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	<title>Emotionally Speaking &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>What motorcycling means to me</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2012/04/29/what-motorcycling-means-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[125 100 cc bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi motorcycling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a motorcycle. I prefer the term ‘motorcycle’ (bike, for me, indicates a bicycle, unlike for most Indians). I am buying a bike in foreseeable future (Trek or GT for off-road cycling on weekends); so it is necessary that I demarcate the two for clarity. My motorcycle is a Yamaha: SS 125 (erstwhile Gladiator; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching a &#8216;baby rat&#8217;: Pics</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2011/12/24/catching-a-baby-rat-pics/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2011/12/24/catching-a-baby-rat-pics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catching a rat kitten pup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chooha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chooha dawai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choohiya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[household rat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India rat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rat pics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A ‘baby rat’ (choohiya) had damanged a few of my winter clothes and was a regular in my room. I had no intention to kill it but I had no option. I planed Mortein Ratkill and Crazy Ratmaar in my room and after more than two months it looked like it ate some of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Nokia 1100 phone has completed four successful years</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/12/27/my-nokia-1100-phone-has-completed-four-successful-years/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/12/27/my-nokia-1100-phone-has-completed-four-successful-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging/Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheap phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia 1100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phones in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reliable cell phones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost unbelievable but true! Nokia 1100 for me proved to be a very reliable phone. It was also my first phone bought in 2663 Rupees: a basic, low-end model with all the basic functions (no camera, FM and such like). The photo on the left is my phone. I had bought the Nokia 1100 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons I did not like the film Avatar</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/12/18/reasons-i-did-not-like-the-film-avatar/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/12/18/reasons-i-did-not-like-the-film-avatar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socio-Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar film average]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar film in India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi dubbed films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sci fi film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visuals in films]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am just back from the Sangam Cinema Hall in New Delhi after viewing James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar (Hindi version, 2-dimensional) and I am not very impressed (like many others in the cinema hall). Here is why I did not like it in a nutshell: Weak story line does not complement the visuals All attention on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jhatpat Tag: Without Looking Guess what time it is?!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/10/the-jhatpat-tag-without-looking-guess-what-time-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/10/the-jhatpat-tag-without-looking-guess-what-time-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jhatpat tag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tagging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tagging and Blog Memes [pronounced meem/mi:m] are quite popular in the blogosphere. I have been tagged before by fellow bloggers but unfortunately could not follow them. Recently Arpit tagged me and I am doing the needful better late than never. Read more on Blog memes here. This Jhatpat tag is very interesting and funny. Jhatpat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Great Photos: Silhouetted Rainfall behind my room and Amaltas tree-lined Yellow JNU</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/08/05/some-great-photos-silhouetted-rainfall-behind-my-room-and-amaltas-tree-lined-yellow-jnu/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/08/05/some-great-photos-silhouetted-rainfall-behind-my-room-and-amaltas-tree-lined-yellow-jnu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green JNU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNU Campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNU photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNU Rainfall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are some of the interesting photos from my hostel room and the JNU Campus that I shot some months ago with my Sony W55 digital camera. The images will take some time in loading, needless to say. Rainfall captured behind my room, Sabarmati Hostel, JNU [6 photos] The following photos were shot from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindi Poem on would-be wife: पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/16/hindi-poem-on-wife-woman-girlfriend%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%81%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%86/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/16/hindi-poem-on-wife-woman-girlfriend%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%81%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%86/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[हिन्दी/Hindi Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conjugal love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi poem on love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi poem on wife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loving your wife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a short, sweet Hindi poem, pure imagination. Image from the web. मैं अपनी पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर खूब सुकून पाता हूँ सारे दुःख गम टेंशन परेशानियां पल में भूल जाता हूँ! गोरी-गोरी उन बाँहों में दिखती है मुझको जन्नत हर जनम में मेरी ही रहना मांगू रब से यही मन्नत! उसकी बाँहों [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When people mistake you for a shopkeeper or salesman!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/09/when-people-mistake-you-for-a-shopkeeper-or-salesman/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/09/when-people-mistake-you-for-a-shopkeeper-or-salesman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socio-Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salesman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saleswoman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victim of Plagiarism! This post was stolen moments after it was published [link]! I asked the blogger to remove it but in vain. May send a copyright violation notice soon. More than once, I have been mistaken by people for being the shopkeeper or the salesman in the shop! Such incidents have only amused me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to blogging, more or less!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/07/back-to-blogging-more-or-less/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/06/07/back-to-blogging-more-or-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back to blogging Vikas JNU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back! It is debatable if I was really away from blogging because I made the following blogs (pictorial documentations) in last some months: JNU Holi documentation [link] JNU Caves documentation [link] JNUMC River Rafting Trip [link] This had even won me a free trip from the company! JNU Koyna Ho(s)tel [link] Life is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing a looooong Blog Holiday!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/26/announcing-a-looooong-blog-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/26/announcing-a-looooong-blog-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vikas jnu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am very busy now thanks to assignments, Ph.D. synopsis, incoming exams and other sundries. I am still unemployed, single, poor, unhappy and whatnot and I am dying to change the status quo by getting a good job, marrying and the like! That all my previous attempts at changing my life have failed is immaterial; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>112</slash:comments>
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		<title>Geckos will invade soon! God help me!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/22/geckos-will-invade-soon-god-help-me/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/22/geckos-will-invade-soon-god-help-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear geckos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geckos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is lurking in Delhi! That is bad news for me and Delhites. &#8216;All good things must pass&#8217; and Winter is almost bidding adieu! Summer is painful for me in more ways than one. I live closer to the sun (second floor in the hostel), my skin is somewhat sensitive to weather extremes, and most [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve not taken bath since 3 days!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/16/ive-not-taken-bath-since-3-days/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/16/ive-not-taken-bath-since-3-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bathing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t really know how this happened! I am usually the one who gets up early, switches on the water heater early morning and takes bath before the bathroom is filled with people! I enjoy taking bath and often use (read waste) a lot of water.  I enjoy a long hot bath irrespective of season! Anyway, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Musings: on the Female Nose!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/14/musings-on-the-female-nose/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/14/musings-on-the-female-nose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems/Rhymes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female nose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greek nose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long nose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nose beauty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, I fell in love at the proverbial first sight. In the first sight, believe me or not, I did not see the woman! So, what did I see? I saw her nose! She was standing beside me (thanks to the haphazard queue) and my glance from the corner of my glasses landed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>OMG! My blogging tips published on One Cool Site! And about a good woman&#8230;!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/13/omg-my-blogging-tips-published-on-one-cool-site-and-about-a-good-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/13/omg-my-blogging-tips-published-on-one-cool-site-and-about-a-good-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one cool site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I may be a new kid on the blo(ck)g but I have developed a lot of understanding of blogs and the blogging world in a very short time. I do not have much technical knowledge but I have gained a lot of insight by reading blogs, reading about blogs and observing the blogosphere. I visit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>I fear Chillies!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/09/i-fear-chillies/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/09/i-fear-chillies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chilli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chillies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned to my room after taking food and sunbathing in that order. With a blog, an always on computer and an above average typing speed, I guess I am developing this tendency of documenting any and every aspect of my life. I really fear chillies! Most people I have run into either [...]]]></description>
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