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		<title>Delusional ideas about the calibre of poor children!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/31/poor-children-have-a-poor-caliber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/31/poor-children-have-a-poor-caliber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ameeta watsal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnad goswami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethany high school in bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right to education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I switched on the news recently and there she was – a parent whose child studies at Bethany High school (Bangalore), saying something to this effect: “How can you place two types of children – poor and rich – students of different “calibre” alongside in the same class?” The assumption was that the calibre of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our education: High hopes and unrequited dreams!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/07/our-education-high-hopes-and-unrequited-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/07/our-education-high-hopes-and-unrequited-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IN the last few weeks I heard two young guns cussing (vociferously) for being coerced into pursuing a BCom degree at a young, impressionable age.
They mean no offense to the discipline but they question the role it played in shaping their careers (which is according to them is zilch). Today, one boy is a scholar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we the people, okay with rising prices? Yes, it seems!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/05/are-we-the-people-okay-with-rising-prices-yes-it-seems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/07/05/are-we-the-people-okay-with-rising-prices-yes-it-seems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bandh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price rise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ON the onset, let me say that I don’t give a rat’s arse about either the party in power or those in the opposition. They both upset me in equal measure for varied reasons. So, I don’t really gravitate towards entire parties, just a few mavericks here and there who are all about getting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Goans are squealing like pigs</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/06/28/why-goans-are-squealing-like-pigs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/06/28/why-goans-are-squealing-like-pigs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE invasion of swanky housing projects has been a reality since The Great Depression (perhaps earlier). And now they are taking over the Goan landscape. Here&#8217;s a quick 101 on the state of affairs in India’s soon-to-be erstwhile paradise.
On May 17, 100 Goan activists were jailed and subsequently released for peaceful protests against the lack [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muscat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burqa ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslims]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1090</guid>
		<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>100 Goan activists arrested for peaceful protest</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/05/17/100-goan-activists-arrested-for-peaceful-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/05/17/100-goan-activists-arrested-for-peaceful-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digambar kamat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;When non-violent Indian protests decadent governance, no one notices. when violence reigns, India watches in horror&#8221;
 


On the afternoon of May 17 (Monday),  I received a frantic phonecall from Arjun, a friend and son of Judith, one of the activists who was arrested. According to Arjun, this is what transpired in Goa, right  outside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweeple and the PPP (politics for personal profit)</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/04/27/tweeple-and-the-ppp-politics-for-personal-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/04/27/tweeple-and-the-ppp-politics-for-personal-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arun jaitley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Lal/ Ruchika)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shashi tharoor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vir sanghvi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
SOMETIME back, in my capacity as concerned nee cynical citizen, I tweeted that Indian politics has degenerated to such abysmal levels that no matter what a politician says, I shall consider it false until proven true.
No matter what the news channels, magazines and other news sources report, it’s best to be suspicious and take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay night out!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/31/gay-night-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/31/gay-night-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WHEN a gay fashion designer invites one for the opening of his new signature store, be ready for both drama and surprise. Not that all gay people are dramatic. Some folks are subtle, and prefer maintaining a low profile (such as my friend Sunshine).
But coming back to the evening, post working the zombie hour for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He’s a pistol. Not an AK-47</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/29/he%e2%80%99s-a-pistol-not-an-ak-47/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/29/he%e2%80%99s-a-pistol-not-an-ak-47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal welfare in india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daffy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merril diniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO for animals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last one month or so I have been coordinating with a local NGO, which works towards the welfare of animals, especially street dogs. I wanted to get ma boy Daffy – a little street un’ whom I feed everyday &#8211; vaccinated. Many people feed street animals but don’t vaccinate them. Besides it being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eggetarian days</title>
		<link>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/27/eggetarian-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merrildiniz.com/2010/03/27/eggetarian-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merril</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullfighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetarianism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merrildiniz.com/?p=1007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I AM giving eggetarianism a serious shot. It’s not a health and fitness decision, but an emotional one (as my Editor pointed out); I realise that I can no longer suffer the cruel methods used to butcher animals in this country (maybe others, too).
One of the worst killing rituals I have witnessed is the excruciatingly [...]]]></description>
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