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		<title>Our minds; if they get any narrower, they might vanish..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting thing happened today. A colleague of mine, whom I&#8217;ve never met before, dropped into my cube to ask me if I could think of any workaround to a request by the Belgium Consulate for a personal interview, in response to a tourist visa that he and his fiancée had applied for. Given the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2010/08/24/our-minds-if-they-get-any-narrower-they-might-vanish-ooops/</link>
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		<title>My journey to Atheism!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel quite like a hypocrite living a religious life while at heart being a staunch atheist. Penning down this is perhaps a way to reduce my guilt. I was born into a quasi religious family who; though were God fearing, were not religious. They believed in the existence of God as a creator; more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2010/08/20/my-journey-to-atheism/</link>
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		<title>What is caste-ism and why people like or dislike it..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is ofcourse just my take. But it is some take, so go ahead and take a look. So here is the thing. In my world, there are many forms of caste-ism. Traditional caste-ism like Brahmins and Kshatriyas in Hindus, catholics and protestants in Christians etc. This is the accepted definition of caste-ism. But there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2010/01/29/what-is-caste-ism-and-why-people-like-or-dislike-it/</link>
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		<title>Redefining initiatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this age of technology, have hacks become the only way of measuring a person&#8217;s tendency to take initiatives? I have often seen people boast about what they have hacked and why they feel that it should in turn reflect that they are extremely creative people who take initiatives. I personally feel that it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2009/04/11/redefining-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>Then I graduated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 8th 2007, I graduated along with all my friends, with a Masters in Information Technology, from iiitb . And here are a few snaps The venue.. We did the &#8216;walk&#8217;.. We took the oath.. We graduated.. My parents.. Ritesh TC,Swathi,Ajay,Myself and Janani&#8230; It was one day we are not going to forget in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/10/04/then-i-graduated/</link>
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		<title>Goodbye MSR :-(</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June,2007 saw the end of a lovely term at MSR. Here are a few goodbye pictures and a collage we presented to our team before leaving. This is Joseph, our manager. I really miss him.. Here is a picture of myself,Robin and God. Yes, we called Samarth, God for his amazing technical abilities and also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/10/04/goodbye-msr/</link>
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		<title>Apologies for the long absence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very good morning to all of you!! Its a beautiful day, and I want to start it by writing a post or two. I hope to be a little more frequent than I was the past few months. :-)]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/10/04/apologies-for-the-long-absence/</link>
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		<title>Cheeni kum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went for &#8216;Cheeni Kum&#8217; (pronounced as chee nee kam)(literally translated to sugar less) yesterday in the evening. It was running (I wonder why they say a movie runs..) in Rex.. Cheeni Kum is a refreshingly funny story about a 64 yr old Buddha(played by Big B), also fondly called &#8216;Ghaaspuus&#8217;, who falls in love [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/06/06/cheeni-kum/</link>
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		<title>Con artists on Indian roads..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had been out for lunch on Brigade road today, with a friend. Lunch done, we walked to where we had parked our bike.We successfully manoeuvred it out of where it was jammed between two other bikes ( I wonder why parking lots are so crowded on Monday afternoons.Is everyone as jobless as myself and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/05/28/con-artists-on-indian-roads/</link>
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		<title>Gyms overrated??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a few colleagues of mine checked out a gymnasium/fitness center called Talwalkars very close to where we work. On questioned as to how it was, the following is the reply that I got. &#8220;Hmm it was quite nice. But slightly expensive.&#8221; How much is slightly you ask? about Rs 8,000/- for three or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prateekshac.com/2007/05/28/gyms-overrated/</link>
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