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		<title>For teachers and parents, here's a new motivation manual</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122869.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is not a race but if one treats it like one, then a false start doesn't mean that the race is lost, says V. Raghunathan, the best-selling author of &#8220;Games Indians Play - Why We Are the Way We Are&#8221;, who has now come out with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:36:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Gandhi, Tagore, Kishore reigned in Koirala's heart</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122858.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[India had a unique place in the heart of Nepal's Girija Prasad Koirala, an extraordinary leader and statesman. Few know that he eloped and married in India, loved Tagore songs and found a role model in Mahatma Gandhi.
Born in Bihar in India, partly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious metals.
This unusual way of worship has become a tradition at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:50:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Women's blood inspires rebel art in Nepal (Feature with images)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a young girl brought up in a conservative household in the Nepal capital, Ashmina Ranjit remembers how her mother used to scold her for touching things during menstruation. "I used to hate that," the artist says adding her anger inspired her to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:25:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>From Gautam Bhatia comes graphic novel, miniature style  (IANS Books, With Image)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filled with rich visual imagery in miniature art style, Bihar is a tale of rise, fall and redemption in architect-writer Gautam Bhatia's new graphic novel, "Lie: A Traditional Tale of Modern India".
"If good politics is about governance, how can a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:04:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Theatre, women artist's problems on new Rajya Sabha MP's mind</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122653.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Noted Kannada theatre personality B. Jayashree, the newly nominated Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, says she will raise in parliament the concerns of Indian theatre and the problems faced by women in the performing arts field.
"I am very extremely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:10:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Festival of India in France to begin April 14</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 'Namaste India' festival will be flagged off in Paris April 14 to seal the Indo-French cultural exchange that began with Bonjour India, the three-month festival of France in India.
Karan Singh, president of the Indian Council For Cultural...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:29:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>UAE to host Islamic embroidery exhibition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rich tradition of Islamic embroidery, from Pakistan to Morocco, will be showcased at an exhibition starting April 6 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital, WAM news agency said Friday.
The exhibition, "A Story of Islamic Embroidery in Nomadic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:14:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Husain's work fetches over Rs.2 crore (With Image)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An untitled work by eminent painter M.F. Husain sold for over Rs.2 crore at the Saffronart Spring Online Auction 2010.
The art work that crossed the Rs.2 crore mark shows four horses and a female rider and was painted by Husain 1970.
The Saffronart...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:18:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Government paves heritage trail for Games visitors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just 199 days to go for the 2010 Commonwealth Games here, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the tourism ministry are working round-the-clock to turn the capital into a world-class heritage tourism hub.
The ASI is excavating two new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:26:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>National Geographic launches second edition of photography contest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Geographic channel Thursday launched the second edition of its photography awards that provide a platform for budding as well as professional photographers to showcase their flair of capturing the perfect moment.
The Nat Geo Moment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:02:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Anil Kumble zooms into photography with 'Wide Angle'  (With image)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From cricketer to photographer, Anil Kumble emerges in a different avatar with his coffee table book &#8220;Wide Angle - Candid Moments From My Playing Days&#8221; that brings together his abiding passions of cricket, photography and wildlife.
As...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:23:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Australian honour for Pandit Ravi Shankar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renowned sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar will receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Melbourne for his contribution to music and humanity, it was announced Thursday.
The degree will be awarded Friday at a special ceremony...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>'The Museum of Innocence' bounces back to No.1 position</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122193.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA["Becoming Indian" by Pavan K. Varma climbed six steps to become the number one non-fiction book on the bestseller list this week while Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum Of Innocence" bounced back after a month to dominate the fiction...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:58:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Picasso painting on the block for 40 mn pounds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A portrait painted by Picasso when he was 22 is to be auctioned with an estimated price of 40 million pounds.
The painting is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Art Foundation. The portrait is of the artist's friend Angel Fernandez de Soto and has the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Black British PM is possible, says book</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;deepening tide of tolerance&#8221; over half a century has created the grounds for Britain to elect its first black prime minister, according to a new book tracking public attitudes in Britain and the US.
Unfortunately for the aspiring...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Kerala's ancient glory revealed, but creators untraced (Letter From Kerala)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122170.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A multi-disciplinary project launched three years ago has yielded archaeological evidence of Kerala's ancient glory. The official establishment plans to exploit the find to boost tourism but has little interest in identifying its creators.
Kerala...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>'Amar Chitra Katha' to come alive on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122085.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA["Amar Chitra Katha" comics, which have entertained generations with interesting historical tales, epics and fables, is all set to come alive on television through Cartoon Network.
The 26-episode series, starting March 28, will see some of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Electroacoustic music fest opens in Cuba</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13th International Festival of Electroacoustic Music has opened in Cuba, Prensa Latina reported Wednesday.
More than 50 exponents of the electroacoustic music, from 17 Latin American countries, Europe, the US and China, would attend the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:18:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Husain's hounding 'blow to the idea of India': Indo-Canadian leader</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121971.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister, has called painter M.F. Husain's decision to give up his Indian citizenship "a blow to the idea of India.'' The Indian government should not allow fundamentalists to dictate and persuade Husain to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:06:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Denial of award to Vaid irks literary fraternity</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121967.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The literary fraternity here is irked because veteran US-based Hindi author Krishna Baldev Vaid, who was nominated for the prestigious Shalaka Samman award, has been denied the honour because of alleged obscenity in his novels.
His two novels that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>A teacher after your heart, from Ruskin Bond (IANS Book Review, With Images)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121912.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Book: "Mr. Oliver's Diary"; Author: Ruskin Bond; Published by Puffin; Price: Rs.150
What, you wonder, can be new in the story of a not-yet-40, bald and a bit lonely teacher at prep school, replete with the antics of juvenile boys, a parrot that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:47:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Parliament passes bill for better care of ancient monuments</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament Tuesday passed a bill amending and making more stringent the law for protection of ancient sites and monuments and constituting an expert committee to look after their conservation.
The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha Monday, was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:32:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Telugu New Year 'Ugadi' celebrated with gaiety</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121825.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[People offered special prayers, decorated their houses and shops with mango leaves and tasted a bit of the traditional sweet-sour 'Ugadi pacchadi' as Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, was celebrated across Andhra Pradesh Tuesday.
Thousands of devotees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:52:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Micro-finance guru unveils new vision for poor (With Images)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121710.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, 200 shanty-town dwellers in and around Nairobi - the capital of Kenya - registered for a unique micro-finance scheme. A borrower could get a loan just by punching in his or her request on a mobile phone.
Under the scheme, a borrower take...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:51:01 +0530</pubDate>
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