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		<title>Satire Lives in Peepli</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/08/20/satire-lives-in-peepli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Anusha Rizvi proves that spoof can be a powerful tool of social awakening.
By Laxmi Murthy
&#8216;Just like a documentary, so realistic!&#8217; remarks one of my aunts as we stream out of the theatre, the haunting background score of ‘Peepli [Live]’ still resounding in our ears. &#8216;Excellent film, but what’s the use,&#8217; says the other aunt, &#8216;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamara Osama</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/07/22/hamara-osama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fake bin Laden provides some laughs along with a sharp comment on the “war on terror”, the media, and US policy on Afghanistan.
By Laxmi Murthy

A spoof about the US &#8216;war on terror&#8217;, the Pakistani desperation to emigrate and a satirical take on the media’s obsession with &#8216;Breaking News&#8217; could go badly wrong in hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kathmandu meri jaan</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/02/15/kathmandu-meri-jaan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laxmim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathmandu is one of the least liveable cities in the world, according to the just-released Economist Intelligence Unit&#8217;s latest ranking. Cities in Canada and Australia hog the top ten spots, with Vienna and Helsinki elbowing their way into the elite few.  Stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure are ranked, but cost of living is not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden cleavages</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2009/12/01/hidden-cleavages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laxmim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winter is slowly deepening. As the misty mornings get nippier and nights arrive soon after you have wound up lunch, there is another noticeable phenomenon in Kathmandu. Cleavages go under cover. No, not the ones on top generally to be seen on the female of the species. The other ones, on the posterior, the [...]]]></description>
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