<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Writing · Pratyush Nalam</title><description>Musings on technology, sport, society, and life, written since 2011. 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year gone by</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/2016-a-year-gone-by/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/2016-a-year-gone-by/</guid><description>Reflections on the past year</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>personal</category></item><item><title>The wider impact of Brexit</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-wider-impact-of-brexit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-wider-impact-of-brexit/</guid><description>What does this mean for the rest of us?</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>A silver lining in a dull season</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/a-silver-lining-in-a-dull-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/a-silver-lining-in-a-dull-season/</guid><description>Anthony, Marcus, Andreas, Timothy, Jesse, Cameron</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sports</category></item><item><title>Continuing the glory</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/continuing-the-glory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/continuing-the-glory/</guid><description>Football must be prioritized over revenue</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sports</category></item><item><title>Bringing Silicon Valley back to Earth</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/bringing-silicon-valley-back-to-earth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/bringing-silicon-valley-back-to-earth/</guid><description>Growth must be sustainable, not fast</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Embrace the challenge</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/embrace-the-challenge/</link><guid 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seas</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/transplanted-across-the-seas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/transplanted-across-the-seas/</guid><description>From Mumbai to New York</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Transitioning to a new chapter of life</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/transitioning-to-a-new-chapter-of-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/transitioning-to-a-new-chapter-of-life/</guid><description>Building a career, a personality, and relationships</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Combating the plastic problem</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/combating-the-plastic-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/combating-the-plastic-problem/</guid><description>The benefits of plastics are becoming its crutch</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>environment</category></item><item><title>The Aam Aadmi has arrived</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-aam-aadmi-has-arrived/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-aam-aadmi-has-arrived/</guid><description>Will the common man for the common man work?</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>Is Google the new Microsoft and Microsoft the new IBM?</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/is-google-the-new-microsoft-and-microsoft-the-new-ibm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/is-google-the-new-microsoft-and-microsoft-the-new-ibm/</guid><description>Tech transitions</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Gender equality is still a big fat myth</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/gender-equality-is-still-a-big-fat-myth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/gender-equality-is-still-a-big-fat-myth/</guid><description>Is society really equal?</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>2012&apos;s Geeky Summer</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/2012s-geeky-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/2012s-geeky-summer/</guid><description>New operating systems for everyone!</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Save the JEE – An appeal to the powers that be</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/save-the-jee-an-appeal-to-the-powers-that-be/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/save-the-jee-an-appeal-to-the-powers-that-be/</guid><description>Don&apos;t ruin it</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>Windows 8 – Game Changer or Damp Squib?</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/windows-8-game-changer-or-damp-squib/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/windows-8-game-changer-or-damp-squib/</guid><description>A new paradigm or a new confusion?</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Tribute to Indian cricket&apos;s most dependable batsman</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/tribute-to-indian-crickets-most-dependable-batsman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/tribute-to-indian-crickets-most-dependable-batsman/</guid><description>Farewell to The Wall</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sports</category></item><item><title>Leveraging the power of social media</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/leveraging-the-power-of-social-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/leveraging-the-power-of-social-media/</guid><description>Good, bad, or ugly?</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Reimagining admissions to colleges in India</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/reimagining-admissions-to-colleges-in-india/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/reimagining-admissions-to-colleges-in-india/</guid><description>A better approach to CET</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>Andamans, Durban, and us</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/andamans-durban-and-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/andamans-durban-and-us/</guid><description>Resetting the dial to Mother Earth</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>personal</category><category>environment</category></item><item><title>Of Sympathy, Empathy, and Irrational Temples</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/of-sympathy-empathy-and-irrational-temples/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/of-sympathy-empathy-and-irrational-temples/</guid><description>Misguided objectives of holy places</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>personal</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Ice Cream Sandwich – How Yummy?</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/ice-cream-sandwich-how-yummy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/ice-cream-sandwich-how-yummy/</guid><description>It is Android time</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Virtual shares on the web</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/virtual-shares-on-the-web/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/virtual-shares-on-the-web/</guid><description>Share price from ... social media?</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/stay-hungry-stay-foolish/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/stay-hungry-stay-foolish/</guid><description>Here&apos;s to the crazy ones.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>iPhone 4S – Revolution or Disappointment?</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/iphone-4s-revolution-or-disappointment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/iphone-4s-revolution-or-disappointment/</guid><description>Let&apos;s talk iPhone</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>Bapu&apos;s relevance in the 21st century</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/bapus-relevance-in-the-21st-century/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/bapus-relevance-in-the-21st-century/</guid><description>Looking back at the Mahatma</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>f8 Conference – The Complete Round-Up</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/f8-conference-the-complete-round-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/f8-conference-the-complete-round-up/</guid><description>Rounding up the big announcements from Menlo Park</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>technology</category></item><item><title>The English Disaster for MS Dhoni</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-english-disaster-for-ms-dhoni/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-english-disaster-for-ms-dhoni/</guid><description>Questions galore for MSD</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sports</category></item><item><title>Sri Gurubhyo Namah | श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/sri-gurubhyo-namah/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/sri-gurubhyo-namah/</guid><description>Remembering the ones who made us who we are</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>The Lokpal Debate</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-lokpal-debate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/the-lokpal-debate/</guid><description>Anna Hazare&apos;s fight to save the country</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>64 years on, are we really free?</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/64-years-on-are-we-really-free/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/64-years-on-are-we-really-free/</guid><description>State of the nation this Independence Day</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>society</category></item><item><title>Barclays Premier League Overview</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/barclays-premier-league-overview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/barclays-premier-league-overview/</guid><description>English football is back!</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sports</category></item><item><title>Test #2000</title><link>https://www.pratyushnalam.com/writing/test-2000/</link><guid 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