<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: Potpourri News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from Potpourri ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Tirupati gold dollar scam: Media maleficence  I]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139608&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[The TTD Board unanimously revoked suspension order of three senior officials and termination order of the treasury custodian on August 14. They had apparently become victims of a sinister witch-hunt launched by sensation-mongering media.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time has stood still]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139602&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even after 40 years, nothing has changed much in the world. Children, girls, grown-ups, and computers remains a headache for us. A novel written in 1969 proves this. Here are some excerpts for the readers to draw their own conclusions.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we pray?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139579&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very existence of god is indefinable. No one knows how, where and why he exists. And if his very existence is uncertain, then do we pray to Lord for faith alone? Is it true that we are protected by his grace and not by our work and good deeds?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life teaches us everything]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139407&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a story about an ordinary and hardworking boy with big dreams. He lost his father at the age of 17 and had to look after his mother and sister. He did odd jobs to support his family and discovered the hard realities of life]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does jealousy always follow love as a shadow?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139376&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy has nothing to do with love. It is not a part of love but possessiveness. And if there's jealousy with love, then it's not love in the true sense. Love is capable of giving total freedom. It is so transparent that it makes no shadows.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tale of a pen]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139375&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day while clearing the clutter in my drawer, my hands fell on a case that unsheathed memories of a pen my dad gifted to me when I was in standard IX. A memory that taught me the most beautiful lesson of life when my dad's eyes mirrored my elation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich kids and tongue-wagging poor of India]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139330&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times the rich and poor come face to face. Being rich doesn't demand that one pour out all his money for millions of poor in India, it also means to cultivate a sense of responsibility towards their alleviation]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[In search of a real yaar]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139278&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA['Yaar', meaning friends, is a word we often use to refer to our friends. But sadly, the meaning of friendship has now changed. Competition has overpowered the feeling of friendship in todays times. Friends today are for namesake.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracles of Panchamukhi Vinayaka]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139152&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord Vinayaka, the eliminator of all worries and obstacles, and the bestower of joy, success, peace, and prosperity, comes in a novel form by way of 'Panchamukhi Vinayaka' to reinforce humanity's unflinching belief in god even in this Kali-yuga!]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the rhythms of the mind to being]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139125&catID=9&category=Potpourri]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consciousness knows no sleep. All the truths in the Vedas and the Upanishads have been spoken in the state of no-mind and complete consciousness, and that is why not a single principle until now could be refuted by modern science.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
