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 02:42 | 7/Jun/2009
Gratitude for your expressions of kindne...
I am deeply touched by your comforting words during this sad time.  I am fortunate to have such caring friends here on Rediff iLand. Sierra left this life very gently and peacefully, in the comfort of her own little bed.  The veterinarian who made this possible is Dr. Beth Mosley, an extraordinary human being whose heart is filled with true compass... more...
 21:34 | 26/May/2009
Our final moments
My loyal companion, Sierra and I are spending our final hours together. Tomorrow my kind, compassionate vet will come to euthanize Sierra. Sierra developed a baseball-size hematoma on her upper back about 2 weeks ago. It developed in a matter of minutes. Things did not appear ominous at first. The hematoma seemed to be confined to just below the sk... more...
 22:54 | 3/May/2009
House Mouse
Mouse Freedom from Lucille on Vimeo . The same mouse has been in this trap 3 times in the past week. I know it's him, because he has a white mark on his head :-) more...
 20:25 | 22/Apr/2009
Twenty-six Saris
As I draped my first sari around my body, my hands moved as if they had performed this wrapping, folding and tucking every day for a lifetime. And perhaps they had, in some previous incarnation. The act of dressing in a sari always brings on an intense deja vu.Twenty-six saris sit on a shelf in my closet, each beautiful in its own special way.  Eac... more...
 11:13 | 22/Apr/2009
Morning visitor
Ms. Possum usually silently creeps up my back stairs after midnight, so I rarely get to see her up close and personal.  On this cloudy morning, however, I found her munching on  seeds which had fallen from the bird feeder, until my jealous canine companion disrupted her repast.  Look at those  marvelous ears! ...and  her pink nose and feet!Morning ... more...
 00:37 | 21/Apr/2009
Am I living in a Police State?
Technorati ProfileIt has been a long time since I last posted here on Rediff iLand.  I have missed keeping in touch with my friends from India. Unfortunately, ominous events in my life have prevented me from maintaining connection here, where I have always found the most loving, compassionate and caring people anywhere on Earth and online.One alway... more...
 11:28 | 5/Dec/2008
The Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder
The Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder from Lucille on Vimeo.There's a feisty squirrel in every yard! This one managed to coax a few seeds out of this feeder, but it did prevent his feasting on its entire contents in a single day, as he did with the feeder below, which he treated as his own private feeding station. I now fill this one with safflower seeds... more...
 02:31 | 26/Nov/2008
Thanksgiving - No Turkey, please!
Vegetarian Thanksgiving - Hens & Chickens, but No Turkey, please! from Lucille Iacovelli on Vimeo . My idea of Thanksgiving Dinner! more...
 22:26 | 19/Nov/2008
Gin, the dancing dog
My dear uncle sent me this today and I had to share it.  It will make you smile! more...
 11:12 | 5/Nov/2008
Americans Elect First African-American P...
For the  first time in many, many years, I am proud of my country.  more...
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 sara | 12:53 | 7/Jun/2009
Friends: (599)  | City: Turkey  | Interests: music,writting,pa...
koi nahi hai..............
Khawabo me nigaho  aur sanso me Palko me dhadkan me basa tu hi haiDuawo me muraado me  aarjoon meBas hoti  uski  hi chaahat haiUmeedo me armaao me trishnagi meNahi  uske  siya  to  koi  haiHasrato me hausalo me khawaisho meRahata uska hi koi  n koi roop hi haiIbaddat me inayat me is kaynaat meUske  siwa  to 'sara' ka nahi koi astitava haiIraado me ...  more...
 Nishant Gupta | 22:31 | 3/May/2009
Friends: (117)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Reading, Writting...
My Very First Time
The night was young, The moon was high...We were alone, Just she and I.??Her hair was smooth, Her eyes bright blue...I know just what, She wanted me to do.??Her skin was soft, Her legs so fine...I ran my finger, Down her spine.??I don't know how, But I tried my best...As I placed my hands, On her tender breast.??I remembered my fear, My fast beatin...  more...
 Karthik Dexter | 10:41 | 1/Jun/2009
Friends: (89)  | City: Mangalore  | Interests: orkut.co.in/Main#...
Special Day - A Birthday!
Today (1st June) is supposed to be a very special day,It’s really a fantastic day today.Today is what??Many reasonsThis is 1st day of this monthThis is the first day of schoolBut I am not talking about it.this day god sent a wonderful person to this world to be my friend.A sweet lil girl who is always been kind and caring about others.One who has n...  more...
 shattered heart | 18:45 | 25/May/2009
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another sightof basel
hi friends, i sincerely hope u all r doing fine!so, its another common sight in main basel city, high rise buildings and corporate offices of many chemical companies. the one seen in the attached pix is of Roche diagnostics. there are many companies housed in switzerland, and specially in basel because of the industry-friendly policies of the govt....  more...
 monika800 | 11:34 | 11/May/2009
Friends: (58)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: wildlife ,nature,...
DUAL CAREER COUPLE
Dual Career Couples  If one looks back about fifteen years ago, one would occasionally hear about DINKS…double income no kids couples and people would wonder how they would manage once they do have kids. The underlying implication being that when they have a family, one of them - presumably the mother - would step down from her career.But times are...  more...
 ravi shukla | 16:36 | 28/May/2009
Friends: (151)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: reading,writing a...
For my best friend - Are you ???
                                                * FOR * MY * BEST * FRIEND *My heart felt thanks to you is made of many special things,           The warmth and happiness your valued friendship brings,The little things you do to me, that mean so very much,              The way we are especially close and always keep in touch.My heart felt thanks to...  more...
 vikesh ralhanz | 21:39 | 22/Apr/2009
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LIVER CIRROHSIS
Hi !!Myself Vikesh Ralhan - 28 Yrs. I feel very fortunate 2day here after safe recovery from a Life Threatining Disease - Liver Cirrohsis due to Accumulation of huge amount of Copper Mineral on my Liver. With this Blog- "I wanted to take the time to write the International Community to tell what a marvelous services from DR. SUBHASH GUPTA ( LIVER T...  more...
 Greshma H | 12:38 | 16/May/2009
Friends: (33)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: To... Express.. M...
For my Good Friends... out there...........
  You can eat & Drink togetherTalk & laugh togetherEnjoy life together, but you are only real friendsWhen you also cried together……………………!!!    Longest is the mothers loveShortest is the others loveSweetest is the lovers loveYet, strongest is the friends love………………..!!!  Genuine friends are those…… Who care without hesitationRemember without limita...  more...
 rajeshkumar rai | 09:17 | 31/May/2009
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When things get warm
When things get warm (reposted.......worm problem)My wife got up one morning and said,"I want a baby. Bolo na, Is it okay with you?"I acted deaf and dumb. We were already 'Hum Doo and Hamare Doo'. More than that I cannot afford. Having more than two babies now days is NOT A STATUS SYMBOL. It is more of a MADNESS SYMBOL. But with my wife around...  more...
 Santosh Patil | 16:24 | 29/May/2009
Friends: (98)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading,writing.R...
How to spend Money -Nita Ambani
How to Spend MoneyNita Mukesh AmbaniIn the Hindu religion, we pay homage to the Goddess in her variousincarnations. During Diwali, we invoke the Goddess in her most enchantingform: the image of Lakshmi. This is very appropriate. Lakshmi is the Goddess ofwealth and prosperity. We worship her when we earn money. We worship herwhen we spend it.Alongsi...  more...
 Rita | 15:13 | 7/Jun/2009
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Beauty is worse than wine
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"Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read" "The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest." "Beauty is worse than wine ; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder" "Men are like a fine wine . They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with." "We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine ." "The waves of desire in the world-ocean are intoxicating wine ." India vs Bangladesh - ICC t20 worldcup 2009 4th Match Highlights ..Enjoy :) - It's all set to be big! Cheers to Your Health When word got out about the health benefits of wine, most wine drinkers stopped swirling for a long minute and took notice. It was the mid 90s when story of the "French Paradox" poured from all media sources, and wine drinkers across the world swirled and sipped and rejoiced. In case you missed it, baffled researchers launched a study of French folk, trying to determine why people with diets so high in cheese fats were not suffering from more heart attacks. The findings? It's their moderate and steady intake of wine. Long after the discovery that the French were absurdly beating health odds, tons of research in support of wine drinking for good health continued to surface. First, there were scores of positive studies related solely to the healing powers of resveratrol, an antioxidant found in red grape skins and therefore in red wine. However, now they're finding just as many benefits from white wines. As a matter of fact, winemakers worldwide are even altering their production processes in order to boost the health benefits in white wine. All kinds of new findings still frequently bombard the media today. Check out some of the most recent studies that boast the health benefits of wine: Overall Health Benefits: Anti-aging effects in red grape skins ( Harvard Medical School in Boston , 2004) Lung Health Benefits: Improved lung function from antioxidants in white wine (American Thoracic Society, 2002) Heart Health Benefits: Coronary heart disease reduced (University of California, Davis, 1995) Healthier blood vessels in elderly ( University of Ferrara in Italy , 2004) Ulcer Prevention: Ulcer-causing bacteria reduced (American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003) Cancer Prevention: Cancer cells killed by protein in red grape skins ( University of Virginia Health System , 2004) Stroke Prevention: Arteries kept clean by polyphenols in red grape skins (William Harvey Research Institute, 2002) Woman's Health Benefits: Decreased ovarian cancer risk (The Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia , 2004) Stronger bones (Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas Hospital in London , 2004) Lower risk of stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001) Fox News On Reseveratrol - Anti-Aging - Muscadine Grape - Red Wine Men's Health Benefits: Lower risk of heart attack for men with high blood pressure ( Worcester Medical Center in Massachusetts , 2004) So What's the catch? you ask. Well, the catch is simple moderation. Most of these studies promote drinking in moderation in order to achieve the blissful health benefits of wine drinking. And what's moderation? Well, moderation is defined as a glass or two each day, and no, you can't save them up all week and drink all of them on the weekend. In fact, too much wine per day or per week can lead to negative health effects in many cases and rather than prevent disease, you'll actually up your odds of acquiring such diseases. Isn't it great when you discover that something you enjoy could actually lead to better health? I guess this must be how vegetable lovers feel about eating. In any case, now you can sip your favorite glass of wine with ease and even fervor tonight. After all, the health benefits of wine speak for themselves. 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 sanjay pandey | 17:15 | 17/Apr/2009
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Holy Sagar Island
The Ganges River holds a great religious significance for the Hindus throughout the world. It flows down into the ocean after traversing a long distance from its source of origin. There's an island called Sagar Island which is located at the mouth of the Ganges (called Hooghly in West Bengal). Sagar Island, also called Ganga Sagar and Ganga Sagar T...  more...
 DEVKANT PANDEY | 14:34 | 28/May/2009
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abhinandan samaroh
भोजपुë 2;ी को संव 67;धान की आठवीं अनुसुé 0;ी में शामिल कराने के लिए ...  more...
 radhesh | 17:48 | 30/Apr/2009
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RASH DRIVING
AN OVERSPEEDING DRIVER WAS ASKED TO STOP BY THE TRAFFIC CONSTABLE. AFTER STOPPING THE UNREPENTENT DRIVER ASKS: " SIR! WAS I DRIVING THAT FAST?"THE CONSTABLE SAYS: " SIR! YOU WERE FLYING TOO LOW"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  more...
 vishal arora | 01:30 | 19/May/2009
Friends: (48)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: basically me a ha...
An assortment of happenings in and aroun...
First things first. Thanks to all friends on iland who read ma posts, react to the posts, give encouragement, swear they woudnt encourage any more(i just luved dat part of ur comment lady) and make me believe that me as an ilander have an existence.Still me missing few close pals on iland, tanu(crispy and funny) n shailu(sms texts but gosh look at ...  more...
 prashant shah | 17:29 | 6/Jun/2009
Friends: (280)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: friendship, writi...
BEAWARE OF BEAUTIFUL GIRLS  When one thinks of friendship there is no greater friendship in the world compare to our two eyes. They are very close friends of each other. I hope u all will agree they are unique in their friendship. Both the friends that is eyes are born together and so their exist a born friendship among them and just give a thought...  more...
 m vishrant | 19:28 | 14/May/2009
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चल खुस...
गोरी सोए सेज पर मुख पर डारे केशचल खुसरो घर आपने सांझ भई चहु दे...  more...
 Harsha | 12:06 | 29/May/2009
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WAY TO PEACE
Devotion and Dedication, Concentration and Convicition, Introspection and Reflection Discrimination and Renunciation, These are the physical And mental actions. To attain perfection and realization Which result in peace And Satisfration  more...
 sanat ray | 22:47 | 3/Jun/2009
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the lamp and the luminous.
                   She was thin,       Eyes square       And pale dark , she had       A ring around her nose,       Dazzling sharp,       A lady in fancy dress       I thought.               A lovely face       Cheeks shone,       Wrinkled skins had a        Charm, took me closer.       Her bosom was bone dry,       Arid after a flow       Waterin...  more...
 tushar sharma | 10:29 | 22/May/2009
Friends: (87)  | City: Indore  | Interests: food, movies, to...
Thoughts
बहुत देख लिए ख्वाब हमने , अब कुछ करने का वक़्त है... आसमा में है अ&#...  more...
 parthasarath... | 23:48 | 26/May/2009
Friends: (263)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry & literature
Reminiscence is not a luxury to me
Reminiscence is not a luxury to meYour smell and each of your breatheThe eternal smile on your eyesThousands of years, shall wait for a single call!Those fighting the survival for the day,Seeking the ways and means to meet the two ends,Is there any memory lane to walk down!What do you mean by hunger!What is that great success you mean!Your thought!...  more...
 Arabinda Mitra | 18:06 | 8/May/2009
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W.Sleeman- the great Warrior
   Major william sleeman- the great warrior against Thugs  In my earlier writing I attempted to introduce you with the most dreadful cult of  Thagees prevailing in the early nineteenth century in India.  Atrocity and dreadful violence done by Thugs were so far recorded as early as 1820s.  However, a little was known about their cult as well as thei...  more...
 Jasmine Jassi | 00:09 | 28/May/2009
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H ii !! H ow s u all ?? Mi ss e d u L  more...
 Monika Chawla | 13:04 | 21/Apr/2009
Friends: (567)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: To Know More Go T...
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga is one of the meditationsystem introduced by yogi Swathmarama. This is the yoga practiced torealize with union of pairs of opposites. Hatha yoga is one of thetraditions of tantra yoga. 'Ha' means sun and 'tha' means moon whichare opposites.In Hatha yoga thepractice of pranayama is very essential which energies 'nadis'.Pranayama is one ki...  more...
 A | 12:42 | 5/Oct/2008
Friends: (25)  | City: VNS  | Interests: personal development
Its something that politicians should un...
I cant express my greif, I was totaly moved by reading out news paper this morning about how a young girl in Orissa, who was working with NGO for her livilihood was tortured to extreme. I would condemn this as its not what our religions has tought us. Its something that politicians should understand and stop these practices immediately. What is the...  more...
 meghal vasa | 14:44 | 23/Jan/2009
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Slumdog Millionaire: Brutal evaluation o...
Slumdog Millionaire: Evaluation of poverty Not Indian GloryThere is so much media hype about Slumdog Millionaire & now with ten academy nomination’s makers & actors of film are on a sky high. I have nothing against it as it is there moment of glory & they must enjoy it. But certainly this movie is no pride for India or Indians as it encashes on sam...  more...
 Samiran Sarkar | 20:21 | 6/Jun/2009
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CONTRAREITY
I wrote my last post,a short story, in the page of this iland on 9th May,2009. Since then due to my illness and some technical problem in my page I ,barring a very few comments on the post of my friends,could not write a single word.Even I could not reply the mails of some of my friends who expressed their anxiety on my silence.I beg apology for no...  more...
 Virag | 18:51 | 27/May/2009
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Meditation or Prayer or both
On linkedin group "Positive Thinkers" One Dsicussion posted Can meditation make you more positive? Most of the people I meet suggest meditation and prayers when one feelsgloomy. Is it the meditation that helps or the prayers? or is it the acombination of both? Whats your take on this? Here is my reply sharing with all Well , it is very c...  more...
 rajesh | 08:29 | 11/Mar/2009
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HOLI...WISHES
रंगों के त्योहì 6;र में सभी रंगों की हो भरमारé 8;ेर सारी खुशियí 9;&#...  more...
 Vishnu Sriva... | 18:06 | 30/Nov/2008
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Bells Do Toll for You Hemant!
Bells Do Toll for You Hemant!A tribute from an old colleagueBy Vishnu Srivastava The author is an old colleague of Mr. Hemant Karkare. He is a freelance trainer and a consultant sharing his expertise through Management Mantra. Sudha his wife is a niece of late Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (her Ball Chacha). She was very much moved by the recent ev...  more...
 Jahir Khan | 11:29 | 25/Jan/2009
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north pole
Art North Pole vol.1 screensaver shows you off a photo-realistic views of north nature. Watch north nature scenes such us white bears, penguins, seadogs, icebergs, cold ocean surface and snowy landscapes. Launch this screensaver and surprise yourself and your friends with crisp pictures and wonderful image transition effects that use the full 3D po...  more...
 Rahul P | 15:15 | 17/Feb/2009
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TRUE FRIEND
A pal is oneWith whom you can have funWho'll listen to you and talkWith whom you can share a joke One you can drink withAnd who with you will dine One with whom all will look rosyAll pretty and all fine...But when comes adversity You'll seldom find him by your sideAnd even if stay does he,Not long will he abide.A true friend is oneWith whom you can...  more...
 agshaya | 15:55 | 22/Nov/2008
Friends: (76)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: reading,photograp...
A Feast for the eyes
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 Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008
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Lonely on an island....
Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 20:06 | 29/Jul/2008
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Just Laugh
  Huge Pause A bearwalks into a bar and says, "I want a bourbon and............... coke"The bartender asks "what's with the huge pause?"The bear says, "I've had them all my life."  An Old Fart Oneevening, a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home andleaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nursesbathe...  more...
 U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
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 "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...  more...
 Juzer Ali | 00:57 | 10/May/2009
Friends: (150)  | City: Indore  | Interests: Most gruesome mis...
Apocalypse I - Expedition in the dark
The black orb - oblivious to the tiny metallic bullet closing down on it - continued on its elliptical path. Inside the metallic bullet, two figures chattered continuously on the radio, informing about their whereabouts to the home base. "The distance is now forty six thousand kilometers, we'll land on this planet in about thirty hours" said Domini...  more...
 Nandhi Varman | 05:40 | 30/May/2009
Friends: (65)  | City: Pondicherry  | Interests: Tamil, Poetry, En...
CHINESE DRAGON ENCIRCLES INDIA
INDIAN BUREAUCRATS DREAM :INDIA  TO BE A COLONY OF CHINA The editorial of leading English daily of India, Times of India dated 29th May of 2009 about Aung San Kyi contains a paragraph which I would like to quote: “ We have just concluded a spectacular democratic exercise and are still showing it off to the world .But unfortunately when it comes to ...  more...
 Srinivasan P... | 18:50 | 30/May/2009
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Those who win are smart!
We are always saying that hard work is the ingredient for success. It's true. But those who go to the top slot are not only hard working, but also very confident and smart. I got an Email forward compiling interesting interactions at UPSC and IIM interviews. I am reproducing the same for the benefit of ilanders.DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND INTELLIGENT A...  more...
 krishna veni | 08:05 | 27/Mar/2009
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Happy Ugadi
Ugadi (Telugu: ఉగాది, from yuga+aadi  ,yuga is era, aadi means start. the start of an era) is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan region of India. The people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh use the term Ugadi for this festival.The Telugu people celebrate the festival with great fanfare; gatherings of the extended family and a ...  more...
 febin joy | 07:54 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (521)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Photography, Draw...
Avatars - Jose aka Jaws
Hi guys... Sorry... Couldn't write the forth part of the travelogue today. Kindly bear with me guys... Here is a collage of 6 pics i've shot using same frame of Jose aka Jaws and merged later. Hope u like the experiment... take care guys... have a good day...  more...
 Vikram Karve | 01:05 | 21/May/2009
Friends: (40)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Writing, Food, Wa...
A Yummy Foodie Date
MOUTHWATERING MEMORIES A SOUL STIRRING EVENING By VIKRAM KARVE [Mouth-watering Memories of a Yummy Foodie Date]    Falling in love?  Wondering where to go on that crucial Foodie First Date in Pune?  Try “Soul”.  We had a truly soul stirring evening at Soul on a warm Sunday evening last summer. Let me tell you about it.  It’s easy to get to Soul – j...  more...
 Krishnaswamy... | 11:34 | 22/Jan/2008
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MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
A true life story, best told by the person himself in his own words: My name is Brian Boyle, and I am living proof that miracles happen.A month after I graduated high school in 2004, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a near fatal car accident with a dump truck. The impact of the crash violently ripped my heart across my chest...  more...
 Subodhkumar das | 13:04 | 19/Oct/2008
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SAVE TIGER
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 Ajay Sattikar | 20:37 | 13/Dec/2008
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एका तळ...
एका तळ्यात होती, बदके पिले सुरेख होते कुरुप वेडे, पिल्लू तया&#...  more...
 Kiran Raivad... | 10:58 | 26/Dec/2007
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART...FOR THE HEART. (Posting it as it may be useful/kr)  A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart? Ans:1. Diet - Less ...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 06:38 | 19/Apr/2009
Friends: (10)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: You 0981...
गौरैयì...
सुबह की ओंस बूंद सी....टीक गई थी स्मृतिपट ;ल पर,सासों में महसूसने...  more...
 Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008
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Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar...
The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...  more...
 Sailesh Cousik | 14:29 | 26/Oct/2008
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Happy Deepavali
It is the Diwali/Deepavali time which is the biggest Hindu Festival in a calendar full of festivals. Literally translated in means the festival of lights and at a spiritual level it is the celebration of the victory of good over evil in each human being. Tradition traces the origins of the festival to different events in the Hindu folklore. In many...  more...
 Sanjeev Verma | 00:23 | 2/Mar/2009
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The Great Desert Island Discs Game
In an earlier post on the golden era of Hindi film music, I talked about Desert Island Discs. Just that reference as revived a long-time fascination with that programme and its concept. It’s a game that has an eternal—and international—appeal. The BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs was created in 1942 by Roy Plomley, the British playwright, no...  more...
 Manasee Mishra | 11:58 | 23/Jul/2007
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Find... Who R You !
Hi frnz...Here'z somethin 4 u , which describes   -  "WAT SORT OF PERSONALITY DO YE POSSESS..."  1.)- Me First     AN EGOISTUr attitude to life is simple, direct, and aboveboard - every decision u make is based on the answer to one question : "What's in it for me?" If ur selfishness, greed, and ruthless desire for self-advancement hurt other ppl, t...  more...
 PRIYA JOSEPH | 21:09 | 5/Oct/2008
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Geeta Dutt
This lady really amazes me!!! Don't know how many people today even have heard of her. But she truly stands out in her own way. For those who don't know Geeta Dut she was the wife of late actor/producer/director Guru Dutt.As a kid I never really knew anything about her. Until few years back. During my teenage years I was a big fan of actress Waheed...  more...
 Zarathushtra... | 06:07 | 8/Jun/2009
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Good morning
Good morningI first started blogging in rediff in the middle of 2006; I can still recollect the superstars of the day. There was Friendly Ghost, Trishna Mumbai, Sailesh Cowshik, and even a certain Bengali doctor in Africa and quite an exotic name for a place. That was the time when I was really excited about making friends; be it Sudipta or Dee or ...  more...
 amit khanna | 11:26 | 16/Oct/2008
Friends: (176)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Baying at the moo...
It is so unfair
The current shakedown in the Financial sector has made one thing crystal clear. No Sovereign is safe from the domino like effect of free falling economy, specially if it's origins lies an economy as huge as the economy of the USA.  A little ripple somewhere can easily gather force like a tsunamic wave, sweeping everything in its wake.  The reigns o...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
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This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 A S | 00:29 | 5/Oct/2008
Friends: (531)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Food, Books, Movi...
Why do we hate each other
Why do we Indians hate each other so much?  We are we killing one another on one pretext or the other.   We were a country known for its culture, heritage and traditions?  We are also so very proud when we talk about our traditions.  But is this what our culture is?  Hate!!  Is it our culture to destroy everyone who is different from us?  Is ‘Hate’...  more...
 premendra ag... | 14:23 | 26/Feb/2008
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Married life: love food is greater than ...
Following are the synopsis of the articles from Feb 14 to Feb 25, 2008. Complete articles are at: http://www.newsanalysisindia.com/feb_08.htm Married life: love food is greater than cookfoodDisinclination to cook not a ground for divorce: Madras High Court. Forget love without quarrel if couples want longer life, research says. http://www.newsanaly...  more...
 Seeniraj Siv... | 10:47 | 12/Aug/2008
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அச்சதĮ...
அவர் தலையில் முகம் பார்க்கு ;ம் வசதி உண்(டு)அத 16;ச் சொன்னால் ; ĩ...  more...
 gaurav atri | 20:48 | 1/Oct/2008
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India made a tryst with destiny in 2008
 Jawaharlal Nehru : Speech On the Granting of Indian Independence, August 14, 1947Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes,...  more...
 Chanchal Nis... | 14:03 | 23/Jan/2008
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Good Bye and Take Care
Free like a BirdI fly away from hereLeaving all that’s mineBreaking away from illusionsIn search of new dimensionsTo explore the unseenThat’s wrapped in time Free like a BirdI fly away from hereSlipping out of your gripsTo find my destiny for myselfSeeking salvation in the far landTo find the real meI had kept in disguise Free like a BirdI fly away...  more...
 Karuna sanghvi | 13:52 | 14/Apr/2009
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Happiness is
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.Aristotle  more...
 Jessica Singh | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007
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Sleepless in ......
I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...  more...
 Bharath Tonse | 13:28 | 25/Sep/2006
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WE ARE THE BEST
East or west, we are the best. Some factors hold us back. Red tape is one such factor due to which some of us stagnate here. Some leave the shores and acheive their goals.Some may argue that all is well, giving examples of Ambani and Tata etc. But that is an exception, which does not negate a rule but strenghtens it.   The RTI bill is an extremely ...  more...
 sanjeev snehi | 00:04 | 5/Feb/2009
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why your child is misbehaving ?
In order to understand why your child is misbehaving it is helpful to keep a diary:Identify one behaviour that you would like to change in your child.  Be as specific as you can e.g. wont do as she / he is told, hitting, demands things, whines, shouts. Write this behaviour down. When the behaviour occurs, write down what caused it (triggers) and wh...  more...
 poornima k | 08:49 | 26/May/2009
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Half Baked
In an oft-told variation of the Hindu myth of cosmology, a young boy asks his father what holds up the Earth. Amused, the father assures his son that the world rests on the back of a large turtle. "But what holds up the turtle?" the boy asks. After brief reflection the father says, "A huge elephant." "But," the boy continues, "what is under t...  more...
 Dwaipayan Adhya | 23:50 | 7/Jun/2009
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The Simple View
Do not sweat your forehead over the name. The name is Mandarmoni. To many, the name is still an enigma, let alone the place.The thought of sea beaches in West Bengal brings to mind the name of Digha, and Mandarmoni still raises eyebrows.But, if there is anything on this planet which still reminds you of a “virgin beach”, Mandarmoni is probably one ...  more...
 neel ster | 23:18 | 18/Mar/2009
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Insecure Feeling
                                       Blogging after days….. See lawyers don’t have enough of time in life. Being a budding lawyer like me, I have to be on my toes a bit more. But getting settled takes another age in this field. Unfortunate I don’t have the backing nor money to sustain any further and soon and this would be the end of me being a l...  more...
 KHANAN AMARA... | 18:09 | 4/May/2009
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Editor interviewed
The Creative Editor of Khanan was recently interviewed by SONAJHURI WEBZINE.   Please CLICK the following LINK  for the same :~   http://www.sonajhuri.com/sona%2056/jhora /jhora-1.htm  more...
 meena sundar | 17:53 | 21/Apr/2009
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Misunderstanding
 It happens when one does not accept what we sayOr when we don’t accept what others saysTruths are manysome cannot accept bcoz all are wrongSome cannot bcoz they believe them stronglySome cannot bcoz of egoSome cannot bcoz they like to argueSome cannot bcoz they need third opinionSome cannot bcoz they love to see and enjoy when others muse.Understa...  more...
 Leonard Jemonie | 12:54 | 28/Nov/2008
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Terror in Mumbai
Once again, We have been attacked and this time they have targetted the finanacial hub and foreigners.   Time and again the terrorists prove how vunerable we are and the lack lustre attitude of our politicians.Why are we like this, We send rockets to the moon, sign nuclear deals, boost of IT capital so on and so forth but our fire fighters dont hav...  more...
 vienna special | 20:48 | 20/Sep/2007
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Nainital...a jewel ..
my recent visit of nainital made me realise how much ourplanet has got to offer for us to enjoy.. it was a great journey ... with flowers ,waterfalls ,cherries and apples ..its like a mini heaven ...blessed in aesthetic beauty .. friends do visit nainital atleast once in ur life time ...its simply great ..awesome and heavenly...  more...
 Sandeep Ohri | 22:53 | 31/May/2009
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Meet me on Facebook :)
To be honest, I find it very difficult to write longer blogposts. But it seems easier to just 'update' one's status on Facebook. Those of you interested in staying in touch - please send me a message on Facebook, so I'll know you have come in from rediffiland. My email ID is sandeep.ohri@ymail.com Thanks..  more...
 Mainak Mazumder | 21:24 | 22/Apr/2009
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY MAINAKSWORLD (...
Dear Friends and Colleagues,A long wait is now over. The website of Disaster Management and Climate Change has a New Logo with a powerful message. A message to save the World from disasters.We all appreciate your viewpoints on it and given below is the description of the New Logo:MAINAKSWORLD LOGO:The outside is painted orange-red, symbolizing Poll...  more...
 amusing muse | 02:20 | 30/Oct/2007
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Seva Ram!
“I don’t want it short; I want to make a ponytail” the little girl declared. I watched with interest as the six something girl explained to her mother and the hair dresser just how long she wanted her hair to be and how much hair she wanted in the front. Reminded me of Seva Ram…Seva Ram, in his loose white pajamas, a dull coloured shirt and a Nehru...  more...
 Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007
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Jab We Met
Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...  more...
 shivraj dhumal | 18:22 | 30/Apr/2009
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7 SECRET PROVEN STRATEGIES TO MAKE MONEY...
If you are looking for a way to make money on the Internet and work from home you have found the perfect website to help guide you in the right direction. There are many work-from-home programs on the Internet today that will promise you the world, however most of these programs don’t deliver on their promises. If you aren’t careful you will end up...  more...
 ant r | 14:45 | 2/May/2009
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Taking a Break
Till I feel like writing again. Let me know when you get bored of it :)  more...
 neetha nair | 13:45 | 23/Feb/2009
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Of Parvathi's Impurity!!
Today morning ,there was some discussion between  my daughter and me related to Shivarathri . She was trying to know, what it is all about. ME being not very good in such issues told her the story as I know about  Shiva drinking the  venom etc etc and Parvathi and  others  fasting  and staying awake to keep him awake whole night so that the poision...  more...
 sunshine | 11:02 | 28/May/2009
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Floods Warning 2009 for Mumbai
Floods Warning - 2009 : Mumbai Floods in Mumbai are attributable to simultaneous occurrence of rainfall and high tides. If the rainfall is in excess of 200 mm in a day (24 hrs) the floods can occur anytime irrespective of the tides. However, if there is moderate rainfall but the tides are in excess of 4.50 meters at the same time, the city of Mumba...  more...
 Pavement Freud | 10:05 | 21/Apr/2008
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The Landlady: Concluding Episode
For Fountainahas the night before Good Friday was a watershed in its rather uneventful history; many years after that fateful night, women in the neighborhood would habitually use it as a point of reference to establish facts: so-and-so’s age for example. ‘Oh! Don’t you remember? She was almost knee high that Good Friday!’ That night as Maggie lay ...  more...
 john sudhakar | 14:10 | 16/Jan/2009
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SEX AND SENSEX
SEX AND SENSEX  There’s a nice doctoral dissertation out there-me calls it SEX and SENSEX… Ideal stuff for clinical psychologists and | or social stragists… This can be a multi-center study….HYERABAD,MUMBAI,AHMEDABAD,CALCUTTA,BLORE and CHENNAI….  You can use the latest statistical stuff and the variable can be age-wise or gender-wise…. I am juzt gi...  more...
 mahesh dumbare | 00:44 | 27/Aug/2007
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Restraint of Power
Restraint in the use of power is a need of the hour. We have seen a lot of destruction and pain due to unnecessary usage of power in many parts of the world in the form of wars i.e use of power. Some restraint on the part of fighting nations could have saved lot of lives and wealth. That is one of the reasons why I believe restraint is better and b...  more...
 Reema | 17:46 | 11/Apr/2009
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Milky Clouds
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 nima pandey | 19:07 | 25/May/2009
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Why i call u frnd
I call you FriendYou Focused on my strengths, alwaysaccepting me for who I am, andrespecting the choices I've made.You Reached deep inside my heartand replaced the rain and darknesswith the sunshine of a warm smile.You Inspired me, reminding me of thebeauty of the sunset and making mesee beyond my own narrow world.You Encouraged me to follow my dre...  more...
 cubicile blues | 22:31 | 5/Jun/2009
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
I am an atheist. Hence whenever my computer hangs, instead of praying I restart my computer. The IT guys of my company are completely surprised at my resonance of saving my work frequently to avoid submitting to their mercy. My behaviour is completely out of sync of my colleagues who think IT guys have magical powers. Except the IT guys, everyone i...  more...
 Kush A | 13:16 | 7/Jun/2009
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A Different Name
chalo aaj ek duje ke zakhm kuredeinjala tha jism jahAaN dil bhi jal gaya thachalo aaj ik duje ko ham ye eenAam deNaaj apne nakhoon ke zeher se ek duje me ched kar us adhoorijustajoo ko aaj ki raat anjaam deNapni aawaaz ki tez dhaar seek duje ka dil khoj nikaaleNaur ek duje ko ek duje ka jaam deNaao aaj gulal se holi khelegale mile aur khushi manaay...  more...
 binny bunnz | 17:05 | 5/Nov/2008
Friends: (142)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Why does life kee...
Bankruptcy explained..
Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were only two pieces of 1 dollar coins circulating around.1) There were 3 citizens living on this island country.  A owned the land. B and C each owned 1 dollar.2) B decided to purchase the land from A f...  more...
 Sincere Citizen | 12:50 | 12/May/2009
Friends: (145)  | City: Earth  | Interests: The final countdown.
Farming and best occupation
In my mother tongue , Marathi there is an old saying which goes like this :"Uttam  sheti, madhyam vyapar aani kanishthaa naukri".Translated literally it means :Farming is the best occupation, business is the second best and the lowest is a job (or working for others).If you go back to the basics then you can see how important this saying is, as far...  more...
 manoj singhania | 19:13 | 29/Sep/2008
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thoda to muskura do
jara to muskara do aisi bhi kya berukhi hai,    yahi to ek chees hai jis se hamko khusi milti hai; rone ke to mauke bahut hai is duniy men          kyunki logo men chhai berukhi hai, dilo men nafarat hai aur ankho men gussa   ek tumahri muskurahat men jindagi ki aas chhupi hai jara sa muskura do aisi bhi kya berukhi hai to continue-------  more...
 Saakshee I | 17:43 | 5/Aug/2008
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Sensual times beckons...
Guys its been some time now and my life it seems is the most boring one on the planet I meet guys I lose guys, I lose interest they hate my guts. Well that’s about it all now the same charade continues maybe I can shock myself into a new me. I realize that my perfect guy would be as lethargic as me, would love swinging... Hey hey hey lemme put the ...  more...
 kavita ganguly | 20:31 | 16/Apr/2009
Friends: (340)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: Reading, Net Surf...
Election Season
As I hurry to earn my living, I suddenly realise that today is no ordinary day. It’s  time for ‘we the people’ to exercise our franchise yet again. Exercise our Franchise? Whew! What a profound statement. It all boils down to a simple ‘vote dalna’ by the aam janta of Bharat and just look at all the hue & cry surrounding it. Time again for a lot of ...  more...
 Vijit Vivek | 18:48 | 30/Oct/2008
Friends: (818)  | City: Patna  | Interests: Bio Medical Engin...
An important message....
Mumbai police are facing a strange case of rape in which the victim has not even seen the criminal. There is a new way to rape women. The victim left the office after work and saw a little child crying on the road. Feeling pity for the child, she went and asked what happened. The child said, "I am lost can you take me home please?" Then the child g...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 21:52 | 19/May/2009
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Elections in IPL Times!General elections in India are often termed as the Festivals of Democracy: quite flattering, ain’t it! The irreverent ones, though, choose to dub them as the Theatre of the Absurd! Either way, you can’t afford to ignore it when over 700 million women and men trudge it to the polling booths on the appointed day in the largest ...  more...
 Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (338)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
5 Minutes for Poor
Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...  more...
 Phaedrus Zen | 01:12 | 6/Jul/2007
Friends: (26)  | City: D.C  | Interests: cricket, economic...
Show it to me :)
Got this from one of the blogs that I read!Really liked the way the song was sequenced!!--------------Oh it seems to me this whole world’s gone crazy There’s too much hate and killing going on When I see the bare chest of a woman My worries and my problems are all gone.-----------nice song, nice video (Rodney Carrington)!http://www.pleaseshowthemto...  more...
 satya singh | 16:11 | 7/Apr/2009
Friends: (106)  | City: In the same universe  | Interests: Net surfing,Music...
History of Valentine
As early as the fourth century B.C., the Romans engaged in an annual young man's rite to passage to the God Lupercus. The names of the teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men; thus, a man was assigned a woman companion for the duration of the year, after which another lottery was staged. After eight hundred years of...  more...
 vchennai | 05:16 | 3/Jun/2009
Friends: (978)  | City: Madras  | Interests: movies, chatting
Long weekend
It was close to midnight. Ravi and Asha were lying in the bed tired. They both had been subjected to long hours in their respective jobs for quite sometime. They hardly could get much time for themselves.“Asha. Life is not the same these days. Whatever happened to those days when we both used to wait eagerly for the other person and make the most o...  more...
 Bhagwat Prasad | 18:13 | 26/May/2009
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poem
Yeh Degree bhi lelo, Yeh Naukri bhi lelo, Bhale chheen lo mujhse US ka Visa, Magar mujhko lauta do college ka canteen, Who thanda saaa paani ,Who TeeKha Samosaa, Who College ki sabse - purani nishaanee, Who chai vaalaa jisko - sab kehte the... Jaani, Who jaani ke hathon - ki 'cutting' chai meethi, Who chupke-se journal - mein Jo bheji thi chitthi, ...  more...
 Alex Gomes | 15:56 | 16/Oct/2008
Friends: (639)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Sports,Philosophy...
Hello My Name Is GOD
A Movie of Salman Khan named "Hello" has been released andin that movie a call comes from GOD in the call centre ...Does God really speak, and if He does, what does He sound like? God is always speaking. There are many recorded instances of God speaking fromthe beginning of time until the present day. Yet hearing God is something thatmost people st...  more...
 PGR NAIR | 09:19 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (212)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Literature, Cinem...
In Memoriam Of Mahmoud Darwish
My MotherI long for my mother's bread My mother's coffee Her touch Childhood memories grow up in me Day after day I must be worth my life At the hour of my death Worth the tears of my mother.  And if I come back one day Take me as a veil to your eyelashes Cover my bones with the grass Blessed by your footsteps Bind us together With a lock of your h...  more...
 Ume sh | 11:49 | 5/May/2009
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dreams.....
      Confusion – a state of mind where you are not able to decide what to do!?Options – a situation where you have choices.So options lead to confusion. Right!? And if there are no options…..there can’t be any confusion as ‘beggars can’t be choosers’! So in such a situation you accept what is coming your way and keep cribbing as one always loves o...  more...
 Joseph Antony | 00:11 | 26/May/2009
Friends: (540)  | City: Kottayam,Changanacherry  | Interests: reading,movies, f...
" MEASLES "
What are Measles? Measles, is a highly infectious disease characterized by a pink rash and a respiratory infection. People with measles are contagious several days before the rash appears and continue to be contagious until the rash and fever go away. Infants are usually protected from measles for 6 to 8 months after birth. They are protected becau...  more...
 ajay rana | 23:49 | 3/Jan/2009
Friends: (271)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Reading, swimming...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009
May God fulfill all your dreams and you able to finish all your resolutions set in the year-2009 http://www.icq.com/img/friendship/static /card_16961_rs.swf with warm wishes from ajay rana  more...
 Rajeev S | 14:46 | 1/Aug/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: The Present  | Interests: Reading, Writing
Spiritual Freelancing
Call it spiritual discord or spiritual detachment. This is what is creeping into the minds of youth these days. We see a growing spiritual crisis in the world today. There is devotion to indulgence of pleasure in the objects of sensual desire, which is inferior, low, vulgar, ignoble, and leads to no good; and there is devotion to self torment, whic...  more...
 shanmugam ve... | 11:33 | 24/Aug/2008
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'JANMASHTAMI'
"Udarah Sarva Evaite, Jnani Tvatmaiva Me Matam Asthitah Sa Hi Yuktatma Mamevanuttamam Gatim" This Sloka states that all those who worship God are commendable. But the outstanding devotees, who worship God with the single motive to merge in the God, are the true devotees who have achieved the highest aim of life.  more...
 Thohe Pou | 15:37 | 1/Jun/2009
Friends: (893)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading philosoph...
Why was Mr. Khathing not awarded the sam...
In response to: Why charge sheet after killing? by NISCA Naga International Support Center, NISC, www.nagalim.nl A human rights organization Amsterdam, May 29 2009 The Naga International Support Center, NISC, deplores Hopeson’s (NSCN) murder of Meitei officials and Khathing’s execution for being a warned traitor   Specializing in the rights of the ...  more...
 Abhiroop Bha... | 22:12 | 28/May/2009
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Golfshop
This summer when you consider going for a vacation alone orwith your family; think of golf vacation. It is truly enjoyable and you get acomplete holiday with rest and recuperation when you make it in Germany.Bavaria in Germany with its hills, lakes, greenery and beautiful climate offersthe world’s best Golf courses. People from all over the world...  more...
 krish prakash | 17:26 | 5/Dec/2006
Friends: (66)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: physics guitar no...
GREAT THOUGHTS
" I knew i was not a born genius but by constant and continuous effect,perseverance,self beleive and above all self introspection i would achieve" " Takae up one idea, make that one idea your life; think of it,live on that idea.let the brain, muscles,nerves,blood and every part of your body,be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone...  more...
 hari kumar | 17:00 | 18/May/2009
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Verdict 2009
I am not a political enthusiast or an expert commentator on politics to write a blog on elections. Yet I am trying my hand at something in which I am not even a novice. This is just penning or typing my impressions on what we call the biggest democratic process in the world- and truly India is the largest democracy ( if we call what ever is happeni...  more...
 jo su | 17:54 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (3)  | City: california  | Interests: nothing
kerala
Alappuzha Alappuzha the Venice of the East, a district of GOD's own country,also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. http://alappuzhaview.blogspot.com  more...
 amrut patil | 09:37 | 30/May/2009
Friends: (425)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: singing
DONT WASTE--
Dear All This is a story I heard, from Shri. Satya Narayana Goenkaji, while I was undergoing Vipassana meditation. We have no right to waste food, things, resources, we need to keep everything to the optimum use. It's a story from the times of buddha.  Buddha, one day, was in deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling good...  more...
 Kumar Rahul | 19:42 | 7/Jun/2009
Friends: (840)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Eat healthy, Thin...
Sthit Pragya
(Hinduism / Sanatan Dharma) स्थि 40;प्रज्&# 2334; Mother tells a story from when she was a young bahu. We used to stay in our grandfather’s professor’s quarters, as a joint family. Every morning, he would do a puja which would run for more than an hour, and then leave for college. He used to t...  more...
 Puja Priyada... | 17:44 | 9/Aug/2007
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Is Jammu & Kashmir doesn't exist in Indi...
IF YOU ARE a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, then Microsoft owned Hotmail.com does not recognise you as an Indian. Surprised! What can be the reason behind the absence of Jammu and Kashmir from this list? Is it an inadvertent mistake or a sad reminder of the cold war legacy that MSN owned Hotmail.com does not recognise Jammu and Kashmir as part of I...  more...
 Amrendra Saxena | 13:33 | 24/Dec/2007
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PARADOX OF OUR LIFE
“WE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS,BUT SHORTER TEMPERSWIDER FREEWAYS, BUT NARROWER VIEW POINTWE HAVE MORE DEGREES,BUT LESS COMMON SENSEMORE KNOWLEDGE, BUT LESS JUDGEMENTSMORE EXPERTS, BUT MORE PROBLEMSWE SPEND TOO RECKLESSLY,LAUGH TOO LITTLE, READ TOO SELDOM,WATCH TV TOO MUCH AND PRAY TOO SELDOM,WE HAVE MULTIPLIED OUR POSSESSIONSBUT REDUCED OUR VALUESWE LEA...  more...
 sujatha suresh | 20:40 | 16/Sep/2007
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life before computers..........
Life Before the Computer........* Memory was something you lost with age.* An application was for employment* A program was a TV Show.* A cursor used profanity.* A keyboard was a piano.* A web was a spider's home.* A virus was the Flu.* A CD was a Bank account.* A Hard drive was a long trip on the Road.* A Mouse pad was where a mouse lived.* And if...  more...
 Hreet Kaur | 12:53 | 17/Mar/2009
Friends: (191)  | City: Punjab  | Interests: still finding
Shakespeare's Love
Hello all. Thought to share aShakespeares sonnet about love. I am dedicating this for mothers day. I thinkin todays world this kind of love is left between parents and childrens only,because world outside your home is always judging you for what you do and what you dont do. It is only the love of parents that never finds alterations. Loved this son...  more...
 C V | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (176)  | City: India  | Interests: Nature, philosoph...
Dreams
 Each one of us has been endowed with the innate capacity to dream. We begin dreaming very early in life as kids.  All of us recollect those times in ourchildhood, can’t we, when we dreamed of wanting to excel in our studies or ofhaving that special toy and when it did materialize, what was it that we felt? A feeling of joy, ecstasy? A dream come t...  more...
 jayant kulkarni | 18:27 | 8/Feb/2009
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make sure......
A couple of hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services.He gasps to the operator, "My friend is dead! What can I do?"The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, "Just take it easy. I c...  more...
 Venu Gopal | 09:35 | 30/Jun/2008
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The Essence of Hinduism
The essence of Hindu teachings is that everything is divine. Which means everything is perfect - every individual and all circumstances are perfect. However, our experience seems to tell us otherwise. We generally feel that our life and circumstances have so many things to be corrected and changed so that we may, perchance, one day become at least ...  more...
 NORTH STAR | 15:13 | 6/Aug/2007
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Mind-Control
          Mind-Control MicrobeA bug in your body can give you schizophrenia, make you have a car crash, or determine the sex of your child. Five years ago, Oxford University zoologists showed that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii alters the brain chemistry of rats so that they are more likely to seek out cats. Infection thus makes a rat more likely t...  more...
 ganeshbabu s... | 21:13 | 18/May/2009
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 sharing what has been shared.The Little things After Sept. 11th,  one company invited the  remaining members of other companies who had  been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers  to share  their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of security told  stories of why these people were alive... and all  the stories were just: ...  more...
 Smiling Dolphin | 19:15 | 7/May/2009
Friends: (329)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Reading, Travelli...
Vote India
India is back to Voting. The whole of India will be selecting a new government. They are really spoilt for choice.  more...
 totally insane | 23:45 | 24/Feb/2009
Friends: (75)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Music,Life,The Sa...
An Icy Finger of Providence comes a-tapp...
When you are three decades rich, you think you have earned the right to make yourself believe in the magic of Life, and the picture-perfect control you have on your daily events.Its as if you have taken the birth of the morning, the very act of opening your eyes and expecting the day's events to start from that moment on - all  for granted. There i...  more...
 Amiya Lahiri | 14:36 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (391)  | City: Pune  | Interests: reading,surfing n...
LINCOLN VS KENNEDY
  THERE IS A SAYING THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WHEN YOU COMPARE THE LIVES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND JOHN F KENNEDY, ONE IS AMAZED BY THE SIMILARITIES.DO YOU WANT CALL IT JUST COINCIDENCE!!!!                                    ABRAHAM                   JOHN F                                 LINCOLN         ...  more...
 Silent Tears | 20:11 | 20/Oct/2008
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I'm responsible, Insinificant idiot fail...
At the begining of 2006 , more then two years ago, my online life began tobe centered on a computer application (here on Iland): not my word processing program,or my email program, but my rss news reader. I found I could express my self here and i know other to whome i never ever meet or know persoanlly, and thereby keep myself informed on prettymu...  more...
 ayesha julka | 18:56 | 18/Feb/2009
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PITY
1.  Do not worry about those who>>  have come thru boats... Our forces can easily defeat them.   >WORRY about those who have come thru votes.... Those are our REAL ENEMIES. >>2. What a shame and disgrace to every citizen of India that the elite NSG Force was transported into ordinary BEST buses, whereas our cricketers are transported into state of ...  more...
 gambu laar | 09:52 | 1/May/2009
Friends: (364)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Striving to live....
Are you a Good Boy?
         Good and Bad. Someone asked me recently whether I am a good boy or a bad boy. How do we define that? Let’s take examples Guy1 :  a guy who drinks, smokes. Has a smiling face. Is always in jeans and t-shirt.  A real street Romeo. To every good girl passes by, his eyes just moves a bit down to look at the shake of the butt … and imagine thin...  more...
 Rajesh Kumar | 11:35 | 13/Jun/2008
Friends: (183)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: browsing,jocks,re...
The Power Of Your Mind
The Power Of Your Mind Your Mind is an Incredible Power! You have abilities  and powers that you"re not even aware of. You were born with these powers but you have never learned  how to master them. Instead you go through life trying different things and hoping for the best - but never  really gettin...  more...
 Janam Tapit... | 21:58 | 8/May/2009
Friends: (88)  | City: Bareilly  | Interests: Writing for the h...
A Website For Promoting Nartural Health
These days a lot of money and time is spent on health care because there is an increase in disease and illness. Have you ever thought how good it will be if there was no illness and everyone remained healthy all the time? alas it is not so. The problems are mostly arising from the lifestyles we follow and the type of refined foods that we have. If ...  more...
 Sudhir Bisht | 16:48 | 10/Apr/2009
Friends: (41)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am COO of a Tel...
Have Shoe, Will Throw
Whensomeone as venerable as PalaniappanChidambaram (PC) has a shoe thrown at him, it becomes news. People must react to anincident like this. The reactions are spontaneous, sharp and divergent. “Lookwhat a real gentleman PC is. He seems so devoid of any anger or hatred at theshoe thrower. A saint among crooks, a deer among a bunch of swine” my Mom ...  more...
 WHOOPEE GUY | 11:32 | 23/Jul/2007
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Wifeless Future
 Wifeless future for China's men In recent years, the kindergarten has been getting more and more boys.Since the late 1970s Chinese couples have been allowed just one child - and most parents here prefer to have a son.China is worried about what may happen in 20 years or so when these kids grow up and start trying to settle down.An official estima...  more...
 Krishna Prasad | 15:13 | 7/May/2009
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FUSED BULB
FUSED BULB   Preface:  Today our office boy came to my office to remove a fused bulb.  He removed the bulb and thrown it in the garbage can.   This gave me the following thoughts.  I was dear one for everybody onceBut now everybody hate mePeople knew that I am of no useThat’s why they threw me in trash I was helping the boy to readBooks for studyin...  more...
 amar snh | 05:39 | 27/May/2009
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IPL 2009
Hi FriendsSo IPL is over !Do you think that all matches were played genuinely ?Is it possible that a player takes stunning catches at point or cover but drops sitters at the Long off or Long onIs it possible that a batsman covers his stumps nicely for 6- 7 overs, even while playing slog shots and suddenly then leaves such a gap between bat and pad ...  more...
 Kiran Pande | 16:32 | 22/Jul/2007
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10 GUARANTEED WAYS TO BREAK YOU AND YOUR...
Here is good news for those who always have a great holiday and are always successful. Now you can miserably fail and break your holiday and yourself into pieces. 1/ Never plan or else you will never be able to go…2/Don’t research..you aren’t a kid… Read the full secret: Ruin yourself and your holidays  more...
 Suren Mishra | 18:24 | 6/Oct/2008
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OM MOUNTAIN (KAILASH) with SHIV AARTI
OM MOUNTAIN (KAILASH) with shiv aartiMANY MORE EXCLUSIVE PHOTO OF SHIV DHAM ( OM MOUNTAIN KAILASH )AT     http://sirdisai.blogspot.comShiva Arti OM JAI SHIVAOMKAARAA, PRABHU JAI SHIVA OMKAARAA BRAHMAA VISHNU SADAASHIVAA, ARDDHAANGII DHAARAA OM JAI SHIV OMKAARAA..1.. Glory to you, O Shiva! Glory to you, OOmkaara! May Brahma, Vishnu & the assembly o...  more...
 apurva prabh... | 14:15 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (70)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Music, Writing, j...
Still mystry-Tutu or Tuutu!!
Sit and Sit,There will you find a little myth.Myth will have you,and will have the little tutuBoth of em" will rise and shine,one will be lostOther smilingwill be just fine.Something bad will come byand a fairy will stand with thy.That is how all do start.some times fairy turns smart.Tutu may stay where she startfairy may fall in love after making ...  more...
 LoseWeightNo... | 14:14 | 4/May/2009
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Work Smart Earn Big
Hello WORK SMART EARN BIG RS 10,000/- TO 40,000/- PER MONTH AND EVEN MORE, HOME BASED BUSINESS, AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL, IN 70 COUNTRIES, GREAT INCOME, GREAT FUN & LOTS OF FOREIGN TRAVELS THE COMPANYHERBALIFE INTERNATIONALMark Huges devoted his life to making the dream of Herbalife come true. Mark’s mother lost her life through efforts to lose weigh...  more...
 SnowyCool Hima | 14:11 | 20/Nov/2007
Friends: (112)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Driving...Music.....
What do you do
What do you do when everything you have worked for,Everything you have poured your very essence into…Is drained away, leaving behind the empty feeling.What do you do when all your feelings are gone,You even have a hard time pretending pain or happiness…But anger comes so easy because you have nothing else.What do you do when mornings seem endless,U...  more...
 chiranjib shaw | 17:53 | 12/Jun/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: metting various p...
And we gonna miss the darjeeling tea.
And there is unrest in the Darjeeling hills again.dunno how many are going to get hurt and how many (god forbid) are going to be killed if this agitation goes on this way.The situation is spinning out of control as our brothers from the hills demand a separate state for themselves.And during the time of Subhash Ghishing a hill council was to look a...  more...
 ratul banerjee | 14:02 | 23/Apr/2009
Friends: (98)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: writing, listenin...
THE TREE
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 SUDEEPTA ROUT | 14:45 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (45)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: MUSIC.BOOKS.........
Marvellous answer
 Marvellous answer  A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car. The mechanic shouted across the garage,"Hello Doctor!! Please come over here for a minute." The famous surge...  more...
 amit goel | 04:14 | 19/Apr/2009
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Pirates and More Pirates
Piracy is when an organised group of criminals use force to deprive the rightful owners of goods and materials that they are holdings. Piracy thrives when policing is either low or corrupt, and incentive to professionalise the criminal activity leads to returns much beyond the risks. It is a profession based on a highly skilled risk assessment anal...  more...
 Provamoni Das | 14:33 | 11/Feb/2009
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A TRIP TO REMEMBER
Last Saturday I stepped out of my comfort zone and took a trip to a village in Assam where my elder sister lives with her family.  I have visited her place several times before and have always enjoyed the experience.  But this trip was a bit different in the sense that this time we took our own car – a Chevrolet Spark – which my husband himself dro...  more...
 mayank prabh... | 14:56 | 14/Mar/2008
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Two Champions
10th March 2008: The Indian hockey Team loses to Britain, for the first time failsto qualify for the olympics since debut in 1928. 11th March 2008: The teens bag lakhs in IPL. It’s the story of two sports, one which is the national sport of India and the other which is by far the most popular; One on decline and the other on rise; One which is conf...  more...
 Farag Afify | 18:52 | 11/Feb/2009
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Two Friends
2Friends I'm not first or last friend I'm just one between thousand As everyday we receive or send Friendship too, has an end Unless we're together faithful You and me always hopeful No friendship will be fruitful Also life turns awful People are the same, forever, anywhere Difference only is "how do you care?" For real friend, you should be clear ...  more...
 Dhiman Bose | 02:01 | 25/Oct/2008
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Ray Of Hope..
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 ashwini bhat | 12:40 | 20/Jun/2007
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Respect Your thoughts...
This is one more reason why we have to thank God for the food that we can have easily.But in the otherhand....ironicly, we still waste the food that we buyI feel very GRATEFUL for what I have today.......We are so blessed for the wonderful works of God's hand in our life today, just think of this.............."I felt very fortunate to live in this ...  more...
 chaitali rai | 11:05 | 24/Apr/2009
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A father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was neat and tidy. Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the centre of the pillow. It was addressed "Dad". With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:-Dear Dad,It is with great ...  more...
 Cpyder Graphix | 20:43 | 12/Dec/2007
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Yellow Pepper
Hello iLanders, after a long time I present to you three of my pics that I shot in last two months.  Hope you will like them.  Waiting for your comments... - CpyderGraphix  more...
 Prachi Sameer | 21:30 | 10/Apr/2009
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Reposting My Music Here!
Dear Pals...‘Once upon a time’, this used to be a Music Blog… I had put much of my music on Boomp3 site and then had posted it here… 'One fine' day, all my music was wiped out from there for some mysterious reasons & that had made me lose all my interest in blogging… :O(( as I am more a person of sounds and not of letters…Well, today I am here, aft...  more...
 Pat Grand | 23:05 | 6/Jul/2008
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Greys and Browns and all Such Nouns !!
 “when the crunch comes, people show their true colors” … lot of irritations were overflowing with these words in the course of conversation with my pal, vidya and her hubby satish.it was such a nice dinner eve at their residence … and then the talks had slowly turned into relating the not-so-nice experiences … satish was normally quite and smiley ...  more...
 Sandil Srini... | 13:12 | 30/Jul/2007
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This Blog ends here
It's been nice blogging here folks, and it's time to bid adieu. I loved the exposure here at rediff iLAND but it's time to shut down this blog for good -- I will be blogging more often at Mutiny.inand hope to see you there sometime.... and I am retaining Showbizia :-)The prime reason to have suspended blogging is because I want to focus on completi...  more...
 Mari Vin | 12:20 | 17/Jul/2007
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ECLIPSE
                      E C L I P S E                 This   to   my   50   friends  …                                   ’ THANK  YOU ‘ Thanks   specially  to  my  30  friends  for  your    comments on my posts… Thanks in particular  to  my faithful  friends who commented in appreciation on  all my  posts from the beginning  till the end.   E .P, E B...  more...
 chandrakant ... | 16:19 | 4/Jun/2009
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blog ko kajal ka tika lagaye(dadi ke nus...
rediffiland me pichhale teen char dino se pata nahi kya hua hai, janata pareshan, hamara AAmeen in dino bindas apne reiffilanad ka darwaza kholkar soya tha, ,jab ankh khuli to original gayap aur xerox padi huee hai, jaise hi dekha, hosh uda gaye ,hosh aaya to laga .... help help karke chillane . mitra sare jama ho gaye, ashwasan  dene laga , aise b...  more...
 SOUMESWAR GHOSH | 23:44 | 27/Sep/2007
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Join Fantasy Football
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 anasua chatt... | 18:58 | 3/Nov/2008
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Happy being Nothing
Who am I? I am a grain of salt I am a floating lullaby A bubble in the ocean A dream Nothing at all Forgive me my insolence To think my life is of consequence It is You and only You Everything I do Takes me One more step Closer to You  more...
 dhanraj mistry | 22:28 | 1/Mar/2008
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tnx giving message
  hello all my friend  tnx once again for commenting my blogs I'am sorry can't post my blogs for last few month but I'll try to post as much as possible in near future so plz comment on my blogs & encourage me........... your friend ~Raj~  more...
 Matthew Schn... | 20:27 | 18/Dec/2008
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NEW BLOG
Hello all, After a year's hiatus, I'm back blogging. theamerican.rediffblogs.com Regards, Matthew  more...
 Geeten Rais | 19:38 | 10/Jul/2007
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WHY DO WE HAVE SUFFER FOR SERVICES BY GO...
Why does the government is opening up our economy with half hearted efforts? In some key sectors, though the govt. has indeed made great efforts in reforms, but still there are some key sectors where it needs to make a concentrated effort. Key sectors such as banking, insurance and telecom have undergone dramatic reforms, with govt setting up auto...  more...
 Humming Bird | 17:27 | 3/Oct/2007
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hindi jokes
* शादी से पहले एक-दूसरे को बेवकूफ़ बना देने को लेकर पति-पत्नì 8; सं...  more...
 piyush kulsh... | 15:48 | 2/May/2009
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Value of Nick Name
Hi frd ,How r u,hope well me aapko aaj college life ki ek choti pr majedar bat batta hu.aksar aapne dekha hoga yah bat koi sirf college se related hi nhi he yah bat rajneeti , dosto me b hoti he,or vah he apne sathi ka NICK NAME se pukara jana,or vah nick name itna popular ho jata hai ki uska orginal nam hi bhul jate hai.collage me mera orginal nam...  more...
 hakotiankar ... | 19:33 | 31/Dec/2008
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I wish all Rediffiland users A very happy and joyful New Year, N- Noble E- Excelent W- Wishfulfilling moment in the new year Y- yours E- Every A- Awakend R- religious Effort be rewarded with success With prayers from the heart, mind and spirit H.A.Kotiankar  more...
 Iftekhar Tim... | 15:51 | 15/Apr/2007
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Different Face of Marketing
some of the marketing techniquesYou see a gorgeous girl at a party.You go up to her and say, "I am very rich. Marry me!"That's Direct Marketing.You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, "He's very rich. Marry him."That's Advertising.You see a gorgeous girl at a par...  more...
 anu anu | 21:43 | 3/Jul/2007
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The Coffee, not the Cups
This is one of my fav stories : A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress   in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned wi...  more...
 pinak vaghela | 14:15 | 2/Apr/2009
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MY FRIEND
MY FRIEND So often we don't take the timeTo be aware of what is treasuredNot wealth or material thingsBut how your days are measured. Friendship is very specialCannot be bought or soldIt is precious brand newOr priceless if it's old. Never forget your special friendsTreat them with loving careIf not they will leave youWhen needed they won't be ther...  more...
 AZAD | 21:47 | 3/Jun/2009
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a long time to post
I Can See The Painby AzaDI still see your face in my dreamsIt hurts and it doesn't help at allI still want you in my life as crazy as that seemsI want you to catch me when I fallI still remember the first time we metThere was something so different about youYour friendship was something I wanted to getThat smile when you said hi to me was so newOut...  more...
 nitin malik | 00:49 | 27/Sep/2007
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Ganpati Bappa...Morya
 Ganpati Bappa…Morya  “Aai, please let me play, all of my friends must have reached the ground already!” Apu pleaded with his mother.  “Finish your homework first, only then you can go,” Aai replied.  “Pleeeeaseeeeeee…….my lovely mother, my sweet mother,” Apu unleashed his weapon of flattery mixed with innocence that always worked with his mother. ...  more...
 prasanna jha | 16:18 | 2/Apr/2009
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Bhimashankar (Near Pune)
I had heard quite a lot of this scenic beauty near Pune and always wanted to visit here. Besides everything else, this place also houses one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva in Darakaranya (in the jungles of Daraka). To reach there and to understand how good is the road to Bhimashankar and can we plan a day trip from Mumbai, I almost searched th...  more...
 kavita | 21:26 | 22/May/2009
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HOLE IN MY SOUL
THE HOLE IN MY SOUL..............................GROWS BIGGER N BIGGER....EVERY  RELATIONSHIP TRIVIAL OR OTHERWISE SCREAMS ABOUT THE HOLLOWNESS AND EMPTINESS IN MY MARRIAGEIT STRANGE WHEN FRIENDS BELIEVE IN YOU MORE THAN UR OTHER HALF..ITS STRANGE WHEN THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE FROM AFAR..IT STRANGE WHEN THEY CELEBRATE THE LONGEST AND APPLAUD THE LOUDEST...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 15:56 | 28/Apr/2009
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26/11 long forgotten but not at JNSS
Yes it seems we the resilient Indians (resilient by force of course) have long forgotten the 26/11 carnage or at least it seems so but JNSS (Jagruk Nagrik Suraksha Sangathan) an organization registered nationally with its head office in Delhi, has made it a point not to let this unbelievable incident [of the economic capital of India being put to s...  more...
 Jitender Mangla | 15:48 | 7/Jun/2008
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FUNNY SHAYARI
Arz kiya hai......... . Kal jab mile thhe.... to dil mein hua ek sound. Aur aaj mile to kehte hain... your FILE NOT FOUND! ------------ --------- --------- Jo muddat se hota aaya hai, woh repeat kar doonga... Tu naa mili to apni zindagi CTRL+ALT+ DEL kar doonga... ------------ --------- --------- Shayad mere pyar ko taste karna bhool gaye... Dil se...  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (1187)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 girish miglani | 14:43 | 18/Jul/2007
Friends: (10)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: Arts, Poetry, Nat...
Nostalgia
I was 8, youngest in 5 children of my parents, an obvious pampered kid, specially when my youngest sibling was 5 years older then me.That time ever had a thought that my parents are the best parents in the world, I still think so. Even now whaen father is no more, I can feel him with me always.What I am trying to say is anthor feeling.Those days, t...  more...
 Bajirao Naik | 15:18 | 21/Mar/2008
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Greetings
Dear Friends Here is wishing all of you a very happy holi festival  more...
 INDER VIG | 11:47 | 5/Jun/2009
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Gurbani
[June 4, 2009, Thursday 04:30 AM. IST] tofI mhlw 5 ] (todi) mwnuKu ibnu bUJy ibrQw AwieAw ]Aink swj sIgwr bhu krqw ijau imrqku EFwieAw ]Dwie Dwie ikpn sRmu kIno iekqR krI hY mwieAw ]dwnu puMnu nhI sMqn syvw ikq hI kwij n AwieAw ]1] kir AwBrx svwrI syjw kwmin Qwtu bnwieAw ] sMgu n pwieE Apuny Brqy pyiK pyiK duKu pwieAw ]2] swro idnsu mjUrI krqw quh...  more...
 ashminder bahal | 18:44 | 16/Sep/2007
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Cu Chi Tunnels
One of the most interesting and adventurous places that I visited in Vietnam was Cu Chi tunnels. Essentially these tunnels came into being during the Vietnam war. The Vietcongs had dug them to escape the relentless bombings carried out by the Americans in the dense jungle forests of Vietnam. The huge B-52 bombers rained down a barrage of bombs blin...  more...
 Siva lingam | 12:38 | 22/Oct/2008
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My thoughts on Chennai
I live in Chennai. Chennai is one of the metropolitan Cities in India. Chennai is quite big.It has got its own good and bad. You can see both very rich and very poor in this City.This is one of my favourite City in India. I was born and brought up in this City. I have some of my precious moments or memories of this City. I had a nice time growing u...  more...
 sheila das | 11:06 | 9/Jun/2008
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CBSE results: A mother's night ma...
Today the summer vacation ends and classes for standard 11 starts.  For us, the most important event during the vacation was the CBSE results for 10th .   Vacation started off with my daughter asking:   “ My teachers think that I will be national topper. Do u think so?”  I wanted to box their ears for making her tense and spoiling her vacation .   ...  more...
 Prabhu Nair | 12:31 | 20/Jul/2008
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     karkkidakam*                                                                         The blue darkness unfurled,Wind flew shattering the doors,Trees swayed in the gust,Clouds roared the rageThe rain of Karkkidakam,Its again at my sky The saddles of the skies,The river of heaven,The oceans hid in clouds,The Ganges of Gods,The rain of Karkkidakam,...  more...
 Eva Braun | 11:25 | 25/Nov/2007
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Fried Fish
   Imagine an iceberg the size of your neighborhood.  Imagine a smaller iceberg the size of your apartment.  Now look at the ice cube that you just popped into your whisky and soda or your cola.  Where did the ice go! Huh! Walk down by the seaside and watch the waves ripple down the sand and on to your feet.  Feels nice isn’t it.  Now do you know w...  more...
 RAVINESH KUMAR | 19:10 | 20/May/2009
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GENERAL MEETING
                        GENERAL MEETINGDate: - 15th June, Monday, 2009.Venue: - Mumbai  Respected Madam / Sir, I’m happy to inform all of you that we are now in Asiad games and very soon in Olympics as I hope. So it’s a great time to celebrate and not only today but tomorrow will be ours too. Congratulations we are now in Asiad Games!!!!!!!  Furthe...  more...
 abhishek khu... | 23:03 | 10/Oct/2007
Friends: (14)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music,poliotics,m...
congress vs bjp
who will win if there is a mid term election?????????????????????my view is again a left supported congressbjp will gain in delhi substantiallywill do well in andhra ,karnatka,tamilnadu with aiadmkonly one seat in  haryana few in punjabwill remain static in gujratwill lose substantially in mp chattisgarh and rajasthana balanced one in bihar uttaran...  more...
 BHAVANA BHAN... | 12:09 | 8/Nov/2007
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Greetings
Hi Friends....Sorry friends,i  have stopped writings but today i m here to wish u all.....Happy Diwali..All yr wishes of life get fulfill with happiness n joys and always keep smiling.Yours life sparkles like stars.  more...
 B Dayal | 11:53 | 12/Mar/2008
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Chirping Birds
 I travel to my office by Mumbai Local and come across an inspiring sight every day. If one is travelling in a compartment adjacent to ladies compartment  the difference in both compartment is like chalk and cheese.  In gents and general compartment the atmosphere is heavy, quite and little depressing sometime. Most of the male passenger are engros...  more...
 cute guy | 17:02 | 1/Feb/2008
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ittssssss luv
Immoral DesireI Know I Can't Have You,I Know It Is Impossible,Yet The Smile On Your Lips,Makes Me Wicked.I Look At You Once Again And  Burn With Desire,I Want To Scream At The Top Of My Voice ThatI Want You,I Need You,I Lust You.I Know You Lust for Me Too, Yet You Resist,Your Morals Restrain You,Forget Them My Love,Live With Me Today,The World Cou...  more...
 lady online | 13:23 | 26/Jul/2007
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THAT IS WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT
Read this somewhere..great piece worth reading..here it is you for all you fellow bloggers.....------------------------------------------ ---It was a busy morning, about 8:30 , when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am . I took his vital signs...  more...
 Kusum Mohapatra | 10:15 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (76)  | City: keonjhar  | Interests: Music, writing, p...
The Swan Song!!!
Hello everyone..I'm today writing my last post here..Thank you all for all your constructive comments and feedbacks and trust me, it has been huge..That is not to say i'm stopping writing altogether..but this point forward i'll be blogging on:http://disruptiveharmony.blogspot.com.(i've already transferred most of my blogs there...and some others, i...  more...
 nocturnal cr... | 10:03 | 4/Oct/2007
Friends: (79)  | City: Gwalior  | Interests: chemistry,bloggin...
fast life
There are songs that come from the blue-eyed grass,From the dust of a thousand country roads,From footprints in white sand.Aboriginals call it 'songlines'-Mapping steps through the silk route of time.If only, we could pause,And hear the songs around.The one on our shoulder,The one on autumn's last leaf.On monsoon's first rain drop—Riding on a butte...  more...
 Chocolate Fo... | 15:46 | 23/May/2007
Friends: (62)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: photography, weav...
Haiku by Zeus
Let us walk the line For a fading smile Of the weary child. The sweat in drops peep From her tired face As the baby sleeps. Credits: Zeus This seems to be a nobler cause than the earlier one, so I have featured it here. The gentle reader could add on to this one too.  more...
 Hidden Aura | 05:02 | 24/Jun/2007
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The first lesson I learnt !!!
For the past few weeks I's busy with my hectic schedule ,though found some time to read the blogs of friends,didn't find time to post something new.--*********************************************--Wh ile returing to hometoday to my room saw something that reminded me my childhood days. A young kid used some abusive language and immediately chased up...  more...
 Jayalakshmi ... | 23:54 | 4/May/2009
Friends: (151)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: Staring quizzical...
Oriental Delights
While I haven’t gathered courage enough to let the experimentation go as far as the palate, I must confess I have been much enamored by whatever offerings of the Orient I have experienced thus far.Saturday evening, I had the opportunity to take in two more monasteries. While the destination was the Burmese Buddhist Temple, the address, a nondescrip...  more...
 neha | 22:37 | 2/Jun/2007
Friends: (98)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music,photography...
Sometimes being a friend means..........
Sometimes being a friend means.................                mastering the art of timing.     There is a time for silence.                  A time to let go...                          And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.  more...
 sourav sarangi | 16:58 | 7/Jun/2007
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heaven n hell
wats heaven american salary german car chinese food indian wife wats hell american wife german food chinese car indian salary  more...
 greengrass | 23:17 | 7/Jun/2009
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Slumdog, Millionaire… If you decide, YOU...
From www.manakkudiyan.com :  Slumdog, Millionaire… If you decide, YOU CAN !Beloved, Two incidents from two different straight opposite geographical locations happened last week triggered me something and the same is expressed here.   ………………………. Incident -1: A little Indian girl Triumphs America     Kavya Shivasankar a thirteen year old NRI girl won...  more...
 News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007
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please income
SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...  more...
 Biswajit Roy | 13:57 | 29/May/2008
Friends: (65)  | City: RAIGANJ  | Interests: Music, Playing Vo...
Duwars
Duwars..... God gifted natural beauty.  more...
 Chandy | 16:14 | 5/Jul/2007
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THE BEER PRAYER
Our lager, Which art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, At home as in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not into incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers, For Thine is the beer,bitter and the lager, For ever and ever... Barmen.  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (745)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading, Bollywoo...
Yesterday Today & Tomorrow
There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in theworld cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act wepe...  more...
 Pramathesh G... | 14:14 | 27/Sep/2007
Friends: (106)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music~~Movies~~Na...
Clever Lady
A woman and a man are involved ina car accident. It's a bad one. Both oftheir cars are totally demolished butamazingly neither of them are hurt.After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man,that's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There'snothing left but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign fromG...  more...
 ROSY LIPS | 03:27 | 14/Mar/2009
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for you!!!! my love
    sweetheart ....... i am so happy to have you in my life! YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME!!! for the sweetness you brought to me by stepping into my lonely life.... making it complete by your love and care.... i love you forever...  more...
 mahesh | 14:03 | 7/Jun/2007
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Its hard to live alone in metro
Hi This is mahesh and its my first blog ...i need your encouragement and appreciations friends....so here we start....Its very true that its hard to live alone ..especially in metro cities like mumbai.Away from your family , your childhood friends. I find 'metro' movie very true to the life in the metro cities...and i like the first starting lines ...  more...
 daniel ribero | 02:45 | 26/Jun/2008
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You May Be In Love If
One of the most common human experiences that twoor more (depending on how ambitious you are) people can share is love.But, it’s not always easy to tell if you are in “like”, “lust” or fullblown, forever loving. With that in mind, I’ve created this list ofsigns that you may be crazy in love!1. If you’ve ever stareddeeply into the eyes of your signi...  more...
 Harish Sharma | 11:23 | 12/Oct/2007
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23 Brilliant Doubts - Unanswered
Forwarded by one of the freind ..........1.If all the nations in the world are in debt(am not joking. even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird) 2.When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? (to be give a thought) 3.What is the speed of darkness? (absurd)4.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a pl...  more...
 Sushil Menon | 11:13 | 23/May/2009
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i have moved my blogging arena
hi those who met and  motivated and then i went quiet.. i have not been blogging much due to various reasons... when did i pick up to write again i chose my blogger id... hence my ramblings would be there now... it already has some of my earlier blogs on this great world as well as. thanks and bestwishes sushilmenon.blogspot.com  more...
 sheikh rahman | 15:31 | 30/Mar/2008
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V For Valentines (and l for a loser)
                     V  for Valentine                                                    (and L for a loser)                                                A romantic comedy…. (All the characters in this story are real and any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely intentional) It was  14th Feb. that day  and it was 1:00 AM, the prevailin...  more...
 anand s | 23:31 | 28/Jul/2007
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Barcamp ing @ IIM Bangalore
Barcamp ing @ IIM BangaloreIts really dreamy, spending a day inside an IIM,that too for me who is a MBA student at times...Inspiration in life will be refreshed only on occasions,it is such a one, It is Barcamp!!!The morning Startups collective by Prof.Kumar was a really good one,I noticed people not so having patience walking out of the collective...  more...
 Avinash Kher | 15:55 | 14/Apr/2008
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Sardar Strikes again
Interviewar: what s ur qualification?Sardarji : Sir I am Ph.d.Interviewar : what do u mean by Ph.d?Sardarji : (smiling) PASSED HIGHSCHOOL with DIFFICULTY.... *********************************************** Amitab : In which state Cauvery flows? Sardar : liquid state.....Audience clapped.. Amitab stunned, looks behind,  ALL WERE SARDARS....... *****...  more...
 RAJIV KOTHARI | 00:36 | 26/Oct/2007
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Population ......... ?
               It was taught that one of the main reasons for India"s poverty was its population. This is almost considered axiomatic in India today-and in much of the world, in fact. But all human beings, if allowed to express their creativity, add more value to the world than they consume, says Amit Varma . If you visit the website for the depart...  more...
 Raaj Borah | 15:49 | 24/May/2008
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To: All of you
To: Shri Dileep Padgaonkar, Times of India,Shri Pronoy Roy, NDTV,Shri Vir Sanghvi, Hindustan Times,Shri Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN IBN,Shri Shekhar Gupta, Indian Express.Shri Vinood Mehta, Out Look.Ms Antara Dev Sen, Little MagazineDear Sirs,All of you know the story from the begining. This is a terrible situation. The other day YAHOO TV showed: prolong...  more...
 Sonal | 17:27 | 14/Jun/2007
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Of blogs and Bloggers......
Now don't go getting me wrong! This excludes YOUR blog.....which was wonderful....lucid....simple....stylish....clever.....h eart-warming......I write about the other blogs.....which I can't understand......I always thought my English was good (impeccable would have been my first choice), but after reading or rather attempting to read some of the bl...  more...
 rohit sanyal | 16:42 | 3/Jan/2009
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Jai sai Ram..........
                                         Jai Sai ram.................   Jai sai ram ....tum ho ram ,tumhe ho shyam,tum ho Nirakar , tum ho Chamtkar, tum he Ho Mata tumhe Ho pita,Tumhare Pavan dharte me , Jo Koi bhe Kadam rakhe,Tum Jane na do use bekar ..........Jai sai ram  Jai sai Ram...Baba ke marzi ke bina pata na hila,Baba he mai hai sab shakti...  more...
 ramuK hsemaR | 09:11 | 11/Oct/2007
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Random Thoughts
I have been away from iLand for a long time. Hence I have decided to go about this one in a random fashion. Life is going great and I'm damnest busy for the past few months, first with my summer