<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: Potpourri News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from Potpourri ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Malyabanta Mahotsav 09 takes place in Malkangiri]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Malyabanta Mahotsav not only provides a common platform to the tribal folk to exhibit their hidden talents, but also enables them for a better interaction between the different participants. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15789054&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>RatnakarDash</author><pubDate>2009-11-21T17:00:46+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retired railway officers association journal released]]></title><description><![CDATA[It provides lot of useful information to pensioners. Circulars of the government departments affecting all pensioners, articles on Health (obesity, sleep disorders, ageing issues) and even legal matters (wills, court verdicts) are given.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15789051&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vyasamoorthy</author><pubDate>2009-11-21T14:36:04+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Differently able]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is about the differently abled children and their life. It espouses the cause of special children, underscoring the need for government and society to accept equal responsibility for their proper education.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15782627&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Amrita Jain</author><pubDate>2009-11-20T10:39:09+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not create more cultural lag]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our culture has qualities of love, respect and emotional healing. We should accept it and reject the western materialistic lifestyle and standard of living. Such a life where money is considered supreme, would only create more Madhu Kodas.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788617&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Dr Dhruv Tanwani</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T17:13:48+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor governance in India: Part IV]]></title><description><![CDATA[India has made progress in increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy. However, education is still far behind that in China or Thailand. Most children never attend secondary schools. Only one in five job-seekers are trained.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787834&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vinod Anand</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T14:56:47+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trying hard to smile, she reached out for his hand. She couldn't read his face, Never had been able to. He was not like others. Had his own ingenious style but, she knew him? Knew him well enough to know he was feeling the same.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788330&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>shruti kumar</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T13:09:18+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Govt needs to wake up against ignorance to researchers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young researchers of the country are poorly paid and there is no increment yet in their stipend-package after the implementation of sixth pay-commission. Ministry and concerned offices are not bothered to increase stipend-packages of research scholars.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788667&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>pankaj sinha</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T12:43:37+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The village school: A hope for Tibetan refugee children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Started as a nursery for the Tibetan refugee children in May 1960, this children's village today is a self -contained integrated community, with family homes, schooling facilities, vocational training centres and teachers' training centre.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788322&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>BIBIN.S.NATH</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T12:09:59+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bal and Raj Thackeray akin to Talibans ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raj Thackeray of the MNS and Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena are like the Talibans, who were once used by Americans and have now become their biggest enemies]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788583&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vikas Kumar</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T11:28:49+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portuguese invasion of Maldives: A myth in history ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Till date, there is no evidence of Portuguese occupation of Maldives, no such record exists in Portuguese archives and there is no reference to Portuguese rule in the Tarikh, the official Maldive chronicle written prior to the 20th century.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15788424&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Joseph Stalin</author><pubDate>2009-11-19T10:34:55+05:30</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
