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 15:50 | 4/May/2009 |
| 10 things I’d love people to say (and in... | |
| Hema Malini: “Haaaaannnnn” Mothers to fussy sons: “Eat all the damn food I cook. What’s your wife going to say when she sees I haven’t taught you anything in your maika.” Mamata Bannerjee: “I bathe on a daily basis." Varun Gandhi: “I know what I’m saying.” Ram Gopal Varma: “I know what I’m doing.” Narendra Modi: “I stand before you today so that y...
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| 09:43 | 15/Mar/2009 |
| 25 Random Things About Me | |
| This started as a Facebook thing, but I'm putting it on here anyway. 25 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT MERules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know m...
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| 09:21 | 15/Mar/2009 |
| Leave of Absence? | |
| Why have I been away for a year and a half? Well, for reasons that go beyond just laziness, boredom and working my ass off. Well for starters, I am now married. After a somewhat struggle of sorts with people around, my former boyfriend and I are now man and wife. Despite my reservations, there was the big, fat, loud Marwari wedding that my in-laws ...
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| 20:50 | 22/Oct/2007 |
| Yeh, ya woh? | |
| Honestly, I hate decision making. I’ve been good at it over the past years (well, mostly at least), but that’s mostly due to two reasons – a) pure luck and b) making the most of all my decisions. But somehow, I notice that decisions get more and more complex as you grow older. Like when you’re four, and you need to choose between chocolate and ice-...
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| 17:46 | 26/Jul/2007 |
| KidSpeak :) | |
| I’m going to my see my entire family at my sister’s place in Shillong this weekend. Yippppieeeee!!!! Out of my normally extensive hyper-excitement on seeing my nieces, I called them last evening to know their toys preferences. I understand my sister’s little one, rightly called Chotu, is learning Hindi. My sister encourages me to converse in Hidni ...
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| 15:14 | 3/Jul/2007 |
| There's always a first time | |
| To take the first stepTo learn the first wordTo unlatch a cage And free a lovebirdTo scrape an elbowTo stumble and fallTo drool in deep slumberTo see a waterfallTo hide behind a tree To watch a shooting starTo feed a hungry kitten To lick clean a jelly jarTo discover the hidden egoTo nurse a broken heartTo try and climb with balanceFirst time on a...
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| 15:15 | 27/Jun/2007 |
| Of dreams and fear | |
| Once in a while, a sudden sentence in a casual conversation leaps out and catches your attention. It happened at lunch to me yesterday and I’ve been thinking about it since then. I was at Subway with Pooja and Karishma, two colleagues I really enjoy working with. Pooja is easily one of the best looking people I have met in my entire life. Young, br...
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| 17:18 | 1/Jun/2007 |
| Nothing makes sense anymore | |
| This one sentence states my perspective on life at most times. I just don’t get it. Everyone’s talking about paperless offices. So in my mind, that should be a solution to deforestation and consequently global warming. Unfortunately, facts and figures beg to differ. Marriages are breaking because people have stopped making love in the quest for h...
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| 12:21 | 24/May/2007 |
| Ramblings | |
| Three months in Bombay, and I feel quite settled. Sure, I miss a lot about Pune – from the breezy evenings to riding my bike, but Bombay’s not bad. Though I haven’t really hung out a lot with my new friends here, because I meet my friends from Pune almost every weekend when I’m not working; I’m liking the life here. I guess that’s more because I’m ...
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| 11:26 | 3/Apr/2007 |
| Strange Whispers and Silent Nights | |
| The strange whispers and the silent nightsThe moon, stars and a thousand lightsLoneliness, strangely; never left aloneTreads on memories that life now ownsQuestions are raised and silenced by the mindRendered futile by a past left behindSilly love traps, painful heartbreaksThe silent night recounts all achesAnd yet it smiles, often as if it were mo...
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| Soumit Mohan | 22:13 | 19/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (10)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: Friends
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| MTV-EFFECT ON THE SOCIETY |
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| INTRODUCTION Censorship, like charity, should begin at home,but unlike charity, it should end there.- Clare Boothe Luce The “Dreamworlds” is all about how a woman is projected in music videos; basically it contains clippings from music channel, MTV. Of all the relationship of modern civilisation, none is m...
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| Test User | 16:42 | 6/Sep/2006 |
| Friends: (5)
| City: Hyderabad
| Interests: Browsing, reading...
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| Work Phone |
| A Good one... an email forward for your consumption:The phone bill was exceptionally high and the man of the house called a family meeting.Dad: People this is unacceptable. You have to limit the use of the phone. I do not use this phone, I use the one at the office.Mum: Same here, I hardly use this home telephone as I use my work telephoneSon: Me t...
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| Jaguar 007 | 13:27 | 10/Sep/2006 |
| Friends: (93)
| City: xanadu
| Interests: Music,Movies,Trek...
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| Love Strings--'The Untouchable Love' |
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| This article is the first of my series ' Love Strings '. Perhaps it may be described as my first brush with the feeling of Love. These events unfolded when I once went to my grandpa's native village in my summer vacations during my school days.Within the premises of my grandpa's house at the village, there was a 'Well' which in a long radius was th...
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| Udayan Roy | 09:45 | 24/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (193)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: Astronomy, Astrop...
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| Loose to gain |
| It's better to loose your EGO to the one you LOVE, than to loose the one you LOVE because of EGO . -------- John Keats.
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| vamsi rompi | 05:12 | 11/Oct/2006 |
| Friends: (22)
| Interests: sports.politics. ...
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| my plan for indian cricket !!!!!!! |
| Seeing so many sports being patronized in US, I just can’t help but wonder why the infrastructure of Indian sports is so lacking. Forget bout the lesser-played sports like athletics etc. even religiously followed sports like cricket have mediocre practice facilities and a dismal following for the local teams. The BCCI being the richest cricketing b...
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| Sandeep Ozarde | 15:35 | 15/Dec/2008 |
| Friends: (625)
| City: Bombay
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| Do We Have the Guts? |
| I am convinced that India will take another 100 years to reform itself or we need exceptional strong leaders. No great reform will happen after this attack in Mumbai. India has all the power to fight back, unfortunately Indian government has no guts to attack these terror camps like US did in Afghanistan after 9/11. Pathetic Indian Law System is a...
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| Krishna Reddy | 23:27 | 22/Apr/2009 |
| Friends: (339)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
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| Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party's vulga... |
| Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party's women's wing chief Shobha Rani's vulgar comments on actress Roja(I had originally posted this article on my other blog)Shobha Rani, women's wing chief of Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party(PRP) behaved in a vulgar way, abusing famous Telugu actress Roja.Here is a video that shows her vulgar comments and Roja's coun...
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| Saurin Parikh | 12:18 | 24/Feb/2009 |
| Friends: (133)
| City: Ahmedabad
| Interests: Sunrise & Sunset ...
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| Religion, Atheism & Me |
| Saurin Parikh in conversation with Saurin Parikh...Do I believe in god? No, because I don't believe in organised religion and the images of god that every religion has created for itself. Why don't I believe in religion?I feel that religion is the reason behind most of the problems faced by the world today. Had there been no religion, there would b...
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| cajetan vaz | 15:18 | 18/Feb/2009 |
| Friends: (1175)
| City: Goa
| Interests: silence
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| 4 nights 5 days in mumbai! (xavier's, ho... |
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| it shocks me, how much i did while in mumbai...what a trip! come join me...day 1arrive by paulo volvo, alight at bandra..cab it to xavier's metro, check in to the xavier's college hostel guest room, b'fast at college canteen, freshen up, go to central bank, d.n. rd., find bank yet to open, so stroll to citibank and deposit lic cheque, step in to ch...
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| Sudipta Sarkar | 18:02 | 4/May/2009 |
| Friends: (539)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: relationship, bei...
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| Learning and Growth |
| I had always considered myself very balanced and practical. During my childhood, I hated when my mother visited me during my exams with my lunch. I strictly prohibited it. Although, my mother got an excellent chance during my board exams. I was terribly ill with typhoid. Thanks to my mother, who strictly enforced that I should sit for the exams ev...
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| S Ramakrishnan | 21:56 | 10/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (90)
| City: Bangalore
| Interests: Occult, neo-pagan...
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| Presenting manners |
| Having lived in both India and the US, I have observed the following differences when people present gifts to one another.1. No "thank you" notes. In India this concept doesn't seem to exist.2. People open presents only after the occasion is over. In the US, the person to whom the gift is presented opens it almost immedaitely, in front of everyone ...
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| Magnum Opus | 10:49 | 4/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (15)
| Interests: I read a bit. I w...
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| The Bridges to Someplace Else |
| This has been triggered by The Bridges of Madison County. The movie had been recommended by two close friends and, one workday afternoon, I decided that even if caused the collapse of my empire I must watch it.The movie is about a middle-aged houswife and an itinerant photographer finding love during their four day tryst. The meeting does not last ...
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| Monishikha R... | 13:49 | 27/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (222)
| City: Karnataka
| Interests: Books,Music,Sketc...
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| A Soldiers Lament to the President |
| This is something I found while trawling the internet for reports of a "Black Diwali" for the Armed Forces. I think it reflects the simmering anger of those in the services. SCPC: A Soldiers Lament to the PresidentWhile we awaited the pay commission bountyThe IAS got there firstand now, President AuntyWe have no choice but to be bluntWe are third ...
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| amit khanna | 11:26 | 16/Oct/2008 |
| Friends: (176)
| City: Lucknow
| Interests: Baying at the moo...
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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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| madhu varun | 18:23 | 18/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (68)
| City: Hyderabad
| Interests: SustainableDevelo...
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| Great Indian Super MP'MALL' ? |
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| we are all shocked to hear the news that sale or buy of MPs for the support to the Congress led UPA governement.the is happened in Mr.P.V.Narsinha Rao led congress goverment,now this rumors are coming on once Mr.Nrsimha Rao's close aid (former finace Minsinster in Narsimha Rao's cabinet)and now Prime Minister Mr...
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| gaurav atri | 20:48 | 1/Oct/2008 |
| Friends: (276)
| City: Noida
| Interests: Art, History, Rea...
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| India made a tryst with destiny in 2008 |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru : Speech On the Granting of Indian Independence, August 14, 1947Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes,...
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| priya patankar | 00:42 | 23/Oct/2006 |
| Friends: (145)
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| Family time |
| I am at my parent's place vacationing (for the past 2 weeks) and it is time for meeting and greeting my family. The close scrutiny and comments I am subjected to during my annual holiday make me flashback to my teenage years (which seem like a few decades away for me but not for my parents.) Here are some exchanges with the family captured in vers...
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| JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (865)
| City: Ever heard of Nadir ?
| Interests: blogging ...and t...
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| Sleepless in ...... |
| I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...
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| Sudaman TM | 15:16 | 25/Apr/2007 |
| Friends: (96)
| City: copenhagen
| Interests: Simpsons family.....
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| Sing it |
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| sing the state of penniless momentssing the world of abysmal miseriesjob is lost sing itmoney is lost sing itlove is lost sing ityou are lost sing itsit in the corner sing ityou are young and you lost your fathersing ityou are old and you lost your sonsing ityou are one and you are nothingsing ityou are lone and you need someonesing itthe light in ...
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| Purushottam ... | 10:26 | 24/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (100)
| City: Ghaziabad
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| Facing up to your kids' sexual activitie... |
| http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2007/jul/23sex.htmI read this article yesterday, and believe me I was sleepless last night. I was not shocked about the news that teenagers these days are actively involved in sex (because I know it), but what made me restless is the thought that how should parents react if they find out their kid is actively involved ...
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| prijit debnath | 23:58 | 24/Sep/2006 |
| Friends: (13)
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| A flower |
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| This is a picture of a small yellow flower I have taken with my camera phone. I have this big green grass bed near my apartment and while wondering about one day, I realised that this is the only yellow steak on the otherwise green carpet. Two things came to my mind when I saw this flower there, firstly,"I am monarch of all I survey,My right there ...
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| Shiv Khatri | 18:26 | 25/Sep/2006 |
| Friends: (220)
| City: Delhi
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| Smile |
| One of the comman sites in Delhi is a small child on a crossing asking for a rupee or two, it really touches me and i wonder what could be the possible solution to this long lasting social problem in India. But i have never been able to think of a solution for this. Although i strongly feel that we should not promote this and fight out this evil, b...
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| sunanda kunzru | 12:23 | 30/Aug/2006 |
| Friends: (22)
| City: Oslo
| Interests: travelling,music,...
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| sab chalta hai...! |
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| I really wonder how many of us come across this same line in our daily life...Autowallah bhaiya refusing to give u changes of 2-3 bucks out of crispy 500!!....explaining...chalta hai na, kya madam!People coming late to the office on pretext of a traffic jam...chalta hai..sir!(ahem)your precious jamnabai not turning up and ditching you on your son's...
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| PRATIK MAHENDRA | 11:29 | 8/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (7)
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| upgrading to human relation management |
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| Unhappy colleague, mailed anonymously to all possible employees connected within my company, about his frustrations and reasons of being unhappy and it directly pointed out HR incapability, which most of my fellow colleague agree with. I am sure a criticism is a version of suggestion with revolutionary attitude. In exchange to the mail, HR HoD(Head...
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| shilpa j | 15:10 | 18/Sep/2006 |
| Friends: (8)
| City: Karnal
| Interests: reading ,writing,...
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| Some shers |
| I hope the shayars dont yell from there gravesKucch Babbar Sher Tere dar par sanam hazaar baar aayenge,Tere dar par sanam hazaar baar aayenge,Tere dar par sanam hazaar baar aayenge,Ghanti bajainge aur bhaag jayenge ! Arz kiya hai, Door se dekha to santra tha,pass jake dekha to santra tha,cheel ke dekha to bhi santra tha,Khake dekha to bhi santra ...
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