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      <image:title>ರೈಡ್ ಮುಗೀಲೇಬಾರ್ದು: The ride that shouldn&apos;t end</image:title>
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      <image:title>Why our perfumes have Kannada names</image:title>
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      <image:title>How to choose a perfume you&apos;ve never smelled</image:title>
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      <image:title>A gift that tells a story: Deepavali and Rajyotsava guide</image:title>
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      <image:title>ಬಸ್ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದು ನೋಟ: One look from the bus step</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young woman turns on the bus step to wave at a young man at a Bengaluru bus stop at dusk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಮೊದಲ ತಬ್ಬುಗೆ: The first hug</image:title>
      <image:caption>A first hug on a quiet tree-lined Bengaluru street, as if time has stopped</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದು ವರ್ಷದ ಕನಸು: A twenty-five-year dream</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young couple on an old motorbike under the rain trees of a green Bengaluru road</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಲಾಲ್‌ಬಾಗ್ ಬೆಂಚ್: The Lalbagh bench</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young couple hugging on a Lalbagh bench by the lake as fireworks fill the sky</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಡಿನ ಘಮ: The scent of our land</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young woman and her grandmother tie the yellow-and-red flag on a Mysuru balcony on Rajyotsava morning</image:caption>
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      <image:title>6:01ರ ಸಂಜೆ: 6:01 pm</image:title>
      <image:caption>Three friends dancing at an evening gig on Church Street, Bengaluru, under string lights</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಟೆರೇಸ್ ಕಮಿಟಿ: The terrace committee</image:title>
      <image:caption>Five friends laugh over chai on a Jayanagar terrace at sunset</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಗ್ರೀನ್ ಲೈನ್: Green line</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two strangers on facing steel benches in a Namma Metro green line coach, sharing a glance over a phone and a paperback</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಕನ್ನಡಿ: The mirror</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young woman in a kurta smiles at her reflection before an interview</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಅರೈವಲ್ಸ್ ಗೇಟ್: Arrivals</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two friends hug at the Bengaluru airport arrivals gate</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಮೊದಲ ಸಂಬಳ: First salary</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young man hugs his mother in the kitchen, a new silk saree on the counter</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಮಂಗಳವಾರದ ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯ: Tuesday sunrise</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two friends watch sunrise above the clouds from a hilltop</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ವಾಲಿದ ಬಟ್ಟಲುಗಳು: Wonky bowls</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young man shapes clay at a pottery wheel among lopsided bowls</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://sakkatkathe.com/blogs/stories/zabardast-offer-letter</loc>
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      <image:title>11:47ರ ಆಫರ್ ಲೆಟರ್: The 11:47 offer letter</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hostel friends celebrate an offer letter in a corridor with steel plates and music</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಬಾಲ್ಕನಿ ದೀಪಾವಳಿ: Balcony Deepavali</image:title>
      <image:caption>Flatmates share a festive meal on a balcony lined with diyas</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಟೊರಂಟೋದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ: Rajyotsava in Toronto</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kannadiga students celebrate Rajyotsava in a snowy Toronto kitchen with a yellow-and-red flag and a video call home</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾಫಿ ಕ್ಲಬ್: The Kannada coffee club</image:title>
      <image:caption>Office friends from different states at a Malleshwaram darshini on Rajyotsava, one ordering in Kannada</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಫೋನ್ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ: Phones in the middle</image:title>
      <image:caption>Six friends laughing on an Indiranagar rooftop at dusk, their phones stacked face-down in the middle of the table</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಸೀನ್: Seen</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two college friends across a canteen table, looking up from their phones into each other&apos;s eyes</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://sakkatkathe.com/blogs/stories/yen-maaye-idu-buffering</loc>
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      <image:title>ಬಫರಿಂಗ್: Buffering</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young woman in pyjamas hugs him at her door, her phone in her other hand, as he holds a birthday cake</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ಅರ್ಧ ಚಮಚ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ: Half a spoon of sugar</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young man hands a young woman in a hoodie a tumbler of filter coffee on a sunny Bengaluru balcony</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://sakkatkathe.com/blogs/stories/zabardast-how-we-met</loc>
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      <image:title>ಹೇಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ರಿ?: How did you two meet?</image:title>
      <image:caption>A family Deepavali lunch on banana leaves, the grandmother laughing and blessing a nervous young couple</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://sakkatkathe.com/blogs/stories/gandhada-gani-kannada-playlist</loc>
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      <image:title>ಕನ್ನಡ 101 ಪ್ಲೇಲಿಸ್ಟ್: The Kannada 101 playlist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two best friends singing in a car on a misty road through the Chikkamagaluru coffee hills, a yellow-and-red scarf flying</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://sakkatkathe.com/blogs/stories/one-brushstroke-sumi-e</loc>
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      <image:title>One brushstroke: the sumi-e behind our labels</image:title>
      <image:caption>Close-up of the hand-painted sumi-e label on Ee Sanje</image:caption>
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