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 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008 |
| Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar... | |
| The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...
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| 23:42 | 6/Oct/2007 |
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| Althought my tryst with the world of words, prose, similes, metaphors, euphemisms and literature began with the advent of i-land, I also owe part of this passionate endeavour to the poem penned by William Wordsworth. The poem is plain and simple, yet has a style which is unique and one of its kind, hard to emulate kinds. Stumbled upon this poem on ...
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| 15:54 | 28/Jun/2007 |
| The Road Ahead | |
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| Murky skies, Unknown land, Indecisive moments, Grand dreams to chase, Questions cropping, In deep chasm of mind, Nourishing thoughts, Harboring emotions, Burning desires, Fanning feelings, Evasive ambitions, Tarnished emotions, At cross-roads, Follow the "right path" Just tread on.. The road lies ahead..
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| 13:00 | 25/Jun/2007 |
| Nature's Fury | |
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| (An ode to torrential rains which has been prevalent for last few days in Southern India. May everyone find peace, strength and solace amidst the chaos) Torrential Rains,Uprooted Trees,Violent wind,Plundered habitats,Homeless lives,Mouths to feed,Penury's triumph,Abandoned child,Deafening thunder,Eyes wide awake,Praying souls,Water playing havoc,...
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| 11:35 | 25/Jun/2007 |
| Monsoon Bangalore | |
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| Shower of heavenly drops, The fresh deluge, Pink and Violet blossom dotted roads, Soaked and drenched, Bites of Corn-cob, fresh and sizzling hot, Palmeral vendors with the rickety carts, Gushing wind, Swaying green boughs, Quintessential Bangalore , Monsoon mirth, I surrender to thee, Bangalore ’s like a blushing bride, Fresh and smiling, Déjà vu, Déjà vu!!
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| 20:30 | 31/May/2007 |
| Part II - TIME... | |
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| TIME(Disclaimer : This is a piece of fiction and any resemblance to any person living or dead in this post is purely a coincidence). Writer's Verdict: Had to add this disclaimer when the speculations from some expert i-landers predicted that the fictional post was closer to someone's life. This actually is picked from what I have seen happening to ...
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| 00:53 | 24/May/2007 |
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| Shivani was just any other happy-go-lucky girl of her age. Cool, peppy, bindaas and carrying loads of energy and life within her 5’5” lean and lanky frame. Shivani represented the young, techno-savvy breed of wannabe independent youth circuit who had seen-it-all and done-it-all at the age of 25. She had everything what a person of her age would as...
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| 21:41 | 19/Apr/2007 |
| Rain and Nostalgia... | |
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| Tiny shimmering drops, Pitter and patter, Soothing earth's fragrance, The bathed look, Fresh, vibrant, wet, The nostalgic feeling, Puddle jumping joy, Drenching in heavenly shower, Lush green foliage, Growth, freshness and joy, Stirring my soul, Déjà vu feeling, Rain rain come again!! Rain rain come again!!
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| 23:14 | 4/Mar/2007 |
| Oh......Life!!!! | |
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| Up and shining,Next moment whining!Funny bags of tricks thrownCatch! Catch here! Catch there!Phew! Sigh!Suddenly in doldrums,There is a ray of hope,Win one battle! Stands another one,Ready to be conquered, Tremendous faith and strength,One mighty blow!Down in deep shit,Soothing words and morale boost,Cloud with silver lining,Where does this end?Why...
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| 23:00 | 5/Feb/2007 |
| Desire for 'Moon' | |
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| Dark murky skies,A lonely celestial body,Beautiful and appealing,One fathoms the presence,Of this pristine mass,Epitome of Love,........But I am a lonely nebulous being,Inspiring lives,Spreading hope and delight,……But there are so many stars apart from me,Whine and long,For owning this divine light, ……But I have bad ugly designs on me,Accept the ci...
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| Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (618)
| City: Bombay
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| 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...
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| Mahesh Patwa... | 18:12 | 28/May/2008 |
| Friends: (232)
| City: Mumbai
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| Those Wonderful Brand Propositions |
| Seriously, do they think we are idiots? The ones who come up with all those goofy ads - the ones that make you want to tear your hair out or inflict great amounts of damage around you – you know the ones I’m talking about. You would have to think really long and hard to come up with a reasonable explanation for all those ridiculous promotions pollu...
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| Amit Agrawal | 18:26 | 10/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (284)
| City: New Delhi
| Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
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| faisle ki ghadi hai |
| faisle ki ghadi haiya shaayad nahintumko ye pata nahinfaasle zaroor tai kar lenafaisla gar lena hoto hausla rakhnachaahe uske baad dil pekoi pathar rakh lenahayaat e shareekhone ka alag nasha haikuch ehsaas tum phir bhipalkon ke saath baandh lenaaye dost ye waqt bhi guzaregasahar phir se hogiis ghadi mein tum phir uskiyaad ka daaman thaam lenawo bh...
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| monu g | 21:14 | 11/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (191)
| City: This Heavenly Planet
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| REward Or Bribe |
| Its when I had just completed my PG & was about to leave the town to join for my new job in a different city.. The time gap between the announcement of result & my departure dat was very short. I had to collect all my documents which included my no-dues certificate & the migration certificate from the university before leaving.. Hence I had been r...
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| Nischal Thapa | 02:40 | 12/Jun/2008 |
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| OOPS! q: Sorry for disappearing... Hope you guys will like this one. enjoy | nischal
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| Deepa | 18:29 | 12/May/2008 |
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| Who am I? |
| I come to you when there's no one aroundbut I can haunt you even when there's everyone aroundIf you are happy, I can't touch youIf you are sad, I can break youYou shun me, you curse meyou break away from mego to the movies or get friends togetheror go out on a hike and say I don't botherBut I would come back when there's no one aroundand I can even...
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| Wise Donkey | 13:45 | 20/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (103)
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| Baby Blue |
| She looked so much like a lady, but she was so much like a child. A devil when she held me close, an angel when she smiled. She always held it deep inside, but somehow I always knew She's go away when the grass turned green And the sky turned baby blue. And baby blue was the color of her eyes. Baby blue like the Colorado skies. Like a breath of spr...
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| swati rohatgi | 17:11 | 12/May/2008 |
| Friends: (395)
| City: Delhi
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| Of bikini babes and being a good friend ... |
| Location: Bournemouth, a famous beach south of LondonCharacters: MeDivya, Saurabh and CP: friends from LondonManish and Akansha: husband and wife staying at Bournemouth due to Akansha"sofficial work. Manish is CP"s friend for the past 10 years, they were together in engineering. We all were sitting on the beach surrounded by women and bikinis in va...
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| udita chaudhary | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (242)
| City: Delhi
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| "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...
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| rajesh vora | 17:09 | 10/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (41)
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| Artificial Intelligence |
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| TheYear : 2020 AD Iam a 30-something old guy. (yes, I will be 30 then too and I will be 30 in 2030and thereafter too….). Coming back to the year 2020, a lot has changed in thisworld. Web 2.0 has become passé. The world has advanced much more than whatpeople had envisaged in the year 2008. Internet too has evolved so much thatbroadband, wi fi, wi m...
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| vishal rathod | 03:10 | 16/May/2008 |
| Friends: (63)
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| Ijust cant write now-a-days.Its tough to put the thoughts on paper.I was readinga book but couldnt read more than five pages again and again.I tried to write abook instead.I did better.I wrote ten pages.Then i gave up.Life seems to movein 10 second ads.The movie has just begun... “ What do people do when they dont know what to do?” I stareout of ...
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| Ravi Kumar | 12:11 | 7/Mar/2007 |
| Friends: (45)
| City: Delhi
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| Just Because............ |
| Just because no one has been fortunate enough to realize what a gold mine you are, doesn't mean you shine any less. Just because no one has been smart enough to figure out that you can't be topped, doesn't stop you from being the best. Just because no one has come along to share your life, doesn't mean that day isn't coming. Just because no one has...
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| febin joy | 08:22 | 12/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (436)
| City: Cochin
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| One more window.... |
| Hi friends.... Here is one more window.... this time the window of my room... It was raining heavily outside... and the water drops falling on the window was nice to watch. I know very well that this picture is not that a good quality one, as it is slightly blurred towads the bottom, especially the right side.. actually i was holding the camera in ...
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| Vikram Karve | 11:24 | 15/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (39)
| City: Mumbai
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| A Simple Short Story |
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| Dear Reader, please click the link below and read a simple short story about a dog and a dog-lover master: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/post /2008/01/a-dog-s-life.htm Happy Reading Vikram Karve http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com
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| shishir bhate | 19:52 | 21/Mar/2006 |
| Friends: (154)
| City: Mumbai
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| Are more H-1B visas good for India? |
| By the end of this month, if will be clear if the US Senate Immigration Reform Bill introduced to decide whether H-1B visa limit should be increased from 65,000 to 115,000 has been defeated or allowed to sail through successfully. Everyone says an increase in the H-1B visa limit will help Indians the most. Will it, really? But more on that in just ...
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| Shreyta T | 22:09 | 17/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (41)
| City: Auckland
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| Change........... |
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| ............................Iland is changed so much.............Where was I.... Why did I go... May be for the good......... or may be for the bad.....Change.... May be thats the word.. Life is a complete change after this one long year..... so much that I gained and so much that I lost.....Change... everthing changed around me...................O...
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| Arindam Chat... | 11:19 | 1/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (65)
| City: Serampore
| Interests: Life in itself.
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| Confessions - II |
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| Raju … is an old friend. If I can recall it right - I remember him from my days in a Nursery School called Sishu Aakash somewhere in South Calcutta. Hence, he was the person there whom I had known for the maximum numbers of years now. Not that we were the best of friends but somewhere we both were proud to know each other for such a long time now. ...
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| Jahan Bakshi | 14:02 | 2/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (193)
| City: Sibsagar
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| Review: Woodstock Villa |
| Hansal Mehta's latest (non) effort is nothing more than a painful choreOriginally published on NOWRUNNING.COMImagine a near-empty movie hall. A few people sat shifting in their seats at the back of the theatre- muttering and sulking, waiting for Woodstock Villa to end. Away in the front rows sat I, howling with laughter. Movies like Woodstock Villa...
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| Sonu Katha | 18:25 | 13/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (532)
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| The most important relationship you can ... |
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| One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleague...
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| Sabarinath Nair | 21:23 | 10/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (61)
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| Wedding Sari blues |
| "There are only four types of saris. The cream ones, the blue ones, the green ones, and the maroon ones." said my friend Sethu, circa 2002. I'm in total agreement with him. I am still clueless when my mom gets confused over buying one from two saris, both of which look the same to me!With the wedding preparations getting into the groove, I am being...
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| Bari Kokani | 00:11 | 25/Mar/2007 |
| Friends: (29)
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| Please Fix Bangladesh & Bermuda Match |
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| I am sincerely requesting Bookies to please fix the match between Bangladesh and Bermuda. Let Bermuda win and give India one last chance to face the world cup.Bookies,please fix this at the larger interest of the Indian public, there are 1 Billion Indians behind you. You guys can involve the BCCI to get some financial help, even the Indian players ...
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| anjuli dhiman | 12:37 | 28/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (93)
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| Love u bhaiya! |
| Its rakshabandhan today....I just love this day, just the way i love my brother.When i was a kid i used to eagerly wait for this day to come, we used to get up in the morning, do the teeka, tie rakhi to bhaiya, rob away whatever cash he used to have in his pockets and then straightaway used to head to the terrace for kite-flying...those were the da...
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| Shweta Iyengar | 15:40 | 20/Feb/2007 |
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| to give or not to give |
| Psychology says people choose to be sick (this sure is not the same as pretend to be sick)...they hold on or attract certain sicknesses because if offers them preferential treatment...even logic and evidence based medicine recognises "psychosomatic illness"(the origin of the illness in the mind)Now which parent would yell at a sick child for low gr...
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| Mana Andrews | 12:12 | 7/Mar/2008 |
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| Happy Women's Day!! |
| The owners of Venus...Are back again....On their very own...Special Day...They are daughters and princess...And mothers and mistress...They are Amazing Creatures...Moulded with Dazzling features...They are an object of Mystery...Having a place in History...They are the heavenly treasure...And epitome of human pleasure...They are simply delicious......
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| Isha Cally | 11:50 | 20/Oct/2006 |
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| Interests: Nothing,,,,,!
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| SHUBH DEEPAWALI |
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| 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,,,!
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| Rathi S | 22:37 | 2/Aug/2007 |
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| Looks like I am back ! |
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| Aah its been so long...so long that i almost forgot my username and password....and when i login i see this endless list of comments, new friend requests and guestbook entries from old friends...askin if i was alright...oh thank u so much guys (esp.Ash, Rajesh, Cyril...)...Yes i'm doing fantastic and life is not the same anymore....I had a baby gal...
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| Nandan Newla... | 01:20 | 22/Aug/2007 |
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| SAND |
| im never myself and never for myselfand that was why i had dug down the sandfor some short messagesthe bucket was deepand the sand mostly dryi took it out one after otherbucket in hand i emptied my messagesand my world went tring tringno one knew where i had hidsuch was the load of unread messagesi was dog tiredbut i still tried and tried to keep t...
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| Siddharth Sa... | 02:01 | 19/May/2006 |
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| HIV Aids... Important Information... |
| Dear All, Kindly take a couple of minutes to go through this mail. This happened in Paris recently and may happen anywhere. A few weeks ago, in a film theatre, a person felt something poking from her seat. When she got up to see what it was, she found a needle sticking out of the seat with an attached note saying- "You have just been infected by ...
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| suryakanth m | 13:20 | 22/Jan/2007 |
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| Aashiq marte nahi.... |
| Aashiq marte nahi, Dafnaye jaate hai... Kabr khod kar dekho, Apne mehbooba ke intezaar me paaye jaate he... Hindu kehte he ise jala do, Musalman kehte he ise dafna do... Magar is bedard zamane me koi ye nahi kehta, Isko iski mehbooba se mila do...
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| Sunny V | 10:19 | 22/May/2008 |
| Friends: (41)
| City: Bangalore
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| Make a Difference |
| You are Wonderful!!! The following story captured our heart. It happened several years ago in the Paris opera house. A famous singer had been contracted to sing, and ticket sales were booming. In fact, the night of the concert found the house packed and every ticket sold. The feeling of anticipation and excitement was in the air as the house manage...
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| myna mg | 12:00 | 2/Jul/2007 |
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| "LIFE" |
| " ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he Gotdue to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?To this Arthur Ashe replied:The world over ...
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| warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (135)
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| JUST A GRAIN OF SAND |
| As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...
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| Thinking Ash | 12:09 | 6/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (34)
| City: Goa
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| Back after a sabbatical |
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| Its been awhile!!! Blogging is fun but ive just not got around to having fun with it of late. The usual excuses make the round.... no time, bz bz bz, blah bla bla! As a friend said gotta make time to smell the flowers but..... what if the flowers arent the fragrant kind or worse still, they aint no flowers on this path of mine. :) Idle musings thes...
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| Divya Sharma | 19:36 | 17/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (177)
| City: Ghaziabad n now Bangalore
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| On this Sunday Evening...... |
| Just thought of dropping in a line for myself to myself on the blog! It’s been really a long period of time that I penned down something.Just to begin with, I have got a new job! I wasn’t jobless on the last day of the year and I had a ‘chutti’ on New Year to begin with. What a beginning? The organization is one of the big ones, I mean it’s a dream...
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| Tusky M | 09:36 | 7/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (23)
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