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| Ants I see ythem everywhereSwarming the marble sillwhere i keep my gas stoveAnts what do i do with themRescuing each with a spoonwould take timeFlooding the sill with waterAnd then gathering each beneath with a sieve is a lot of troublei just wash the marble slabwith the dirty dish washing ragthe marble slab is now spotlessly cleanMy conscience not...
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| 14:18 | 27/Oct/2008 |
| Finding Neverland | |
| Thinking of you in the middle of the night;While outside the lone moon shines bright;Flapping wings I wish you"d come;And take me far away with you to the land of the rising sun.A land where the moon"s an azure hue and the sun a crimson red; A land for Tinkerbelle and for elves, sleeping in sweet pea shells;And of fireflies brightening up the nigh...
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| 15:20 | 18/Oct/2008 |
| Three does not make a triange | |
| From the Archives PIYAThe henna on her hands is a rich brown- a sign of a happy married life and of a husband who would love her forever. The red and white "chudas" still tinkle on her wrists fair, soft, feminine and bejewelled. After all it's just been two months since Piya married Rajesh. A happy glow radiates on her face, Rajesh is still very...
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| 14:59 | 18/Oct/2008 |
| Peak troubles | |
| Why can’t I hug my papa? Why do all boyfriends object to a kiss, a hug or anything “touchy –touchy” in public? Why are most men touch-me –nots in public and I-simply-cant-have-enough-of –u –in private? Why? Ok, go ahead brand me,”Exhibitionist”, for I am one. I am a shameless attention seeker, a bohemian reveling in a wanton display of affection: ...
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| 19:39 | 1/Sep/2008 |
| Life after a hearbreak | |
| Day 1invade a friend's house at 2 a.m. she's the only one who would take you ingo mad....tear the dress that reminds you of himcry bucketfull of tearsDay 2wake up....no sleep at nightdrink tea to quench the nagging pain in your throattry singinga songwords come out muffled....oh what a poor little fool you weresleep till four .....wake upgo to the ...
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| 19:07 | 12/Dec/2007 |
| Dressing Table | |
| Dressing table This doesn’t really look good on me Tria thought, catching her reflection on the mahogany dressing mirror. Her reflection paused for a minute, pirouetted around on stilettos to catch a whirl of the flowered skirt with a bow near the waist. The Mirror was ordinary enough, the wood bearing scratches, parenphilia scattered around in...
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| 19:03 | 19/Jul/2007 |
| They have cut The tree I loved | |
| They have cut the tree I loved The “shimul” The one that bore red flowers Redder than sun's red at dusk redder than the virgin's blood On the bedspread I saw her lying near the lane Her pods un- sutured The cotton scattered Could have been used for making a child’s pillow
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| 12:58 | 27/May/2007 |
| saturday morning bakwas with bhai,cuppa ... | |
| Saturday morning bakwas with bhai, cuppa chai , buttered toast and ht city It is Saturday. I have decided I will reduce weight. I hate the way the asshole of a brother takes potshots at my rounded belly. I think my round belly looks cute more so after the waxing-a innocent baby who has his moustache shaved. My belly looks innocent much like me and ...
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| 15:18 | 22/Apr/2007 |
| you said | |
| you saidYou said a tree does not look like a woman Not by any stretch of imaginationBut it does my dearIf you only cared to look through my eyesA woman’s eyesAnd would listen to what they had to sayBut you are a manSo you would you ever bother?So let me tell you nowHow a tree is a woman And a woman a tree Don’t you think a sapling Is a little girl?...
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| 15:50 | 1/Mar/2007 |
| Remembering Binni | |
| In our secret garden we were oblivious to the world of grown ups , their pretensions , their fragile egos, their stupid quarrels. Here everything was left aside , discarded at the wrought iron gates which encircled our garden. We were oblivious to the voices which emanated from within the walls of our house which stood on the slope in SP North. Voi...
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| Saisuresh Si... | 18:17 | 17/Oct/2008 |
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| Crocodile tears over Sri Lankan Tamils |
| The drama – yes, that’s what the goings-on in Chennai are, a big drama – over Sri Lankan Tamils makes me laugh, but there’s nothing funny about the plight of the Lankan Tamils. I have been to Sri Lanka, Jaffna in fact, have met many Tamils there and in Colombo, and know that the people want to get on with their lives. Eelam be damned. Sure, there i...
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| nivia | 15:59 | 27/Oct/2008 |
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| I'M BACK |
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| The most precious gifts you can give your loved ones for DIWALI are loving words and deeds,compassion,forgiveness,appreciatio n,understanding,acceptance ......................... HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL OF YOU.
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| gemini | 23:07 | 27/Oct/2008 |
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| Bigg Boss 27 October Breaking News No H... |
| Bigg Boss 27 October Breaking News No Housemate Got Nominated For EvictionBiggBoss ring in a Diwali surprise to the Bigg boss 2 housemates as theprocess of nomination happened but no one is nominated for eviction,Bigg boss asked housemates to nominate housemates as usual but beforethat Bigg boss announced to the viewers that no one will get elimin...
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| rahul | 11:51 | 16/Sep/2008 |
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| No Smoking |
| I can see the “No Smoking” board going up soon. Gosh! Its only 2 more weeks and the ban on smoking will come up. That will mean I won’t be able to smoke even in office, where I spend most of my earthly hours. That means even the little bit of exercise I was getting will not happen. Exercise means getting my a** up from the chair and dragging myself...
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| Summer | 01:22 | 27/Oct/2008 |
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| Kiss meWatch me smile againKiss meWatch my life crawl back to me Kiss meFeel my veins throbKiss meFeel my breath stop Sweet and softTenderly on the soulHarsh and fullRaw on the flow Kiss meWet and sloppyKiss meImperfect and untidy Kiss meLike there is no tomorrowKiss meLike you never kissed before Dying a slow deathYour kiss is like CPRThe elixi...
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| RAJEEV GARG | 19:05 | 27/Oct/2008 |
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| HI FRIENDS, Time has come again to celebrate our biggest festival and say our Friends, nears and dears, AND Relatives HAPPY DEEPAWALI. THIS DEEPAWALI I WISH FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HAPPY DIWALI….MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH BEST OF HEALTH + WEALTH AND ALL SUCCESS IN LIFE.YOUR DAYS MAY BE AS BRIGHT AS THE S...
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| vijayaram reddy | 10:10 | 10/Oct/2008 |
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| VIJAYADASAMI |
| VIJAYA DASAMI V ijayam I shtakamyardha siddhi J ayam A bhayam Y bhavam A ishvaryam D hanam A rogyam S neham A drushtam M amakaram I kamathyam……….. Wish you and your family a very happy “Dussera” - V I J A Y A R A M R E D D Y
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| narendra shah | 15:02 | 27/Oct/2008 |
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| QUOTABLE QUOTES |
| It is better to believe than to disbelieve ; in doing so, you bring everything to the realm of possibility.Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.Faith is spiritualized imagination.The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.The difference between a flower and a weed is judgement.Men are disturbed not by the things that happ...
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| Shreya Tiwari | 16:54 | 18/Oct/2008 |
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| Betiyan...!! |
| Dear Friends....!! To watch my poem "Betiyan" please Click Here Thanks Shreya Tiwari, Mumbai
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| RAGHUPAT | 10:58 | 20/Oct/2008 |
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| I NEED U SWEETHEART |
| Likea dessert needs the water,Like a flower needs the rain,My soul is thristy for yourlove,My heart screams out yourname.Like a ship needs a sailor,Like the stars need the sky,You brighten up my world,Like the moon lights up thenight.Like a movie star loves fame,Like a poor man needs money,I need and long for your love,For your as sweet as honey.Wh...
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| A M Daniel | 17:35 | 21/May/2008 |
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| BE A RIGHT PERSON |
| When the Person Is RightOne rainy Sunday afternoon, a little boy was bored and his father was sleepy. The father decided to create an activity to keep the kid busy. So, he found in the morning newspaper a large map of the world. He took scissors and cut it into a good many irregular shapes like a jigsaw puzzle. Then he said to his son, "See if you ...
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| Amit | 17:20 | 20/Oct/2008 |
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| If Words Could Heal |
| If words could heal it would have been easy,If climbing mountains was not an uphill task.I would tell you o dear friend that its gonna pass.ButIt is indeed gonna pass dear as it is meant to be,and not before it makes you bolder and stronger.Life's tests are like that, the most painful onesare the ones who give you precious moments disguised,The tro...
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| surya s | 01:48 | 24/Oct/2008 |
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| Im sorry is difficult to say |
| I apologize a lot.Actually, I find it easier to apologize than most people. I also tend to own up when I am wrong, and have no problems in admitting the other person was right.Most of the times, anyway.It is comparatively easy in work place. The right and logical thing to do is clear and visible. However when it comes to the hours when Outlook is s...
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| sahil banga | 12:11 | 24/Sep/2008 |
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| Chaotic connection |
| The mind is full of chaos as I write this. Am I writing just because I feel like writing? Or write what am I feeling? Or decipher what am I feeling? Or feel what am I feeling? My mind is playing visual charades. Not a single visual I remember, such is the haste of the chaos. I want to pause the chaos, slow it down, let it linger in my mind, so that...
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| janus janus | 14:36 | 7/Oct/2008 |
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| Dance like no one’s watching |
| I don’t know if dance is in my blood, but I know I love to dance. I don’t know if I am a good dancer, but I know I love to dance. OK, I don’t think I am a good dancer, but I love to dance. I don’t know if I will ever dance well, but I know I just love to dance. But it’s not easy for me to make it to the dance floor. For I am also an extremely shy p...
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| Kanchan Bhat... | 05:28 | 28/Oct/2008 |
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| Rum In The Bum |
| Rum in the Bum! I wished Happy Diwali to Sahil Banga and he mused me with his "Rum in the tum is better than shit in the bum"! (See GB)...What crap! All I did was send you my good wishesBut that has made you hum like a bumSo you said a peg of rum in the tumIs better than shit in the bum,Why it’s the time to return your (b)anal dishesDrunken bums ma...
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| udita chaudhary | 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...
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| steve thomas | 19:17 | 10/Aug/2006 |
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| Volcanic Eruptions |
| Eruptions Mayon Volcano overlooking Legazpi AirportMayon is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Matutum, Musuan, Mount Parker, Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, ...
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| Jahan Bakshi | 19:12 | 20/Sep/2008 |
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| Review: Welcome To Sajjanpur |
| Originally published on NOWRUNNING.COM Bhelcome, o, bhelcome- all you sajjan members of the audience. Benegal Babu’s latest phillum is one rather unsatisfying chillum and leaves one with mixed feelings, as by its end it clearly overstays its bhelcome. Welcome To Sajjanpur is that breeze of fresh air that doesn’t quite blow you away.What it’s about:...
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| chandra mohan | 06:20 | 8/Sep/2008 |
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| Nursery rhymes oh i hate them!! |
| Whenever i go in my married friends car their lil kids demand to hear their favorite CD, ''Mind Numbing Children's Songs From Hell.'' At least that's what I call it. It's one of those CDs with those old songs that we are required by federal law to expose our kids to, because they connect us with a time when we were simpler, happier, much stupider. ...
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| warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008 |
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| JUST A GRAIN OF SAND |
| As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...
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| Divya Sharma | 13:44 | 28/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (177)
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| Hi there! |
| Its been long that I visited the Iland and posted something......i keep telling Vicky aka Raj that I am suffering from Writer's Block. I drilled this into him to an extent that he had to google search this term!!!!! Never mind, hopefully I will be active once again on the Iland......As of now nothing much, just a food for thought.......This email I...
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| Cubes 3B | 13:29 | 21/Aug/2008 |
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| Are we really Free ? |
| This thought came to me on the eve of Independance Day while the Nation was busy with the prepratations. Are we really free ? And then lots of thoughts came to my mind, some were filled with rage and anger that caused so much of pain that lead me to depression and sadness. What are we doing after soo many years of independance ? Looking around I do...
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| Baldeo Pandey | 21:07 | 20/Oct/2008 |
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| Bangaluru |
| Hey Bangaluru! How are you?How do you hold my friends away from me?Do you a piece of land or a magnetic field?Do you know?How sweet my friends are there?I have never visited you,Perhaps you are a magician….Trapping the beauty in your lap,She always pulsates in my vein….Hey Bangaluru! I dream one day,I shall touch you….______________________________...
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| kishore lakk... | 15:21 | 20/Apr/2007 |
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| GOOD WIFES |
| Hello friends after a long long long time iam back to you all. I missed u all aloooot but conditions are like that for me.This blog is a general blog and especially women should not take it as a serious one because i just read this one from one of the newspaper.How to get a nice wife! There are times in a person's life when he needs to take crucia...
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| Anil Goel | 22:53 | 23/Sep/2008 |
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| RODAS - India Stinking? |
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| Felt compelled to write something after a long time ... unfortunately it is revulsion and not revelry that leads me to it...A bit sad, the state of affairs in this country.The sense of 'entitlement'The irrational exuberance.The national pride on the outside with low esteem and extreme confusion about our identity and what it is we are proud of on t...
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| cajetan vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008 |
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| how far back can you remember? |
| 13:27 | 15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s) How far back can you remember? Some of my oldest memories - Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery - My first day...
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| dee vine | 15:12 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| for old times' sake |
| Visiting my page after months ... have had little time to indulge in leisurely stuff like blogs. Been working hard and partying harder ... ahhh, back to life! Working, Mothering, Travelling, Loving, Facebooking, Orkuting, FlickRing, Housekeeping, Waxing (now waning), Binge-ing (now fasting), Socializing, Drinking, Saving, Spending .... all but bl...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Smirk |
| 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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| Ajeey Kumar | 18:13 | 20/Nov/2006 |
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| Get Married... Stay Married |
| You need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty - finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20. Only 8 percent of the families who do this are poor; 79 percent of those who fail to do this are poor. -William Galston (Clinton White House)
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| Sudipta Sarkar | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007 |
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| Separation and Travel |
| Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...
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| Friendly Ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| Sunil g | 19:25 | 17/Sep/2008 |
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| Doctor & Sardar |
| Doctor to sardar patient : Ab aapki tabiyat kaisi hai.Sardar : Doctor saheb Pehle se jyada kharab ho gayi hai.Doctor : dawai khali thi kya?Sardar : Nai doctor saheb. dawai ki shishi to bhari hui thi.Doctor : Are Sardar ji mere kehne ka matlab hai ki, dawai le li thi kya.Sardar : Ji, aapne dawai de di thi aur maine le lit hi.Doctor: Abe, dawai pili...
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| GSR Murthy | 14:04 | 9/Nov/2006 |
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| Lessons from The Talking Bird |
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| The Talking BirdThere is a tale of a rare talking bird that could speak five languages. A gentleman heard of this rare talking bird and started a worldwide search. He had a desire to add this bird to his museum-like collection. After an exhausting search of many months, he stopped in an exotic pet store to ask for more information. And there, in ...
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| suddha19@red... | 11:35 | 5/Aug/2008 |
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| Settled |
| Hi Guys how are you all ? Ok, After a long, long gap am here into my iland. I do not even know if all my blog friends are yet in here. But I hope and guess to continue now ...Ok the latest is, I have moved to the United States along with family. And believe me, its not a joke to move ! It takes a lot of patience and perseverance to make a move. Lon...
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| amit khanna | 11:26 | 16/Oct/2008 |
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| 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...
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| 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...
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| Subrahmanyam... | 12:17 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| Happy New Year 2008 |
| WIshing all rediffilanders a happy and prosperous New year 2008. Hope this new year fulfills all ur wishes and makes all ur dreams come true.
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| A S | 00:29 | 5/Oct/2008 |
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| 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’...
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