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Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-13T21:42:56Z</dc:date><dc:subject>India Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/4007234195/" title="Life is a journey by kushtandon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/4007234195_6acc05dc92.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Life is a journey" /></a>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/13/friends.html"><rss:title>Friends</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/13/friends.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-13T10:03:43Z</dc:date><dc:subject>India Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/4007246711/" title="DSCN0403 by kushtandon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/4007246711_86be6ea139.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCN0403" 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Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3747930750/" title="Streets of India by kushtandon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3747930750_1831caf15e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Streets of India" /></a>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/5/bhatia-ji-again.html"><rss:title>Bhatia ji - Again</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/5/bhatia-ji-again.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-05-05T01:55:30Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Bhatia ji - 4 by kushtandon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3503009782/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3503009782_2fc9113684.jpg" alt="Bhatia ji - 4" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Every university and college around the world always has number of places within their vicinity - that become friendly hub for students there, and has profound effect on the daily life of young students, and might also color their view of life afterwards.<br /><br />IIT Roorkee campus has Bhatia ji. Bhatia runs an almost 24 hour dhaba (Hindi for cafe) at the gates of the institute. Be 6:00 AM in the morning, you can get your chai and bun omelette.<br /><br />Bhatia ji here taking a quiet moment between his almost 24 X 7 business. He is a living institution.</p>
<p>I once used his dhaba setting for a 55 flash fiction: <a href="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2006/4/30/me-me-me-55-word-fiction.html"><strong>Me, Me, Me</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>PS:</strong> Cornell University has "Hot Truck Bob", Chapter House; Louisiana State University has Chimes, Highland Coffee; Oregon State University has Beanery........What did your school had/ has? Leave your answer with possibly a link to a picture.<strong><br /></strong></p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/5/streets-of-roorkee.html"><rss:title>Streets of Roorkee</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/5/streets-of-roorkee.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-05-05T01:52:10Z</dc:date><dc:subject>India Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3502200693/" title="Streets of Roorkee by kushtandon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3502200693_9aa4c41bcd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Streets of Roorkee" /></a>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/bhatia-ji.html"><rss:title>Bhatia ji</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/bhatia-ji.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-05-03T16:34:55Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Bhatia ji by kushtandon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3497499568/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3497499568_c404349c80.jpg" alt="Bhatia ji" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Every university and college around the world always has number of places within their vicinity - that become friendly hub for students there, and has profound effect on the daily life of young students, and might also color their view of life afterwards.<br /><br />IIT Roorkee campus has Bhatia ji. Bhatia runs an almost 24 hour dhaba (Hindi for cafe) at the gates of the institute. Be 6:00 AM in the morning, you can get your chai and bun omelette.<br /><br />Bhatia ji here taking a quiet moment between his almost 24 X 7 business. He is a living institution.</p>
<p>I once used his dhaba setting for a 55 flash fiction: <a href="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2006/4/30/me-me-me-55-word-fiction.html"><strong>Me, Me, Me</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>PS:</strong> Cornell University has "Hot Truck Bob", Chapter House; Louisiana State University has Chimes, Highland Coffee; Oregon State University has Beanery........What did your school had/ has? Leave your answer with possibly a link to a picture.<strong><br /></strong></p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/katrina-kaif-and-mayawati.html"><rss:title>Katrina Kaif and Mayawati</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/katrina-kaif-and-mayawati.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-05-03T16:29:05Z</dc:date><dc:subject>India Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Katrina Kaif and Mayawati by kushtandon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3496681267/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3496681267_82233b0d18.jpg" alt="Katrina Kaif and Mayawati" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Katrina Kaif and Mayawati by kushtandon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3496681267/">On the top left on the billboard is Katrina Kaif (a glamorous Bollywood actress), and on right at billboards at the electric pole is Mayawati (a very populist yet quite rustic politician from North India). Very different public personas but sharing common space in a neighborhood in Roorkee, North India.</a></p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/streets-of-roorkee.html"><rss:title>Streets of Roorkee</rss:title><rss:link>http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2009/5/3/streets-of-roorkee.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Kush Tandon</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-05-03T16:24:23Z</dc:date><dc:subject>India Photography Travels</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kushtandon/3497492634/" title="Streets of Roorkee by kushtandon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3497492634_9bda5768e1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Streets of Roorkee" /></a>]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>