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		<title>What is Quetzal?</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/what-is-quetzal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a common word - but &#8216;Quetzal&#8217;s aren&#8217;t a common species! (Pun intended for all those who are able to get it!)  
According to Wikipedia, Quetzals are strikingly colored birds of the trogon family (Trogonidae) found in tropical regions of the Americas.
For the uninitiated, &#8216;Quetzal&#8217; (pronounced KATE-Sal) is &#8220;A famous long-tailed bird of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book fantastique: The Last Lecture</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/book-fantastique-the-last-lecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carnegie Mellon University]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Last Lecture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Randy Pausch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Last Lecture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Randy Pausche was a phenomenal human being. And &#8220;The Last Lecture&#8221; is a phenomenal book!
&#8220;A lot of professors give talks titled “The Last Lecture.” Professors are asked to consider  their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak,  audiences can’t help but mull the same question: What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 things I could never do in a &#8220;BIG&#8221; Company!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/10-things-i-could-never-do-in-a-big-company/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/10-things-i-could-never-do-in-a-big-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never really blogged much about work. I never felt the need to. But the work here is very interesting. There are certain things I have been doing here that I never thought I would have to.. and certainly things I would not have done at a Large Organization - at least not anytime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai Matinee!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/mumbai-matinee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Me]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiranandani]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Powai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have completed one week in Mumbai and along with a colleague who is working for the same start-up, have found ourselves a place to  stay. It&#8217;s almost like a Service Apartment next to the NITIE Campus in the Powai. The good part about staying and working in the Hiranandani area is that you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switching!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/switching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in the middle of a transition right now.. You could say I&#8217;m in-transit .. Quite literally! Among the many transitions happening are:

Software Engineer &#62;&#62; Business Development
Large Organization &#62;&#62; Small Company
Living at Home &#62;&#62; Staying independently

My 2-year stint has taught me loads. I&#8217;ve also made a couple of really good friends here.. and I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Communication Skills!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/building-communication-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[engineering college]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Freshers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[graduates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kolkata]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Placements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/?p=374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A leading educational service provider and coaching institute recently asked me to conduct a couple of presentations / sessions for engineering college students who are about to pass out and appear for placements and job interviews. I conducted a session on &#8220;Communication Skills&#8221; and another one on &#8220;General Awareness&#8221; in addition to the &#8220;Trends and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why to Not &#8220;Not&#8221; Start a Start-up?!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/why-to-not-not-start-a-start-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of my batchmates from college have left their &#8220;plush&#8221; jobs at Oracle to be on their own and do their own thing. One of them recently sent me a mail about this article that essentially made him quit his job and start out on his own. The other one has also joined a Senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling, Cancer &#38; Life!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/its-not-about-the-bike-a-short-review/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/its-not-about-the-bike-a-short-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[it's not about the bike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Survival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Last week I finished reading It&#8217;s not about the bike - by Lance Armstrong. For the uninitiated, Lance Armstrong is a cyclist who is diagnosed with stage 3 Testicular Cancer. He battles the deadly disease to come back and win the Tour De France, perhaps the most physically enduring race in competitive cycling. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live from Jamshedpur!</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/live-from-jamshedpur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalma Road]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jamshedpur]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nildih]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tata Motors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tata Steel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tatanagar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am in Jamshedpur (Tatanagar) right now.  I am here for the weekend to visit a few friends - particularly one - who just had a ligament surgery. I was fortunate to befreind a few good people form this industrial township during my days at BIT Mesra and visited the place a few times during [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">I walk a .. (pretty!) road..</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The Gennius grew up here... ;-)</media:title>
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		<title>LOOT-&#8217;response!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/loot-response/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingtails.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/loot-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Lootstreet]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Online Selling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were some questions asked by some of my friends on the LootStreet (Intro) post, there were a few questions asked&#8230; Some of which I thought were pretty sensible and I was looking for the answers myself. So I pinged Kaushik (a good friend and one of the founders of LootStreet.com) .. This is what [...]]]></description>
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