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		<title>Raksha Bandhan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indrani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Raksha Bandhan, popularly known as Rakhi in northern India. Its the bond of love between a brother and a sister, one of the deepest and noblest of human emotions. &#8216;Raksha Bandhan&#8217; or &#8216;Rakhi&#8217; is a special occasion to celebrate this emotional bonding by tying a holy thread which pulsates with sisterly love and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father’s Day with Kids – Top Things to do on Father’s Day 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning Fathers Day 2010 with kids? Looking for top things to do on Fathers day with kids? Its difficult to start from scratch, so we have a list of ideas to get you started.
Family Picnic: Take advantage of the timing of fathers day in the middle of summer to plan a family picnic. Plan a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baisakhi, Vishu, Nobo Borsho Celebrations -A second New Year and the spirit of spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you behind on your New Year resolutions? Has the long winter that follows January 1 put a chill on your grand plans for 2010? Take heart. For many regions of South Asia, especially India, April 14 or April 15, 2010 (depending on the region) 2010 will mark the beginning of a new solar year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Dolls Festival &#8211; Hinamatsuri</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hinamatsuri, or Girls Day (also known as the Japanese Dolls festival) is celebrated on March 3. As I child I remember reading about the Japanese Dolls Festival &#8211; of Hinamatsuri. Wikipedia has a great article on the topic, which you can read with your child, especially if you have a girl.
I talked a little bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Holi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. March 1, 2010 is Holi. In US time, I think it falls on February 28th. And what better time to celebrate such a colorful, vibrant festival than the end of a long winter, and in the middle of a quite gloomy economy? Holi is celebrated all over the US, of course, by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holi Activities for Preschoolers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holi activities, crafts and celebrations for preschool and kindergarden.]]></description>
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		<title>Holi Celebrations in Preschool and School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holi Celebration Ideas for Schools and Preschools includes craft, party and other celebration ideas for preschoolers and older kids]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Holi in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas to celebrate holi in the workplace, especially in the US]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Season &#8211; How do you celebrate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rajvi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas was not the holiday we celebrated at home while growing up in India.   I went to a Catholic school and we had some Christmas celebrations in school.  I looked forward to Christmas every year since we got 10 days off as a Christmas vacation.  My cousins who did not attend the Catholic school, were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Recipes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving day is commonly known as a fall harvest festival and a time to give thanks for the harvest and to offer prayer for God’s continuous grace. It has become one of the biggest holidays, celebrated on the second Monday of October (Canada) and on the fourth Thursday of November (USA). People travel all over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diwali.. Be Safe And Healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarmila</dc:creator>
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Diwali or Deepawali is perhaps the most beautiful of Hindu festivals in India. Diwlai signifies the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana, the king of Lanka. Also Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi is worshipped in every household.


  Vareity of food is cooked, relished and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Diwali in Schools and Preschools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your school or preschool celebrating diwali? Or maybe you want to take a touch of celebration to your child&#8217;s school. Here are some ideas:
Diwali Activities for preschools and schools

Diya Decoration: Bring in plain and unpainted teracotta diyas from the Indian store. Buy supplies such as rhinestones, studs, squeezable paints, red and gold ribbons, clay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 ways to celebrate Diwali in the Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. Diwali is round the corner and we are all about taking celebrations to work. Making life at work multi cultural makes work that much more interesting.
Maybe you have been too busy to celebrate Diwali at work, or maybe you have felt shy (like Khushi mentioned in her post on Diwali at work in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Durga Pujo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Durga Puja also referred to as “Durgotsab”, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates worship of Hindu Goddess Durga. Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the eastern part of India, specially in West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Tripura. Apart from Eastern part of India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durga Puja Wishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
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Durga Puja

Today, Durga Puja starts. Kolkata is decked and ready for the excitement filled five days ahead. And in the rest of the world we celebrate as well. Peace and prosperity to all! I got my sons their puja clothes and plan to visit our puja over the weekend.
Does anyone have any better pictures? My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malini</dc:creator>
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Tomorrow is Holi, the festival of colours. It is a popular Hindu festival celebrated mainly in India and also globally.
Holi is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun (Phalgun Purnima), which usually falls in the later part of February or March. 
Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holi Finger Paints!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finger paints! Thats the first thing that came to my mind when I thought of Holi in the US.
I usually write about multi cultural activities for toddlers and kids, but recently festivals have been on my mind. What is more multicultural than celebrating a festival of that culture?  Today I thought I will write why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Immigrant Diaries &#8211; Edition 7 &#8211; Venturing out</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-immigrant-diaries-edition-7-venturing-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-immigrant-diaries-edition-7-venturing-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amrita Bakshi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adapting Traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-4 Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[driving on H4 visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h4 life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant diaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the next edition of the &#8216;Immigrant Diaries&#8217; &#8211; a serialised story of the adventures and adjustments of life on an H4 visa or that of a new immigrant in the US. It started with Ruchi&#8217;s semi-blind love marriage to Arjun, and her trip to the US to her new life. You can find edition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal is Political: South Asian Lens on Vibrant Love</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/personal-is-political-south-asian-lens-on-vibrant-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/personal-is-political-south-asian-lens-on-vibrant-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shahana Dattagupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in a new culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent south asian film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isaff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal is political]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seattle south asian film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south asian lens on vibrant love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tasveer film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoni ki baat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having been a close witness to the journey of Tasveer, a local grassroots film organization, I am thrilled that this family of courageous, independent film enthusiasts is demonstrating a marked evolution (and revolution) in presenting perspective through film. They are poised to launch Seattle’s 5th annual Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF), to be held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ratha Yatra Festival &#8211; the festivals of chariots</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/ratha-yatra-festival-the-festivals-of-chariots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/ratha-yatra-festival-the-festivals-of-chariots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adapting Traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[multicultural festivals in america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ratha yatra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know as a kid I used to love Ratha yatra. Back in Calcutta, sorry Kolkata we would each have our own special &#8216;raths&#8217; or special multistoreyed chariots. We would occasionally get a new one but it would usually last for a few years. But every year, the day of Ratha we would decorate our [...]]]></description>
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