<p><a href="https://shailsnest.com/2026/06/15/microblog-mondays-what-its-monday-already/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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