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 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007 |
| 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...
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| 13:47 | 27/Jul/2007 |
| The Boom Doom | |
| In the past and the recent past, we- me and my family have fallen prey to all kinds of pollution and to those of you who have faced similar situations it may seem like I am making ‘much ado about nothing’. The area in front and the side of our house is busy with construction activity, a boom in my neighborhood, one a training centre in computer ski...
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| 19:41 | 13/May/2007 |
| ALANG. | |
| I happened to see a program on TV, National Geographic Channel on a place called ALANG in India and though many may have seen it or know of the place and what it’s famous for, I was coming across this for the first time. I’d like to share the information with you.Alang is a town in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 50 kms south of Bhavnagar and it houses the wor...
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| 18:30 | 5/May/2007 |
| Convent Days | |
| I am sure none can forget their school days, so much a part of our childhood, a phase we would love to return to, as for most of us, childhood and growing years form the best part of our lives.Usually in the lower classes, the taller students are relegated the back benches and it was under this pretext that I became a back bencher.But from Class 4 ...
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| 20:11 | 25/Apr/2007 |
| Nature's Calls | |
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| woke up to the chirping of sparrows from a night tossed in sweet sorrowoften the blinding pain paves the wayperceptions for many a brighter daystood watching through the windowthe call of the whispering willowthe majestic verdant hills at bayreminiscent of many a good yesterdaybeckoned, I am tempted to followthe crisp breath of air to wallowa spr...
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| 18:40 | 20/Apr/2007 |
| Falcon Fantasy | |
| Yet another leaf out of my childhood. It was a time when the rich agriculturists and land owners prided in owning a Plymouth car and the more affluent industrialists in my city considered it a status symbol to own old model Mercedeses. The days of Fiats and Ambassadors.My father as GM in a reputed company was offered a car for his use and when we c...
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| 17:13 | 15/Apr/2007 |
| A Rendition | |
| Pensive thoughts, the journey a stimulationseldom we find life without tribulationsome our own doings, largely with no ill intentionyet, a rude awakening, bringing forth contention.The angst of the heart at the cause of deprivationthe mind closing shut for fear of trepidationthe ego peeping out for a means, a solutionthe soul anointing balm for a s...
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| 14:36 | 10/Apr/2007 |
| Of Child Labour and Labour Woes | |
| I read Meena Sundar’s post on child employment, and Murali Dhanushkodi’s views on the subject and I wish to add my own ponderings over the issue. Thanks Meena.I would like to bring into focus the scenario at Tirupur, a city renowned for its’ knit wear industry and produces even the costliest of branded t-shirts and sports wear.Almost all Internatio...
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| 15:39 | 6/Apr/2007 |
| The Dance | |
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| the gentle breeze carresses the treesthe leaves in delightful shapes and hueswaltzing merrily to the wondrous tunesthe red earth rising in rhythm with fallen frondsthe sights take one to a world beyondthe blue sky darkens with thunderous cloudsthe breeze transforms to winds of speedthe branches step up their tempo to a swaythe sweet scent of the ea...
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| 17:18 | 30/Mar/2007 |
| Lakshmi | |
| As kids we gave her the name Lachi. She was a petite woman who would hardly reach up to my shoulders now and two things I can never forget about her are her cute dimples, which grew cuter when she lost all her teeth and her chuckle. That was the only way she knew to laugh. She wasn’t older than my mother, but she had those traditionally pierced ear...
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| Ria | 19:43 | 9/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (109)
| City: Kolkata
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| LOVE OR LIKENESS |
| Difference 'btween some1 u luv n some1 u like'In front of the person u luv, ur heart beats faster.but in front of the person u like, u get happy.in front of the person u luv, winter seems like spring.but in front of the person u lik, witer is just beautiful winter.if u look into the eyes of the 1 u luv, u blush.but if u look into the eyes of the 1 ...
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| LovinSumFun | 15:50 | 23/Sep/2007 |
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| City: Chandigarh
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| How To Survive An Alien Attack - The Hol... |
| Hi all. Cldn't find enuf blogging time as classes are full in motion again and I'm heavy into projects and assignments. Here is one really awsome video which is done by some seniors of mine.
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| kavita ganguly | 22:34 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (225)
| City: Calcutta
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| Work is Worship |
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| I used to really pity those workaholics once upon a time. Poor things! Their life must be dull indeed, so they derive pleasure by burying their noses in piles of dirty files. I don’t anymore. For one, the dirty files have given way to sleek laptops( and noone knows the deep dark secrets lurking within those pass protected files anymore). But the m...
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| Jissy Thomas | 19:26 | 3/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (125)
| City: Baroda
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| Pride |
| Another anecdote from the collection of J. Maurus.It was an insult. George Bernard Shaw looked again. Yes, the letter was addressed to a George Bernard Shawm. In a beard-tossing fury, he roared to his wife that his correspondent could not even spell the name of the world's greatest man. Moreover, fumed GBS, there was no such word as 'shawm.'Mrs. S...
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| Abhishek Sha... | 23:51 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| The Elightenment |
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| Before I start, I would like to explicitly state that I am not a spiritual guru, or in any sense do I incline to decry any other form of spiritual or religious believes. I do not intend to preach or give gyan, but share my innermost thoughts. It was sometime in the summer that followed my 10 standard exams; on the roof top of my 3 story house, situ...
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| Dr Elangovan | 11:22 | 3/Oct/2007 |
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| City: Chennai
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| Mothers way of finding who is sleeping w... |
| Mom comes to visit her son Kumar for dinner.....who lives with a girlroommate Sunita. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn'thelp but notice how pretty Kumar's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her morecurious.Over the course of the evening, while watching the two intera...
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| mariejoseph | 12:05 | 25/Jul/2007 |
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| City: iland
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| HAMLET? |
| HAMLET - ME?YOU? Enthusiasm eggs me on like a race horse Spurted speedily in a sporting arena. Secret qualms tightens up braces Applying speed brakes hesitantly I speculate !. What’s preventing me being me ? Will spooky fears slash me ? What if ’s ? jar , lurking in corners : Casti...
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| sunshine | 20:27 | 10/Dec/2007 |
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| STRAY THOUGHTS IN MUMBAI ON 10.12.07 |
| STRAY THOUGHTS IN MUMBAI ON 10.12.07 This week many a thoughts crowded my peanut brain leading to utter confusion on many issues. The unabated rise in the share prices is giving me sleepless nights. I have seen three crashes in the past two decades of my life. I have also seen blue chips being sold like peanuts… and have also escorted some people t...
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| chaitali rai | 12:24 | 29/Nov/2007 |
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| City: in my sweet little world
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| Around the corner I have a friend,In this great city that has no end,Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before I know it, a year is gone.And I never see my old friends face,For life is a swift and terrible race,He knows I like him just as well,As in the days when I rang his bell.And he rang mine but we were younger then,And now we are busy, t...
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| sheikh rahman | 13:14 | 22/Jul/2007 |
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| City: Raipur
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| Those Eyes -part 2 |
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| Those eyes... PART 2Flash back... 2 days before...Aslam and Sukhie sitting in Bhopal railwaystation to get back to there hometown...Sukhie: Yaar I m going to bring some GOLDFLAKE packets for the journey...Aslam: Sure u go ...There was a family sitting in front of Aslam that looked like a religious muslim family...Aslam saw a girl sitting there, she...
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| amar snh | 09:40 | 7/Dec/2007 |
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| Hi Friends keeping little busy these days will write soon something on a topic close to my heart wish you all happy holiday season ahead
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| dhaivat rangray | 19:02 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Rediff should be booked |
| Rediff should be booked for carrying inflammatory articles in the 'Gujarat Polls' column. Such one sided presentation reeks of bias towards one particular section of the society. We have blamed politicians long enough for spreading hatred and creating a divide between communities for their interests. The media are equally bad, even worse sometimes,...
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| Vikas Vij | 02:38 | 24/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (505)
| City: Delhi
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| Har shaakh pey ulloo baithha hai... |
| About four years ago, the then Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes, who was on an official visit to Washington, was "strip-searched" by the U.S. security at the airport. In response, the usually thunderous Fernandes behaved like a scared puppy, and stomached his humiliation quietly without telling a soul. A year later, Strobe Talbott, the f...
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| lucille iaco... | 20:57 | 8/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (241)
| City: Cape Cod, MA
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| My sincere apology... |
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| My dear iLand friends... I apologize for leaving the conclusion of my hummingbird story up in the air and hope you will forgive me. The sad truth is, I have been in a state of physical distress which has not allowed my mind to transcend to that touching experience, or any other pleasant memory. Please know that my connection with everyone her...
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| Kumar Rahul | 13:37 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (387)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Reading and writing.
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| Propaganda of Retail |
| BusinessPropaganda of Retail A government ‘study’ has come up, proving that organised big retail is harming the unorganised small retail shops’ business. [Link] This survey (and they call it a study) was started on the directive of UPA chairperson. The survey involved around 1000 small retailers in four Indian cities, including 800 who were within ...
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| kavidhai kir... | 13:46 | 24/Aug/2007 |
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| City: Chennai
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| எங்கே ... |
| எத்தனை மனிதர்கள ;்விதவிதī 0;ாக...இங்கு& #2990;் அங்கும் பறந்தபடி ;எதை...
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| Bad Angel | 13:30 | 13/Oct/2007 |
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| Words Fiesta - A compilation of my favou... |
| Words Fiesta! A compilation of my favourite poems on iLand. “Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.” - Carl Sandburg To My LoveIf ...
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| ashminder bahal | 18:44 | 16/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (123)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: movies
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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...
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| Hidden Aura | 05:02 | 24/Jun/2007 |
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| City: Iland
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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...
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| Phaedrus Zen | 01:12 | 6/Jul/2007 |
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| 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...
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| expressions | 19:38 | 13/Jul/2007 |
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| hi!!!!!! |
| Dear friends, Hey ,Folks, hope you are all doing good..Ya,I know my visit is after a very long time.Quite tied up,actually.Hope to be back and catch up with you all.....Till then, bye and take care!!
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| pandharish c... | 15:10 | 2/Aug/2007 |
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| Real jokes |
| Real jokes These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of keeping a straight face while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ___...
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| Down Feather | 22:11 | 9/May/2007 |
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| Where is GOD? |
| **Prelude**I am a lil sad today, my mom has been taken again to hospital and we did an ECG on her, though Doctors cleared her of just about everything, I feel depressed seeing Amma like this..Not really sure why she is suffering so much...She never expected things to turn out this way, on that fateful day in Novemeber, when they decided to do a Kid...
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| Prabhjot Suri | 15:43 | 2/Sep/2007 |
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| Television and Children |
| I think that television is entertaining and a brain killer and also an educator at the same time.Everything has its two sides so i go with the statement that tv has pros and cons.TV IS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING INVENTED AND YES IT HAS ITS PROS AND CONS.Television, our most precious and valued thing that we rush over to when we get home has turned in...
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| jofebin@redi... | 19:58 | 8/Dec/2007 |
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| Reading between lines |
| Hi..... As it was a holiday... I was in my usual Saturday syndrome... (Sleeping) Later tried reading for a while and then the idea of this frame flashed my mind... Hope u guys will like it... :) febs
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| fun time | 07:21 | 18/May/2007 |
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| Of Movies |
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| Finally, I got to see the movie, Raincoat.Yes, I know, it's been ages since it was released.I loved it for it's simple theme(yeah,I know,its the Indian version of 'The gift of Magi'.Ash, I feel, has done a real good job and close to natural acting.The others in the list were-Delhi Heights,Provoked.'Provoked' too is a movie worth watching.Having kno...
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| rajesh vora | 12:21 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Environment and YOU |
| We have taken the word Environment and Ecology totally for granted. Thats because, we are bombarded by the sound bytes of Global warming and Environment disaster day in and day out by media etc. Forgive me for taking you people back to school by giving definitions. But what exactly is Environment and Ecology. And why should we care or worry about...
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| alter idem | 10:47 | 7/Jun/2007 |
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| It's my life |
| With the board results being out, the question that now plagues all the students and parents alike is,WHAT NEXT? This is one question that all of us have had to face some time or the other. When our generation was asked "What do you want to be?", the answer invariably would be.....A Doctor or An Engineer. As time has passed many avenues have o...
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| slipperyways... | 17:03 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Alvida |
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| “Please!! Please!! Could you drop me home today?” there was urgency in her voice “It is too late and I do not want to travel by bus so late”.I looked at her. Her dry lips were trembling. She was almost shivering with cold. The weather had become merciless. The met dept. had predicted the temperatures would hover around 0-2 degrees for next co...
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| Mahendra Mishra | 10:15 | 3/Dec/2007 |
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| A wonderful Story...!! |
| From My Collection...!!!A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beardssitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don"t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and havesomething to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied. "He"s out." Then we cannot come in...
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| Crystellite | 21:20 | 4/Jun/2007 |
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| Little Mercies |
| Little MerciesHere is an email I received from a friend, which I wish to share with you all.I present two perspectives, through this Blog - one that reflects the view point of people who have shared and forwarded the following email on and on with their friends (including me) and two, my own view point/perspective to the email. (Please note that t...
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| pinak vaghela | 15:21 | 25/Nov/2007 |
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| Extending One Hand............ |
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| Extending One Hand To Help Somebody Has More Value Rather Than, Joinng Two Hands For PRAYER................ Have Nice Week................... Keeeeeeeeeeeep Smiling................. pinak....................
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| Sanghamitra ... | 22:14 | 19/May/2007 |
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| Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipient of Param Vir Chakra ..Disclaimer : The contents have been borrowed from reliable sources ---------------------------------------- -------------------------Major Somnath Sharma, son of Major General Amarnath Sharma, was born on 31 January 1923, in Himachal Pradesh District Kangra. He was commissioned in the...
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| mesha bhat | 08:49 | 26/Sep/2007 |
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| He..He...This one rocks.. |
| "The Obedient Wife" There was a man who had worked all his life, had savedall of his money, and was a real "miser" when it cameto his money. Just before he died, he said to his wife..."When Idie, I want you to take all my money and put it in thecasket with me. I want to take my money to theafterlife with me." And so he got his wife to promise him, ...
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| juhi s | 19:41 | 9/Jun/2007 |
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| In Memoriam |
| In Memoriam Jayesh---the very name conjures up the image of a tall, slim youth, dusky in complexion and extremely good-looking. I can never think of him without also remembering the intelligent spark that perenially shone out of his dark eyes…. My association with Jayesh, both direct and indirect, go...
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| ajit saini | 08:38 | 25/May/2007 |
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| Some Problem with ILAND |
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| Hi friends........ there is something wrong with my iland... its not allowing anyone to comment, write in my GB etc... i dont know how it is happening..m not even able to chane da settings..... tell me if u r also facing da same problem on my e mail id dynamicajit@rediffmail.com waiting 4 ur replies......... ur fr jeetu
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| vchennai | 11:51 | 4/Dec/2007 |
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| Seeking answers |
| I think crazily at times. I am ok if you are comfortable joining me in this crazy journey. There are few questions that cannot be answered easily. Where were we before we were born? Where will we be after our life ends? What is the purpose and meaning of our lives? I used to search answers for these questions in the past. But I have given up my sea...
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| Nilesh Sangoye | 18:08 | 16/May/2007 |
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| snafu The mind clutters With tentative jitters Play with fire It'll unleash its ire A cosy nest Why I detest For a moment so brisk All I risk Fleeting emotions Senseless notions Fading vision All in unison An intuition precocious Stops the atrocious With steps unsure I regain composure All is well That ends well So close to hell Why did I dwell?
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| priya | 13:08 | 26/Nov/2007 |
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| snoopy parents |
| hi friends....these days....i m so busy ..i even dont get time to blog...but cant stop blogging....thankx for all the nice comments....my dear friends...today i will ask u all a very important question.....frankly tell me how many of u r really "THE SNOOPY PARENTS" i think i will get the positive answers from most of u.yes now a days life is too fa...
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| Prachi Sameer | 21:57 | 6/Dec/2007 |
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| Text Oriented Singing! |
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| These days my mind remains full of ‘Me & Music’… and honestly – I wish it remains that way! Thus… whenever I utter something these days… its about me or my music… :O) Take it or leave it my friends… Loves, Pra~! :O)Text-Oriented Singing! It is a general notion that Urdu Poetry essentially is an ex-pression of Broken Hearts, Despair, Tears, Pessimis...
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| angel a | 16:09 | 15/Nov/2007 |
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