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            <title><![CDATA[Life Will Try To Break You. Do Good Anyway.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:43:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your Answer to Inner Turmoil is Spiritual Intellect]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What do you want to be remembered as: a Mason, a Carpenter, or a Prompt Engineer?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/what-do-you-want-to-be-remembered-as-a-mason-a-carpenter-or-a-prompt-engineer-e88a68baa7f2?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*sMrPQCB38V96hzSjF6HVdA.png" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Standing at crossroads of reality and the legacy we should leave behind.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/what-do-you-want-to-be-remembered-as-a-mason-a-carpenter-or-a-prompt-engineer-e88a68baa7f2?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stepping back in time to unearth a treasure trove that was sitting still to be found again]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:19:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[On Calming a troubled mind, finding Solace in the Bhagavad Gita and Redefining Life’s Purpose]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lessons that remained Relevant with Time: Why I’m Putting my Faith in Ancient Learnings and you…]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/lessons-that-remained-relevant-with-time-why-im-putting-my-faith-in-ancient-learnings-and-you-04a6a7616fc1?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1456/1*qYZc08x0HGjWjeHRy6LV2Q.png" width="1456"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The world may have changed. Our fundamentals remain the same.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/lessons-that-remained-relevant-with-time-why-im-putting-my-faith-in-ancient-learnings-and-you-04a6a7616fc1?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:11:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yesterday feels like a distant dream. Childhood doesn’t. Why?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/yesterday-feels-like-a-distant-dream-childhood-doesnt-why-bfe5f7604e8d?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1456/1*h6gFPhDPOvky5jWHwubyBQ.png" width="1456"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Television ads from a bygone era, playing on loop today.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@PratikNaker/yesterday-feels-like-a-distant-dream-childhood-doesnt-why-bfe5f7604e8d?source=rss-af9202f548b1------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:17:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Embracing Human Imperfection in an Age Over-reliant on Technology]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I missed opportunities. I paid the price. Now I’m staging a comeback — slowly but surely.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[If you can Focus, you have a Future]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
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