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	<title>Child's Play - Akshara Rajaram</title>
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	<description>All pink and no blues!</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Akshara in a traditional pattu pavadai chattai</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Something other than a body-suit for a change! Akshara was dressed up in a traditional pavadai chattai (frock and top for non-tamilians!) for the thottil ceremony. I guess that this must have been the change-over dress before/after the actual ceremony. I stand corrected. This was the dress Akshara wore when she was first taken from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the pretext of an occasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasion is all that is needed to dress-up Akshara and make her pose for a photograph. I am sure that something special would have been prepared and consumed by all in the pretext of Akshara&#8217;s second month birthday!

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		<title>Thottil Ceremony in India</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/11/thottil-ceremony-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Akshara went through the thottil ceremony, not once but twice, one at Vidhya&#8217;s house and one at mine. Vidhya told me that Akshara had calmly gone through the make-up and &#8220;dress rehearsal&#8221; inflicted upon her. Below are some of the photos from the 2 ceremonies. I can&#8217;t wait to go to India, at least to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easier to get a passport than a passport photo</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/10/easier-get-passport-than-passport-photo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you get a few weeks old child to pose for a photograph fit for a passport, you know - the white background, both eyes open etc &#8220;special&#8221; photograph? Play the slideshow below to know how!


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Get your own

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		<title>In Deep Thought&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Akshara&#8217;s first touristic outing</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/10/aksharas-first-touristic-outing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Akshara had been out of the house only on official visits to the doctor until now. We felt that it was time she was introduced to our way of life as Akshara was already over a month old. So, we took her on her first &#8220;pleasure&#8221; trip to Yermasoyia dam, a short drive of 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One for you Guru</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/10/one-for-you-guru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[actually not one, but two! After the birth of Akshara, Guru (Dad to Yuvan and Samiksha) has always been asking for a snap of me holding Akshara. It seems that he still cannot believe that i can adapt to the responsibilities of a father and that such a snap would only make him believe so! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting to Akshara&#8217;s pace</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/10/adapting-to-aksharas-pace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As they say, kids do grow up pretty fast in the initial few months. So, in order to keep up with this pace, I am also constantly trying to change/add something on Akshara&#8217;s blog.
So, few things which may be different from your last visit:

Added a Kiddie Blogs list instead of the generic &#8220;Links&#8221; in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been a month!</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/09/its-been-a-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[already since Akshara was born. So, we decided to have a small inhouse function on that occasion and as every other function in the name of Akshara, we celebrated in her name and then all of us other then Akshara gorged on food!

The bigger baby (Sadhana) wanted to hold the smaller baby (Akshara) and take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will Akshara grow up to be?</title>
		<link>http://www.akshararajaram.com/2008/09/what-will-akshara-grow-up-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajaram S</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I am not one of those over-eager parents who start teaching vedic mathemtaics to their kids the moment they are able to display an isolated finger, which the parent intreprets as an early sign of being good in counting numbers! Neither am i the over-ambitious parent who books a management-quota seat in university in [...]]]></description>
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