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		<title>Today, Here, Now&#8230;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where in the world Should one be searching for peace Which table today Should one play to win the game When can one be Quite and still exist And when will all the dices Fall just right Stronger one should grow Not outside but Inside Compassionate one should be Not just inside but truly outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>63rd Independence Day &#8211; I owe them all</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A midnight sixty three years ago We walked our baby steps FREELY Now reaching atop the global commerce A billion people celebrate India A pious soul in a loin cloth Taught the world Nonviolence A World leader par excellence laid foundation for a battered nation And an iron man by his side secured the nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chosen One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The saints from the heavens came with the daily bowl of porridge They saw me watering the plants. They asked if I was the gardner. I was hungry and I lied.  &#8221;Yes I am I said&#8221; They gave me the porridge and I was sold out on my hunger When the old gardner came I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter Poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life starts with an ‘L’ and ends with an ‘E’. End starts with an ‘E’ and ends with a ‘D’ Death starts with a ‘D’ and ends with an ‘H’ Happiness starts with an ‘H’ and ends with an ‘S’ Sorrow starts with an ‘S’ and ends with a ‘W’ Worry starts with a ‘W’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do we need?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is that magic number? That can secure our future. A Hundred Thousand, A Million, or a Hundred Million. How much should we have? To safely face the unknown future Enough to eat healthy and contented Or more than what we can spend? We need more clean air - Much more than we can breathe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Time Takes a Nap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When time takes a nap Everything stands still Nothing moves, Not an atom The world gets captured in a snap When time takes a nap The uttered word is caught in the open Not reaching the ears they journeyed to The world stands still with orphaned words When time takes a nap The sleeping never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize now that I have spent more time Without him than time with him Life has pulled on faster than I know Leaving its traces only in my thoughts And yet another father’s day comes by Bringing with it some fond memories A few drops of tears, a deep sense of lose somewhere in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nib of My Pen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aghast I look deep into me Again I see just the blank white space Where are those words that use to torment me Words that wished I write them down Is life so frivolous to not write about Or is it too fast that I am left behind Enough is enough I tell myself I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Melody of Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the stillness of silence looks eternal A melody of truth will come playing in Amidst the silent cries of your shattered world There will be a moment that will beam the truth &#8220;As the fairness of grey reveals the purity of age The mind need be fresh with the innocence of life&#8221; The mind; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slowing Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinod Narayan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why speed up to the grave When you can truly slow down Why speed to the edge And halt with a Sigh, Look back at losses before you fall Life is so much prettier Living it every moment Slowing does not mean being dumb Nor is it an asset of the lazy anymore It’s the [...]]]></description>
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