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		<title>No more pocket money</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/07/22/no-more-pocket-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Indian Express, I K Malhotra has a series of historical articles on modern India. Since the history of the Congress is so intrinsically linked to the evolution of modern India, it&#8217;s appropriate that we first post a piece on how the Congress abolished privy purses. Though subdued, the Young Turks planned their “revenge” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=534&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go easy with the family silver</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/07/14/go-easy-with-the-family-silver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among other mistakes that the BJP made in 2004, their sale of public sector assets to a handful of private companies was a prize plunder blunder, says Siddharth Varadarajan. But whether or not there was collusion between the NDA and the sale of units such as Modern Foods, BALCO and so on, in the public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=510&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How India must change if it is to be an advanced economy</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/07/11/how-india-must-change-if-it-is-to-be-an-advanced-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growth rates, political systems, reforms and the China Question: Financial Times&#8217; Martin Wolf weighs in on the good news for India and has some suggestions on how to prolong the good times. What will the world economy &#8211; indeed, the world &#8211; look like after the financial crisis is over? Will this prove to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=503&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singh&#8217;s 100-day plan to revolutionize India</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/06/18/singhs-100-day-plan-to-revolutionize-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A decisive victory has PM Manmohan Singh headed straight for the jugular of antiquated policies, so to speak, in an attempt to choke off their air supply. Infusing fresh breath into Indian politics with reforms and new schemes designed to ensure transparency and distribute wealth, PM Singh is being ambitious, and he may well be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=444&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Quiet Revolutionary</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/06/10/the-quiet-revolutionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek celebrates Rahul Gandhi and takes a look at his ideas and his politics. Rahul&#8217;s current views on the economy seem to owe to these tours. Broadly speaking, he is pro-market, owing in part to his time at Monitor, but he insists that growth should provide opportunities for the poor. &#8220;What is the difference between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=400&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patience in the trenches</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/06/01/patience-in-the-trenches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dignified young man, is how Tehelka&#8217;s Executive Editor Shoma Chaudhury describes him. Quiet, thoughtful, measured and at the epicenter of a &#8220;whirlwind of approval&#8221;. He was the party&#8217;s star campaigner and now his party is reaping the dividend of his measured decisions &#8211; to invest in the party&#8217;s future, encourage real talent identified by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=367&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPA&#8217;s challenge: rural government reform</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/28/upas-challenge-rural-government-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media have gone overboard in ascribing the election victory to schemes such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, says Mihir Shah. These ascriptions might erroneously suggest new directions for Government, he says, and goes on to examine the issue of rural reform. A serious problem created by facile electoral analyses is that they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=342&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expect continuity, not radical reform</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/27/expect-continuity-not-radical-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[says Swaminathan Aiyar in his most recent Swaminomics column, in the Times of India. The Congress is by instinct a left-of-centre party, says Aiyar, and the main thrust of policy will be to strengthen existing approaches — rural development, employment generation, infrastructure, and skill development. The Common Minimum Programme promised huge increases in spending on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=339&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress back to left</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/25/congress-back-to-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socialism is in the party&#8217;s DNA and in the very being of the Nehru-Gandhi family says Sidharth Bhatia in the DNA (Daily News and Analysis). The Congress is now going back to its Socialist roots. Investors would do well to prepare themselves for large-scale spending on the social sector, usually perceived as a waste of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=337&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After the elections: What&#8217;s next on India&#8217;s economic agenda?</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/25/after-the-elections-whats-next-on-indias-economic-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As commentators and pundits heave sighs of relief that India will probably enjoy a stable five-year term free from the diktats of right-wing loonies or left-wing fundamentalists, Knowledge @ Wharton looks at what will be next on the economic agenda. It looks like labour law reforms might finally be on the cards, infrastructure investment should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=330&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress&#8217;s great dynastic hope</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/08/congresss-great-dynastic-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article in the Economist at the start of this electoral season, a long-lens look at the Congress&#8217; position, its chances, the economy and of course that great big debate about dynastic rule, visited in a nutshell. Congress’s more distant hope—for a national revival under Rahul Gandhi—looks dicey. Its Gandhi cult unites a party [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=264&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I am voting Congress</title>
		<link>http://hamaracongress.com/2009/05/07/why-i-am-voting-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following our promise to look out for the good and the constructively critical about the Congress Party, we post a link to blogger Harini Calamur&#8217;s recent writing, where she lists the reasons to vote Congress &#8230; alongwith a rider. So what does it boil down to? why does Manmohan Singh get my vote, even if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hamaracongress.com&amp;blog=7341776&amp;post=262&amp;subd=votecongress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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