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		<title>Indian Elections: Power to the people &#8212; literally</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically, at this time of the year, you will have to endure frequent power cuts. However, this summer in Bangalore, power cuts have been rare. It&#8217;s possible that the demand for electricity has gone down because of the slowing economy, but that does not explain it completely. The elections are round the corner: the incumbents  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/india/indian-elections-power-to-the-people-literally" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Embarrassments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Pratibha Patil has been given an embarrassing reception in Brazil and Mexico. In Mexico, her appearance at the Senate was cancelled and in Brazil, she had a 15-member audience. One assumes that there were official reasons provided.

If one wonders why, it is very simple. She is an un-inspiring, old-fashioned, dull and inarticulate Congress  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/india/presidents-embarassments" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VIP</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couple of days back, the captain of an Air India flight refused to take off with a MP (Member of Parliament) who barged into the cockpit and allegedly hurled abuses, including calling the pilot &#8220;a glorified driver&#8221;. The plane took off after the MP deplaned.

Not surprisingly, the MP and pilot have different versions of  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/india/vip" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Efficiency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day they are not there and the next day they are everywhere. I am amazed at the amount of work that was accomplished in such a short time. I am talking about huge posters of politicians that are displayed every few feet from the Airport to the location where large numbers of party workers/supporters  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/india/efficiency" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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