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	<description>If you burn your finger in a pot of boiling water, should you blame the water, the pot, the fire or yourself?</description>
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		<title>Delhi Rebuilding-SERIOUS?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ My friend and colleague Ajay Dabas does quip ponderously that &#8220;Delhi was built majestically by the British who never has 10-20-30 year(s) announced masterplans as a futuristic city, esp. focussed on the quality of lifestyle of the inhabitants. Politics of development,, coupled with the serious intent of the class divide brought in inward looking master [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2010/03/can-delhi-getting-serious-about-rebuilding/</link>
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		<title>pol(e)itiks of Development-Dilli-Ishtyle (satire)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst Delhi as a city is crumbling, owing to the apathy of the administration, head counts increased through bogus employees et. all, the MCD has hit upon a unique proposition to better the Municipality functions, and bring about a qualitative change in the lives of Dilliwallahs, as per the Diktats of the MPD 2021. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2010/03/politiks-of-development-dilli-ishtyle/</link>
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		<title>How can Delhi implement court orders?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pronouncing the last judgement during his tenure as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, justice Ajit Prakash Shah said: “Everyone has the right to live a decent life. It is not uncommon that in the garb of evicting slums and beautifying the city, the state agencies, in fact, end up creating more slums. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2010/02/how-can-delhi-implement-court-orders/</link>
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		<title>Delhi Industries to close down soon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The title would seem like a scandalous statement, however, it might prove true too, given the slow pace of the Union government.
The master plan of Delhi, in 2007, had given three years time for the polluting industries under 99 categories to either shift, or close down their units within three years. To revisit the Delhi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2010/02/delhi-industries-to-close-down-soon/</link>
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		<title>INVEST IN LAND &#8211; WHYs &amp; WHEREFORES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ “Buy land, they are not making it anymore” – Mark Twain had famously remarked once.  The romantic dalliance of the Indian investor community in the last two years has been a roller coaster ride. Everyone has seen extreme troughs n crests, primarily owing to impractical valuations in all the categories, be it Gold, stock markets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/11/invest-in-land-whys-wherefores/</link>
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		<title>MCD constitutes committee to implement Delhi master plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a news report which was featured on www.delhi-masterplan.com. I found it interesting to share with visitors of my personal blog too, as the news is exciting for investors into Delhi, and not so good for some of the peripheral cities of Delhi NCR, which would likely to be adversely affected by this.
Finally, someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/11/mcd-constitutes-committee-to-implement-delhi-master-plan/</link>
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		<title>Bhakti, Shakti ki Abhivyakti-Dilli Ishtyle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dilliwallahs, in all their robust expressiveness, uses the roads as the venue.
Ever since I have been a teenager, growing up in Saddi Dilli, I have been wondering on our limitless access to the roads for all activities, as we deem fit, to be conducted on the roads.
My friends were organizing a Jagrata (Jaagran)&#8230; an all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/11/bhakti-shakti-ki-abhivyakti-dilli-ishtyle/</link>
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		<title>Demystifying MPD 2021 opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was written for the Realty PLUS magazine by a colleague of mine.
In the last few months that I have started attending seminars and conferences on real estate,  I am further more amazed at the consistency of Ignorance about one of the largest investment opportunities ever – The Delhi Master Plan MPD 2021.
 Being considered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/10/demystifying-delhi%e2%80%93-investment-opportunities-under-master-plan-mpd-2021/</link>
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		<title>Two amazing stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something from the chain mails which I thought must be shared with as many as possible.
WHO PACKS YOUR PARACHUTE?    
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/08/two-amazing-stories/</link>
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		<title>Real estate regulator in India &#8211; A perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I entered the realty industry on a promise, in 2005. As someone with a prolonged stint in the corporate world, I was always impressed with the numbers, esp. the size of the market, the employment &#38; innovation opportunities, the healthy growth rate, the pent-up demand and the investment opportunities.
 However, the last 5 years haven’t been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ramesh-menon.com/2009/08/real-estate-regulator-in-india-a-perspective/</link>
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