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         <title>Problems with Pakistan Election Commission</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Naeem Sadiq writes about the breakdown and ineffectiveness of the election commission in organizing elections. <br />]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:13:46 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Dire need for doctors as POSCO stir intensifies</title>
         <description><![CDATA[There is a veritable siege around Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur - forces of the State aligned against slogan-wielding villagers demanding democratic processes and discussion of their rights over their land. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2012/dire_need_for_doctors_as_posco.html</link>
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         <category>Governance</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:30:43 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Caste And Politics In Regard To Anna Hazare</title>
         <description>Gail Omvedt analyzes the position and thrust of the Jan Lokpal bill and Anna Hazare&apos;s politics from the perspective of Dalit needs and their position of rights. This was first published in countercurrents.org.</description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2012/caste_and_politics_in_regard_t_1.html</link>
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         <category>People and Changes</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:16:55 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Lord Ram’s Story: Many Tellings</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Prof Puniyani presents the cultural and thematic diversity of Ramayana and the violence perpetrated by ABVP and other fundamentalist forces in determining that only one version is worthy of learning, analysis, and cultural sharing through state educational institutions. <br />]]></description>
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         <category>Culture</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:21:03 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Diverting Rivers for Linking, a Catastrophic Idea</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Gopal Krishna presents that despite clear economic feasibility questions and Supreme Court questions regarding impact on displacement, livelihoods as well as ecology of the area, state agencies continue to take the Inter Linking Rivers program forward. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/diverting_rivers_for_linking_a.html</link>
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         <category>Environment</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:10:29 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Ends, Means, Corruption, and Democracy</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sadanand Patwardhan asks questions about ends and means with respect to the discussion on corruption, perhaps as framed by the stakeholders of the corruption debate, but even more broadly in questions of rights in a democracy. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/ends_means_and_iac.html</link>
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         <category>People and Changes</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:56:45 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>FDI in Retail without Enhanced Social Security will be Suicidal</title>
         <description><![CDATA[A lot of well off and educated sections of our society are rooting for FDI in retail.<span>&nbsp; </span>There seems to be a disappointment among the middle/upper middle class consumers and the corporate world that the Government of India has put this policy on hold. Rahul Pandey reviews the implications of FDI. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/fdi_in_retail_without_enhanced.html</link>
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         <category>Economy</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:48:10 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>The Failing U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An analysis by Tufail Ahmad and Y. Carmon on US strategy in Afghanistan and its implications. Published by memri.org<br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/the_failing_us_strategy_in_afg.html</link>
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         <category>Governance</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:48:20 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Commons Central to Anti-Corruption</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Deconstructing the significance of Jan Lokpal. By Sanat Mohanty. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/commons_central_to_anticorrupt.html</link>
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         <category>People and Changes</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:10:34 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;Well Said&quot; to &quot;Well Done&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rakesh Manchanda commends the Indian PM Manmohan Singh's speech at the UN, while demanding that the implications of these comments be translated to policy in India.<br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/well_said_to_well_done.html</link>
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         <category>Governance</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:05:54 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>State Govt Supports Concerns of Kudankulam</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Tamil Nadu state government has, in principle, agreed to the concerns of people in Kudankulam, living next to Russian&nbsp; nuclear reactors being commissioned, afraid of being cutoff in case of an accident at the reactor. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/state_govt_supports_concerns_o.html</link>
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         <category>Governance</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:59:09 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>The Angst of Kashmir</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Commentary about the angst of Kashmiris from a writer who lives and is part of the lank administered by Pakistan. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/the_angst_of_kashmir.html</link>
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         <category>People and Changes</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:43:53 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>Manufacturing Complicity: Paramakudi Killings</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The killing of seven Dalits - the administration was not even sure, for a few days, how many it had killed - and the response from the media and the nation at large, are perhaps accurate reflection of where we are as a nation. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/manufacturing_complicity_param.html</link>
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         <category>Dalit</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:12:04 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>District Administration Serving POSCO</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Following flood like situation in Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Cuttack and Kendrapar, district officials are more focused on cutting down trees, clearing way for land acquisition for POSCO (even thought it is sub judice) at the cost of relief measures. <br />]]></description>
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         <category>Governance</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:54:35 +0530</pubDate>
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         <title>New Land Acquisition Bill is Dangerous</title>
         <description><![CDATA[New land bill will create more land conflicts in the country. More time required for a legislation dealing with historical injustices, says NAPM. <br />]]></description>
         <link>http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2011/new_land_acquisition_bill_is_d.html</link>
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         <category>People and Changes</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:57:48 +0530</pubDate>
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