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		<title>Right on, Marin Nestle</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/right-on-marin-nestle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite reservations I have about the San Francisco Chronicle&#8217;s Sunday Food section (see here, for one example), and the limitations to Michael Pollan&#8217;s book, Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma, I found today&#8217;s column by Nestle to be right on.
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		<title>South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3rd I&#8217;s seventh annual South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco begins this Thursday.
About 3rd I:
3rd I is a non-profit, national organization committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We represent filmmakers and audiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and the South Asian Diaspora.
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		<title>Pesticide drift in CA</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/pesticide-drift-in-ca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A harrowing news story of (commonplace) pesticide poisoning from the California Report.
Note: even workers on organic fields are susceptible to drift from other farms.  Makes me wonder how chemical-free our organic fruits and vegetables really are&#8230;.
Listening to this story, I was reminded of a conversation I had with a certified organic farmer in Wayanad, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapnainkerala.wordpress.com&blog=3971441&post=426&subd=sapnainkerala&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biodiversity and Sashi Tharoor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Unrelated &#8212; or are they?  This is where my PhD seems to be heading now&#8230;.)
Rattan plants facing extinction in the Western Ghats
Sashi Tharoor wants more organic farming in Kerala
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		<title>Chief Minister: encourage organic farming in the State</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/chief-minister-encourage-organic-farming-in-the-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Hindu:
Encourage organic farming, says V.S. Achuthanandan&#8230;this will save the soil from negative impacts
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		<title>Language Study in India</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/language-study-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky to be able to participate in AIIS&#8216; Malayalam language course this past summer, and I highly recommend AIIS&#8217; language programs (which is now accepting applications):
The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its
summer 2010 and academic year 2010-2011 language programs. Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Mohali), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapnainkerala.wordpress.com&blog=3971441&post=401&subd=sapnainkerala&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weblink on cultural events in Kerala</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/weblink-on-cultural-events-in-kerala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine just shared a link with me, which I thought I&#8217;d post: SpaceOut, a blog that lists &#8220;the cultural events happenings in Kerala, with programme announcements, reviews and links.&#8221;
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		<title>Time to reconsider that gold horde?</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/time-to-reconsider-that-gold-horde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thieves are apparently targeting the homes of South Asian families in various states for gold.
To switch geographies, it amazes me to go to Kerala and see how much hype and popularity there is over gold jewelry (even today still, despite the escalating price of gold).
Here&#8217;s a taste for some popular gold shops in Kerala:
Alukkas
Alapatt
Bhima
The last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapnainkerala.wordpress.com&blog=3971441&post=389&subd=sapnainkerala&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; food?</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/whats-good-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle recently did a tasting and review of Korma curry sauces.  The verdict: all of them were overly salty and sub-par.
My favorite line from the piece is the following: They may be popular, but, at least by the panel, they were not beloved.
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		<title>In honor of World Food Day, two stories from the Hindu</title>
		<link>http://sapnainkerala.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/in-honor-of-world-food-day-two-stories-from-the-hindu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protests against genetically modified eggplant (bt brinjal).
Kerala&#8217;s Chief Minister reasserts his position against GMOs
And, randomly: the most expensive Malayalam film hits theaters today. Worth the money?
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