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		<title>A plea to our Judicial System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two incidents happened in the recent past are particularly interesting.
A public interest litigation (PIL) filed against political parties in India requiring them to file their Income Tax returns has been rejected by the Supreme Court.  The PIL was filed by an NGO called the Association for Democratic Reforms. In India, political parties get donations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/a-plea-to-our-judicial-system/</link>
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		<title>The Forgotten Indians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
In the movie “The General’s Daughter,” the character played by James Woods asks John Travolta: “What’s worse than rape?” and continues “When you find that out, you’ll know everything.”

Of all the ineptitude, corruption, bigotry, racism, and blatant disregard for duty found in the Indian administration, that which is found in the Indian Foreign Service, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/the-forgotten-indians/</link>
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		<title>Massive Rapid Transport Systems of India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As cities grow in size, the number of vehicles on the roads road goes up. This creates a necessity to discourage private modes and encourage public transport. This typically happens once the level of traffic along any travel corridor in a particular direction exceeds 20,000 people per hour.
Adding buses is not enough. Buses do carry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/metro-rail-mrts/</link>
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		<title>Tick, tick, tick&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I’ve commented on so many issues, I wanted to keep quiet for some time. But I’ll say something here and keep quiet, for some time at least. There was a time I wanted to join the army, I guess I would have, but my parents were against it…and I guess I did not follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malegaon Blasts: Did he or did he not?</title>
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Lt Col Shrikant Purohit was arrested day before yesterday by the ATS in connection with the Malegaon blasts. Purohit is a serving Lt Col in the Indian army.
This is probably the first instance of an army officer being held in connection with a terror attack.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) placed Lt Col Srikant Purohit under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/malegaon-blasts-did-he-or-did-he-not/</link>
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		<title>Vilas Rao Deshmukh charms Muslims and Marathis at one go</title>
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Vilas Rao Deshmukh, the polished CM of Maharashtra dealt two very strong cards while making a  statement at a function organized by the Federation of All Minority Educational Organisation.
With the elections in sight, he &#8220;reached out&#8221; in a few sweeping sentences both to the Muslims and the marathi manoos. The CM assured Muslims that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/vilas-rao-deshmukh-charms-muslims-and-marathis-at-one-go/</link>
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		<title>The best our MPs can do is resign?</title>
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Everyone seems to be a North Indian messiah now. Everyone from Mayawati to Amar Singh to Laloo to Nitish Kumar are &#8220;rooting&#8221; for the cause of North Indians being targeted by Raj Thackeray and his MNS goons for disrespecting the &#8220;local culture&#8221; of Maharashtra.
According to an Indian Express news item:

“Nitish Kumar-led Janta Dal (United) on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/the-best-our-mps-can-do-is-resign/</link>
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		<title>A lesson in democracy</title>
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The 2008 US presidential campaign is a lesson in democracy. It showcased the best and the worst that can be seen in a democracy. The Republicans went full out with their attempts at fear mongering, identity politics, and divisiveness. On the other hand, Obama’s team concentrated on engaging the public, and enlisted their help by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/a-lesson-in-democracy/</link>
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		<title>Barack Obama makes History !!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ladies and Gentlemen, History has been made. Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th President of the United States.
 

This has been a monumental moment both in American Politics and in terms of the impact this can have on the way the world works. The race to this day has been extremely interesting. This was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/barack-obama-makes-history/</link>
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		<title>Mera Bharat Mahan…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like factionalism. I like the schisms that divide communities. I like the differences that differentiate us.
I worked for a call centre long ago, when I was fresh out of college. There we had this orientation on American culture, as if anybody in the world needs any or that there is much of it…, anyhow, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://angryindian.com/2008/11/mera-bharat-mahan%e2%80%a6/</link>
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