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		<title>Vadodara or Baroda &#8211; apart from its famous university</title>
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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>Up in the Air  – 10 happy moments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a sequel to my last post. My list of the ten best experiences I had during those trips round the world. 1. Friendly Immigration Staff Immigration desk is one dreaded moment, where you feel that you are virtually at the dock, teetering between the ship and land. You feel like a person awaiting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=544&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kalyanam Chaos</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/06/15/kalyanam-chaos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Image Courtesy: Wikimedia.org) My blog posts had somewhat temporarily stalled. The reason was simple. There was a marriage – my brother-in-law’s – around the corner. I was gently advised not to take up any ‘new work coming my way’, until THE events were over. In the last few months not a day has passed without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=383&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is all about Reality Shows</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/03/23/life-is-all-about-reality-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am one of those who do not follow &#8216;reality&#8217; shows. Even when the infamous racism row happened in the UK&#8217;s &#8216;Celebrity Big Brother&#8217; show and was splashed across all news channels, my reaction was &#8211; &#8216;so what? its just another Bollywood masala in a UK setting&#8217;. So when the star villian of the show, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=3&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Travel Tips during Recession</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/03/11/ten-tips-to-travel-during-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recession. So what, you can still go on that holiday. Just make sure that these points are checked on your list. 1. Prioritize &#8211; Do you want to make frequent short trips or that travel destination abroad that you always dreamt for an annual holiday? I am a travel-oholic and I need to hit the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=241&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Captured moments from Aero Show 2009</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/02/17/captured-moments-from-aero-show-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some frozen moments from the Aero Event Posted in general, india Tagged: aircrafts, defence<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=287&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aero Show &#8211; the war is over</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/02/16/aero-show-the-war-is-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its over. The much hyped Aero India 2009. The war between F-16s, Eurofighters, Sukhois, our own HAL produced aircrafts, which showed its might and power in the hazy Bangalore skies, completed their show yesterday. I went to the show on saturday. I might have missed the high flying Abhinav Bindra and Rakesh Sharma or failed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=286&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Beginner&#8217;s Links on SEO and Social Media</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/02/10/5-beginners-links-on-seo-and-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the whole of yesterday surfing internet job sites for some writing/blogging jobs. Of the job descriptions I liked, many asked the candidate to have &#8216;knowledge of SEO&#8217; or suggest &#8216;social media friendly&#8217; topics. Now I&#8217;m not the professional online writer who keeps up with technologies of the world of social media. I dont [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=289&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The serious side of comic strips</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/02/02/the-serious-side-of-comic-strips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deccan Herald had been the popular newspaper in the Eighties for Bangalore’s significant English speaking middle class. Now of course, sadly, TOI reigns in the state. Of course some Tamilians and avid news analysts still favour to ‘The Hindu’. The reason I write about these newspapers is not about their news coverage or quality but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=290&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slow and steady</title>
		<link>http://coffeenirvana.in/2009/01/27/slow-and-steady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(courtesy www.flickr.com) I&#8217;m back after a long break. When I started this blog, my friends and family had warned me that blog creation is done in a jiffy. Maintaining the blog and to keep it interesting depends the ideas and frequency of the posts. The higher the frequency factor and the blog will survive. Does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coffeenirvana.in&#038;blog=4160562&#038;post=14&#038;subd=coffeenirvana&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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