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		<title>Indian democracy is unique!</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2011/05/11/indian-democracy-is-unique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 20:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might sound like a cliche but it is indeed a substantive subject for discussion. Let us first take on the so called paragon of modern democracy, The United States of America. Can you imagine a communist party being allowed to contest elections in the US? In India, the communists are not only permitted to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=5093&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The genesis of India-Pakistan divide!</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/09/15/the-genesis-of-india-pakistan-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/09/15/the-genesis-of-india-pakistan-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any discussion on India-Pakistan relations is largely emotional. Both sides talk out of anger and distrust. Third party analysis is also meaningless without proper context. I have not read any blogger on either side who has tried to research the genesis of the suspicion between the two communities. My personal inclination has been to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=5046&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crack open the gated communities of bureaucrats</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/28/crack-open-the-gated-communities-of-bureaucrats/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/28/crack-open-the-gated-communities-of-bureaucrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Manmohan Singh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first Home Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gated communities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Administrative Service]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steel frame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a certain section of people build walls around their society and restrict access to the general public, it develops into a ‘gated community’. The Indian bureaucrats have been one such restricted society that they have lost touch with the ordinary people. The legacy of this elite group goes back to 1774 when Warren Hastings, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=5008&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharad Pawar and the politics of sugar!</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/27/sharad-pawar-and-the-politics-of-sugar/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/27/sharad-pawar-and-the-politics-of-sugar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baramati-Maharashtra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[largest consumer of sugar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Agriculture and Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics of sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharad Pawar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Sugar Millers Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[third-rate sugar baron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vibul Panitvong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is the largest consumer of sugar on planet earth but it is only the second biggest producer of sugar after Brazil. This means that any significant drop in domestic production could send the price of sugar way up not only in India but worldwide. That is exactly what has happened during the last 12 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4993&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enlisting Nandan Nilekani should only be the first step&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/26/enlisting-nandan-nilekani-should-only-be-the-first-step/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/26/enlisting-nandan-nilekani-should-only-be-the-first-step/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cog-in-the-wheel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Manmohan Singh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no excuse left for the Government of India not to do what it needs to do. Dr Manmohan Singh is no Indira Gandhi; he has a very fine brain. Sonia Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi; she lets others use their brain. Rahul Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi either, he actually uses his brains. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4979&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let us pay attention to the Maoist movement</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/25/let-us-pay-attention-to-the-maoist-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/25/let-us-pay-attention-to-the-maoist-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Defense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could China be encouraging the Maoist Movement in India? This possibility should not be ruled out. Every insurgency requires significant financial support besides a regular supply of arms and ammunition. Poor tribals and destitute farmers can not afford such sustained effort over decades. Who else but China benefits from such bleeding of India? The recent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4973&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The jokers of Bharatiya Janata Party!</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/20/the-jokers-of-bharatiya-janata-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brijesh Mishra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the main component, was actually taken seriously by some very informed people of India. Today the same Bharatiya Janata Party is a collection of jokers who don’t even know where to point the finger. So they collectively decided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4942&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama should negotiate with Osama bin Laden!</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/19/barack-obama-should-negociate-with-osama-bin-laden/</link>
		<comments>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/19/barack-obama-should-negociate-with-osama-bin-laden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does it sound, stupid? Well, that’s exactly how America sounds when it advises India to negotiate with Pakistan. What al-Qaeda is to the United States Pakistan is to India. If only Americans could understand this simple fact, negotiations would be much simpler for Indo-US relations. Probably the US policy makers don’t care about India’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4931&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mohammad Ali Jinnah was not a monster&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/18/mohammad-ali-jinnah-was-not-a-monster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaswant Singh, a senior BJP leader, tried to achieve two objectives form his book, “Jinnah”. The first was to put the record straight; Mohammad Ali Jinnah was not the only one responsible for the partition of India. But the second objective is far more potent, i.e. to destroy the reputation of Congress Party’s leadership. Of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4916&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Racism is well and alive in America</title>
		<link>http://pavanblog.com/2009/08/15/racism-is-well-and-alive-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pavan Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indo-US relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American immigration officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[“angry and humiliated”]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar, was on his way to Chicago to attend the Independence Day celebrations. He was detained at the Newark Airport and questioned for about two hours before the Indian mission intervened and secured his release. Khan said he was “angry and humiliated”. The incident took place on Saturday and Shah [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pavanblog.com&#038;blog=3823756&#038;post=4894&#038;subd=pavangupta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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