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		<title>Are you fluent in your mother tongue?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is International Mother Tongue day. To mark the day, I thought I&#8217;d revisit an article I wrote in 2004 about the Punjabi word, Kapkhana, and its cultural associations. You can read the article here. The United Nations announced the day in 2003 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, says www.UN.org. The date &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/international-mother-tongue-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=254&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race, identity and all that, in the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been struck recently, at how little the discourse around race in the UK has changed in the two years I&#8217;ve been living in America. We&#8217;re still trying to get the minority voices heard. I was thrown by a question from a curator of a well-known museum at a dinner event in London. He asked &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/race-identity-and-all-that-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=184&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Irene aftermath on the Upper West Side&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the city remained unscathed despite being made to expect the worse. I am glad the intensity of the hurricane waned and that many New Yorkers chose to over-prepare themselves. I guess it&#8217;s better to be safe than sorry.  But I wish as much pre-disaster hype could be generated for places that may really need warnings &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/irene-aftermath-on-the-upper-west-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=168&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s &#8220;gender justice&#8221; writing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a &#8220;gender justice writing and technology training workshop for women of the diaspora&#8221; took place in New York. Its aim was to improve the way topics concerning women are reported in the media. What does this title mean exactly, anyway? Often the western media overlooks the nuances that need to be considered when reporting &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/whats-gender-justice-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=140&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bring 1984 killers of Sikhs to justice, says human rights body</title>
		<link>http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/bring-1984-killers-of-sikhs-to-justice-says-human-rights-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A story that I have not seen picked up by the western press over the last few months is the discovery of 26-year-old mass graves of Sikhs killed in 1984 in India. Human Rights Watch (HRW), the international watchdog organization, has called for those responsible for the killings to be brought to justice.  An estimated &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/bring-1984-killers-of-sikhs-to-justice-says-human-rights-body/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=50&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Link between fracking and flammable water, study says</title>
		<link>http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/link-between-fracking-and-flammable-water-study-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I wrote about the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the lives of Julie and Craig Sautner. Today public interest investigative website, ProPublica, reports that &#8220;a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire&#8221;. The &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/link-between-fracking-and-flammable-water-study-says/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=49&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gender bias in South Asian film industry?</title>
		<link>http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/gender-bias-in-south-asian-film-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critically renowned Indian Filmmaker, Aparna Sen, was on a panel at the New York Indian Film Festival today, talking about her work and whether she has experienced &#8220;gender bias&#8221; in the industry. Sen said: &#8220;I am often asked what it&#8217;s like to be a women in a male-dominated industry and I&#8217;ve always said that I &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/gender-bias-in-south-asian-film-industry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=48&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A visit to Sing Sing prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I went through security at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining this morning, the guard noticed my accent and asked why I wasn&#8217;t watching the royal wedding. The grim correctional facility in upstate New York featured in films like Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s, surely was a stark contrast to the feelgood occasion taking place in England, &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/sing-sing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=46&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social mobility on both sides of the Atlantic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I liked columnist and writer, Allison Pearson&#8217;s view on UK Deputy PM Nick Clegg&#8217;s social mobility strategy plans reported in the UK press this week. Clegg said he wanted to reverse the unpaid internship culture that favoured the wealthy and well-connected. Pearson pointed out: &#8220;Fairness is the new buzzword for politicians, yet string-pulling is to our &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/social-mobility-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=43&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How much can Britain be blamed for problems in its former colonies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herpreet Kaur Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So British PM, David Cameron, has said that Britain is responsible for most of the world&#8217;s problems as he made a visit to Pakistan. When asked what Britain could do when it came to the dispute in Kashmir, he replied: “I don’t want to try to insert Britain in some leading role where, as with so &#8230; <a href="http://herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/how-much-can-britain-be-blamed-for-problems-in-its-former-colonies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herpreetgrewal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22960450&amp;post=41&amp;subd=herpreetgrewal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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