<?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[Street food on the plate: India's unity in diversity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The street dish called Panipuri in Mumbai, is called puchka in Kolkata, fulki in MP, Batashey in UP and Bihar and Golgappe in Delhi. Essentially its the same, fried aata served with spicy water, mashed potatoes, cooked peas and sweet chutney.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787644&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Shoumie Mukherjee</author><pubDate>2009-11-07T12:26:54+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really a class analogy
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787622&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Purushottam Kumar</author><pubDate>2009-11-06T10:43:38+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of rationality - Part VI]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is the animal kingdom, in fact, which suffers due to limitless human wants and desires, many of them non-rational. Though many NGOs and countries strive to safeguard the existence of the animals, they are highly misused by the mankind.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15786940&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vinod Anand</author><pubDate>2009-11-06T10:14:40+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[December 21, 2012 : A threat to the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 21, 2012, the ancient Mayans foretold the Earth's final day while the Hopi Indians see a great purification of the mother earth. Nostradamus speaks of devastation. Asteroid and the Chinese I Chang predicts the end of the history.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787572&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Angelina</author><pubDate>2009-11-06T10:13:02+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of rationality - Part V]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is thought that while many animals can roar, sing, grunt or otherwise make noise, linguists believe that the key to language skills is basic grammar. Sentences containing explanatory clauses are something that humans can recognise, but not animals]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15786941&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vinod Anand</author><pubDate>2009-11-05T17:03:48+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't kid around]]></title><description><![CDATA[Child labour can have a lot of adverse effects on the child as well as the nation. India, a country that is constantly creating milestones in every field, has child labour and abuse as two of its major black marks.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787522&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Smriti Raghunandan</author><pubDate>2009-11-04T15:48:47+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pottery: The lost Indian art ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pottery, an ancient craft is the measure of a country's civilisation. It is called the lyric of handicrafts. The antiquity of a place is decided by the pottery unearthed there. But in India and elsewhere, Pottery is dying a slow death.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787518&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vaishnavi Bala</author><pubDate>2009-11-04T13:47:31+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doomsday prophecies: An escapist dream for many]]></title><description><![CDATA[A news channel starts giving out doomsday prophecies based on a thousand year old Aztec calendar, with eerie music effects and unreasonable information. The people who hear the messages and believe them, start planning for the remaining years.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787489&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Perplexed Fantasy</author><pubDate>2009-11-04T13:21:32+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progression Vs regression]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate, like humans is subject to change. In other words, it is a variable. Just like how you and I would have a repulsive reaction when we touch a hot plate, similarly climate would react to unexpected changes made especially by man.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15787507&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Smriti Raghunandan</author><pubDate>2009-11-04T12:43:31+05:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of rationality - Part IV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Typically we think having many individual options, strategies and approaches are beneficial, but irrational errors are more likely to arise when individuals make direct comparisons among options.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15786942&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><author>Vinod Anand</author><pubDate>2009-11-04T12:24:20+05:30</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
