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		<title>What Matters Most</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/07/19/what-matters-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I turned 36.  And, I chose to celebrate my birthday by taking the day off, and spending it with my family.  Lunch with my better half, play time with the kids, and finally, dinner with my family and in-laws.  In short, one of the nicest birthdays I&#8217;ve had in a long time. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams Do Come True</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/11/17/dreams-do-come-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a little over two years ago, when I first spoke to Pumpkin about taking her to a &#8220;snow place&#8221;.  Since that time, on numerous occassions, she used to ask me when we would be making the trip, and I would always reply that we would go soon, and that these things take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Game Is Afoot!</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/11/15/the-game-is-afoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a re-tweet by a friend, I discovered a really well-written piece by Natasha Badhwar (Indian Express) on what it means for her to grow up with her kids.  The essay is generously laced with humour and insight, and has a lot to offer, not just for those of you who may be trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay-At-Home-Moms</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/10/17/stay-at-home-moms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a link posted by BossLady, I discovered a brilliant writeup in the Post on people&#8217;s inability to comprehend what stay-at-home-moms do all day long !!!  Carolyn Hax attempts to answer the question: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t moms have time for a call or e-mail?&#8221;, and succeeds admirably, I might add&#8230; When you have young kids, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Joy, No Fun?</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/07/21/all-joy-no-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend posted yet another writeup on the &#8220;childfree argument&#8221; and the trials and tribulations of Parenthood: An extremely well-written overview of recent studies showing how and why the fun has gone out of parenthood: All Joy and No Fun Why is this important to the childfree by choice? Well, the next time someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Aah!</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/02/28/go-aah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As readers of this blog would know, the Bachwani family tries to hit the shores of Goa at least once a year, sometimes twice a year!  It had been a while since our last trip, and so it was time to schedule another one.  Early in 2010, we decided to book us a 3-night stay slated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Cut</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/01/14/first-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, so the saying goes. Even though he&#8217;s very well-mannered and generous, Tiger has always behaved in a manner that is distinctly different from Pumpkin&#8217;s, and more or less typical of &#8220;boys&#8221;.  There&#8217;s a lot more energy and excitement with the simplest of activities.  There&#8217;s a lot more need to keep him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before vs After</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/10/24/before-vs-after/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting post from MetroDad sparks off a series of thoughts.  In it, MD quotes a passage from one of the books presently helping him with his insomnia&#8230;  &#8220;I have a thing for Dickens. I&#8217;m reading his letters at the moment. There are 12 volumes of them, and each one is several hundred pages long. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Worth It?</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/09/02/is-it-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A forwarded email came with a presentation on the &#8220;Price of Children&#8220;.  The purpose of that communication was to show how, even though bringing up children costs a significant sum, the benefits far outweigh the costs involved.  Be that as it may, it also served as a great reminder of the joy that only children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/09/outbreak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potholes in the Sky is another dad-blog I regularly read.  And, the recent post from Amit on &#8220;Swine Flu in Pune&#8221; captures a parent&#8217;s point of view on India&#8217;s growing concern to contain the spread of the H1N1 pandemic : Pune has the highest number of postive cases in the country. Till very recently, only [...]]]></description>
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