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		<title>By: ak.sudharsan</title>
		<link>http://elekhni.com/2008/01/the-god-of-all-visas/comment-page-1/#comment-315</link>
		<dc:creator>ak.sudharsan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>can we do thulabharam in shridi temple

sai devotees may help me


sudharsan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>can we do thulabharam in shridi temple</p>
<p>sai devotees may help me</p>
<p>sudharsan</p>
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		<title>By: lekhni</title>
		<link>http://elekhni.com/2008/01/the-god-of-all-visas/comment-page-1/#comment-314</link>
		<dc:creator>lekhni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can understand your disappointment at your visa application being rejected.

But on your point that no Indian living in the US would want to return to India, well, I personally know a few who have returned, and they are not all people who have made their money here, though some certainly are.

I am sure there are enough opportunities in India too for saving money/ improving one&#039;s finances.  Like in everything else, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Good luck with your visa process next time!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can understand your disappointment at your visa application being rejected.</p>
<p>But on your point that no Indian living in the US would want to return to India, well, I personally know a few who have returned, and they are not all people who have made their money here, though some certainly are.</p>
<p>I am sure there are enough opportunities in India too for saving money/ improving one&#8217;s finances.  Like in everything else, the grass is always greener on the other side.</p>
<p>Good luck with your visa process next time!</p>
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		<title>By: sharad</title>
		<link>http://elekhni.com/2008/01/the-god-of-all-visas/comment-page-1/#comment-313</link>
		<dc:creator>sharad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i dont find it surprising ,ppl would do anything (if they had a chance) would do anything to get out of india ,opportunties are just not there or else u would spend ur entire life crossing from middle class to upper class etc etc
my visa got rejected last yr nd i no how it feels ,hnsly i would do same thing for h1b ,the kind of personal or professional growth opps which exists there simply cant exist in india for next century also

i also read a sillu article in business week based on some stupid research which says indians leaving usa ,those are ppl with infintie money in their accounts no idiiot would leave usa if he had a real chance

lets hope this yr i get my visa and can also write such articles after 3-4 yrs laughing at silliness of us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i dont find it surprising ,ppl would do anything (if they had a chance) would do anything to get out of india ,opportunties are just not there or else u would spend ur entire life crossing from middle class to upper class etc etc<br />
my visa got rejected last yr nd i no how it feels ,hnsly i would do same thing for h1b ,the kind of personal or professional growth opps which exists there simply cant exist in india for next century also</p>
<p>i also read a sillu article in business week based on some stupid research which says indians leaving usa ,those are ppl with infintie money in their accounts no idiiot would leave usa if he had a real chance</p>
<p>lets hope this yr i get my visa and can also write such articles after 3-4 yrs laughing at silliness of us</p>
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		<title>By: Tarun</title>
		<link>http://elekhni.com/2008/01/the-god-of-all-visas/comment-page-1/#comment-312</link>
		<dc:creator>Tarun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Imagine what the scriptures would be called?.. blogigranth....blogalisa...blogavita....blogran....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine what the scriptures would be called?.. blogigranth&#8230;.blogalisa&#8230;blogavita&#8230;.blogran&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Avi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Avi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Had been thinking that the pantheon of Hindu gods&#039; had not increased of late. Given the increase in population and tasks and the Hindu mythics&#039; proclivity to delegate, I had been thinking of creating a post on neo-Gods but now that I know that delegation is alive and kicking I guess I&#039;ll make my additions here.

I think there&#039;s a Google Devta who aids web searches. He sits somewhere between the Akshaic records and web page indexes. Is actually a mutation of Ganesha and sits on a  spider instead of a mouse. One can offer salutations to it by ceremoniously chanting &quot;OM GOOGLAYEH NAMAH&quot; thrice before hitting the &quot;I&#039;m feeling lucky&quot; button.
As Blog Pundits are already there, it?s fitting that they too be given a god. Their god I feel is aRSSwati. Again a mutation of Saraswati, she&#039;s the goddess of self expression and venting, and has 100 heads for multiple feeds. She sits atop a pygmy who yields a spade and is forever digging it!

Saraswati has yet another mutated sister SRSwT, the goddess of sms and text messages. She resides in all abbreviations and its hoped to god that the receiver of the message understands what the abbreviated message was in the first place thanks to her blessings!

The third is Connection Baba, who is standing on one leg and has his hands joined in the connections mudra. His self effacing service for the connectivity of Humankind has made him a Baba, but once he leaves this world will soon be declared an avatar and will be prayed upon as such!
More to follow...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Had been thinking that the pantheon of Hindu gods&#8217; had not increased of late. Given the increase in population and tasks and the Hindu mythics&#8217; proclivity to delegate, I had been thinking of creating a post on neo-Gods but now that I know that delegation is alive and kicking I guess I&#8217;ll make my additions here.</p>
<p>I think there&#8217;s a Google Devta who aids web searches. He sits somewhere between the Akshaic records and web page indexes. Is actually a mutation of Ganesha and sits on a  spider instead of a mouse. One can offer salutations to it by ceremoniously chanting &#8220;OM GOOGLAYEH NAMAH&#8221; thrice before hitting the &#8220;I&#8217;m feeling lucky&#8221; button.<br />
As Blog Pundits are already there, it?s fitting that they too be given a god. Their god I feel is aRSSwati. Again a mutation of Saraswati, she&#8217;s the goddess of self expression and venting, and has 100 heads for multiple feeds. She sits atop a pygmy who yields a spade and is forever digging it!</p>
<p>Saraswati has yet another mutated sister SRSwT, the goddess of sms and text messages. She resides in all abbreviations and its hoped to god that the receiver of the message understands what the abbreviated message was in the first place thanks to her blessings!</p>
<p>The third is Connection Baba, who is standing on one leg and has his hands joined in the connections mudra. His self effacing service for the connectivity of Humankind has made him a Baba, but once he leaves this world will soon be declared an avatar and will be prayed upon as such!<br />
More to follow&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Soham</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm... BlogNath sounds good... and what about a BlogNath Jayanti?

I guess all those phoreners when they come to visit the great shrine, I wonder what they will say

&quot;May the blessings of Blog-Not perennially fall on our blogs,
May his grace adorn our traffics, and his mercy on our RSS subscribers&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm&#8230; BlogNath sounds good&#8230; and what about a BlogNath Jayanti?</p>
<p>I guess all those phoreners when they come to visit the great shrine, I wonder what they will say</p>
<p>&#8220;May the blessings of Blog-Not perennially fall on our blogs,<br />
May his grace adorn our traffics, and his mercy on our RSS subscribers&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: lekhni</title>
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		<dc:creator>lekhni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Mangojuice: I like Blogyashree...sounds like a once-famous actress..

@BPSK: Blognath is good. I guess one should choose the really long-winded blogs for the Thulabharam. Or print them on cardboard..

@A Cynic In Wonderland: Why a cold God? A pneumonia God, I can understand.

You will need different incantations depending on the &quot;archana&quot; - mantras will be like &quot;Om H1B visa deheem&quot;, &quot;Saha kutumbanam Green card sheegra deheem&quot; and so on..

@ujj: Ah, one more opportunity springs up :)

@gooddaysunshine: CA Anjenayar sounds good :) With so many visa-seeking readers, maybe you should tie-up with VFS - think of the customers you can bring them :)

@usha: VISAlakshi is brilliant :) I loved it..

@dipali: yes, aren&#039;t we? :)

@ArSENik: On the other hand, Harvard MBA students think they are Gods themselves :)   (went to rival Ivy so what else do you expect me to say :P )

Thanks for Blogyalakshmi&#039;s blessings :)

@Candadai Tirumalai: I could not agree with you more. Let&#039;s hope future generations never have to be in the position of agonizing over visas or green cards.

@sirensongs: Not HP Lovecraft - not so horrible, surely?
You visited Shirdi ? Then your Indianization is near complete :)

Bloganathan sounds good..a.k.a. Blog A. Nathan (the US version) :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Mangojuice: I like Blogyashree&#8230;sounds like a once-famous actress..</p>
<p>@BPSK: Blognath is good. I guess one should choose the really long-winded blogs for the Thulabharam. Or print them on cardboard..</p>
<p>@A Cynic In Wonderland: Why a cold God? A pneumonia God, I can understand.</p>
<p>You will need different incantations depending on the &#8220;archana&#8221; &#8211; mantras will be like &#8220;Om H1B visa deheem&#8221;, &#8220;Saha kutumbanam Green card sheegra deheem&#8221; and so on..</p>
<p>@ujj: Ah, one more opportunity springs up <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>@gooddaysunshine: CA Anjenayar sounds good <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  With so many visa-seeking readers, maybe you should tie-up with VFS &#8211; think of the customers you can bring them <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>@usha: VISAlakshi is brilliant <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I loved it..</p>
<p>@dipali: yes, aren&#8217;t we? <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>@ArSENik: On the other hand, Harvard MBA students think they are Gods themselves <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />    (went to rival Ivy so what else do you expect me to say <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>Thanks for Blogyalakshmi&#8217;s blessings <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>@Candadai Tirumalai: I could not agree with you more. Let&#8217;s hope future generations never have to be in the position of agonizing over visas or green cards.</p>
<p>@sirensongs: Not HP Lovecraft &#8211; not so horrible, surely?<br />
You visited Shirdi ? Then your Indianization is near complete <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Bloganathan sounds good..a.k.a. Blog A. Nathan (the US version) <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: sirensongs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like Blognath, or for south India, Bloganathan. ;-)

Blognath sounds like a creature out of HP Lovecraft. :o

When I had a visa problem a few years ago, I was in Maharashtra so I went to Shirdi. :-) (true story)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like Blognath, or for south India, Bloganathan. <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Blognath sounds like a creature out of HP Lovecraft. <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>When I had a visa problem a few years ago, I was in Maharashtra so I went to Shirdi. <img src='http://elekhni.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  (true story)</p>
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		<title>By: Candadai Tirumalai</title>
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		<dc:creator>Candadai Tirumalai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has been years and years since I prayed for the fulfilment of personal wishes. When I was ten, in 1947,  I remember praying that a weak student whom I knew would pass his exams. Since I changed schools at the end of the year I never found out if he did pass.
If one must pray I think it would be better to pray for help in developing or deepening the qualities which would enable one to realize the objective in view: in this case a visa.
On a broader front I hope the day is not far off when the opportunities available in India are such that  the quest for a visa is hardly what it is today. I would heartily join in such a collective prayer. The effectiveness of prayer requires human initiative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been years and years since I prayed for the fulfilment of personal wishes. When I was ten, in 1947,  I remember praying that a weak student whom I knew would pass his exams. Since I changed schools at the end of the year I never found out if he did pass.<br />
If one must pray I think it would be better to pray for help in developing or deepening the qualities which would enable one to realize the objective in view: in this case a visa.<br />
On a broader front I hope the day is not far off when the opportunities available in India are such that  the quest for a visa is hardly what it is today. I would heartily join in such a collective prayer. The effectiveness of prayer requires human initiative.</p>
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