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		<title>Of Reputation and Secrets</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/29/of-reputation-and-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the Tatas nurtured over a century, Niira Radia &#38; Vaishnavi have demolished in a week. #MediaMafia&#8212; Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) November 29, 2010 Mahesh Murthy is right. All those years of building up credibility, threatened (not dashed to the ground) by keeping bad company! I will add, this is true in both our professional and &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/29/of-reputation-and-secrets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=770&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Choices We Make</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/28/the-choices-we-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is all about choices. And the ones we make, and the ones we don&#8217;t define who we are, and define our lives. Choice itself has many interpretations and applications &#8211; from basic choices we make in our daily lives, to choice as an expression of free will, and a million things in between. Choice &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/28/the-choices-we-make/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=760&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cut Back On Current Wants To Build Your Future</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/25/cut-back-on-current-wants-to-build-your-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this piece by Sumeet Vaid, Founder CEO of Freedom Financial Planners, in the Economic Times today on how it is important to cut back on expenses today, in order to build a sound financial future tomorrow. I have always personally derided this perspective, saying its not relevant to people who have a steady &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/25/cut-back-on-current-wants-to-build-your-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=757&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Spartacus &#8211; And Big Brother Is Watching Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you can take this post as support for &#8220;free speech&#8221; and &#8220;protection of our right to privacy on the internet&#8221; I am doing neither. I am simply taking forth the point I made in my previous post on careless emailing. The truth is, everything you say or do on the internet is real. While &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/15/i-am-spartacus-and-big-brother-is-watching-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=748&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thought For the Day (And Week, Month, Year, Life): Be Curious</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/12/thought-for-the-day-and-week-month-year-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to be briliant, be curious&#8212; shagorika heryani (@shagorikah) November 11, 2010 Be curious about people, society, cultures, economics, politics, technology, trends&#8230; Be curious about relationships, influencers, triggers, issues, dreams, aspirations&#8230; Be curious about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, tasks&#8230; Be curious in the morning, in the afternoon, in the night, and all the time&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/12/thought-for-the-day-and-week-month-year-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=732&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fwd: Email at your own risk</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/11/fwd-email-at-your-own-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days back, my 10 year old daughter received an email from a stranger asking her: &#8220;Why are you creatingspam??&#8221; And this seemed to be in response to an email she&#8217;d sent (Fwd:) to some of her friends, and not him! She showed it to me wondering what spam was, and why this person &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/11/fwd-email-at-your-own-risk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=726&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Road Rage &#8211; Redux</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/04/digital-road-rage-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a post I first wrote exactly five years ago to this date, on 4th November, 2005! And yes, I&#8217;ve been blogging since before most people had internet in India! I am republishing it today, because I think it is still very relevant here in 2010, as it was in 2005. Because while technology has &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/04/digital-road-rage-redux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=620&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Morning in India via NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/01/its-morning-in-india-via-nytimes-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot being written and a lot being said about the recent &#8220;protectionist&#8221; stance adopted by some states, and the rising voices against &#8220;outsourcing&#8221; in the US. I have been watching from the sidelines, because it doesn&#8217;t affect me directly, as yet, but I know it may soon&#8230; I read something today that pushed &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/11/01/its-morning-in-india-via-nytimes-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=615&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Givers and Takers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In life there are two broad kind of people: Givers, and Takers. And you will come across them in both your personal and professional lives. While this is the obvious/visible definition/observation, you will find there are two subsets to these as well &#8211; kind of like wolves in sheep&#8217;s clothing, and also sheep in wolves &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/10/30/givers-and-takers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=602&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BBM &#8211; Boon, or Bane?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today someone forwarded me the following text, on my BBM (that&#8217;s short for Blackberry Messenger, for those not from this planet). It&#8217;s insightful, and makes people laugh ~ especially the die-hard Crackberrys! How BBmessenger Has Changed Us: ~ This is sooo truee!! You check your phone before you even wake up Ignoring people has become &#8230; <a href="http://noshtradamus.com/2010/10/30/bbm-boon-or-bane/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noshtradamus.com&amp;blog=475783&amp;post=580&amp;subd=noshtradamus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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