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 09:56 | 31/Oct/2006
Many a times, we act in haste and repent...
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, and hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed ... more...
 12:39 | 16/Oct/2006
Positive Attitude
Hi Friends! I read this interesting article from the internet. I thought to share this article. Though some of u people would have already read it. The artcile continues as.....A boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was... more...
 21:48 | 28/Sep/2006
Birth Centenary Celebrations of the Mart...
Saare Jahan se acha, Hindustan hamara…Let us salute the martyrBORN: Sept. 27, 1907, Punjab, India1930: Threw bombs in Central Assembly Hall, protesting on imposing severe measures like the Trades Disputes Bill by the Britishers. Deliberately courted arrest refusing to run away from the scene 1930: Went on 115 days hunger strike to protest the inhum... more...
 13:54 | 23/Sep/2006
Try to be non-judgmental and look beyond...
Imagine you are at an Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally, you find a seat next to a gentleman.You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your b... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
NRI's & NANDIGRAM
74 NRIs, belonging to a diverse group of academics, professionals, lawyers, activists and students, many of them volunteers and supporters of the organization - Association for India's Development  – have filed a collective Right to Information application at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. The Questions raised are the following:ü       Have d...  more...
 Anitha kaveri | 13:34 | 23/Sep/2007
Friends: (276)  | City: calicut  | Interests: talking talking a...
MY WISHESIf I could have my wishesAnd if wishes did come trueI would ask for nothing elseBut to see a genuine smileWhich would make my heart soar If I could have my wishesAnd if wishes did come trueI would ask for just a dayWhere love would not just beMerely Bits and BytesAnd signals that threaten to break away If I could have my wishesAnd if wishe...  more...
 Jissy Thomas | 19:26 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (125)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: writing essays, r...
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...  more...
 KANNAN KANNAN | 21:50 | 25/Aug/2007
Friends: (351)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: Life is beautiful...
HYDRABAD BLAST
PEOPLE OF INDIA, IT IS THE GOVT WHO NEEDS TO HELP THE PEOPLE. BUT IF YOU SEE THEY JUST KEEP WATCHING SUCH KILLINGS UNTIL SOMEBODY QUESTIONS. IN BETWEEN THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WOULD GET KILLED LIKE THESE. LET US ASK THE GOVT OF INDIA, WHY SUCH THINGS ARE HAPPENING. THE GOVT KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND INDIA. IF THEY SEND THE ARMY TO CLEAN ALL...  more...
 Leena Bose | 19:33 | 10/Jun/2007
Friends: (70)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Reading,writing,c...
Me a Demi God
Pitch dark, alone, silent,Slowly he creeps in my room,But wanders here and there,Unwilling to get into form,An itch in my mindPitch dark, alone, silent,Slowly he creeps in my room,But wanders here and there,Unwilling to get into form,An itch in my mind,A lustrous desire to take him in,And enjoy wonderful pleasures,But he refuses.He was strong in my...  more...
 jamuna menon | 16:03 | 10/Nov/2006
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smile please
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 senthilkumar c | 15:05 | 12/Dec/2006
Friends: (5)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Chatting with fri...
Dead Sea is dying - From dust it came, a...
Jordan - Officials from Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority met along the shores of the Dead Sea to settle details of a study to save the shrinking body of water, agreeing to proceed with plans to draw water from the Red Sea. The surface level of the Dead Sea — the saltiest water in the world at the lowest point on Earth that is estimated ...  more...
 RAJNEESH CHH... | 10:55 | 15/Jan/2007
Friends: (129)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: meditation and fr...
HUMANITY
What would you do? You make the choice! Don't look for a punch line; There isn't one! Read it anyway.My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice?At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children,the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. Af...  more...
 rajani bhat | 20:05 | 15/Oct/2006
Friends: (36)  | City: karwar  | Interests: reading,writing, ...
An antidote to all ills
If you are poor - work.If health is threatened - work.If disappointments come - work.If youare rich - continue to work.If faith falters and reason fails - work.If dreams are shattered and hope seems dead - work.If sorrow overwhels you and loved ones are untrue - work.If you are burdened with seemingly unfair responsibilities - work.If you are happy...  more...
 simran kumar | 12:24 | 8/Mar/2007
Friends: (148)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: reading,movies,su...
those nothings.............
                                  Those whispering nothings                            those muted emotions                             those deep sighs....                            somersaulting heart beats                            impregnating innocent heart                            with coveted desires                                 fanta...  more...
 Radhika Bilgi | 21:00 | 24/Apr/2007
Friends: (25)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading, talking,...
Somethings yet Nothing
I recently came across this line.... A few Nothings mean much more than many Somethings. What do you think? But then again..... what about Something is better than Nothing???  more...
 Deepak Choud... | 18:26 | 16/Oct/2006
Friends: (8)  | City: Cuttack  | Interests: Making Friends, P...
Olympic
Hi, Just Check this link, u will really enjoy this. http://www.seriesflash.com/n/humor_olimpics  more...
 anindita bha... | 12:24 | 5/Apr/2007
Friends: (8)  | Interests: music,friends
TIME
TIME IS HISTORY-IT TELLS US ABOUT THE PAST EVENTSTIME IS GLOBAL WARMING-IT NOURISHES A PERSON WITH THE DANGEROUS POLICIES OF MIND LIKE MURDER ,FALSE SHOWS,DIRTY MIND GAMES.JUST LIKE THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS GETTING POISONED DAY BY DAY ,SIMILARLY THE INNOCENT MINDS OF PEOPLE ARE BECOMING DEPPRESED  .TIME IS ECONOMICS-IT TEACHES US HOW TO TAKE THE A...  more...
 Tinky Toinkers | 21:49 | 25/Oct/2006
Friends: (74)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: I am Jack. All wo...
Colours and light, joy to the spirit, heart of life..  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (618)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution
Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...  more...
 Mahesh Patwa... | 18:37 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (219)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: film, photography...
Where have all the record stores gone?
The Web is full of "user generated nonsense" - is in a nutshell one of the conclusions of The Cult of the Amateur: How Today"s Internet is Killing Our Culture  by Andrew Keen. Also more conclusions are that the second coming of the Web will destroy our moral fibre, it will be the downfall of organized Man as we know it, and completely drive every r...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 23:11 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (255)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
kahin koyi
kahin koyi manzil chhupi to hogikahin koyi aas dabi bhi hogikaise chudaoon apne haathon se lahoomere jurm ki panaah kahin to hogibaar baar hai beshumaar hai kehta hai dilhar baar dil ki sada tum tak pahunchi to hogidin guzar chuka hai raat bhi rawaan hogiis shabe gham ki bhi to koyi subah zaroor hogichalta jaaoonga jab talak na milegi mujhesaahil k...  more...
 monu g | 22:58 | 10/Oct/2007
Friends: (167)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
Of recognition & beyond
I remember the first time I wrote on this isle... I was sitting in the web-world at JBP, it was an autumn evening turning into night... my evenings used to be spent there as that was the only place in that big-village (as we used to call that city) where city-freaks like me could identify themselves with.. the multilights, teak round tables, cushio...  more...
 Kanchan Bhat... | 23:49 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (116)  | City: Jabalpur  | Interests: Impossibole... th...
Randomized
Randomized You women lie Kneeling and praying Dancing in endgames Praying as life ebbs To the Goddess of stupid things, Just nothingness Rejoicing in my death Forever A blindfold through The stakes Kill me Would you Or rather, Wont you? © kanchan 12 Dec 2007  more...
 ahsan ghori | 22:15 | 19/Nov/2007
Friends: (386)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Tennis my passion...
Pak Democracy
I BELIEVE it is not yet time for the democratisation of Pakistan. It must wait for the right time; that is, when the systems are in place and militancy is rooted out completely. Democracy had its chance on previous occasions and it miserably failed to deliver the goods for the future of Pakistan. The leaders were corrupt. Sometimes, military rulers...  more...
 udita chaudhary | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (214)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: self-improvement,...
 "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...  more...
 krishna veni | 19:34 | 2/Dec/2007
Friends: (0)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: .
Good bye everyone
 I am no longer going to post any more blogs in this site,good bye everyone..........  more...
 Aarthy Sriram | 13:27 | 2/Dec/2007
Friends: (94)  | City: Auckland  | Interests: friends, Reading,...
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 febin joy | 19:58 | 8/Dec/2007
Friends: (381)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
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  more...
 udhaya thiag... | 20:10 | 8/Jul/2006
Friends: (8)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: fiction novels,ha...
Toungue twisters
You've no need to light a night-lightOn a light night like tonight,For a night-light's light's a slight light,And tonight's a night that's light.When a night's light, like tonight's light,It is really not quite rightTo light night-lights with their slight lightsOn a light night like tonight.Of all the felt I ever felt,I never felt a piece of feltwh...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:15 | 28/Oct/2007
Friends: (515)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
'Talking too much' is top job-interview ...
Talking too much is the most common interview mistake that job candidates make,according to 36 percent of recruiters who completed the ninth edition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released by Korn/Ferry International, the premier global provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting andleadership development solutions. Other commo...  more...
 chandra mohan | 02:08 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (199)  | City: Atlanta  | Interests: Nethin X-treme, B...
U in parel gimme 1000Rs
OK, here"s a nostalgia question: What childhood game did you enjoy the most?Trade(monopoly)? In Monopoly, my strategy was to be the car.The car was one of the little metal game-board pieces; the other ones, as I recall, were the hat, the dog, the shoe, the guy on the horse and the iron. I never wanted to be the shoe, and I definitely did not want t...  more...
 Khushi A | 03:06 | 9/Dec/2007
Friends: (79)  | City: Michigan  | Interests: Poetry, blog writ...
Choices
You were so naïve at 4So could not have a sayDad signed you in that schoolTo study and play each dayAlmost out of teens You stepped out of that doorWas time to choose a careerAnd leap to rock the floorYour trodden path from hereWas not forced on you with glueYour first decision of lifeYour heart prompted this to doNot once but at zillion momentsYou...  more...
 Isha Cally | 11:50 | 20/Oct/2006
Friends: (340)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Nothing,,,,,!
SHUBH DEEPAWALI
WISHING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,,,,JOY, SPLENDOUR, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERTY ON THIS FUN FILLED OCCASION OF DIWALI,,,! MAY THIS FESTIVE OF LIGHT BRIGHTENS & BRING PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN LIFE... HAPPY DIWALI,,,!    more...
 neha s | 14:12 | 26/Apr/2007
Friends: (150)  | City: Indore  | Interests: reading,travelling
When I found you...
When I found youI found myselfI found a guyLike no one elseWhen I found youI found my heartI found it struckBy Cupid's dartWhen I found youI found pure blissI found heavenDeep in your in kissWhen I found youI found my soulI found your loveThat made me wholeWhen I found youI found my dreamsI found out what Love really meansWhen I found youI found a ...  more...
 warm sunshine | 22:03 | 2/Jul/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books,music,movie...
My Lost Muse
Looks like my muse has decided to take a long holiday.I have been struggling to find it for the past few weeks and it just doesn't seem to be willing to come out of the closet:( So this is my written attempt to find my muse and ask all of you to pray that it decides to come back soon...and hey I kinda feel my fingers tingling already...:)...yipeeee  more...
 Lesliey Tripaty | 06:26 | 12/Dec/2006
Friends: (159)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: http://www.leslie...
WELL  DIS IS A CLIP OF INTERVIEW OF MINE FEATURED IN AN ORIYA MAGAZINE  more...
 Lakshmi K | 08:48 | 10/Apr/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Drawing, painting...
Your Name
Some beautiful...wordings that I got. Would like to share with myRediffIland friends... Just words....Your Name....I wrote your name in the SKY,but the wind blew it.I wrote your name in the SAND,but the waves washed it away.I wrote your name in my HEART.and it will forever stay... - Jessica BladeMe too will complete my 1 year at Iland on 15.04.07.....  more...
 Ash K | 18:18 | 20/Nov/2007
Friends: (488)  | City: Wonderland - Iland  | Interests: Books, Food, Movi...
Healthy Contradiction….
Believing in commitment more than love…Palpable feelings instead of diplomatic smiles…Liking grey over black-o-white….Enjoying silence over garrulous sessions… Listening to Heart more often than the mighty Head…Adjusting rather than whining and retaliating…Taking a step or two to introspect than going full steam…Choosing a silent prayer over mindle...  more...
 Anil Goel | 12:28 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (749)  | Interests: Bollywood, Group ...
Can Maruti make car bombs?
Brainstorming exercise for fiction writers.Can someone stop Maruti Udyog if they decide to manufacture car bombs? Here's the thought... We go through security checks at airport or at important places where too technology and people are able to scan us for 'known' threats...in most cases electronic items are usual suspects as are metallic devices an...  more...
 A J | 16:13 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (256)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: The OSS method of...
बाँध लो मुझे ऐसे बंधन में, जैसे खुद की समझ ना रहे, तुम को जो पा ल...  more...
 Deepa Siddharth | 14:01 | 2/Oct/2006
Friends: (22)  | Interests: Music, Crosswords...
Phantom Parody??
Ah..well.. after a long time, I decided I d go watch a play with my friends. And then, Srinidhi got the tickets for Phantom Parody. I told Sid, I d be going, and he warned me against it. I pooh-pooh ed him and was there at the Sivagami Petachi Audi, M.Ct.M school, Mylapore at sharp 6pm.Many were known faces (thanks to Orkut hehe), and finally we fo...  more...
 NANDINI TRIP... | 12:38 | 14/May/2006
Friends: (37)  | City: Cuttack  | Interests: reading novels,wa...
what's important?
i wonder what's more important in this world - success,luv,relationship,friendship,money or hard work.surely,it's hard work which signfies truth and one's true identity.  more...
 srilaxmi tri... | 07:48 | 10/Aug/2006
Friends: (13)  | City: Cuttack  | Interests: making friends,da...
just enjoy reading this joke
har dagar mien har safar mien tum mujhe milo mere marne ke bad mere side kabar mien tum mujhe milo............                                                                                          bbye                                                                                                  mona  more...
 Deepak Ranga... | 15:22 | 2/Nov/2006
Friends: (5)  | Interests: Every thing that ...
sale offer. attractive discount for the ...
It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; each tool being marked with its sale price.They were a treacherous lot of implements... Hatred, Envy, Jealousy, Deceit, Lying, Pride, and so on.Laid apart from the rest was a harmless looking tool, that appe...  more...
 Sandhya Suri | 17:36 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (628)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: Life
Asleep on the Road
Ironically this post is under the 'Life' category...this is anything but life.I normally say my prayers early morning in transit to work. On my way, last morning, I saw a man, lying dead on the dusty median. He was stiff, still, as only a dead person can be. He had been beaten to death, sometime between the day before and last morning. My heart utt...  more...
 koms kapur | 12:24 | 25/Apr/2007
Friends: (62)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: animation,films,c...
what i miss about my college days
Ok i know i have posted a blog since december last year... for two reasons:i  had a continuous strech of  the exam bhoot again  and well i   was jussst tooo busy enjoying the last few months of college life......well now  in retrospect , theres more i couldve enjoyed this last semester........ ok well  i studied in mount carmel college, one of baga...  more...
 Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007
Friends: (436)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: relationship, bei...
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...  more...
 Dilip Nambiar | 17:13 | 30/Sep/2006
Friends: (19)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Veteran Affairs,m...
DUSSERA-TRIUMPH OVER EVILVijayadashmi is the tenth day of aswin symbolising the triumph of Goddess Durga over Demon Mahishasura.All over India this festival is celebrated in different ways depending upon the local customs and traditions.It is also celebrated as the homecoming of Rama after killing Ravana.Ayudha puja is also performed during this ti...  more...
 Manasee Mishra | 11:58 | 23/Jul/2007
Friends: (216)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Nature,Moovies,Th...
Find... Who R You !
Hi frnz...Here'z somethin 4 u , which describes   -  "WAT SORT OF PERSONALITY DO YE POSSESS..."  1.)- Me First     AN EGOIS