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		<title>And Bangalore was put on the map</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The usual misconception is that it is the IT(computer software) industry which put Bangalore on the global map. The fact is Bangalore was officially known to the western world much before the first mainframes were invented. Here&#8217;s the history behind how this small town was first, literally, put on the map. The article has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=664&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pavagadh &#8211; Let the mountain sink!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a sequel to the Vadodara post. Around 45 km from Vadodara stands a huge hillock – Pavagadh. Standing at a height of 822 meters,it is home to a Kali temple that draws thousands of devotees. There are also remains of a fort settlement on the hill. In the foothills of Pavagadh is Champaner, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=625&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vadodara or Baroda &#8211; apart from its famous university</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2011/02/10/vadodara-or-baroda-apart-from-its-famous-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My travelogue on Vadodara aka Baroda, Of the regal past, was recently published in Deccan Herald&#8217;s Sunday Supplement. Here&#8217;s the unedited version. The Queen Regent Jamna Bai was relieved. The terror reign of Malhar Rao was finally over. That he had tried to poison the Resident was the final nail in the coffin. Now, she had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=618&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Udaipur &#8211; the powerhouse of the Rajputs</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2011/01/27/udaipur-a-powerhouse-of-the-rajputs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Udaipur &#8211; founded by Maharana Udai Singh II, when he lost the famous Chittor fort to the Mughals. A picturesque city set amidst aravalli hills, surrounded by lakes, a rich culture and a famous history. I was very excited to leave the more commercialised Jaipur to experience this land of Rajputs. Added to the fact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=580&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rajasthan Diary &#8211; Amer Fort</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2011/01/20/rajasthan-diaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw that my last post in this blog has been in June 2010! Work had taken so much of my mental space that i was too drained out to write anything. So now in 2011 I am coming back with a vengeance.The next few posts will be about Rajasthan, the much written about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=581&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Bussy Tale</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2010/06/18/a-bussy-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Image courtesy: Citizenmatters) Blame it on the Environment day or my active conscience pricking me; for the last few days I have been travelling by bus from office to home. So far it had been great, the bus service is more frequent than auto rickshaws in my route and there are several new Volvo buses, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=570&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charminar on three wheels</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2010/01/13/charminar-on-three-wheels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old Hyderabad area, the shopping centre around Charminar is a photographer&#8217;s paradise(apart from being a shoppers&#8217; dream). The busy market area, the colour, the vibrancy will make a photographer go into a clicking frenzy, especially with a weather more pleasant than Bangalore(this was post monsoon time in 2009). But with a cranky 3 year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=496&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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