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		<title>BJP’s new mascot?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nitin Gadkari has emerged as the most likely person to replace Rajnath Singh as the next BJP president. His name started doing the rounds soon after the RSS Sarsangchalak Mohan Bhagwat had indicated it to Arnab Goswami in a Times Now talk show that none of the four prominent second generation leaders — Sushma Swaraj, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/11/18/bjp%e2%80%99s-new-mascot/</link>
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		<title>Is Manu Sharma, a media victim?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manu Sharma alias Siddhartha Vashisht convicted by the Delhi High Court for the murder of model Jessica Lal more than ten years ago has claimed that the media is biased against him. In a letter to his mother, he said that he was cutting short his parole and returning to Tihar jail as he thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/11/11/is-manu-sharma-a-media-victim/</link>
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		<title>Should Kiran Bedi be the CIC ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open lobbying has begun in favour of Kiran Bedi, the country’s first woman IPS officer for the position of the Chief Information Commissioner. Actor Aamir Khan, activists&#8211; Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and Sandeep Pande and media baron Subhash Chandra have all come out openly in her support in letters to both Prime Minister and UPA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/11/04/should-kiran-bedi-be-the-cic/</link>
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		<title>BJP vs BJP in Karnataka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The happenings in Karnataka where a legitimately elected chief minister is being sought to be replaced by someone else from his own party at the behest of money bags is a reflection of the power tussle within the Saffron Brigade. It is only the RSS intervention I feel that has nipped the conspiracy in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/11/04/bjp-vs-bjp-in-karnataka/</link>
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		<title>Sahir, legend amongst poets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, I happened to watch a total recall on Guru Dutt, for me India’s most gifted filmmaker, who was far ahead of his times and died so prematurely when he could have enriched the Indian cinema by many more classics.
There were clips from his films which showed his mastery at picturising song sequences and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/10/28/sahir-legend-amongst-poets/</link>
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		<title>Why Oberois is so special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi has many five star hotels and more are coming up in anticipation of the Commonwealth Games. For instance, the Hilton Piccadily Hotel will soon open in Janakpuri and the Marina in Connaught Place outer circle is getting a face-lift to reopen as the Raddison Marina. The Marina has been for long a landmark in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/10/21/why-oberois-is-so-special/</link>
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		<title>Governor Nikhil Kumar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was really heartening to know that Nikhil Kumar has been made the Governor of Nagaland. Every one who has covered the crime beat in the capital as well as everyone who has covered politics knows him. Nikhil Kumar is one of the rare individuals on our national scene who has been the Police Chief, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/10/14/governor-nikhil-kumar/</link>
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		<title>Contenders for Phalke award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was extremely happy when Manna Dey was chosen as the recipient for the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2007. He is one singer who could have given much more to us had music composers utilized his full potential. But all the same, it is good to have him up there. 
Very few people know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/10/07/contenders-for-phalke-award/</link>
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		<title>Remembering Bhagat Singh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bhagat Singh was barely 23 when he was hanged by the British in a case which symbolizes total miscarriage of justice. He and his two associates—Sukhdev and Rajguru-became martyrs and symbols of India’s freedom struggle on March 23, 1931. It was Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary on September 27/28 and yet the media virtually blacked him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/30/remembering-bhagat-singh/</link>
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		<title>Asha &#8216;disowns&#8217; OP Nayyar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched with great interest, a special two-part programme on legendary singer Asha Bhonsle on Times Now. I must concede that the effort by this news channel to pay tributes to some of our musicians and singers is indeed commendable. At last there is someone who is trying to recapture the great musical moments of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/23/asha-disowns-op-nayyar/</link>
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