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	<title>Lapses of lingy... &#187; Reflections</title>
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		<title>Goa diaries II &#8211; Isle of hope&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/08/09/down-by-the-riverside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
THE SHENANIGANS of lil&#8217; Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn sprang to mind as we travelled down to the ole’ riverside of Ilha De Rachol, located a stone&#8217;s throw away from my native village Raia in Goa.
“In the 1600s, our ancestors who lived here, ran away to escape the plague,” my father shared as we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little artists</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/07/28/little-artists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[puppies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ALWAYS considered myself to be hopeless with kids (unlike with puppies and kitties). But perhaps I am not as hopeless as I anticipated. The two rascals who live above my office did something so sweet – it put smiles on my face and a spring in my step. I walked into office one morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money and spirituality &#8211; where the twain meets</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/07/26/money-and-spirituality-where-the-twain-meets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[daily gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wes hopper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[words of wisdom by wes hope, the guru of daily gratitude...]]></description>
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		<title>Girls just wanna have fun&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/07/24/back-to-school-behind-the-scenes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[career planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Noida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rajat rao]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A COUPLE of months back I visited a school on the outskirts of Noida. The address didn’t mention a sector number, which made it tough to locate as people in Noida are now programmed to think in sectors. “What do you expect? This is a poor community,” the principal said. My experience culminated in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>cities changing people</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/07/09/cities-changing-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new delhi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it a coincidence that two people on the very same day relate how the city over time, has altered the fabric of their personalities?
“Delhi has made me a really, really mean person,” fesses&#8217; M, the soft contours of her face turning jagged as she explains how this sweet girl morphed into a hard-nosed woman. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In whom we trust</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/05/28/in-whom-we-choose-to-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 07:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal lovers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[friendicoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murphy's law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
NO cliché is truer than the one that goes: A dog is a man’s best friend. It holds water. And with very good reason.
Every now and then, when people snigger between the shadows at those who obsess over canines, their common refrain being “I bet they don’t treat human beings this well,” I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to talk to hearing impaired folks!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/04/01/tips-to-communicate-with-the-deaf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cafe coffee day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Coffee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mphasis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noida deaf society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[siliconindia.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the deaf way foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quick guide to help everyone communicate smoothly with hearing impaired girls and boys!]]></description>
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		<title>The King’s speech therapist</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/03/28/the-king%e2%80%99s-speech-therapist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2011/03/28/the-king%e2%80%99s-speech-therapist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geoffery Rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lionel Logue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The King’s Speech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The King's Speech offers a beautiful career lesson for all of us - if we care, we can achieve a lot more. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you scared of a Muslim?</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/06/14/single-muslim-career-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/06/14/single-muslim-career-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muscat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burqa ban]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A COUPLE of weeks back a close friend from Mumbai popped down to Delhi for a work trip. Right off the bat I noticed she wasn’t sporting her pristine white Hijab; she donned it some years back as an experiment, felt comfy wearing it. It was here to stay. Or so we thought.
Sadly, this pristine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Goa: Food, sleep, Ruchika ‘n’ paid news</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2009/12/30/in-goa-food-sleep-ruchika-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-paid-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2009/12/30/in-goa-food-sleep-ruchika-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-paid-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lassie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Goa trip mostly comprised food, sleep, church, food, sleep, playing with Lassie, food, sleep, listening to the waves, food and sleep. But watching a little TV did inspire some reflections on several issues such as where our Indian democracy is headed, paid news, et al.
While the Ruchika case is no doubt gaining media mileage, [...]]]></description>
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