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 10:15 | 21/Nov/2007
The Swan Song!!!
Hello everyone..I'm today writing my last post here..Thank you all for all your constructive comments and feedbacks and trust me, it has been huge..That is not to say i'm stopping writing altogether..but this point forward i'll be blogging on:http://disruptiveharmony.blogspot.com.(i've already transferred most of my blogs there...and some others, i... more...
 13:42 | 20/Nov/2007
Suspended Animation!!!
There it goes, out of the window..my resolution not to write about the politicians..But these guys are such great entertainers.. Try as you might, can't really ignore them..They just love hogging the limelight..And in what ways..B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned..finally..after a week in power..with all hullaboo of being the first BJP Chief Minister of any... more...
 16:02 | 19/Nov/2007
The Prayer
oh God, if you existthis is my prayer to yougive me the strength to go oneven after i think i can'tshow me the way when darkness blindsand let the blindness never be insidehold my hand when i get too lonelybequest me the poise to stand alonelet me not be lost in pretentionsand ever be obscured in a charadelet me always feel the sorrowsi need not ha... more...
 15:59 | 19/Nov/2007
To be politically correct
i really didn't want to write about politicians in my blog because they get their due from thousands already.This is just for a show of solidarity to all bloggers out there fighting a silent battle through their mighty words and writey pens.. Sometime back, i had written about mutual blackmail in political throes..Now, we see the implications , fro... more...
 15:57 | 19/Nov/2007
Moment!!!
The different shades catch the light and change the hues yet again and yet again you're caught in a whirlwind and a changed direction moment flies you hold on only time passes you by with its merciless laughter looking into your hands you find there's nothing to hold more...
 12:18 | 11/Nov/2007
The Zero Waste Philosophy!!!
I guess you would know about it..Zero waste is a philosophy that aims to guide people in the redesign of their resource-use system with the aim of reducing waste to zero.It believes that if you focus on the productivity of the rawmaterials, you can generate more in terms of output. We do it whileplanning all our programmes. It is integrated at th... more...
 12:16 | 11/Nov/2007
The children of the street!!!
A few days back i made a stop near the local market because i had a pick a few things up. As i was waiting for the driver three little children showed up. You would have seen the type sometime in your life if you live anywhere in India. They have dirtied torn clothes and faces which are difficult to tell apart and those simply magnetic and pitiful... more...
 12:15 | 11/Nov/2007
The Kaya Within!!!
There are times when i think i just don't care about anything anymore..and then it hits..The real pain..when i loose something i didn't know i had started to cherish..and the pain isn't of losing..it is for the futility of it all..my belief, my commitment and my faith..And then there were times when i absolutely felt nothing.When i knew i should ha... more...
 16:33 | 27/Oct/2007
Eternal
unspoken words, unspoken volumesyou were meant to understandyou din'ti don't grudge you thatinfact no grudges are heldmy love was without expectationif you understood, fineif you didn't, i won't ask you for iti will still love you alwaysmy words spoken once are yours forevermy tears shed, the pain feltis all mine to feelyou only took away the name ... more...
 16:19 | 27/Oct/2007
dream o heart
dream dream dream who has seen the tomorrow that will bewho holds the moments gone?there's no present, it's a moment gone and moment to comewhat you have is only your dreamsdream where no powers holdno fetters boltthe air is free and so am ino anger, no expectation, no liedream o heart, that's rightly yourslighted rooms and opened doorsnoone to hat... more...
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 MANMOHAN GAUR | 17:00 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (23)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Acting , writing ...
Just wait dear
Dear friends , wait and watch is an old proverb .In the same way the much u wait the more u know about ur friends.The hidden secrets are exposed the sooner we believe you are the real ours.Then everything which is our's become your's and the vice-versa.Then u are full of joy which is unbelievable as u got everything u even dreamt of .you have achie...  more...
 indal kumar | 15:53 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (56)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Friendship, Shaya...
PAYAR
प्यारजब भौंरे ने आकर पहले पहले गायाकली मौन थी। नहीं जानती थ...  more...
 samyak sahoo | 09:29 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Bhubaneshwar 
Saale bear da kasoor
Saale bear da kasoor. Curr ent mood: confused I am writing this blog coz recently i came across something dat hastotally changed the life of my friend. it started like this. i just gota call from...  more...
 vira | 11:41 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (214)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: music,photography...
some useful for love
 Funny situations between boys & girls.........BOY : I can't leave you ... GIRL : Do you love me so much?? BOY : It's not that. You're standing on my foot. BOY : May I hold your hand??GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.GIRL : Did you miss me while I was away?? BOY : Were you away?? GIRL : Who was that girl I saw you kissing last night? BOY : What tim...  more...
 Kiran Raivad... | 23:43 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: journalism, liter...
jokes
This is something interesting that I recently came acrossRead the paragraph below,and try to understand the meaning.'Two individuals proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified.'O...  more...
 Kumar | 14:19 | 29/Oct/2007
Friends: (26)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Reading, trekking...
Brave Heart
A couple of years back, an article was published in the TOI - 'A Soldier's Father' by one Mr. Venki Iyer. I am sharing the same with fellow rediffilanders. The helicopter appeared over the late morning horizon. We were to receive Mr. Lachhmansingh Rathore who was visiting our fighter base to perform the last rites of his son, Flg. Offr. Vikramsingh...  more...
 jofebin@redi... | 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...
 ramakrishna | 20:41 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (136)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Plays Cricket,Vol...
Stress
Acute Stress Disorder Definition Acute stress disorder develops within one month after an individual experience or sees an event involving a threat or actual death, serious injury, or physical violation to the individual or others, and responded to this event with strong feelings of fear, helplessness or horror. The diagnosis was established to ide...  more...
 Gautam Kumar... | 11:40 | 30/Oct/2007
Friends: (30)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Friendship
Spirituality
Detach your service from expectationThe karma yogi avoids the chaotic activity of selfish desires; he also avoids the apparent inaction of total non-wanting. He leads a life of selfless service, in which there is not the slightest alloy of any personal motive and which furthers the release of divinity in all phases of life. Service, even when it is...  more...
 ranjit singh | 10:14 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (105)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing,Reading, ...
Tips on Health
Dear Ilander friends, I will  be 'absent'  for 2-3 days, as I will be out of Station.Presented herewith are some  tips on health forwarded by my friend Jyothsna.Very best wishes for your mental elevation.....ranjit --------Dr. Mao's Secrets of Longevity Sleep Your Way to 100 with Power Naps  This is one of my favourite longevity tips, but don't get...  more...
 vivek keserwani | 10:08 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (114)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: music, meditation...
Good Morning India
Hi India... Very good morning to you all. Wish you all the happiness, love and laughter.....Enjoy the day with a bang. Aaj kisi ki date hogi to kisi ki marriage anniversary, kisi ka bithday bhi hoga aur kisi ki shaadi bhi....koi exams ki tayaari kar raha hoga to koi interview dene ki. Kisi ko office report karna hai to kisi ko movie deekhne jaana h...  more...
 ps sarkar | 12:12 | 4/Oct/2006
Friends: (26)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: chat, friendship,...
a beautiful message .........
Hi, Good morning … Have a nice day!For a change, a beautiful message .........  Somebody once asked god "What surprises you most about Mankind?"   God replied "They lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health...  By thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present...  Such that they live neither for ...  more...
 kishore Navale | 13:26 | 21/Oct/2007
Friends: (160)  | City: Pune  | Interests: politics, reading...
HAPPY DASSHERA
SAGAR SI KHUSIYAN, AASMA BHAR PYAR, MITHAI KI KHUSBU, RANGOLI KI BAHAR, MUBARK HO APKO YE DASSHERE KA TYOHAR HAPPY DASSHERA  more...
 Ajay Bramhe | 14:16 | 13/Jan/2007
Friends: (1)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: Poem, Reading, Co...
I want to live
I am a simple menYet not as simple as u r thinking.I am very oldYet young enough to feel the feeling.Between every passing time...The passage is very long....I am loosing the grip over my thought....Some faded, some lost, some mixed in various thoughts...Abstract or Modern....i fail to judgeHow are my thoughts.You again sit and watch.No standing an...  more...
 vaibhav mittal | 14:43 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Neemuch-M.P.  | Interests: Music, Net Surfin...
Maharaja Agrasen
http://vaibhav-mittal.blogspot.com/     महाराजा अग्सेन जयंतीMaharaja Agrasen Jayanti is on 12th Oct 2007.Now few things about Maharaja Agrasen.Maharaja Agrasena (also Agrasen) (Devanagari: अग्सेन) was a leg...  more...
 MANOHAR | 16:03 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (86)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: HR SPECIALIST (Hu...
BEST WISHES FOR 2008
BEST WISHES FOR 2008    #message70241499383028768355423733480409486950265767639 360 { overflow:auto; visibility:hidden } 200 7 is going 2 finish Now, we need to face 200 8 There may be risks involved We may need to face roadblocks So stay alert Share time with friends Jump over obstacles With care And caution Face challenges Remember to laugh Coo...  more...
 rajesh singh | 12:11 | 8/Dec/2007
Friends: (50)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music,singing,tra...
dnt hurt anyone
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 Rishie | 19:49 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (132)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: "There is nothing...
ek hasi..ek adaa..ek nazaakat ek kashish..ek junoon..ek mohabbat ek yaar..ek yakeen..ek haqiqat ek pyar..ek saath..ek ibaadat - Rishie  more...
 Sunit Sankhla | 08:48 | 1/Nov/2007
Friends: (47) 
A Special World
A special world for you and meA special bond one cannot seeIt wraps us up in its cocoonAnd holds us fiercely in its womb.Its fingers spread like fine spun goldGently nestling us to the foldLike silken thread it holds us fastBonds like this are meant to last.And though at times a thread may breakA new one forms in its wakeTo bind us closer and keep ...  more...
 Yogender Cha... | 11:58 | 15/Oct/2007
Friends: (16)  | City: Nasik  | Interests: music etc
90/10 principle
Take time to read!!!!90/10 PrincipleBy: Steven CoveyHave you read this before?Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life (at least thewayyou react to situations). What is this principle?10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decidedbyhow you react. What does this mean?We really have no control over 10% of what hap...  more...
 chaitali rai | 12:24 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (483)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
Around the corner I have a friend,In this great city that has no end,Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before I know it, a year is gone.And I never see my old friends face,For life is a swift and terrible race,He knows I like him just as well,As in the days when I rang his bell.And he rang mine but we were younger then,And now we are busy, t...  more...
 Vijay Sarathi | 11:47 | 12/Jun/2007
Friends: (31)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: keep moving
Food for thought
Everyday you read something good that you want to share with all because you were moved by it... today's highlight... enjoy... The Sparrow told the gardener at morn   Why the earth brings out the blossoms   Which die in the prime of their youth   Whereas the accompanying thorns grow to an old age   -- Mohd. Iqbal   (written in Urdu)  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (577)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading, Bollywoo...
Yesterday Today & Tomorrow
There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in theworld cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act wepe...  more...
 greengrass | 10:29 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (473)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Swimming, Dance, ...
Technology has improved so much…aaah! ?!
From www.manakkudiyan.com :  All the technology advancement is only for people comforts. I remember my teacher told me once “The fellow who invented the TV remote must be very lazy. But his invention made work easy for others”.  When you have technology, you should use it. See How an IT professional uses the technology for his need.  I am sure, you...  more...
 manaswi | 21:03 | 29/Sep/2007
Friends: (56)  | City: iland k ek gumnaam galli  | Interests: rummaging solitud...
chitchat with GOD
I asked God to take away my pain.God said,No."It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up."I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.God said.,No"Her spirit was whole,her body was only temporary."I asked God to grant me patience. God said,No."patience is a byproduct of tribulations;it isn't granted,it is earned."I asked God to giv...  more...
 ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (228)  | City: dhaka  | Interests: blog ,book reading
why
There are no moonlight, no sunlight The earth is so dark… No wind to take breath.   There are no flowers No color The earth is colorless   There are no bird, no butterfly No song, no color, no light… No love, no humanity   The earth is so dark…so… Why  life?   more...
 naina chopra | 10:23 | 9/Nov/2007
Friends: (126)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: netsurfing,music,...
Kal Ho Na Ho
  Kal Ho Na Ho Title Track Enjoy!   http://www.youtube.com/v/lRcQZ2tnWeg&rel=1"> name="wmode" value="transparent"> http://www.youtube.com/v/lRcQZ2tnWeg&rel=1 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355">  more...
 A Meet | 23:11 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (256)  | 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...
 shefa | 14:12 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (190)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: dancing in rain.
Its too late now
Hi friends.I am not poet like some of you are.But still I thought it will be more convenient for me to express my these thoughts with the help of poem.Its all about todays so called super cool hip moms and unguided,attented,uncared teen daughters.  Mom why didn’t you slap me?When I put that black micro mini with body hugging topIs it because You yo...  more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 20:29 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (1227)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Very Hot
A Zen master visiting London City goes up to a hot dog vendor (Indian of course) and says, "Make me one with everything."The hot dog vendor fixes a hot dog and hands it to the Zen master, who pays with a €20 note.The vendor puts the bill in the cashbox and closes it. "Excuse me, but where’s my change?" asks the Zen master.The vendor responds, "Chan...  more...
 kishor Jagirdar | 13:09 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (88)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: adventure sports,...
Happy Diwali
WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW BLOGGERS ON ILAND A  " HAPPY DIWALI "May the lord almighty bestow on all of you and your families peace , happiness and prosperity BRING ALIVE THE FESTIVITY AND TRADITION - Enjoy the festival of lights but please remember this is not a festival to increase pollution by crackers and also dont forget the weak and the...  more...
 kishore gupta | 22:55 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (186)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Dancing in the na...
funny
Bill Gates and Laloo's Meeting  Conversation between Bill Gates and our very own Laloo of Bihar   Gates : Namaskar! you must have heard of Windows.Laloo : Oh yes! most govt. offices we have the single window clearance  concept. Gates : At home have u installed Windows?Laloo : I have removed all windows due to increased burgalaries in our  house. Ga...  more...
 saurabh upad... | 01:31 | 11/Nov/2007
Friends: (410)  | City: dream land  | Interests: photography,sport...
BEST FRIEND
    Will you walk with me?My friend could you always be?Will you take my hand ?When times are tough,can you take command? Will you laugh with me, And share in my glee?Will you be at my side at every turn,Teaching me the things I need to learn? Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall,Will you be with me to share it all?As we walk together year after...  more...
 sahil banga | 16:12 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (216)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Kalatop Wildlife Santuary: Review
Kalatop Wildlife Santuary: An Overlap of Real and SurrealThat we took the wrong route, no issues, that we had a hard time with the submerged bridges and treacherous marshy routes as alternates, no problems, because once we reached Kalatop, it was all worth it. Nestled in the virgin parts of Himalayas, Kalatop is an 8km vertical drive from the small...  more...
 neetha nair | 22:31 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (336)  | City: Everywhere  | Interests: All that is betwe...
jab THEY met !!!
phoolan devi (one and only one), rekha ( filmi) and medha patkar (Narmada) going for a picnic to chambal “gardens”! the following lead to the above unimaginable episode of their lives…. Phoolan was as usual roaming on the outskirts ( not in skirts  but in a salwar )of her garden , hunting for some  deer, she was scared of leopards …..but had her gu...  more...
 p kumar | 20:31 | 7/Oct/2007
Friends: (19)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music, reading, ...
Indian heroes
The tragedy of India is that there are several potential  martyrs guarding our borders so that the countrymen may enjoy the cricket team's antics in peace and worry about the length or lack of the film heroines' clothes. when will our mind set change? or will it ever- We do not ever understand PRIORITIES.          more...
 Uday Sodhi | 10:16 | 22/Nov/2007
Friends: (206)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Internet, Travel,...
Letter to Bill Gates
 Dear Mr. Bill Gatesa, This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer forour home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.1. After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account andwhenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ******appears, but in the rest of the fields what...  more...
 Noanee Kapadia | 12:56 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (644)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: mountains,art and...
my paintings of Himalaya
Photos: my paintings of Himalaya      more...
 subhashish c... | 15:45 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: music ( bruce spr...
AT LEAST SOMEONE THOUGHT ABOUT MEN
            Thought 1 When we are born, our mothers get the compliments and the flowers. When we are married, our brides get the presents and the publicity. When we die, our widows get the life insurance. What do women want to be liberated from? ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Thoug...  more...
 Elisabeth | 04:14 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (215)  | City: Amsterdam  | Interests: painting,drawing,...
Bollywood The Show
in December in The Netherlands.      Fabulous Indian musicalshow for the whole family Bollywood - The Show is the new music and dance sensation!  Looking back over 80 years of Indian cinema on the basis of beautiful images, known choreographies and successful soundtracks.  A fascinating introduction to the glamourwereld of the world's largest film ...  more...
 Sweet Devil | 17:21 | 29/Sep/2007
Friends: (11)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: am a movie and bo...
Did you know?
  If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have   produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.         (Hardly seems worth it.)         If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is   produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.        (Now that's more like it!)        The human heart creates enou...  more...
 VirginatThirty | 10:02 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (80)  | City: Urban India  | Interests: Movies, Music, Ma...
Shivani - An uncessary conflict
I usually dont open my mailbox that too usually early mornings but someone posted a guestbook entry so I thot I would open my box and check out the feedback and lo and behold my first victim.Am I THAT wrong here? Or are women that hard to please. Washing dirty linen in public anonymously....was a suggestion, not an order.Junta please comment. Mars ...  more...