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		<title>Don&#8217;t look back</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I described in a post earlier, I started running to gain physical strength and boost my self-confidence. But not any more. I run because I love the activity. It gives me the kick; the kick that Mathematics gave Erdos, the kick an abuser gets from his weed. And that&#8217;s why I run, even in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=894&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on Class Field Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi readers, I have been studying Class Field theory this semester. Since I didn&#8217;t take the Algebraic number theory course offered in the previous semester, I am facing difficulty following the course. But this in no sense makes the course less interesting. Here in this post, I pen down a few thoughts on the subject, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=885&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SF Vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the focus of the last few posts has shifted from Mathematics to my life in the US, the stats show an increase in number of visitors. But I must add a word of caution, that soon enough, Math posts will be seen more. A couple of months ago, Moka invited me to his place [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=874&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running my first π miles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running those first miles changed my life forever. I am no longer the chubby out-of-shape couch potato that I used to be. I always wanted to run. So many times, I had the urge to run and keep myself fit. I would call up Jimish and we would decide upon the time and place our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=865&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 things about America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things a new desi in Amreeka will find amusing: Everything is topsy-turvy &#8211; from light switches to car directions. Everything is huge. Corridors, classrooms, vehicles, roads, footpaths &#8211; they are so massive! If you have difficulty walking, then Walmart offers you a little car to move around for shopping. (Such huge is Walmart, and other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=860&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The American Sojourn &#8211; Job Fare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been more than a month since I have been in the US and things are pretty much falling in place. I happened to experience a fantastic thing that occurs every semester in the American universities, which I am going to describe in this post. Its called the &#8220;job fare&#8221;. Companies &#8211; big and small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=857&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The American Sojourn &#8211; 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whole flight journey from Mumbai airport to Delhi and then to Chicago was an exciting period of twenty odd hours wherein I kept thinking of all of you in India who would have made my journey much more enjoyable. As I absorbed all the jazz and hype around, I also penned down some thoughts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=854&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Republic of India</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 06:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Swapnil is preparing for his Civil Services exam. A recent discussion with him convinced me how we Indians are totally ignorant of so many things about our country. As an example, how many of us know Operation Cactus? It was a (successful) military operation the Indian government initiated against armed mercenaries who tried to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=850&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A brief advice for Mathematics interviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get many emails, some from my friends and some that are redirected from my blog posts asking advice to prepare for interviews for higher studies in Mathematics, most often TIFR and NBHM interviews. For questions asked during my interview, see the &#8220;interview&#8221; tag. Here are a few tips, some quite obvious. The first question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=844&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing remotely (Linux)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abhishek Parab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Raghu and to the Ubuntu installation on the netbook I got from IMSc, I have started taking interest in learning Linux. Mind you, I don&#8217;t hate Windows yet, but nowadays I am beginning to think its more fun to hate something if you know it in-and-out. One problem that I (and my technologically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abhishekparab.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738316&amp;post=840&amp;subd=abhishekparab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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