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	<description>A struggle to discover.   From an IT Graduate Student that is lazy, spiritual, Indian and confused.</description>
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		<title>Birthday Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My musings on how birthday wishes are not the same anymore, in the Facebook era; Also how the people we surround ourselves with are a reflection of what we are, and how those people have changed for me in the past year.  <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/birthday-musings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1092&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Mission Impossible 4 Night &#8211; A Review</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/a-mission-impossible-4-night-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mission Impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my review of the movie Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol. I watched it in a theater in the Christmas break, and it was only my fourth time in a movie theater!  My Indian-ness and Muslim-ness affected how I viewed this movie.  <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/a-mission-impossible-4-night-a-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1073&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Circles of Relationships and Happiness Index</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/circles-of-relationships-and-happiness-index/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a look at how I divide the people in my life and the time I spend with them into concentric circles. The innermost circle would be none but myself and the time I spend in solitude. <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/circles-of-relationships-and-happiness-index/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1068&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cursing and Me</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/cussing-and-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cursing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes get a strong urge to use cuss words, like this one time in a public restroom. How did I deal with it?  How do I generally react when people around me use cuss words? <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/cussing-and-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1059&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Routine that Killed Me &#8211; An End-of-Year Panic.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/the-daily-routine-that-killed-me-an-end-of-year-panic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thanksgiving, I sit back to think about how I have changed as a person  since thanksgiving last year, and how I have come up short on my long-term goals. <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/the-daily-routine-that-killed-me-an-end-of-year-panic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science and Faith &#8211; An Unresolvable Conflict?</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/science-and-faith-an-unresolvable-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there an unresolvable conflict between science and faith? Is the theory of evolution compatible with religion? <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/science-and-faith-an-unresolvable-conflict/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Muslim Greek Name.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/what-is-a-muslim-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My conversation with a friend who was wondering why a Greek friend did not have a "Muslim name". <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/what-is-a-muslim-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1009&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll have your back.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/ill-have-your-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dependence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dependent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to get used to and dependent upon support. It is perhaps one of the pitfalls of growing up in an extremely loving desi family, and having a lot of friends. Forced to face challenges all alone is good preparation for being the same support to those you love.  <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/ill-have-your-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=1004&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reasoning Emotions and the End of Gaddafi.  A Love for God.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/reasoning-emotions-a-love-for-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allahu Akbar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old memory from childhood cropped up in recent days - it was a chilling sermon I had heard at Eid,which is one of two Muslim holidays in a year. It was a masterpiece of oratory, with powerful rhetoric that, I &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/reasoning-emotions-a-love-for-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=987&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected:  A Reminiscence</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/a-reminiscence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8220;Mommy, why were they shouting at me?&#8221;  When Islamophobic Terrorism came home.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/mommy-why-were-they-shouting-at-me-when-islamophobic-terrorism-came-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A seven year old little girl learns about hatred. A story of how a happy Muslim family was attacked by drunk members of the violent, Islamophobic English Defense League. <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/mommy-why-were-they-shouting-at-me-when-islamophobic-terrorism-came-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=950&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journey Through a Thank You</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/journey-through-a-thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Thank You could mean so many things. Some of them can be negative.... <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/journey-through-a-thank-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=944&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Desire for Acceptance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<title>Pictures from Spring</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/pictures-from-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<title>Finding Faults with Others &#8211; Being Mirrors to One Another</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/finding-faults-with-others-a-personal-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the last day of classes at school, the last night before Finals Week. Some students decided to dance their stress away  to music in a flash mob dance in the library,  while many other peers watched with amusement, &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/finding-faults-with-others-a-personal-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=821&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Relations &#8211; The Cultural Divide : Part I (Greetings between men and women )</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/gender-relations-the-cultural-divide-part-i-greetings-between-men-and-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Raison d&#8217;être for this blog, at least when I started off, was to dwell upon cultural divides and cultural differences that I have encountered between different societies that have made me who I am today – Saudi, Indian, British &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/gender-relations-the-cultural-divide-part-i-greetings-between-men-and-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=808&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Really achieving your childhood dreams is all about breaking the cycle of procrastination</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/really-achieving-your-childhood-dreams-is-all-about-breaking-the-cycle-of-procrastination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 06:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been writing here lately, and have a lot of catching up to do as far as getting up to speed with new posts in my Google Reader full of subscribed blogs is concerned.  I would have liked to &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/really-achieving-your-childhood-dreams-is-all-about-breaking-the-cycle-of-procrastination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=669&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old Rag Mountain Hike in Shenandoah National Park, VA &#8211; II</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/old-rag-mountain-hike-in-shenandoah-national-park-va-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 06:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been pretty busy (read: only stressed out but not working as much ) as the semester draws to a close. A lot of my extra-curricular activities have been cut down, but the one opportunity that I did not/could &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/old-rag-mountain-hike-in-shenandoah-national-park-va-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=646&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Osama Bin Laden is dead</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/osama-bin-laden-is-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 04:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the talk of the town now &#8211; an hour and a half after news started spreading that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Abbottabad, Pakistan (Abbottabad is sixty kilometers away from Islamabad, capital of Pakistan).  A &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/osama-bin-laden-is-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=648&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Desi Wedding Guide&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/desi-wedding-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desi (&#8220;They-see&#8221;; Indian/Pakistani origin ) marriages are a complicated thing, but the process is about to be more streamlined than ever. Now you know which path you are headed towards if you can find your place in the flow chart &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/desi-wedding-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=629&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An obsession called Cricket and the World Cup</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/an-obsession-called-cricket-and-the-world-cup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was one of the rare extended periods of time when I generally stayed away from news channels and news websites, and of course from a lot of my school work  - blame the Cricket World Cup craze.  I &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/an-obsession-called-cricket-and-the-world-cup/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=611&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking at Great Falls, VA</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/hiking-at-great-falls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved traveling and holidaying &#8211; and spring break was here.  This was sounding like another perfect opportunity for a get-away.  A bunch of friends had already been planning a four-day hiking and fun trip at Great Smoky &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/hiking-at-great-falls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=573&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My awkward moments in Muslim prayer&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it&#8217;s time for one of those five ritual prayers in a day that we Muslims have to offer,  and we are at a place far  from the safe comfort zones of homes and/or mosques -out shopping, or at work &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/my-awkward-moments-in-muslim-prayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=558&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The perils of humanist sexual philosophy</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/the-perils-of-humanist-sexual-philosophy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: A philosophical discussion with atheists on sex ahead. Do not continue if you are easily offended by such discourses. There is no joy in Godless sex. If you are still blinking in surprise at the title and the previous &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/the-perils-of-humanist-sexual-philosophy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=537&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making A Default Positive Assumption about People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been troubled by some people being in a hurry to make negative conclusions about others and judge them. I find them guilty of double standards while they judge, since they would talk about applying rules when it concerns &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/making-70-excuses-for-others-a-key-duty-of-brotherhood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=541&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winter trip to the UK and India</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/winter-trip-to-the-uk-and-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a grueling Fall semester in school, I got to get away from this place for a five-week long holiday and visit friends and family in two countries &#8211; the United Kingdom and India. People are often surprised when they &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/winter-trip-to-the-uk-and-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=502&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Who likes questions ?</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/who-likes-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<title>Snow brings holidays</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/snow-brings-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had the first legit snow of the season today, but that was (un)fortunately not enough to postpone the two exams that I had. The exams were not bad anyway, and I am glad to be  done with them. It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/snow-brings-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=472&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One down, three to go.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/one-down-three-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of the year when finals are in full swing. When  there is one skipped meal after another and one sleepless night before the next. The first exam/ demonstration yesterday turned out to be much pleasant and &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/one-down-three-to-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=465&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obamania</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Att: Scroll down and see the funny video below if you do not have the patience to read this long story ) I was and still am a big fan of Barack Hussein Obama. To give you a sense, I had &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/obamania/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=456&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do we really want to live forever ?</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/do-we-really-want-to-live-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years back, I used to look at people who were concerned about getting old with contempt. You know, of the kind who spent a fortune for every cosmetic cream on the market that promised them to look &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/do-we-really-want-to-live-forever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=450&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The unstoppable flight of time</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-unstoppable-flight-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a sense of helplessness as the seconds and minutes and days fly by without ever being able to get them back, even as I write this piece. Why, I found it hard to fathom how I am at &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-unstoppable-flight-of-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=443&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telling women where to pray (via wood turtle)</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/telling-women-where-to-pray-via-wood-turtle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have faced this problem. Women, if they are allowed to pray at all in the Masjids,   face issues which discourage them from visiting them. Quite often, this prevents them from acquiring spiritual training and gaining knowledge, and &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/telling-women-where-to-pray-via-wood-turtle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=433&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My Lord, Forgive me, I have failed the covenant that I had taken on&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/my-lord-forgive-me-i-have-failed-the-covenant-that-i-had-taken-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a nasheed by Nader Khan on desires and keeping them under check. &#8216;Desire&#8217;  is probably a loose translation of the word, &#8216;Nafs&#8217; in Arabic that we are asked to keep in check in order that we give more &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/my-lord-forgive-me-i-have-failed-the-covenant-that-i-had-taken-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=428&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Has DST ended ?</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/has-dst-ended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,the right thing to say   is that DST(Daylight savings time) has already  ended on November 7th at 2 AM this year. But the really right thing to say is, what if I say DST has always been there ? Is &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/has-dst-ended/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=421&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on Islam.</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/412/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post on Islamophobia, I talked about how the media coverage on any subject, even about Islam and Muslims, doesn&#8217;t necessarily match what the people on the street feel like. I stumbled upon this adhan video from youtube &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/412/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=412&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamophobia ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islam-A-phobia is the buzzword that’s  flying around these days. In the media, in restaurant discussions, heck, even in my university portal, discussions constantly put Islam under trial in a negative sense. Most of it has to do with Islam having &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/islamophobia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=408&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise and Fall of Empires: Randall Munroe Maps the Internet (via Digital Gravitas)</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-rise-and-fall-of-empires-randall-munroe-maps-the-internet-via-digital-gravitas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved seeing political maps that show the empires over the centuries, and their territorial expansion, their rise and fall. The map of the British empire at its zenith, the Islamic empire at its peak in the middle &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-rise-and-fall-of-empires-randall-munroe-maps-the-internet-via-digital-gravitas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=403&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Deserve The Nobel Prize (via MirrorCracked)</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/why-i-deserve-the-nobel-prize-via-mirrorcracked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nobel prizes are being given away. There was controversy when they gave the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese anti-government (and most probably supported by foreign powers who have no interest in China&#8217;s well-being)activist in jail.  Propaganda wars. China &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/why-i-deserve-the-nobel-prize-via-mirrorcracked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=388&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flipping the North Koreans off (via Iconic Photos)</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/flipping-the-north-koreans-off-via-iconic-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A show of defiance ! The way rival countries play the propaganda game fascinates me. When the Iranian scientist, apparently a nuclear scientist who had something to do with the Iranian nuclear program was abducted by the Americans with help from &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/flipping-the-north-koreans-off-via-iconic-photos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=382&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A nothing-for trouble one more time !</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/a-nothing-for-trouble-one-more-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been searching for my campus card all over the campus. For an entire week. I thought I hadn&#8217;t seen it since I came from the gym last Sunday. So, I made the campus activity center staff run around &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/a-nothing-for-trouble-one-more-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=379&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Cyber nanny pulling your ear !</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/a-cyber-nanny-pulling-your-ear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who can’t stop ourselves from getting repeatedly distracted by hopping on to social networking websites during and between classes, homework, Salaah time and so on ,  like me, and don’t have a nanny to watch over &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/a-cyber-nanny-pulling-your-ear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=342&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ignorance at display ! Qur’an the word of God is safe as ever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I had talked about how ignorant, Islam haters are harming themselves in the hereafter by insulting God. (That their hatred of Islam is also a result of ignorance is another matter and worthy of another post). &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/ignorance-at-display-qur%e2%80%99an-the-word-of-god-is-safe-as-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=352&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burning the &#8220;Koran&#8221;? Insulting other religions in Islam</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/burning-the-koran-insulting-other-religions-in-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news is replete with hate-incidents of Koran-burning (more correctly spelled as &#8216;Qur’an&#8217;), agitations against building of mosques, and surveys that show the majority of Americans have an unfavorable view about Islam and its connection to violence. Pastor Jones, the freaky character &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/burning-the-koran-insulting-other-religions-in-islam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=348&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End of a whole year here!</title>
		<link>https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/end-of-a-whole-year-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 21:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. My second semester in graduate school has ended with one last exam. It is a good feeling and I am looking forward to a good break for sometime. It&#8217;s not that I feel elated since I know it is &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/end-of-a-whole-year-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=233&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Washington DC for Sixth time in Nine Months.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my friends recently  remarked, &#8220;Hey, do visit your hometown too once in a while&#8221; . Reason ? Another trip to DC (can you believe it?)  on the 23rd of April, my sixth in less than nine months. I &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/the-6th-time-in-9-months-and-im-finally-bored/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=197&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hook Up with God, God will Hook You Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hook Up with Allah, Allah will Hook You Up This was a beautiful article that I read on a blog that I follow.  I recommend this blog to everyone &#8211; I found  the posts on personality development and relationships on &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/hook-up-with-allah-allah-will-hook-you-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=187&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The week that zipped by and the talk of bondage !</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neollectual</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was almost as if it was just a couple of days back that I went to Washington,DC to see the cherry blossom parade, but, yes, checking the calendar again, it has been as many as eight days since then &#8230; <a href="https://radiances.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/the-week-that-zipped-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=radiances.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7432618&amp;post=180&amp;subd=radiances&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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