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		<title>Gender Sensitization Against Sexual Harassment in Campuses: Role of Student Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an essay on the issue of sexual harassment in university Campuses and the role of the student community in its prevention. This essay was submitted as an entry to the GSCASH [Gender Sensitisation Commmittee Against Sexual Harassment, JNU] Essay writing and poster making competition on the issue [see details] and won the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Matuk Nath Chaudhary and Julie in JNU campus: A multimedia report</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/27/prof-matuk-nath-chaudhary-and-julie-in-jnu-campus-a-multimedia-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The uninitiated may read about &#8220;love guru&#8221; Professor Matuk Nath and Julie, arguably India&#8217;s most controversial couple, here and here. Yesterday evening [10 pm to almost midnight], the duo [both one-time JNU students] addressed the JNU students at Sutlej hostel of the JNU campus and concluded it with a Q and A session. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urdu Hai Jiska Naam: Get a free DVD set on the story of the Urdu Language</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/24/urdu-hai-jiska-naam-get-a-free-dvd-on-the-story-of-the-urdu-language/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/24/urdu-hai-jiska-naam-get-a-free-dvd-on-the-story-of-the-urdu-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update/Addendum [10 November 2009]: This thing no more works and the post has been suitably edited. I have been informed by the Office of the concerned OSD, MEA that it is for the circulation in embassies and missions abroad among other things including the promotion of our secular credentials. The news had spread by word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An evening with Pakistani students in JNU Campus: A first-hand report of the interactive session</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/04/an-evening-with-pakistani-students-in-jnu-campus-a-first-hand-report-of-the-interactive-session/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/04/an-evening-with-pakistani-students-in-jnu-campus-a-first-hand-report-of-the-interactive-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A delegation of some 40 Pakistanis was in the JNU campus for an interactive sessions with JNU students yesterday evening at the Sutlej Hostel mess of JNU campus (which proved to be small for the occasion). The programme was scheduled to a begin at 9:30 pm but the guests arrived at about 11 pm due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Flags, Healthy Exchange, Entertainment: Rahul Gandhi in JNU Campus. A first-hand multimedia report</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/01/rahul-gandhi-in-jnu-indian-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/10/01/rahul-gandhi-in-jnu-indian-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rahul Gandhi, AICC General Secretary and MP, Lok Sabha was in the JNU campus yesterday [29 September 2009] to address a public meeting on the topic &#8216;Youth, Politics and Development.&#8217; It was definitely not an ordinary meeting and a lot happened before and during the meeting. This is a first-hand report of the meeting with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shashi Tharoor and the Holy Cows controversy: Congress&#8217;s sense of humour is pathetic</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/16/shashi-tharoor-and-the-holy-cows-controversy-congresss-sense-of-humour-is-pathetic/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/16/shashi-tharoor-and-the-holy-cows-controversy-congresss-sense-of-humour-is-pathetic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trouble is brewing over Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s tongue-in-cheek twitter remark to a question by journalist Kanchan Gupta [associate editor, the Pioneer] asked on September 14 2009, 11:57 PM on Twitter. The journalist had asked him if Tharoor will be travelling by cattle class in his next visit to Kerela! For the uninitiated [and this may include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iftar Party in JNU campus: A Photo Essay</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/12/iftar-party-in-jnu-campus-a-photo-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/09/12/iftar-party-in-jnu-campus-a-photo-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multicultural, plural JNU has many nice aspects that are not very common in other universities or educational institutions. One of these is the Iftar parties [also called the "grand Iftar party"] held in various hostels of JNU campus. Before the holy month of Ramadan starts, a committee of Muslim students is formed in every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot and Deepender Hooda in JNU Campus: A first-hand report</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/08/29/shashi-tharoor-sachin-pilot-and-deepender-hooda-in-jnu-campus-a-first-hand-report/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/08/29/shashi-tharoor-sachin-pilot-and-deepender-hooda-in-jnu-campus-a-first-hand-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is first-hand report of the public meeting in the Koyna hostel of JNU campus organized by the NSUI on the topic &#8216;Ideology, Student Politics and Challenges.&#8217; I am a JNU Student and I covered the meeting with my camera and recorder sitting just two feet away from the three dignitaries [you can see my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A short poem on Ambedkar</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/27/a-short-poem-on-ambedkar/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/27/a-short-poem-on-ambedkar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was written in 2004 and was probably my first poem. These are only the excerpts from the full poem on Ambedkar. This is also a commentary on the caste system. In the ancient ages lived a man named Manu, a Hindu who devised a system in the valley Sindhu a system of fragmentation non-pareil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India versus India: A comparison of the two India</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/20/india-versus-india-a-comparison-of-the-two-india/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/02/20/india-versus-india-a-comparison-of-the-two-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my anthem for the Times of India’s ‘India Poised’ campaign in early 2007. I tried to improve their anthem. It is unpublished like all my other works. You can read their original anthem here. I like makings ads (amateur) and writing taglines etc. and above all I love idioms. This is a comparison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Gandhi&#8217;s Shoes!</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/30/in-gandhis-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/30/in-gandhis-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 61st death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Today is also the anti-Leprosy day. I came across this cool campaign to espouse non-violence: In Gandhi&#8217;s Shoes! It is a campaign to &#8220;let the father of the nation talk to his people once again.&#8221; Its inaugural event is in the  JNU campus (Delhi) today near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ABC of OBCs</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/01/the-abc-of-obcs/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/01/the-abc-of-obcs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was written in 2006; I have not updated it. It traces the evolution of OBCs in India. The recent decision of the government to extend reservations to the OBCs in central educational institutions has stirred up a real hornet’s nest. “Reserve vs. deserve”, “ghost of Mandal”, divide n rule not cool”, “disowned by my [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay on education in India</title>
		<link>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/01/essay-on-education-and-education-ministers-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://vikas-gupta.in/2009/01/01/essay-on-education-and-education-ministers-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following essay on the theme of education was written last year for the first Annual Essay Writing Competition organised by Management Compass. It won the first prize &#8211; a &#8220;prize worth 10,000 Rupees&#8221; (5000 Rupees cash and the rest management books). The essay was published in the November 2007 issues of the magazine and also [...]]]></description>
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