<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536</id><updated>2011-11-01T03:40:02.497-07:00</updated><title type='text'>::Impressions::~~o0o~~</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoroughbred Trivandrum-ite. Loyola, CET, TCS, ASU. Love music, movies, art. Live life king size.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-114965851373971745</id><published>2006-06-06T21:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-06T22:36:44.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Contrary to my usual style, I decided this time to start off without a heading. Did'nt feel that a heading would make any difference. Some time has gone by since my last post. Its not intentional. After spending 8-9 hours in front of a stupid computer screen and trying to solve the world's electrical engineering problems, the last thing you would want to do when you return is to get back online </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/114965851373971745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=114965851373971745' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/114965851373971745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/114965851373971745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2006/06/contrary-to-my-usual-style-i-decided.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-114549165635340533</id><published>2006-04-19T16:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T17:49:45.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Catching up on lost time.....Okay......so what if I havent updated my blog in a gazillion years. Its not like you guys out there are really interested in this paltry life of mine right???? Anyways, here is a time capsulated update of what has been happening in this life so far. So far it has been so good, no complaints as ever. Happy to be alive and kicking.....and fortunate to have an amazing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/114549165635340533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=114549165635340533' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/114549165635340533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/114549165635340533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2006/04/catching-up-on-lost-time.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-113391839001042504</id><published>2005-12-06T17:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T18:19:50.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Welcome to America, where we have lost our manners.......I know I know........It has been a long time since yours truly ever typed anything in this page. And everytime I think of something, the only things that come to my mind are things that provoke me. Yeah, methinks I am growing into this grumpy man. You know the grumpy grandpa who is not happy with anything at all? I can see myself grow </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/113391839001042504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=113391839001042504' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/113391839001042504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/113391839001042504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/12/welcome-to-america-where-we-have-lost.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-112590073039939874</id><published>2005-09-04T22:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T23:12:10.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Katrina the New Age KaliSo this latest edition to the hurricanes hitting the Southern coast of the United States has been named Katrina. So what was predicted to be a Cat 3 storm suddenly changed plans, and got a makeover to a Cat 4. Winds upto 140mph, tonnes of rain, and left the gulf coast (coastal cities in Louisiana and Missisippi). Katrina left the whole of the historic city of New Orleans</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/112590073039939874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=112590073039939874' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112590073039939874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112590073039939874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-new-age-kali-so-this-latest.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-112233098448549040</id><published>2005-07-25T15:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T22:05:41.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Rain Rain Come Again..........Friday July 22: So it is here. Finally!!!!!! The heat has been swealtering the past couple of weeks. The humidity has been on the rise. The clouds would come, turn grey, and go. I used to wonder why they entice you so much, and then just leave. It might be God's way of playing with the devil in the "valley of the sun". So the heat and the humidity have been rising,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/112233098448549040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=112233098448549040' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112233098448549040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112233098448549040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/07/rain-rain-come-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-112144696739521259</id><published>2005-07-15T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T10:03:15.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"&gt;: മലയാളത്തിൽ ഒരു കുറിപ്പ്‌കുറച്ച്‌ നാളുകളായി ഞാൻ മലയാളത്തിൽ ഒരു കുറിപ്പ്‌ എഴുതണമെന്ന്‌ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചിരുന്നു. ഇതൊരു ഗവേഷണമാണ്‌.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/112144696739521259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=112144696739521259' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112144696739521259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112144696739521259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/07/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-112136262768948550</id><published>2005-07-14T10:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-14T10:37:07.696-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Will we ever learn ?       K.P.S. Gill in this beautiful article explains the different approaches taken by the security forces, press and most importantly the politicians in the terrorist attacks in London recently, and the foiled attack on the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in India. What intrigues me is the fact that even after decades of experience fighting terrorists at home, we still have not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/112136262768948550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=112136262768948550' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112136262768948550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112136262768948550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/07/will-we-ever-learn-k.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-112119374827508554</id><published>2005-07-12T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-13T08:38:17.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>&lt;!-- .style2 {font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif} --&gt;: Life Changes Us Hi Blogworld!!!!! I am back. Yes. It has been over a year since I did anything on this website. It has been hard. To start with, let me tell you that my life has changed from being single to being married, and a dad of a beautiful baby daughter. It is hard to summarize all the events that happened in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/112119374827508554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=112119374827508554' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112119374827508554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/112119374827508554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2005/07/life-changes-us-hi-blogworld-i-am-back.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-109008481996020430</id><published>2004-07-17T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-07-17T10:33:27.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: Changing faces I have been thinking of changing the template for quite some time. The other template was good, but it had flash movies playing in it, meaning it would take longer to load. Easier to stick with Blogger templates. ~ciao </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/109008481996020430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=109008481996020430' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/109008481996020430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/109008481996020430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2004/07/changing-faces-i-have-been-thinking-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-108941560586595805</id><published>2004-07-09T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-07-10T10:41:41.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>: ...And He Can Keep It. Will He????   For the last one week or so, I have been getting this link through various emails. Viggy was the first one to put it forward. Since then, there have been many email discussions about the article reported in Outlook India. There also have been various discussions about the article in Anand's blog. The article is a rather one-sided take on the plight of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/108941560586595805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=108941560586595805' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/108941560586595805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/108941560586595805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2004/07/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842536.post-108879841747352953</id><published>2004-07-02T12:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-07-02T13:01:34.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>:Wasted time, wasted youth (sigh)  &amp;nbsp  Was reading the news on my favourite news source, and stumbled upon this link. The gist of the article is this:   Protestors burn an effigy of "Dubiya" (Bush) to protest against his naming his pet cat "India". C'mon dudes. cant you think of something else to protest? I mean I am patriotic, but not Chauvinistic patriotic. There are a 100 thousand other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/feeds/108879841747352953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842536&amp;postID=108879841747352953' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/108879841747352953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6842536/posts/default/108879841747352953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umeshmja.blogspot.com/2004/07/wasted-time-wasted-youth-sigh-nothing.html' title=''/><author><name>Umesh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15170566821867535343</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4631/97/1600/asha_dadda1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry></feed>
