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		<title>Mining Threate Looms over Tiruvannamalai Hills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IF you are planning to visit Thiruvannamalai hills for Girivalam (circular path around the hill) or a trek through the forests, better hurry up. For, the hills will lose their serenity and clean air will be a thing of the past once proposed mining operations begin in the reserved forests of Kavuthi Malai and Vediappan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=71&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History Of Indian Scams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post-independent India has had its share of financial scandals starting from 1948. Even in those innocent idealistic times, politicians and businessmen siphoned off money. Scams have been an intrinsic part of the political process } With the Harshad Mehta scandal of 1991, the dimensions of money involved expanded exponentially SBI, NHB, Grindlays, Citibank and Stanchart [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=69&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A sad metamorphosis across the swamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human avarice is destroying the Krishna estuary’s ecosystem, reports P V Krishna Rao eco talk ? Mangroves are rich in nutrients. Leaves and fruits in the man- groves are high in nutrient value and the local residents prefer this foliage as fodder as it is thought to increase yield of milk. ? The ecosystem is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=64&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A strategy to deter terrorism in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article written in the New Indian Express by Shri. Subramaniam swamy Understanding that the Hindu is the key target of the terrorist is crucial to implement the best strategy to deter terrorism — given that the only thing that will make terrorists back down is to put their political aims at risk, says Subramanian Swamy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=62&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prof Stiglitz Interview &#8211; Stay away from mindless liberalisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prof Stiglitz asserts that the current global crisis is a lesson for those who are pushing an agenda of mindless reforms India was lucky enough to have a central bank governor in Y V Reddy. He did a very good job as a regulator protecting India from the excess. Indian economy did very well during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=58&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walled off from the wetlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kerala is often described as God’s Own Country, but Asha Menon finds unholy forces are threatening the existence of its rivers and backwaters — all in the name of development f ive years ago, Celestine camped for over two weeks in Delhi with two close friends to get a road approved. “Our island (Moolampally in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=56&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A pit of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villages around Madurai are slowly being turned into a granite pit as vested interests bend every rule and authorities connive, reports C Shivakumar in NewIndian Express 21/12/2008 n ot far from one of Tamil Nadu’s most celebrated temple towns, man is playing devil. Here in a sprawling countryside, mountains have vanished, water bodies have gone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=53&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Burden of Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A destabilised, Taliban-ridden Pakistan is in no one’s interest and keeping this in mind India has to tread a tricky path that does not invite international ire or disdain for inaction Muslim terrorists have no hesitation in killing Muslims. Terrorism in Egypt precedes 9/11. In Algeria they kill fellow Muslims. One has to only look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=43&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>என்ன செய்யலாம் இவர்களை</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[முழு பூசனிக்காயை சோற்றில் அடைக்கிறான் என்ற சொற்றொடரை கேள்விப்பட்டிருக்கிறேன், ஆனால் அதை இந்த இத்தாலி வசந்தசேனையின் ஆட்சியில் தான் நேரில் பார்க்க முடிகிறது. உலக நாடுகள் எல்லாம் பாகிஸ்தான் முஸ்லிம் தீவிரவாதிகள் தான் மும்பை சம்பவங்களுக்கு முழு பொறுப்பு என்பதை ஒப்புக்கொள்கிறார்கள், ஆனால் நமது மத்திய சிறுபான்மையின மந்திரியின் சிறுமதியில் மட்டும் இதை பற்றி சந்தேகங்கள் நிலவுகின்றன. அவரது கூற்றுப்படி கார்கரே எதிரிகளை ஒழிக்க வேண்டும் என்ற கடமையுணர்வால் வீரமரணம் அடையவில்லை அவரை சில சக்திகள் சதி [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=39&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith Driven Motive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[edia frenzy to categorise acts has damaged country’s image and given a stick to neighbouring countries Despite the terrorists’ claim that they have been ordained by Islam to kill kafirs, none of the Islamic theological schools challenged them nor did any of them declare that kafirs did not mean non-Muslims. Had they done so, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ramkumaran.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5697463&amp;post=37&amp;subd=ramkumaran&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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