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		<title>The Women&#8217;s reservation Bill and the various problems that it faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Women&#8217;s Reservation Bill, a long pending legislation, was finally brought into Parliament for voting, and it produced the anticipated furore. The Government (and the previous BJP Government) had long dithered over getting in the bill to vote, worried about the impact of the Bill on their supporting parties. For example, even though the Government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/03/15/the-womens-reservation-bill-and-the-various-problems-that-it-faces/</link>
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		<title>Chief Justice of India makes a different suggestion &#8211; let rape victim marry the accused if she wants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Typically in India, the criminal justice system has not been handling the crime of rape very well. The confidentiality of victims is not maintained by either the media or by the judicial system, cases take a long time to happen (if you leave aside the fast track cases, which are an exception); the medical examination [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/03/08/chief-justice-of-india-makes-a-different-suggestion-let-rape-victim-marry-accused-if-she-wants/</link>
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		<title>Sentencing public officials for preventing flow of pollutants into a river</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian rivers are filthy, with frequent reports of how the level of contaminants in the rivers of the country (including the holy rivers) is much (many times) over the levels that are fit for humans to even bathe in, forget drinking. As an example, the Yamuna is now considered to be of the same level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/03/05/charging-public-officials-for-preventing-flow-of-pollutants-into-a-river/</link>
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		<title>MF Hussain, his surrender of the Indian citizenship and the attacks on him</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few days, there has been a huge amount of debate on the decision taken by MF Hussain to take on Qatari citizenship (and since India does not allow double citizenship for Qatar, he will have to give up his Indian citizenship). There has been discussion in the papers, there have been the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/03/01/mf-hussain-his-surrender-of-the-indian-citizenship-and-the-attacks-on-him/</link>
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		<title>Association of personalities with different brands and its impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past, we have had sports personalities earning money for advertising almost anything; so for example, many very fit sports personalities advertise junk fizzy drinks that do nothing but add empty calories to diets all over, and nobody seems to have objected in the past. It is only now that there seems to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/02/23/association-of-personalities-with-different-brands-and-its-impact/</link>
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		<title>The gap between the BJP and the Shiv Sena</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At one time it seemed that the BJP and the Shiv Sena were natural allies in Maharashtra. Both have similar ideologies, both believe in appealing to Hindu thoughts and promote Hindu revivalism. And further, in the divided politics of Maharashtra, where there are 4 main parties (the Shiv Sena, Congress, BJP, and NCP), it always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/02/21/the-gap-between-the-bjp-and-the-shiv-sena/</link>
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		<title>Price Rise and the politics around it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years back, there was a sustained push in terms of liquidity in the global system, and as a result, the huge amounts of cash were pushing up the prices of all commodities, resulting in food inflation numbers being high. However, the recession for the past 2 years brought down this excess liquidity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/02/07/price-rise-and-the-politics-around-it/</link>
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		<title>The turmoil in Maharashtra &#8211; tussle for the sons of the soil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tussle in Maharashtra looks like an ongoing Mahabharta war, with the Congress and MNS / Shiv Sena in opposite camps, and the state Congress playing the role of the blind father, who is unable to do any kind of justice. It has been apparent for some time that the MNS is playing the role [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/02/05/the-turmoil-in-maharashtra-tussle-for-the-sons-of-the-soil/</link>
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		<title>Amar Singh finally turned out &#8211; he was asking for it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it finally happened. Some days after it became clear that relations between the strongman of the SP, Mulayam Singh, and his man friday, Amar Singh, were not okay, they started sniping at each other; Mulayam not directly, but through various party people, including his own brother; and Amar Singh directly. The confrontation was apparently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/02/04/amar-singh-finally-turned-out-he-was-asking-for-it/</link>
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		<title>The whole drama over the IPL and Pakistani players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is that the IPL always have some kind of drama even before it starts ? Last year it was all about the Government not willing to provide the required level of security, and after some words between Lalit Modi (who eventually works for BCCI, which was headed by Sharad Pawar), the whole tournament was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/01/28/the-whole-drama-over-the-ipl-and-pakistani-players/</link>
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