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 21:35 | 6/Jan/2008 |
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| Friends -Long time! I thank each of you who has been kind enough to notice my absence in iLand and bothered to drop a word or two in my guestbook or inbox. Thought of scribbling something. I am giving Swami a break for the moment as I don’t wish to start the New Year with a heavy post…Here is a quasi-fictional account of one my nostalgic trips on t...
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| 21:58 | 22/May/2007 |
| Mind Mapping - The Best Way To Represent... | |
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| The Least Talked-About (Series)-4Friends, let's now talk about Mind Mapping. Mind Mapping, to me, is perhaps the most simple but effective way to capture, represent and share ideas. Although being used by millions across the glob today, Mind Mapping is yet to be adequately acknowledged by established corporate, academic and knowledge-management ‘st...
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| 10:16 | 14/Apr/2007 |
| Black Death (14th century AD) – The Grea... | |
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| The Least Talked-About (Series)-3"Imagine this: You live in a city crammed with people. You are convinced that the life in the city today is no different from that of yesterday, and you are still more certain that it is not going to be much different tomorrow. You live aboard virtuous vices and vicious virtues of everyday life. Nothing seems to be...
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| 17:25 | 25/Mar/2007 |
| Sidis - The Most Intelligent Human Ever ... | |
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| The Least Talked-About (Series)-2I rate myself pretty high in the art of working harmless April-Fool pranks, and I find it thrilling to caution the potential victims well in advance. My plan was just to give a strong warning to Swami to get ready to be my first victim on the fateful day when I reminded him that April first is around the corner, but...
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| 21:19 | 10/Mar/2007 |
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| The Least Talked-About (Series)-1Swami’s friend Rishi eats admirably well. He is almost of the same age of Swami-not less than 65-but senility never holds him back from freaking out on dishfuls of countless gustatory delights, though his skimpy but healthy appearance doesn't presage his sizable appetite. He simply doesn't care what others say; any ...
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| 10:08 | 11/Feb/2007 |
| Spirituality Minus Religion : The Curtai... | |
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| Implementing Rational Spirituality : A Brave New World"You tried to convince me of three major points so far, Swami:One, spirituality is desirable and everybody rightly craves for it; Two, prevalent spiritual beliefs do not comply with reason and science much; Three, established rational ideologies don’t really defy spirituality. But I am still not...
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| 11:25 | 4/Feb/2007 |
| Spirituality minus religion, Part-4 | |
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| Is Rational Spirituality possible – Analyzing Ideologies. Spirituality a taboo for accepted rational frameworks: a myth? “Swami, do you think spirituality is really a no-no for rational ideologies? Is a rationalist not supposed to identify himself with the ways of mind, to acknowledge its extreme convolution, or to tap potential values or delectat...
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| 13:08 | 28/Jan/2007 |
| Spirituality minus religion, Part-3 | |
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| Is Rational Spirituality possible – What do some of the best minds have to say? My conversation with Swami on Rational Spirituality continues...“The world has seen a host of great teachers and spiritual Gurus. Are you saying that they all lack conviction and accuracy? Didn’t any of them provide us with enough guidelines to approach Spirituality fro...
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| 07:27 | 24/Jan/2007 |
| Spirituality minus religion: Part-2 | |
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| Is Rational Spirituality possible? – Need and context of spirituality.“We know that spirituality in any form today is a sacred pill for many to overcome emotional challenges posed by life. It may be a placebo. But it works for many. We are all tired. We are all stressed. We all need a shoulder to cry on. If spirituality is implicitly illogical, how...
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| 23:30 | 18/Jan/2007 |
| Spirituality minus religion : Part-1 | |
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| Finally, I managed to pull in Swami The Rationalist to an area where I could take on him so confidently - Spirituality !That day Swami’s room was scarcely lit - as always. But it didn't stop me from ascertaining the silhouette of that familiar wavy gray hair and off-white kurta. Swami doesn't like too much light. He never does.While asking question...
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| DENSON JOSEPH | 17:38 | 3/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (642)
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| EMBARASSMENT OF Explaining molestation t... |
| Yesterday The HT reported how a group 0f 70 -80 hoolingans romped in the New Year by openly molesting & doing a "draupadi" boldly - throwing all caution into thin air in Mumbai & thereby making a mockery of our rotten law & order & its useless caretakers. Seeing the picture in the Newspaper my 7 year old daughter asked me innocently, " Papa ye kya...
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| kavita ganguly | 00:26 | 3/Jan/2008 |
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| Immoral Desire |
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| I 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 Could End Tomorrow...
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| greengrass | 21:30 | 3/Jan/2008 |
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| Rajini's next movie " ROBOT", shankar di... |
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| From www.manakkudiyan.com : There was a column in Dinamani a couple of months ago with a title “ Boomi panthai puratti potta Tamizh Cinema”. Yes it was about Sivaji. Let me put in Tamil in my own words… “ Enlish padamaaa paarthittu iruntha Tamizhana Thalaila thatti Tamizh Padam paakka vachaanga sila directors like Maniratnam, Cheran, Balaji Shakth...
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| Current Boll... | 19:48 | 20/Oct/2007 |
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| Aaja Nachle Title Track EXCLUSIVE |
| Hey guys this is the exclusive song from the movie AAJA NACHLE This movie marks the comeback of great actress MADHURI DIXIT So this song is for all her fans desperately waiting for the release of her movie ENJOY !!!!
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| Rajesh Kumar | 11:53 | 29/Aug/2007 |
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| Dont be afraid to talk to urself. It's t... |
| Dont be afraid to talk to urself. It's the only way you can be sure somebody's listening.Experience is what you get, when you dont get what you want.For every moment you are angry, you are losing sixty seconds of happiness.If everybody thought before they speak, the silence would be deafening.Strong reasons...make strong actions.Tears are the summe...
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| Vikas Vij | 18:58 | 29/Dec/2007 |
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| Psychology of a Suicide Bomber |
| Lord Krishna speaks to Arjuna in his Gita discourse: "Krodhat bhavati sammohan... buddhinasat pranasyati" From anger arises delusionFrom delusion arises paralysis of thoughtFrom paralysis of thought arises destruction of reasonFrom destruction of reason arises the ultimate downfall Two thousand years ago, during the Roman Imperial period, Seneca w...
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| RAVINESH KUMAR | 13:53 | 6/Jan/2008 |
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| GIRL FRIEND Today I have selected this topic which is out of my dairy and related only with my personal / private life. Neither it’s related to any girl nor any boy it’s truly my own personal and private life. So I will say sorry to those people if this topic co-related or any relation establish with any one. Right from the begging I was a shy fel...
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| Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007 |
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| Physics and Music |
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| 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...
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| bably | 16:02 | 9/Aug/2007 |
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| Hai friends we are getting lot of offers from industries nationwide for dioxin testing.Since ours is the only lab in India carrying out dioxin research.Kindly contact us if any industries need dioxin analysis. Email : bablov@rediffmail.com anbumunusamy@hotmail.com Phone : 0471 2515340
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| Madhavan PK | 15:31 | 24/Dec/2007 |
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| Indianness |
| I almost never made it to the CP Ramaswamy Centre to listen to Shashi Tharoor speak on his latest book, ‘the elephant, the tiger and the cell phone”. It was raining heavily and my brother who was to accompany me had visitors. After the initial reluctance and inertia, and braving the rain, I am glad I went. An eloquent speaker, Shashi Tharoor talke...
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| shainy | 20:41 | 1/Aug/2007 |
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| Stolen moments of joyI want to be a child again so that I can be uncaring and notbothered with what the world might think.I remember some of stolen moments of joy. Some years ago, myoffice was nearby and I used to walk to office. Once it was noon time and I hadgone home for lunch. I take a shortcut that takes me through a playground. Noontime,it wa...
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| anjeneyan an... | 13:57 | 10/Oct/2007 |
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| The silent treatement and others. |
| A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM...
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| Binu Abraham | 17:54 | 9/Nov/2007 |
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| This is what True Love is all about: |
| It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 a.m., when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him look at his ...
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| mansukhlal r... | 17:28 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| Will Media Oblige Elders? |
| Will Media oblige Elders? M.V.Ruparelia United Nations has defined a Country as ``Ageing``, when the proportion of people over 60 years goes to 7%. India has exceeded this proportion with number...
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| bharat khairnar | 00:34 | 14/May/2007 |
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| Ghost rider |
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| A lot of people don't like it, mostly everyone who I know who has seen it found it mildly entertaining at the very best. Most just straight up hated it and think it's a poor attempt at making what could have been an incredible film. I, on the other hand rather enjoyed it. If you can get to grips with the fact that its about a man who change's into ...
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| ecr | 15:36 | 17/Apr/2007 |
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| World Wide Web Email Directory |
| WORLD WIDE WEB EMAIL DIRECTORY***************************************HELLO FRIENDS,Welcome to World Wide Web Email Directory.Please insert your email address & website address in this World Wide Web Email Directory.Please join immediately. You will get various information,advertisements,discount offers, and special offers through your email address...
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| friendly ghost | 18:32 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| Happy New Year... and let us redefine Ha... |
| My fellow ilanders, fellow Indians, fellow world-citizens... In these closing hours of 2007, I wish you a very Happy New Year. I sincerely pray that all of us find contentment and fulfilment in life… but there is a great deal of rethinking as to the nature of contentment and fulfillment. 1) Let me tell you up front that I'm actively praying, in tho...
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| Elecsys expr... | 07:36 | 5/May/2007 |
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| Spiderman in India |
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| Spiderman-3 is a nice combo of special effects, logic, emotions and a love triangle. In Indian lingo Spiderman-3 is a complete Paisa Vasool movie. Spiderman is portrayed as an omnipotent guy, savior of lives, rescuer from difficult situations and a messenger of goodwill. I was enjoying all the action in the movie with my friends Shishir and Kartik...
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| Neelambari 07 | 22:44 | 20/Dec/2007 |
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| And plus a glass of wine.. |
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| Thoughts for the New Year.. A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the student...
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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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| Sanjeev Mulc... | 16:47 | 14/Jun/2007 |
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| Teaser |
| An elephant has 5 bananas and it is hungry, but yet it does not eat the >bananas. Why ?>>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>>.>.>. >.>.>.>>>>>Because the bananas are made of plastic.>>Next.Q>>>>>>The 5 bananas are real , but yet the elephant does not eat it. Why?>>.>.>>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>>.>.>.>>.>.>.>>.>.>.>.>Because the elephant is made of p...
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| Priya nair | 18:16 | 6/May/2007 |
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| Touched |
| Thanks guys for all your support... You are all sweethearts....
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| J G | 22:51 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| This is a forwarded msg. hope worth sharing with you all...If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children. PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, "He...
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| Sanghamitra ... | 22:14 | 19/May/2007 |
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| Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipi... |
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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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| Sudhir Bisht | 18:28 | 28/Dec/2007 |
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| The Daughter of Destiny- Benazir |
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| The slaying of Benazir comes across as a major blow to themillions of people in the sub-continent who have grown sentimentally attachedto the four most charismatic and illustrious families in South Asia. The Nehru-Gandhi family, the Bhutto family, the SheikhMuzib-ur-Rehman and the Kumaratunga- Bhandaranaike family are there, right inthe Top bracket...
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| PGR NAIR | 15:24 | 14/Dec/2007 |
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| Musings On The Millennium |
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| (I delivered this speech in December 1999, on the eve of the new Millennium, in a special meeting of Jubail Toastmasters Club. My pessimism in this rambling still holds good and I thought of posting it as a New year message. I am on vacation till 03rd January. Happy New Year to all my Buddies in the iland) MUSINGS ON THE MILLENNIUM Turning...
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| Preposterix ... | 10:25 | 26/Jun/2007 |
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| Whats in a sexual identity? |
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| I first learnt about them when I was 13 years old. My cousins, were referring to them in vulgar terms and cracking jokes. I was naive(then) and asked my mom what those terms meant. She patiently explained them to me. By them, I mean the sexual minorities. Male and Female are the sexual majorities, the transgenders, the minorities.(For an explanatio...
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| Krishna Prasad | 17:43 | 5/Jan/2008 |
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| Happy New Year 2008 |
| Happy New Year Wishing you all a Happy New YearLet's work together for a better 2008. Let's us promise ourselves the following:We'll not fight each other on religions.We'll work for the betterment of the poor.We'll read books to enhance our knowledge. Hope year 2008 brings us prosperityHope year 2008 brings us knowledgeHope year 2008 brings us cap...
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| Gagandeep Kaur | 18:53 | 1/Mar/2007 |
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| Herez my msg to the men in power blue.wh... |
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| Herez My Message to the Men in Power Blue : Be a team person and a leader I want in each one of you...........Full of that dash and drive that makes the opponent shivers……………Have that fire ….that zeal in you………..search for it inside you and search until you find it………..Project on the dynamism…...believe that you have the potential…… and also gain t...
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| arun motwani | 19:26 | 11/May/2007 |
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| About the Life |
| ABOUT THE LIFE : We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Life is just a Chance to grow a Soul. Life is like Onion, You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. You don’t get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live Now. Life is like a Taxi. The Meter ...
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| nishant shah | 16:37 | 20/Dec/2007 |
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| Silent Realm |
| Silent RealmThe crickets hymning the rhymesAnd the sombre night stars to descendMy ashes are buried in this tomb of abyssThe growls of the apparitions rattles my spheriotic cellsThe echoes of the knell and the choirs of deathOnly these besieges my beleagured fateThe thick gore flowing in my turbulent eyesI am ready with my machete to cease my veins...
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| shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007 |
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| Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…... |
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| Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner? If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight? Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why, when you change...
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| Saakshee I | 20:57 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| To wonderful gropes and passes! |
| My star power is waning - I'm losing my thunder and there I was thinking I need bouncers to keep guys away from me! So much for self-importance! THUD!!!! THUD!!! That's me on the hard ground! You may ask why? It seems I now attract the wrong gropers and pass-makers!!! So much for Marylin dreams!I got groped in the rear at a party recently by some w...
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| V T | 09:48 | 21/Dec/2007 |
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| December NRP, I Also Ran. |
| Okay, this is what I call an NRP. That’s a self created abbreviation for a Non Required Post. This NRP gets posted because of a simple reason: I don’t want December to go blank. This has perhaps been my least active blog-month so far. I wish I could provide you the “I’ve gone dry, nothing to write about”, “I am detoxifying myself from this blog ad...
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| dilip krishnan | 17:45 | 1/Jan/2008 |
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| Taare Zameen Par!The Day has dawned, and the Year 2008 is before us!It is winter here in Delhi, but as I look out of the window, the sun is bright, spreading warmth around. The parakeets are having fun, chattering away incessantly. The peepal tree stands majestically, its million leaves dancing sensuously in the gentle breeze. Flowers of many hues ...
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| budhoose kan... | 22:38 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| Invariably every year I get a lot of new year greetings. Most of them are something like this,'May the new year bring peace and prosperity to you and your friends and fami | | | | |
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