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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 09:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m always charmed by the Western Ghats, the Sahyadri Mountain range that separates the sea coast from the south Indian plateau. Blame it on the eco-diversity of this area, the wildlife sightings, the enchanting valleys, the coffee plantations or the sprawling bungalows now waking up to tourism; a region tailor made for the typical traveller [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=670&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Empires of the Indus &#8211; The Story of a River</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Ganga cha Yamuna Chaiva Godavari Saraswathi Narmada Sindhu Kaveri Jalesmin Sannindhim Kuru” “In this water, I invoke the presence of divine waters from the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri” As a kid, I have heard my father recite this shloka (hymn) everyday before he took a bath. However, I had hardly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=415&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangalore: how it became Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many names the city has, Bangalore is also known as the &#8216;Garden City&#8217;. But you would be surprised to know that this city &#8211; during the time which Tipu Sultan fought fierce battles with the British &#8211; was a barren land. To know more about the evolution of our city&#8217;s colourful gulmohurs, jacarandas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=392&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A sparrow tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Image courtesy: www.natureforever.org) It’s been a long drought in blogging from my side. Maybe it was due to the summer heat (the mercury level had risen to 35˚c) in Bangalore. Now that its cool after the real &#8216;Varun&#8217; showered us with much needed rains, I am able to think of something worth writing about. I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=1&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lakes Development &#8211; Misguided policy says Forest Department</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2008/06/25/lakes-development-misguided-policy-says-forest-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime back, I had written about Hebbal lake deterioration and Nagavara lake commercialisation. I had also mentioned in the comments about the recent fencing and deweeding happening recently at the Hebbal lake. There&#8217;s an excellent article in www.citizenmatters.in on this issue. Read on.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=294&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hebbal – Where is the Lake?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time we cross the Hebbal flyover, I invariably have a sinking feeling as I glance towards the lake. Water hyacinths have covered much of the lake and the soil dumped on the lake periphery towards Bellary Road looks very ugly. Since there is no fencing, the sand may affect motorists now that the monsoons [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=26&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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