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		<title>Walking with the Dalai Lama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anish Kapoor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Cosey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Viola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chase Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christo and Jeanne-Claude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Close]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Committee of 100 for Tibet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Holzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Aptekar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirsten Bahrs Janssen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis deSoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marina Abramovic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Rovner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Steir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Gere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubin Museum of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenzing Rigdol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Missing Peace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I am convinced that if more of us could spend a few minutes every day trying to develop a sense of inner peace, eventually it would become part of our lives; then everything we do will contribute to peace in the world.”

These were the words of the Dalai Lama about The Missing Peace project which took place in 2007 at the Rubin Museum, sponsored by the Committee of 100 for Tibet and the Dalai Lama Foundation.  The exhibit may be long over but here as we browse some of the images and the text, re-walk the galleries in memory, the exercise becomes both a meditation and a benediction.]]></description>
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		<title>New York&#8217;s Hottest Indian Chefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Masala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chai Trivedi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicken Tikka Masala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crab Konkani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floyd Cardoz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goan fish curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graffiti Food and Wine Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hari Nayak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hemant Mathur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Beard Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jehangir Mehta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin American fusion food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maneet Chauhan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York's hottest chefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Next Iron Chef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palak paneer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pranna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surbhi Sahni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suvir Saran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermilion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikas Khanna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meet some of the Big Apple’s hottest and happening Indian chefs…

They are the interpreters of Indian Cuisine, the innovators who aren’t afraid to experiment and create, adding new dimensions to the food they grew up with, giving an exciting buzz to the ho-hum chicken tikka masala and palak paneer which has become the norm of Indian restaurants around the world.  Some of them are at the helm of New York’s most noted Indian restaurants and bring in the foodies.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Onion Sutra</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/foodieheavan/indian-onion-sutra/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biryani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Onions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pullao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suvir Saran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: Do NOT Separate an Indian from his Onions! It’s the one ingredient that no self-respecting desi cook would want to be without; whether you are whipping up a Mughal feast or a poor man’s meal – onions are absolutely necessary. In fact, a shortage of onions can cause a near revolution in India! ]]></description>
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		<title>Atul Gawande’s Secret for Success</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/atul-gawande%e2%80%99s-secret-for-success/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA['Better']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atul Gawande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brigham and Women's Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[checklist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbus Children's Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Atul Gawande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Challenge for Safer Surgical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvard Medical School]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[physicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Checklist Manifesto - How to Get Things Rigt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cost Conundrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New Yorker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World health Organization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So powerful is Dr. Atul Gawande's writing that Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's partner,  sent him a $20,000 check without ever having met him, after reading 'The Cost Conundrum' his piece about healthcare in The New Yorker, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/atul-gawande-new-yorker-w_n_481454.html"> the Huffington Post reports. </a>

Gawande, being Gawande, did not accept the check personally but donated it to Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health for an international project.
Gawande's passion and commitment comes through in his latest book.



 ]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Tweeting in the Obama White House?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/whos-tweeting-in-the-obama-white-house/html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Socks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what, Lassi with Lavina is being followed on Twitter by someone from the White House!

 No, not the President, not even the First Lady.  Not even the First Children but by the First Dog, Bo Diddley Obama!  Of course, I wasn’t aware that dogs could read or keyboard, much less get on to Twitter. But then again, you have to remember it’s the Obama dog and he probably has a great IQ to match the rest of the Obamas.]]></description>
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		<title>From Viet Nam to India</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/from-viet-nam-to-india/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arts of Ancient Viet Nam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brahma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champa period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[champa site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese ceramics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fu Nan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gajasimha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gupta period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Fine Arts Houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Tingley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[navagraha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oc Eo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South East Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Asia Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viet Nam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vishnu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to import an elephant or a rhino perhaps? Ornaments of jade, lapis lazuli, crystal and carnelian?

We may think of global trade as a modern day invention but way back in the ancient world there was a brisk trade and rich cultural exchange going on between far-flung countries. ‘Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea’ is an intriguing new exhibition at The Asia Society in collaboration with Museum of Fine Arts Houston, which shows the interconnections which existed between Viet Nam and many countries, including India.]]></description>
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		<title>Broadway&#8217;s Magic Box</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/travel/broadways-magic-box/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Chorus Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Little Night Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Lansbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Banderas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Elliot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bombay Dreams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Zeta Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward Albee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God of Carnage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Heights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Robers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Spacey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurence Fishburne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Majestic Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mama Mia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Poppins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsoon Wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Fair Lady]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Next to Normal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean P. Diddy Combs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the Lion King]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thurgood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tony awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Side Story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It entailed a helicopter ride from Washington, secret service personnel and caused traffic jams in New York but in spite of all these hassles, the most powerful man in the world, President Barack Obama, still made it to a Broadway show, ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’, right in the heart of Times Square. As he told reporters, “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.”

Such is the lure of Broadway, that all-American icon of theater!]]></description>
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		<title>Sabah Mansoor at New York’s Fashion Week</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/sabah-mansoor-at-new-york%e2%80%99s-fashion-week/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institute of Fashion Technology in Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sabah Mansoor Husain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco-Bangalore Sister city initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Srishti School of Art Design and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzy Menkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weavers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week and Sabah Mansoor-Husain was one of six student designers from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco who showed their debut collections at the tented extravaganza. For Sabah, the destination was particularly thrilling for the journey to Bryant Park had started all the way in Bangalore, her hometown.]]></description>
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		<title>Home and the World</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/thebuzz/home-and-the-world/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aicon Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darshana Vora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghare Baire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huma Mulji]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jatinder Marawah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manish Swarup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prabuddha Dasgupta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabindranath Tagore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raghu Rai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Singh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satyajit Ray]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Think of home, and for many Indian immigrants it evokes memories of cool interiors, a whirring fan and the street sounds floating from the outside.  Inside was a cool, domestic heaven, outside was the chaos, the traffic, the ugly realities of the work world, of political upheaval, of price cuts. It was always about inside and outside, two very different worlds. And now in our new global world it is about India interacting with a larger, more complex world at its doorstep.
]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing Continents</title>
		<link>http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/littleblackbookevents/crossing-continents/html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavina Melwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Little Black Book: Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Yorker Meera Gandhi was appointed a centennial councilor for RNID which will be completing a hundred years in 2011. She is one of six centennial councilors who will serve for a year and highlight the mission of RNID in the US, India and China.]]></description>
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