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		<title>Christmas at Parikrma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a non-profit organization in Bangalore city. Currently, it is transforming education for underserved children from different slums in the city. Parikrma manages the entire education cycle from kindergarten to college for each child. The foundation operates the schools from four different locations in Bangalore. One of the schools is the TNT Parikrma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visthar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Visthar is a secular, non-profit organization, committed to enabling women, children and other marginalized sections realize their rights. Visthar campus is located at dodda gubbi post on the outskirts of Bangalore city. One of the projects at Visthar is Bandhavi &#8211; an initiative for girls hailing from North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, who are at risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand of rex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Rex, all decked up in jewels and an eye catching Blue Saree, waiting for the events of the evening which were summed up as &#8216;Breaking the Silence&#8217; to start.Who is Rex? Rex is a cross-dresser and part of the group &#8216;Sangama&#8217;, an organization fighting for rights of the sexual minorities.The events of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evil Smoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Evil SmokeOriginally uploaded by travelling writer. Helmets can save you only from the road accidents. It can&#8217;t save you from cancer. For such evils, its only your will power which can fight it out. Some facts Half the male tuberculosis deaths in India are caused by smoking, and three quarters of the smokers who become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Run for a cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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A Run for a cause Originally uploaded by travelling writer. MCC students union members preparing posters for the charity run in aid of BOSCO mane, an NGO for kids. The run is organized by them as part of their intra college cultural fest, the Culha 2007. Note:The photograph was shot by me for an assignment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilikili : Wobbling laughter of children</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The following photographs are from one of the interesting assignments I have done till date. It is from the Universally Accessible Park (UAP) project undertaken by KiliKili, an NGO based in Bangalore, along with the help from the city administration, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP). This NGO is a network of &#8216;Parents of children with [...]]]></description>
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