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| Tumse Door Rah Ke - Meri Maa | |
| I wrote this during my college days in B'lore, when, sometimes living alone in a hostel, away from your loved ones, was extremely difficult. I stubmled upon this piece while rummaging through some old stuff. Hope you all like it. When I heard the "Taare Zameen Pe" song I remembered this piece.Thak gaya hoon zindagi ki is daud se,Teri aanchal ki cha...
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| 09:54 | 9/Nov/2007 |
| Scribbles from the past - Great minds th... | |
| Raju : “Abey Panda.. Rasgullaa”! (Hey Panda.. “Rasgullaa”) Panda : “Muh mey hai be”! (I have them in my mouth) Rourkela had always been a cosmopolitan town; pardon me for using this word more in a national sense than international. Probably you wont associate cosmopolitanism with an Indian town, it has always been more of a “city” term. But ...
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| 13:20 | 6/Nov/2007 |
| Scribbles from the past.. Friendship | |
| Reading VT's latest blog reminded me of this incident. The Rex movie theater on Brigade road in Bangalore. A bunch of college lads rush through the gates, eager to occupy their seats. I was one among them. It doesn’t take us much time to settle down, after the usual yelling (at the top of our lungs), for the fans to be switched on. We lean back wit...
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| 16:55 | 18/Oct/2007 |
| The she I love is beautiful... | |
| Kal raat chaandni thi gum,Maine sab se poocha, hua kya.Ungliyaan uthi mere yaar par,Shikaayat hua husn-e-dildaar ka. Karta kya chaand bhi tera muqaabla,Chupna hi usne bajaa samjha,Na samjha kisi ne teri maasumiyat magar,Tujhe hi sabne dushman be-wajah samjha. Chaand kya cheez hai, suraj bhi dhundla pad jaaye,Bas ek baar agar tum hans kar pardaa uth...
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| 09:39 | 17/Aug/2007 |
| Tujhe Meri Yaad Aayi | |
| Soz-e-aaftaab (sun’s heat) mein jhulase tan ko,Jab choo jaaye baad-e-nasiim (breeze),To samjho tujhe meri yaad aayi. Zamaane ke thokar se magmuum (hurt/sad),Jab ho kisi hum-saaya (neighbor) ka ehsaas,To samjho tujhe meri yaad aayi. Bhari palkon se tapakte tapakte,Jab achaanak aansoon tham jaaye,To samjho tujhe meri yaad aayi. Do-pehar ki dhoop se h...
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| 19:57 | 10/Aug/2007 |
| Yeh Kya Ho Gaya | |
| There are times when you don’t find wordsTo express what you are going through.People cross your path, things happen,But you move on, oblivious of everything. Friends, I am going through such a phase! I might have met some of you without a greeting,Visited your dwelling and said nothing,Sat with you for hours without a conversation,Promised you som...
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| 18:18 | 8/Jun/2007 |
| Scribbles from the past...Shades of Roma... | |
| Chehera sangmarmari, us par phisalta paani,Zulf ghaneri, us mein khila hua tabassum,Absaar nasheeley, maano chasm-e-mayaguun, (intoxicating eyes) Kasam us jism badamast ki,Woh sar se paanv talak thi, bas Qayaamat hi Qayaamat. Honth dabaey huey the daanton tale,Ungliyaan bhi dupatte mein the uljhey huey,Tehalti to jaise baad-e-sabaa mein ithlaati da...
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| 12:32 | 19/May/2007 |
| Melancholy Moods - - Few Scribbles from ... | |
| Kyaa karoon aisa dard-e-nasha chaa gaya,Na chaahkar bhi zubaan pe ek aah aa gaya,Hoton pe hansi lekar chupaaya jis fasaane ko,Nazron se umadta sailaab woh bayaan kar gaya. Jaa, mat baat kar zaalim tu humse,Tujhe kya pata hai khaamoshi ka sila,Yeh humse poocho jisne is dil mey,Dafnaaye hain laakhon hasratein chup chaap. Kehti thi hum par jaan-o-tan ...
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| 10:30 | 3/May/2007 |
| Meeting Maddy | |
| Pardon the gestation period for my blogs. They may soon beat the elephant at its own game. Well, continuing from where I left last time… Around 4:00pm in the afternoon, I got in touch with Maddy, to check if our date was still on. He confirmed a time between 5:00 and 5:15pm. Raghu (Maddy’s younger brother) was also going to join us. More the merrie...
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| 10:00 | 31/Mar/2007 |
| Chennai patnam - Mere yaar da shehar | |
| Here comes a lot of LUV and a BIG BEAR HUG to all my dear iLand Friends. For the past couple of months, I have been totally inactive on the iLand, from a contribution point. I am aware that quite a few missed me and for some it was good probably riddance but I am back again . Blame my absence on my job. This new assignment has been exacting to s...
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| ganesh | 11:21 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| माज्या पासून जरा अंतर रखुन्ही जी नेहमीच माज्या ह्रदयात राì...
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| Amrut patil | 18:44 | 20/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (79)
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| Ganeshaya Namah |
| A great song and Class Performance .... Pausaaaaaaa? Pausaaaaaa?Gananayaka GanadaivatayaGanadaksha YadhimahiGuna shariraya Guna ManditayaGuneshanay DhimahiGunaditaya Gunadhishaya Gunapravishtaya DhimahaiEkadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahiGajeshanaya Bhalchandraya shree ganeshaya dhimahi{Ekadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahi...
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| fozia aziz | 14:29 | 10/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (142)
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| Rapunzel(part 2) The enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: 'If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, a...
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| manvendra | 16:05 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| END OF CURFUE |
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| This seems to be funy for some people to have curfue in there city.but not for me when i saw the situation here in indore , i found that the life of the people daily routine was totaly disturb.no one can coming out of the houses.whatever shown in the news paper was totaly wrong. the situation was out of controle of the police.first time i saw such ...
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| tanu sahney | 19:16 | 6/Jul/2008 |
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| May the road rise up to meet you; May the wind always be at your back; May the sun shine warm upon your face; May the rain fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand. You’ve failed many times. Although you may not remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almo...
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| sahil banga | 13:55 | 26/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (252)
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| Gunguna sa khwab hai yeh |
| Gunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehGunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehJustajoo hai, tamanna hai ismeTanha sa khwab hai yehNeele shab ka intezaar haiKarwato ka silsila haiAdhura chaand hai, sitaron ki tauba hai ismeBechain sa khwab hai yehAnjaan sa ek kaafila haiPhir bhi khamoshi ka aalam haiHosh hai, madhoshi hai ismeBehka s...
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| janus janus | 15:05 | 15/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (318)
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| Love and longing in Chennai |
| The city of my birth always fills me with a sense of nostalgia, wistfulness, longing. This time, too, was no different. A quick visit of a few days, is not enough to take in all the pleasures and joys of a city that the rest of the country still prefers to underrate, but to me life in the southern sector is a very different kind of life. Chennai is...
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| Kanchan Bhat... | 23:18 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| IT's Official! |
| Nomo Takeshita is here! I am No Mo Taa Kay Shee Ta form today No, no, no, no... I tell you NOT Kahil Tanga !!! He no not from Nippon Sushi you soon!
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| ahsan ghori | 15:11 | 27/Jan/2008 |
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| Jay Walkers |
| Educate them first 25 January 2008I THINK the best way to create awareness about the dangers of jaywalking is to first educate the people about its consequences. Jaywalkers endanger their own life as well as those of others, especially surprised motorists.Once awareness is created then fines and penalties can be imposed if people continue breaking ...
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| Dheeraj Khanna | 21:15 | 19/Aug/2007 |
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| The Bourne Series...... download now!! |
| The Bourne Ultimatum has turn out to be huge this summer in Hollywood. So I thought, why not give a tribute to that great spy-master Robert Ludlum who created Bourne and made him a delicious character, an anti-thesis of James Bond.So I give you the The Bourne Trilogy. Now available for download.Go ahead, get ready for a thrilling ride.Downloand the...
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| A J | 17:54 | 9/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (280)
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| “Anybody there” crooned my phone. That was my ringtone, alerting me that a message awaited. In the midst of a busy schedule, I tapped around for the phone and press “read”. The message was from Citi alert, the alert service from Citibank, to remind me that my payment of Rs. ***** was due on the 13th of July 2008. It also mentioned that if I had alr...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...
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| Vinay Kumar | 22:28 | 28/Nov/2006 |
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| Super Country Side ride........ |
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| hmmmm.,.,.,, Would like to make more of such rides in future.... It was infact a short ride with small group of cyclers compared to my last post...As the number dosent matter when we want to do something which we like...So as Vinay Shetty & myself desided no matter how many come we are going for the ride and completing it.... And also planned we t...
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| Sailesh Cousik | 09:08 | 4/Jun/2007 |
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| My Favourite Things (Re-Revised) |
| JULIE ANDREWS TURNS 69 To commemorate her 69th birthday, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's RadioCity Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie, "Sound Of Music". Here are the lyrics she used: Maalox and nose drops and ...
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| Neena Singh | 10:49 | 3/Dec/2006 |
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| I found him.... |
| hiyeeeeeeeeeee......... so nice to be bck to iLand thrs too much happening in my life... most of it is WORK but I enjoy being on the move hey all thrs one gd news I want to tell u.. remember the guy I proposed to when I was in school.. abt whom I've wrote in my blog "LOVE WILL FIND ITS WAY".... I found him on orkut website... yuhoooooooo..........
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| mini francis | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008 |
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| A STORY OF TWO FRIENDSA story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.They kept on walking until they f...
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| Madhavan PK | 16:43 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| The Song of Hiawatha |
| The song of Hiwatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is perhaps his best work.This one given below is chapter 10 detailing Hiwatha's Wooing of Minnehaha. Written in 1855, the poem is poignant. Have things changed from then to now. Read on. It is long but worth your while. The bold typeface highlight and the headings are mine. Love SickAs unto the bow...
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| Priya Joseph | 10:17 | 8/Mar/2008 |
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| Woman’s (?) Day |
| I am writing here after a long time...and its Womans Day which actually made me get up and write!!! The Day seems to have truly arrived...atleast on print. Never mind the fact that more than half the women in this country do not even know of its existence. Yesterday it was 'party time' at my workplace. Each of us were presented with a flower, c...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE" |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART - 20 - "TERELIYE"Dedication to : All the readers of my blogs..........., The Majestic performing art - Kathakali“Kamdev,you are the GOD of cores of feelings, and emotions…Can u tell me, among all these, which one is perennial…..?” One day Narada asked his younger brother……… The question prompted Kamadev to think for a while….T...
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| Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008 |
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| EMOTIONS |
| Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...
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| Amba R | 19:20 | 4/Feb/2008 |
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| secteranism |
| I am back on iland after a long time.What brings me back is Raj Thackrey and his antics.What Raj Thackrey and his doing is yet another instance of how low secteranian politics can fall.Mumbai a city represnting the dreams of millions of Indians is being divided.Raj Thackrey while declaring Mumbai for only Maharashtrians is forgetting some simple th...
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| sur mehta | 00:49 | 23/May/2007 |
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| Ever we tried to find out what exactly friendship is???? FRIENDSHIP exactly where is its place & where we can find it??? Do anyone have answer to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For me…………..It’s my belief or says my perception that its not that we can go n buy it in any malls or markets or shops no. I th...
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| 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...
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| Aparna Bagwe | 17:41 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| And how it POURED today...Last month on this same date, I was lamenting the heat of summer and eagerlyawaiting the onset of the rainy season...Today, I am smiling and humming to myself as I look out of my office window...My very own friendly neighborhood hills are verdant green... lush grass, bushes,and trees with their squeaky clean washed wet loo...
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| madhavi sree... | 22:48 | 22/Mar/2007 |
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| short break |
| Hi guys,Me going on a holiday for the next few days. Please keep an eye on my iland ( :-) ), so that my blogs are all intact till I come back......he he he.....saying this because few ppl's blogs were missing when they didn't login for a few days 2 mths ago. I donno what's the situation now....Hope to see many many more blogs on the girl child on t...
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| bronzegoddes... | 15:19 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| Mazala Salza - Introducing Anil Thekepar... |
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| ANIL THEKEPARAMBIL, 39Anil Thekeparambil woke up with a start. He could not remember the name of the woman whom he had brought home last night. The woman had left early and that brought over him a sense of relief. He didn’t have to put up an act of “how great last night was or that they should get back real soon.” She was a lousy fuck anyway. Mich...
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| Hellz Angel | 09:37 | 7/May/2008 |
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| Dire Straits - Part III (Final Part) |
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| The place from where I was standing I could see the complete set-up. Every thing was so bollywood type. The mandap was decorated with marigolds, roses and tulips. The rice-lights were dancing too-n-fro in the most synchronic way. Every one was dressed as richly and as sparkly as they could. There was the rushing and hushing of the ghar-ke-buzurg, w...
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| Pooja Nagpal | 07:58 | 14/Jun/2007 |
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| My Little Monster |
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| I stay with a monster at home, my little monster. He calls me devil at times and I couldn’t christen him better than “monster ”. Although he is near to his mid twenties yet he would always be the little younger brother for me. As we stay away from parents and family, I feel he is my responsibility and also feel a sense of concern for him. At time...
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| shreedipta m... | 17:05 | 9/Dec/2006 |
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| Mysteries of the sexes... |
| Last time when i posted my blog about men, it sure created fury amongst many men. But i sure didn't mean to hurt anyone. It was just a dab of fun i wished to share.Here's something i found interesting......Women wonder....1.Why do men think that women are bad drivers even though they have found evidences to the contrary, time and again? 2.Why do ev...
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| Murshid Merc... | 19:47 | 30/Jan/2007 |
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| !! Anjaam-E-Mohabbat !! |
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| Mil chuki hai Khaak mein ab to har khushi meri Pooch mat humney guzaari kis tarah se zindagi...Mar rahey hain jeete ji kuch Gila kartey nahin Zakhm aisey kuch miley jo aaj tak bhartey nahin...Har tamanna chinn gayi hai, Lut gayi hai har khushi Pooch mat humney guzaari kis tarah se zindagi...Har kadam par Thokaren, Nakaamiyan, Tanhaaiyan Haa...
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| swati naik | 10:08 | 2/Dec/2007 |
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| Leave me alone |
| Leave me alone here,Where the shadows of the sun tickle my feet,Where sequestered moons of my twenty years, They rub their silver scales against lonely wounds. Here, where the night skies wallow in my smallness.I will worship my own godsI will fight my own demonsHere, the evening prayer chants carry my soulHere, the temple’s inner sanctum beckonsOh...
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| urvi s | 22:04 | 25/Feb/2007 |
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| My dear friend DK tagged me few days back. We feel we know ourselves quite well, but after these questions one realises we need to know ourself more !! Thanx DK, it was like looking inside me….. Three things that scare me Travelling in flights Addition of years to my age Closed spaces (quite claustrophobic) Three people who make me laugh Saas bahu ...
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| rajiv sharma | 10:59 | 11/Jan/2008 |
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| Mindset of Breaking the Queue |
| Mindset of Breaking the Queue One of the basic problems with Indian civic society is the tendency of people to ignore the queue. We rarely come across organized system of following queue and waiting for turn. This lack of basic etiquette often becomes reason for unruliness and we see the exhibition of rudeness, indiscipline and unethical practices ...
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| Prasad P | 17:34 | 1/Nov/2006 |
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| By all Means.... Marry |
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| I saw this mail and remembered the song, filmed very well. “No life.. without wife !” My wife’s favorite one. Enjoy the thoughts belowBy all Means... MARRY! I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste. DavidBissonette When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge...
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| Jayanthi Gur... | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008 |
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| Have you Ever?Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.I didn’t know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for...
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| Rocky TheGreat | 20:00 | 30/Apr/2007 |
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| A Box Full of Kisses |
| The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The ma...
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| Vikas Tripathi | 11:10 | 30/May/2008 |
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