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Have been inactive on blogspot for an entire year.
I had been posting my ramblings on rediffblogs for the past year. After trying out both blogspot and rediffblogs, I am now convinced this is the best place to be.
I intend to be back on blogspot from now.
A few posts will be copied over from my other blog, over the next few days, due to want of original posting material.

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