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	<description>Raising a regional ruckus</description>
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		<title>Nepal in the dark</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/02/03/nepal-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Erik Wilson

It’s February. For anyone that lives in Nepal or has been to Nepal you know what that means: load shedding, and lots of it. Reports this year suggest that at its peak this season, Nepal will experience around 18 hours of power cuts every single day. A friend recently told me that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the epochal fire lit</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/02/02/when-the-epochal-fire-lit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Manmeet Sahni
Dar-e-Mehr at the Delhi Parsi Anjuman is the only fire temple in the entire Northern belt of India. Its fire was consecrated on 31 December 1961. The history of Parsis (Zorastrians in India) has been of interest and intrigue to many. As per the 2001 census, the Parsi population in India is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Bol hosts a discussion on political prisoners in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/02/01/cafe-bol-hosts-a-discussion-on-political-prisoners-in-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cindy Zahnd
The theme of the discussion last weekend at Café Bol in Lahore’s Main Market was ‘Political prisoners in Pakistan’. Over 40 people, most of them university students, attended the event.
Farooq Tariq, spokesperson of the Labour Party Pakistan, introduced the discussion by saying that 14 members and supporters of his party are now in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just that little bit better</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/31/just-that-little-bit-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eben Bhujel
For all the development dollars flowing into the region, life continues to be a desperate struggle for millions of Southasians. Putting aside &#8212; if only for a minute &#8212; the government schemes and NGO politics, here are five recent innovations that have the potential to make the lives of some Southasians just that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalism and occupation in Kashmir</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/30/journalism-and-occupation-in-kashmir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by David Barsamian
Re-published with permission from Naked Punch

For obvious reasons freedom of the press in Kashmir is limited and constrained. Military occupation with its attendant curfews, roadblocks, checkpoints, searches, surveillance, wiretapping of calls and emails, and state-sponsored violence from custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings to torture and disappearances, produce immense pain and suffering among Kashmiris. Intimidation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncensored testimony</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/26/uncensored-testimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After his last movie on the sports dream of a Kashmiri youth, Inshallah, Football, was dragged into a year-long legal battle with the Central Board of Film Certification, filmmaker Ashvin Kumar has this time decided to bypass the Indian censor board altogether. Since midnight, his new movie entitled Inshallah, Kashmir: Living terror about stories of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The kids are alright</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/26/the-kids-are-alright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erik Wilson
 
Over evening khana on my most recent trip to Nepal I listened as a friend expressed his concern regarding the study habits and priorities of his young nieces and nephews. Members of what he deemed the ‘Facebook and Twitter Generation’, their sights seem to be set more on motorbikes and cosmopolitan material [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wen in Nepal&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/19/wen-in-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erik Wilson
Wen Jiabao drops in to Kathmandu
Saturday’s visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao came as a surprise to many in the Kathmandu Valley. The Nepali Government announced the visit only an hour before the Premier landed at Tribhuvan International Airport, and Kathmandu woke up to increased security measures, particularly in the Tibetan areas of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration of reverence</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/16/restoration-of-reverence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Restoration of reverence
The ancient stupa of Sanchi is restored to glory.
By Vinita Agrawal
On a cold December morning, I set out for Sanchi from Bhopal. Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh; the ancient town of Sanchi is 45km from this state capital. Most of the distance is a comfortable straight road through the countryside, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The melodies of Muharram</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/13/the-melodies-of-muharram/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The melodies of Muharram
Face to face with blood and beauty on the day of Ashura in Old Delhi.
By Rachel Firestone
Dust could be seen curling up through the glare, and the thin, hard winter sunlight gave the crowded lane leading up to Old Delhi Railway Station a pearl-like sheen. Imran was on the corner of the [...]]]></description>
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