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		<title>Public Policy Analysis&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my limited experience and an even more limited knowledge, I think I understand the equation for good policy analysis.
Obviously, one needs to know what a policy is and how to analyse it, before getting to good analysis. How does one know what is a policy and discern between the good and the bad?
We all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=790&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Public Speaking&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first &#8211; I am no expert on Public Speaking. This is no treatise on Public Speaking.
As a Public Policy student at the Lee Kuan Yew School, I am exposed to a variety of Speakers on a daily basis. We have in-house speakers, in-house &#8220;star&#8221; speakers, visiting speakers, speakers who have other jobs but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=786&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t get wet whenever it rains. I can&#8217;t put my feet up on the table. I can&#8217;t not wash clothes. I can&#8217;t step out not having combed. I can&#8217;t sleep whenever &#38; wherever I like. I can&#8217;t eat whatever &#38; how much ever I like. I can&#8217;t say everything that comes to my mind. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=784&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge &amp; Ignorance&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bliss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 20 plus years of education, I do not know what I have gained. It is definitely not wisdom (which supposedly is an ultimate goal of life) or intelligence (which supposedly helps one make less mistakes). Somewhere lower in the order lies knowledge: defined in many ways as below:
– noun
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		<title>Rossi wins his 9th World Riders&#8217; Championship at Sepang&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike F1 over the past few seasons, MotoGP has reinvented itself, just when one thought Rossi has no competition, youngsters like Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner &#38; Jorge Lorenzo put their hands up to be counted. So today, after 9 world championships, I am sure Rossi still has to work hard, both on &#38; off his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=777&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The closest I&#8217;ve come to liking Sridevi&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://namar.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/the-closest-ive-come-to-liking-sridevi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri was a very famous Indian actress &#38; friends often wonder why I don&#8217;t like her so much &#8211; I wonder too, since she has delivered a few powerful performances &#8211; Mr. India, Johnny &#38; Moondram Pirai etc.
Nevertheless, this is one of her best performances that I like &#8211; especially at the start (the female [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=774&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Nobel Prize &amp; A Nobel Mind&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://namar.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/a-nobel-prize-a-nobel-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hearty congratulations to Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan for his great achievement. His research is surely for the benefit of humanity &#38; we are forever indebted to his hard work &#38; efforts. I feel happy that his achievement has been recognized &#38; rewarded &#8211; his Indian Origin is a moot point that is of academic interest.
While we are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=771&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I do not fear&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://namar.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/i-do-not-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[someone looking better than me &#38; attracts people. I do not fear someone with the most power &#38; can do anything. I do not fear someone with a lot of money &#38; can buy anything. I do not fear someone with the greatest personality &#38; the cutest smile. I do not fear someone with nuclear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=768&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Significant Shift&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://namar.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-significant-shift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an A. R. Rahman fan I was browsing through some Ad Jingles he had composed between 1988 &#38; 1992. That&#8217;s when I found the videos below &#8211; both are the same tune &#38; for the same brand (Leo Coffee). Take a look at both, in the order that they have been displayed here &#38; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=765&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epitome of Modern Day Bharatiya Nari&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://namar.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/epitome-of-modern-day-bharatiya-nari/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three friends (two women) have called me to say that I am a MCP &#38; non-progressive Indian to call Gita (from the movie Swades: check the post below) the Modern Day Bharatiya Nari. They say movies like Dev D &#38; Kaminey portray the real Bharatiya Nari better. For the sake of Diplomacy (and because my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namar.wordpress.com&blog=3535294&post=764&subd=namar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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