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| The State of the Nation: Some Irreverent Thoughts The nation waits with bated breath,So too Uncle Sam, NSG and the IAEAAs the world's largest functioning anarchyTurns its wheels of democracy.Hastinapura gets ready for another MahabharataBugles are sounded, conches are blown,Flags aflutter, soldiers march on,We shall fight, we shall win.In the corr...
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| 11:15 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| FIELD MARSHAL SHFJ MANEKSHAW 1914-2008
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| 17:43 | 25/Jun/2008 |
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| Silver Jubilee of a Win, and a Grin!There are moments in one’s life, which comes but rarely, that remain etched in one’s memory, forever. I am sure those of us who watched the 1983 World Cup cricket final 25 years ago, this day – rather this night – still get goose bumps when we recall that roller coaster ride of a match that culminated in an unbel...
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| 16:38 | 22/May/2008 |
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| All, in a Day!“It’s 720, and you are still sleeping as if you haven’t had even a wink in the last one week”.Muzzeebatein pehle batake nahin aate!“You better get up now” – this is one wake-up call no husband could pretend he didn’t hear. “You see, I went for a walk all by myself. Your colleague Mr. Sharma was walking with his wife”.“Why, did you exp...
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| 21:32 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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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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| bimal raj | 12:20 | 19/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (181)
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| My Visitor.......... |
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| These were my special visitors.........she came with family....except hubby, he is on a BT...
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| RAJEEV GARG | 18:33 | 18/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (200)
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| LADY&POLICE |
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| KABRISTAN ONCE AN OLD LADY WAS DRIVING A CAR AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WITH FOUR OTHER LADIES SITTING IN .A POLICEMAN SAW THAT CAR AND STOPPED THAT TO PUNISH AND FINE.LADY DRIVER:-I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT THAN WHY YOU HAVE STOPPED ME?POLICEMAN:-I HAVE STOPPED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE DRIVING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWA...
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| RAMESH | 11:45 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| GOD IS EVERY WHERE.....? |
| A QUESTION ....TO RETHINK...! BCOS LIFE IS SO SHORT.....! Love vs. Sex (THE ORIGINAL HEADING........)A teenage girl about 17 had gone to visit some friends one evening and time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of the past year.She ended up staying longer than planned, and had to walk home alone.She wasn"t afraid because it wa...
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| Keshav Dayal | 04:45 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| TRUTH and LIE |
| The first story which I am going to narrate here in this article is based on facts. The story had been told by my father to me and by several other senior citizens of my village. My father had been an agriculturist. His next door neighbour was one Mr. Har Lal Singh. Mr. Har Lal Singh was head of his family. In his family, he had his wife and three ...
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| divya j | 13:27 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| Money hai toh honey |
| Well i totally agree with the new movie of govinda's atleast with the title 'MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI'.Seriously now a days if u have money u can have nething or u can do nething.Be it a temple or a national monument money speaks baby.Recently i been to kolkatta wer i visited one famous temple but we reached the temple lil late the gate wer closed(f...
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| praveen sharma | 15:05 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| Pleasure Comes After Pain |
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| You are to me what sun is to the earth.On a dark day you bring light.On a cold day you bring warmth.I want to hold you in my arms and never let go.Hugging the sun is impossible though.When my eyes are closed is you who i see.Smile gentle as a dove.The look in your eyes is like a gate into heaven.Your hair is like the leaves in the wind.Every second...
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| ant r | 23:51 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| Manhunt Update.. |
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| It has been some time since the Manhunt for the most eligible bachelor has begun..And I can see it is being taken up in a very professional and organised manner - a series of evaluation rounds of incoming proposals, structured rejections with documented justifications and of course the very stringent shortlisting process. All this before the final ...
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| Monalisa Smile | 10:35 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| So long.... |
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| Hello All, A very good day to all who visit my iLand, read some of the boring stuff I write,To top it up, write some excellent comments and some great GB entries...I am away for few weeks..well not literally away from my lappy...but there are certainpersonal commitments because of which my activity on the iLand will be prettyerratic. I may not be r...
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| Manu Nair | 12:28 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Caught In The Net |
| It seems that the BJP has not learnt its lesson from the tie-up with the JD (S) in the state of Karnataka. Now the CPI (M) has opened its door towards the BJP. It’s really interesting to see if this tie-up would click if the BJP government is elected to power during the upcoming polls. The tie up of CPI (M) with BJP won’t click as people have alrea...
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| Meera Warrier | 10:43 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| Random Thoughts |
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| Dont let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their life.............. Ahhhh..........I recently realized this !!!!! Though a little late, the best lesson I learned was: Relationships work best when they are balanced. When our office recently lost an office attendant, I remembered that I owed him a "Thanks...
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| sreedevi | 13:08 | 30/Jun/2008 |
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| You’re mine, say you’re mineWhat do you think? Piyu bole piya bole jaanu naJiya dole hole hole kyon yeh dole jaanu na Not bad, ab yeh sunoDil ki jo baatein hain, baatein jo dil ki hain Dil hi mein rakhna piya Lab to na kholoon main, kholoon na lab to par Aakhon se sab keh diyaPiyu bole piya bole kya yeh bole jaanu naJiya dole hole hole kyon yeh dol...
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| Jein Rajan | 18:34 | 17/Dec/2007 |
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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 | 16:39 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| Of lazy Sundays and going back to my fir... |
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| I know I am a bit late with this movie review. Most of you might already have caught “Jaane tu ya jaane na”. I had wanted to see it last week itself, but the shows were all house-full. So, this time I took no chances and booked online. So, what do I think of the movie. It is all right I guess. But as I walked out of the theatre I had this feeling, ...
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| RINJU | 12:02 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| விசாலĪ... |
| விசாலப் படுத்துங ;்கள் அன்பை விசாலப் படுத்துங ;்கள் அனைவரு&#...
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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 | 19:43 | 8/Jul/2008 |
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| Precious Gift |
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| When you came into my lifeThe whole world changed for me…The bond we shared when you were bornIs a bond that can never be tornYou added colors to my lifeYou were the rainbow of my eyes...When I held you close to my bosomI felt the warmth of our relationship….When you smiled at meMy joy knew no bound…When I heard you calling meNo other ...
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| vidya ravi | 12:05 | 14/May/2008 |
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| Learning becomes fun when it appeals to ... |
| Helping kids to get into reading habits: My own experiments and experiences,To encourage good reading habits in children we should serve as good example ourself. If the child finds us reading instead of being glued to television, he may also want to do the same.Reading and being aware, are two factors which are like master cards that earn you succe...
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| Frozen Sun | 23:33 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| Say NO to iLand |
| [For a change, this is going to be a serious blog in my iland. For a reason]I have been blogging here and there for more than a year now. I have posted some 50 odd blogs on some amazingly lackluster topics. From the chemical relationship between Biriyani & God to some weird psycho poems on love. When I started, I didn’t know what to write. So I had...
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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 | 21:14 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Notice ME!!!!!!!! |
| Bear with me for this one!!! ;-)---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------I stared at the closed door – someone was singing on TV - Idea Star Singer – it didn’t interest me anymore. Making a decision I opened the door. He was there on the bed (surprisingly) staring intentl...
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| ShaliniK | 08:08 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Indian relatives?? |
| Someone sent the following to me. Not meant to be offensive but I am posting it here to see how true the descriptions are. I have not been fortunate to live and taste life in India although I can relate to some of the comments in the "Outside India" column. So, please, folks, what's your take on this? Any truth?? Relation In India Outside India Mot...
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| Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| 5 Minutes for Poor |
| Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...
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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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| Prabod kumar | 06:24 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| I Love this Doctor!! |
| I generally refrain from posting forwards in my blogspace. However, when I opened my mail this morning, I got one which I felt I should necessarily share with all my blog friends.. It is one which made me feel lighter about my heavier ( than most people) frame I love this Doctor !!! Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is ...
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| Chetan Karkh... | 11:31 | 14/Feb/2008 |
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| Effective way to make most out of MS Out... |
| My iLand friends... have a look at this s/w extension. It has wonderful features... Xobni Insight makes Microsoft Outlook better Xobni boosts your email productivity, with: Xobni is a Lightning-fast email search Threaded email conversation Visible email relatiohsip
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| Ashwin Unni | 18:38 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| $$--NeWtOniAn GaMeS--$$ |
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| It so happened that once all the top scientists of the world decided to play Hide-n-seek. Famous scientists like Newton, Einstein, Coppernicus, Homi Bhabha, and many others were also present. It was decided that Einstein would be the seeker.......... He went ahead and closed his eyes and started counting till 100. Newton could not...
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| Sushil Menon | 14:53 | 25/Jun/2008 |
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| Bangalore musings |
| my friends...Life has been hectic for a while ever since I moved to bangalore in Sept last year. At home and work it has been fun-tastic, each day brining in something new as I guess would be when "change" visits you. If at all it has taken a toll- it has been on my ramblings which used to be seen on this space. I have resigned to just posting what...
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| ramnath rajaram | 14:36 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| बातें करके रुला ना दीजिएè 7;ा…बाते&# 2306; करके रुला ना दीजिएè 7;ा…यू चु...
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| mohan | 15:51 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| Achievers!! |
| Dear friends, I am very proud to share an article which came in The Hindu last month. Sheela Basrur is the only daughter of Dr.Parvathi Basrur and Dr.Basrur. Dr.Parvathi Basrur is from a Namboodri family from Calicut, Kerala. She is the first veterinary doctor from Guelph university, Canada. Dr. Basurur is a cancer specialist fr...
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| Suresh Praja... | 12:39 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Welcome to Civilisation |
| Hello , family. Recently i have started on more book, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL by Tony Martin. I have found a very interesting page in this book. I would like to share it with you. Author has taken it from somewhere which is mentioned at the end. The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways , bu...
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| vira | 14:06 | 8/Jul/2008 |
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| Ready for taxing timesBaljit BainsTHE north-western region is all set to benefit from the rich and varied experience of an Indian Revenue Service woman officer. The lady in question is the highly competent Mrs Baljit Bains. She has taken over as the new Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, North-West region, at Chandigarh. Mrs Bains is not new to th...
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| Devon | 16:22 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| Tall, dark and Handsome |
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| From God’s own country and God’s own creation, introducing India’s most handsome and eligible bachelor, Febin Joy. Tall, dark and handsome. Elizabeth calls him Stallone of India and I totally agree, even though I gave him tough time for wearing that cap J. A prize winning photgrapher, biker and computer pro. In the previous post some people point...
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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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