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| 30 Questions Tag!Alakananda (sowparnika.rediffiland.com) had tagged me twice before. This time, though, she was wiser, I guess! Nonetheless, I thought, why not try a third time – and may be surprise her! So, here I go…1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER? On my son's insistence, I went for Taare Zameen Par. I fell in love with Darsheel Safary and his...
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| 18:14 | 2/Apr/2008 |
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| Accha’s AccountsAccounts and accountants have always fascinated me; perhaps, `intrigued’ may be a better word. For a time, I toyed with the idea of joining a bank – that too, only as a cashier! In those impressionable days, `the cashier’ was the most impressive person around. Walk into any bank, and you find a long queue waiting upon him. And he s...
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| 18:31 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| Fiction – and Fact: Hues of LifeIt is trite to say that life – a fact – is stranger than fiction. When one reads newspapers or watches television, and when events unfold, one notices that what the Hollywood or Bollywood shows pales into insignificance before reality: as they say, reel life as opposed to real life. Increasingly, one realizes that hu...
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| 16:33 | 25/Feb/2008 |
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| Of Cricket, and Other Games![When I posted “Of Cricket, and Simians”, our friend Ekantapadhika (http://nadirafromkannur.rediffiland.com) commented that she couldn’t understand why cricket got all the fanfare, adding that other games got a step-motherly treatment. I replied to her by e-mail my thoughts on the matter. The good lady recommended that I...
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| 12:36 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Headline Hunters II: Today’s NewsI am a bad leader…I will not quit politics even though things haven’t been easy for me: Govinda [Whoever quits politics! Govinda is certainly not a bad actor, nor for that matter a bad politico: see how well he learned the tricks of the trade!]One striking feature of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi is that unlike most Indian poli...
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| 17:26 | 8/Jan/2008 |
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| Of Cricket – and Simians!A trans-continental battle of words is raging in – and in the middle is the poor simian who has nothing whatsoever to do with the men in flannels. Our ancestor he may be, or so says Darwin, but what did the poor monkey do to be dragged into the cricket pitches in Mumbai or Sydney? Far from bowling the cherry or wielding the...
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| 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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| 15:49 | 21/Dec/2007 |
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| The Story of a Study TourA couple of weeks back, my school-going son told me that he had to deposit some money with the principal; his class was going on a picnic-cum-study tour, and the money had to be paid in advance. He came back from the picnic a happy boy, and claimed that he had done some studies too while on tour!Years ago, I was doing my gr...
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| 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| An Evening in ChanakyaIn the late seventies and early eighties, the government-run Chanakya Cinema was one of the very theatres in Delhi that regularly screened English films. Once in a while, Chanakya also hosted foreign film festivals. The Nirula’s had set up shop nearby and their pizzas and ice creams were indeed a treat those days when there wa...
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| 16:06 | 19/Nov/2007 |
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| The White AmbassadorNot long ago, Indira Gandhi was the monarch of all she surveyed, socialism was the mantra, Amitabh Bachchan was very much the angry young man – and the Ambassador ruled the roost and the Indian roads both. `Amby’ to millions of its fans, it carved out a niche for itself in the nascent Indian automobile market. There used to be a...
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| Jein Rajan | 18:34 | 17/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (200)
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| Destination Chithirapuram |
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| If you are looking for a perfect vacation, or rather a rejuvenating vacation. Then the Kerala tour offers its Chithirapuram hill tour that is a perfect way to wash away all your fatigue and monotony. Only at a distance of 10 Kms from Munnar, this sleepy little hill town is a paradisiacal retreat that offers you the best of nature and its beauty. In...
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| gopika gopi | 19:52 | 1/Apr/2008 |
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| on LAZINESS… |
| WRITING ABOUT LAZINESS… So…writing after a long time...no...No...I wasn’t busy. I was neither ill nor gone into coma or sanyas…but I was just lazy…yes, lazy…we all get lazy for something or other .I am as common human being as u all. This time I got lazy to peep into my own heart or mind. Whatever u say…to think about my emotions…my feelings…huh. ...
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| Sameera Nandi | 17:18 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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| I'm still alive |
| It’s no fun being alone. There was a time when I didn’t mind being by myself. I used to like my own company. I could do stuff I liked to do and not miss anyone. Wish I were somewhere else. Doing something else. I wonder if it is social conditioning, or am I genuinely feeling lonely. To make matters worse, my roommate has gone to visit her parents. ...
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| RINJU | 14:13 | 14/Apr/2008 |
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| உழைப்பின ;் உன்னதம்அ ;றியாமல் உழைப்பில ;் ஊணம் காட்டும் ;முடவ...
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| Rajasree Nair | 21:59 | 4/Apr/2006 |
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| The dog vs the leopard! |
| A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch.The dog thinks, "Boyo, I'm in deep trouble no...
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| stardust | 08:46 | 20/Apr/2008 |
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| o what fun it is to SIN |
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| hiiiiiiiiii U guys must be wondering where I had disappeared!Ii had not gone anywhereI was thinking (yeah I do that once in a while )..and thinking profound thoughts ( do I hear a sneer sneer?) I was thinking of the ffffffuture..the SINS I would love to commit...I list some below1.Eat pots and pots and pans and pans of 'sinful' icecream and chocola...
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| yellowflower | 14:14 | 25/Apr/2008 |
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| My Garden |
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| A year passed by since i had been on iland and i had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people here.......abundantly talented and blessed ones........varied interests....who made my garden so colorful and full of different fragrances!!!!!!They are "My treasures on iland" and my life........... Aameen: A wonderful romantic poet....whenever i...
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| Pink Petals | 23:45 | 11/Apr/2008 |
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| ഒരു നല്ല വിഷു ആശംസിŎ 9;്കുന് 368;ു കണികാ! 63;ും നേരം (പി.ലീല, രേണുക) (12 )ക!...
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| vidya ravi | 11:38 | 26/Apr/2008 |
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| The best pain medicine can be a good lis... |
| To manage pain effectively know about it and how it could be treated effectively. Pain knows no boundaries and it is nature's mechanisim. It may be throbbing, lingering, nagging, and hampering our day-to-day activities. It interferes with our movements, work and affects sleep, our social, and emotional makeups. Pain are life events caused due to ps...
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| Frozen Sun | 23:51 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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| No Use for a Title.. |
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| Hi all, I am on a short break from iLand.. may be two weeks or at the max, a month (one week's already over). Just busy with life and its small things.. will come back with more vigor soon.. Till then enjoy reading iland, wander around, watch IPL and get some sleep.. Frozy!
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| velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008 |
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| How Heavy is a Glass of Water |
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| A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...
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| Priya nair | 11:33 | 9/Apr/2008 |
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| Beginning |
| Confused emotions; excitement, trepidation, guilt, love, inexplicable happiness; I was finding it hard to breathe. I couldn’t tell anyone what I was going through – not even to the person who was the reason behind all conflicts. I stared again at the phone – willing it to ring , scared that it would. Why had I given him the number? How would his vo...
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| ShaliniK | 11:34 | 21/Apr/2008 |
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| Her Man |
| “It just excites me to know that you know. I will always come back to you because your are the best. I can sleep with a million women but you are still the best and I can never have enough of you.” These words kept playing on Anita’s mind over and over again for the past five years. She often wondered if it would ever be finally over. That she woul...
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| A M Daniel | 06:10 | 30/Apr/2008 |
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| FEELING THE PRESENCE OF GOD |
| FEELING THE PRESENCE OF GOD.One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footpr...
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| Prabod kumar | 09:40 | 17/Apr/2008 |
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| I was amused to read recently an article by Shashi Tharoor who expounds a theory of engineers being prone to terrorizing behaviour. He also makes out a case for all engineers to compulsorily undergo a course in Humanities, so that such souls will become more compassionate and less terrorist minded. I have scanned the article ( Sunday Times, date - ...
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| Ashwin Unni | 15:57 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| ROADIES !!!!!!! |
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| THIS IS GR8....ONLY 7 ROADIES LEFT OUT OF 13......WHO'S IT GONNA BE??????????????I HATE TO REVEAL THIS BUT....................................A SHUTOSH HAS WON!!!!(check out his orkut profile)NIHAL HAS COME 2nd........AND THE CUTE SHAMBHAVI HAS COME 5th...........-------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------all data is ...
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| Sushil Menon | 12:30 | 21/Apr/2008 |
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| Priceless ( Laugh) |
| PRICELESS WORDSA husband wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So ...
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| ramnath rajaram | 08:22 | 30/Apr/2008 |
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| Good Morninggggggggggggg . |
| Good Morninggggggggggggg . Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your actions. Keep your actions positive, because your actions become your habits. keep your habits positive, because your habits become your lifestyle. Keep your lifestyle positive, because your li...
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| mohan | 12:34 | 22/Apr/2008 |
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| Would You Unify Our hearts? |
| Would You Unify Our Hearts? I thought you would be there till the end…But when the days passed, I found Everyday emptiness thicken, and My passion drifted deep downward. The entire essence of integrity and beliefOf our togetherness subsided foreverThe optimism and the confidence that I hadNever been there, as I dreamt. I thought you would stay ti...
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| Suresh Praja... | 10:40 | 3/Apr/2008 |
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| Hey this is the thing which i wanted to ... |
| Finally, i am writing one more blog. After such a long time. My first blog regarding the problme i am facing . As i have said in my first blog, that i am facing problem while speaking in english. And see , how many replies i got, i might be blessed more than enough. Let me share something very personal to all my friends. You know friends , who is m...
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| vira | 11:53 | 27/Apr/2008 |
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| A BEAUTIFUL CAKE ur fav perfume Love you tons!!!!! AND UR FAVORITE!!! COMICS!!! ...
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| Devon | 18:27 | 13/Mar/2008 |
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| Feminism |
| About my hip, unconventional friend:My friend S.C wrote in another of my friend’s blog:why woman’s day , why not humans day so that we learn to be more humane towards everybody . the talks of woman liberation , empowerment etc etc etc has been stretched a bit too far now . if woman are getting burnt , killed so also are the men , maybe in diffe...
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| silversulfur | 18:50 | 21/Feb/2008 |
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| A CUP OF MY LOVE |
| A Cup of My Love When you're sad And feeling down, Don't you cry Or even frown. I'm here for you Now and forever. I'll care for you always And leave you never. So when you're lonely, Know it's you I'm thinking of. And if I could, I'd send to you A huge cup of my love!
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| saurabh upad... | 01:12 | 21/Mar/2008 |
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| Hi. It's Holi-week and people are already in the mood to celebrate. Unfortunately, there are some who like to enjoy at the cost of others. There are experienced incidents where dirty-water (from gutters) balloons or acid balloons are thrown. This is specially done at passengers in buses or trains or at bikers as one cannot catch the culpri...
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| Ka Tvam | 11:21 | 16/Feb/2008 |
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| Markatasya surapaanam |
| When Teddy Bear called to announce his arrival in Chennai, I was busy directing traffic around my car, in the middle of a busy ring road near Koramangala! His call was a reminder that I had not posted a blog in a long while! Inertia...ennui..whatever….!!! As I spoke to him letting him know of my predicament, I figured out that life was not going ...
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| Cyril Paul | 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
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| Just Between Friends (Short Story) |
| Pushpa Saxena. Age 23, 5'5 in height, slender built, fair, attractive. I know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. Like her address, for example (#3003, 3rd Floor, Olympian Heights, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai). Or her cell number, both Vodafone as well as Airtel. Or her email address. I really know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. In fact, I think I know a lot more ...
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| shivani narula | 13:47 | 8/Apr/2008 |
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| Sometimes putting too much of blind faith in someone once we thought understand us back fires!And nothing hurts more than that once that feeling comes that whom you trusted blindly shows discontent , mistrust suddenly wrapped in the streaks of paranoia.Unknowingly and unintentionally things grow bitter or do we allow them to? Again Does it really ...
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| Tarun Giribuwa | 11:24 | 23/Mar/2008 |
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| This is awesome!! |
| I have been spending the last few days soaking up this wealth. Do click on the link below to read about the migration of humans and various sects across the human history https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/globe.h tml#/index/
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| Anonymous Hu... | 10:32 | 18/Jan/2008 |
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| There's fire in my belly! |
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| Honouring the request of Ms Kavita Ganguly. This picture was taken during my recent visit to Kerala for a welcome week long break. We have a small pond in our backyard. This Water Lily grew in there. This picture was taken in low light with the Flash on. Click here for larger version
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| Think Tank | 11:07 | 24/Apr/2008 |
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| What do you see here? |
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| Pic-Blog Flowers play many roles. They are basically to attract others so as to facilitate pollination, and hence give back to nature what they consumed to become a flower. But, they go beyond that; and teach us many lessons: Flowers are colourful. – Smile, always. Flowers have (generally) fragrance. – Make a positive change wherever you are. Fl...
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| ekantapadhika | 09:38 | 29/Apr/2008 |
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| Yeh Duniya Agar Mil bhi jaaye tho kya ha... |
| Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniyaYeh insaan ke dushman samajon ke duniyaYeh daulat ke bhookhen rivajon ke duniyaYeh duniya agar mul bhi jaayen tho kya hai? Har ek jism hai ghayal, hare ek rooh pyaasiNigahon me uljhan, dilon me udaasiYeh duniya hai ya aalam-badhawaasiYeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye tho kya hai? Jahan ek khilona hai insaan...
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| Ardra Vamshi | 11:42 | 3/Dec/2007 |
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| Something Lost Something Missing |
| Far away in my villageA tree fellStaked out from its rootsVerdant Guardian since centuriesSimply down to dustIn a singular moment!Steady, sturdy presenceEssence of the village personaNow no more?It came down with a deafening noiseBreaking thru the silenceShook the villagersThe sight that met their eyeOf the Glory now prostrateChilled their heartsAn...
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| DENSON JOSEPH | 16:22 | 10/Apr/2008 |
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| CAN WE STOP RAPE? |
| Can we stop RAPE ?We know that time & again unlawful miscreants keep on making a mockery of the law & its so called guardians.The problem is that our much boasted cultural values have deteriorated & the rot has now seeped so deep that even the young generation of today is not afraid of playing around with the life & dignity of a helpless being. Str...
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| siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007 |
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| A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE |
| Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...
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| pradeep kumar | 12:38 | 14/Dec/2007 |
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| Out of place advise |
| Yesterday as usual, I was enjoying the Idea Star Singer reality show on Asianet and the contestant Sannidhanandan (Sanni to the viewers and hosts of the programme) was, one thought more than at his best. But what happened after his rendering was a bolt from the blue. Mr. Ganesh Kumar, former Minister and cine/teleserial actor, the Guest Panelist o...
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| Joseph Antony | 01:49 | 30/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (441)
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| " Love 2 Love U " |
| I'd Love To Hold You CloseFor Tonight And Always I'd Love To Wake Up Next To YouFor The Rest Of My Days I'd Love To See The Way Your Eyes Light UpWith Each Smile That Crawls Across Your Face I'd Love To Know Every Inch Of YouWhat Makes You HappyWhat Makes You Blue I'd Love To Be The OneYou Share Your Dreams With I'd Love To Be The StarYou Look To E...
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| shefa | 17:10 | 14/Mar/2008 |
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| I Know This |
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| EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...How to fall in love without losing herself.How to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining a friendship.When to try harder, and when to walk away.How to make a good time at a party she'd never choose to attend.How to ask for what she wants in a way that makes it most likely she'll get it.Tha...
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