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 17:42 | 4/Jul/2008
RIGHT ATTITUDE
SHARING WHAT HAS BEEN SHAREDRead fully......... An old man lived alone in a village. He wanted to shovel his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation: Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to p... more...
 10:54 | 13/Jun/2008
nyuclear power and shit
  NUCLEAR POWER A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk.  I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'   The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk a... more...
 10:04 | 13/Jun/2008
The cow
  This was recieved through "forward" channel, asking me to relax and forget my stress and to help myself lift my spirits after reading this. While I acknowledge the author's good intention of sharing humor, It has also made me sad that the educational standards is still in disarray, and that no thought is being given by the authorities concerned t... more...
 23:10 | 29/May/2008
struggle 1
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 23:04 | 29/May/2008
papaya treatment
This was recieved by me some time ago and I thought I will share it with you all.Please cascade it to all. It would really help. I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the SJMC ICU when his pallet counts drops to 15 after 15 l... more...
 13:23 | 9/May/2008
humor
sharing what has been shared. more...
 23:46 | 1/May/2008
internet hazard 2.
I could not upload all the cartoons with a single stroke and hence in instalments. Sharing whaqt has been shared. more...
 23:32 | 1/May/2008
internet hazard.
check for urself as to where you stand! sharing what has been shared. more...
 23:13 | 1/May/2008
sharing what has been shared: would we all see ourselves similarly in the future? more...
 23:12 | 1/May/2008
birds and ur trait.
sharing what has been shared! I failed in attaching the photo's of the birds that came along with the msg as ther copy and paste trick did not work and no other method I knew of.   Date of birthBirdCharacteristics21 Jan - 17 FebRobin A cool exterior disguises a fiery temper and is very opinionated - although those opinions are not always shared by ... more...
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 RAGHUPAT | 07:28 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (94)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
female rules
The Femalealways makes The Rules. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification.No Male can possibly know all The Rules. If the Female suspects the Male knows all The Rules, she mustimmediately change some or all of The Rules. The Female is never wrong. (Ifthe Female is wrong, it is because of a flagrant misunderstanding wh...  more...
 sohamswami | 09:12 | 24/Jun/2008
Friends: (768)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO OPEN THE EYES ...
BANOMALI AND THE GOD
Banomali can be fearless. He really can be fearless,when he is drunk. As the alcohol flows inside,it washes away all the grief,sadness and fear. Banomali ponda, at his level has nothing to loose but he fears death and he fears humiliation. He can remember vividly how he lost his entire family-his son,daughters and his wife Kamala, in that devastati...  more...
 Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (318)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: everything that m...
Most Honourable OCCUPATION !!!
IF SANITATION work in India brings with it untouchability, disease and death, why then do the Dalits not just give it up? At the least, why can’t they go on strike and ask for better working conditions? It is not that they did not try. In Delhi’s Balmiki Bara in Aryapura, Rajinder Kumar, a Delhi Jal Board sewer worker, offers us some non-textbook h...  more...
 Bhavana S | 16:10 | 9/Feb/2008
Friends: (273)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,music,net...
ek baar
So now I am here with my first post in devnagari..that has been typed by me, as u know the last one was sent by someone else..the credit of this work goes to ORKUTconfused?? wat ORKUT has to do with my post…actually I am using the scrap book of ORKUT as it offers an automatic transliteration option in the scrapbook that converts Roman characters to...  more...
 MANOHAR | 16:39 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (143)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: RAJESH KHANNA - T...
"In Hindi cinema, there are only two rol...
A famous villain once remarked, "In Hindi cinema, there are only two roles of consequence, one of the hero, and the other of a villain." Every artiste tries and explores both these avenues. The catch is that while villains usually lack the requisites to become a hero, the hero has no such shackles if he wants to play a negative character. Besides r...  more...
 ekantapadhika | 16:34 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (161)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: sab kuchh aur kuc...
No religion for Jeevan
     Call it parochialism if you will, but every time I go back home to Kerala,  I become aware of more reasons to be proud of having been born and brought up there. It is undoubtedly one of the most or THE most vibrant and dynamic state in our country.       “Maveli naadu vaanidum kaalam, manusherellarum onnu pole”. So begins a poem that was famil...  more...
 Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (468)  | City: Gerrards Cross  | Interests: Writing
Contemporary Indian Art from Raja Ravi V...
This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its roots in myriad folk styles and traditions and has also fed on the social and political ethos of not only India but also of the world...  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (743)  | 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...
 Silent Words | 22:30 | 6/Nov/2007
Friends: (79)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing, Reading,...
Celebrations & Festivals
A wonderful diwali to everyone in advance as most likely things will get so haywire and busy that I won't find the time to write. Planning to have a wonderful diwali and all other upcoming festivals. Want to make the celebrations a remembrance for them...leave them with very very happy memories. Am planning on telling Gaurav soon perhaps in January...  more...
 Amitabh Dasg... | 19:20 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (333)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Reading books,Spe...
Shopping for Marriage
Marriage is an event for a lifetime. Every youth wishes to make that special moment a memorable event not only for him/her but for all those who become a part of it. Today wedding ceremonies have become a status symbol for all therefore the marketing aspect plays a very significant role in the whole celebration.Of the several aspects that come up o...  more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 22:47 | 16/Oct/2007
Friends: (182)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Writing
Dream Weave Walk
Dream Weave Walk is the brand of Kainaat Creations. Kainaat Creations has several blogs on different topics. Dream Weave Walk provides resource links to all the Kainaat Creation websites.How to use the links:The links lead to all the sites on the topic.The RSS/Atom feeds from those sites are linked on these pages, as a result the content is contino...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 22:39 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (728)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
AARUSHI MURDER CASE
Assuming Dr Talwar is innocent,I am just forced to think about the trauma which this broken hearted father might be going through.Here is a dead soul,who has just lost his dear daugther, his pain had not even subsided that he was arrested, accused & stigmatised as the "killer father", and to cap it all;is now currently being tormented, tortured & t...  more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 12:56 | 3/Jul/2008
Friends: (1377)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Rules of Swimming
Be careful, very very careful while swimming in India!   http://sidhuisms2008.blogspot.com/    more...
 Balaji S | 11:08 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (35)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: trekking, hiking ...
Rang de basanti
 ...................................................... ..........................Please read and Forward This Mail to All If You Are Real Indian Don't miss         Late Mr. Surjan Singh Bhandari N.S.G. Commando During The Attack on Akshardham temple on 24th September 2002 this Brave Man fought the greatest battle of his life. Yes he was the N.S.G. ...  more...
 Mission Drea... | 16:40 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (275)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: http://openmedia....
Dont miss - Alarming Inflation
चूहे को हल्दी की गांठ मिली तो वो खुद को पंसारी समझ बैठाWe got FII and began to fly on the 7t...  more...
 Noanee Kapadia | 14:04 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (506)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Indian Army,Himal...
My country can be better place.
"My country can be better place , clean ,green and beautiful" read Kiran Naiks blog .As he says I too do not litter on streets be it somthing small like bus or a cinema ticket , it goes in my pocket back home in garbage I am sure all cld do this .Also wherever I can on the treks ,I pick up the garbage  left behind by others and clean up the ground ...  more...
 priyanka kur... | 10:37 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (56)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Music, Writing ar...
A Tragic Love story!
LIFE HAD TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG DISASTER UNTIL I MET YOU.YOU BROUGHT BACK ALL THE LOST COLOURS OF MY LIFE.I WAS BEING SQUEEZED WITH MANY PROBLEMS AND THEN ONE DAY YOU CAME AND RELEASED ME OUT OF ALL MY CHAINS.NOW I TASTE THE VARIOUS DELICASIES OF LIFE.YOU TAUGHT ME TO EMBRACE LIFE WITH A SMILE AND NOW I HAVE STARTED LOVING MY LIFE JUST BECAUSE OF Y...  more...
 meena sundar | 17:40 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (598)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Life
illusion or real
         If we say, something is not thereThen there is nothing in thereBut if we constantly Hear there is something in thereThen someday We come to believeSomething must be thereWords and thoughtsAlways have some power If we continue to hear and talk about themThen the illusion, Looks real!It is fateThat, we humans are weak To eliminate all in the...  more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (561)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
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...  more...
 Shah Jahan | 22:11 | 16/Sep/2007
Friends: (21)  | City: ASANSOL  | Interests: Reading,listening...
DIVINE DESIGN
     DIVINE  DESIGN  Sometimes we are perplexed to find out the meaning of the happenings around us and with us. No reason can be attributed ---- what is the purpose of such things! The Almighty, whom we love so dearly, gives us so much sorrow! What is behind it?                   I read an article by unknown Author and got the answer that behind e...  more...
 Vijit Vivek | 13:10 | 16/Jun/2008
Friends: (654)  | City: Patna  | Interests: Bio Medical Engin...
Pain of a Married Man ...!!
A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed. She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall.  She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.'What's the matter, dear...  more...
 ARUN JOSHI | 08:42 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (332)  | City: KOTA  | Interests: Reading,watching ...
Win Fantastic holiday to SOUTH AFRICA
click the link below  http://lovely-anulove.blogspot.com/ http://lovely-anulove.blogspot.com/ http://lovely-anulove.blogspot.com/ http://lovely-anulove.blogspot.com/  more...
 rekha kumar | 11:39 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (162)  | City: ajmer  | Interests: singing, reading,...
Shona - I love you
This day, past few years I had a vacant heartSome one tried to step inAnd out they wereMischeveous he, unlocked my inhibitionsThe law of Reverse Effects Helping him all along.I did not know the end was near Begining a new life to this day.The shores have all the sand and waterThe beaches have the shells and pebbeles beautifulThe moring sun looks so...  more...
 Krishnaswamy... | 11:34 | 22/Jan/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Fremont, CA  | Interests: Cricket & Discuss...
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
A true life story, best told by the person himself in his own words: My name is Brian Boyle, and I am living proof that miracles happen.A month after I graduated high school in 2004, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a near fatal car accident with a dump truck. The impact of the crash violently ripped my heart across my chest...  more...
 J G | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008
Friends: (537)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, Music, K...
Have you Ever?Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.I didn’t know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for...  more...
 jack jai | 11:22 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (25)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: poetry,
WHO AM I ~!
CONFESSIONS : WHO AM I ? Am  a tendril creeper Invested within distinct charisma bound Neither am I a sapper nor a sucker The mother plant I wound  Am a simple white mossFlowering beneath rocky boulders Rendering sad souls some joyous solace Devoid of fragrance of hi-bred flowers . Am a tiny country sparrow Traversing safely in low spaces Seeking n...  more...
 Kush A | 13:10 | 24/Jun/2008
Friends: (172)  | City: BLR  | Interests: Football, books, ...
The Mad Aunt of Kashmir
Mad Aunt loved children only they would never come near her. They would not because of the children she already had – her three dog-children who would constantly bark at us children whenever we would go near her house, as though in perpetual possessiveness of the love of their ‘mother’, too afraid to share it with anyone else. Sometimes when she wo...  more...
 Savio rodrigues | 08:50 | 4/May/2007
Friends: (40)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: making friends, r...
The Glory Of Friendship
The Glory Of Friendship, Is Not the Outstretched hand,  Nor The Kindly Smile,     Nor The Joy Of Companionship;    It Is The Spiritual Inspiration  That Comes To One , When He Discovers , That Someone Else , Believes In Him , And Is Willing To Trust Him , With His Friendship !!! (source: internet)  more...
 ramnath rajaram | 17:20 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (1717)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
Can you imagine this is happening in IND...
U may circulate this info.  Best RgdsGovernment of India has an online Grievance forum athttp://darpg-grievance.nic.in/Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA?The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they face while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railw...  more...
 Ramesh chordia | 23:07 | 5/Jul/2007
Friends: (382)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Badminton
Male or Female?
You might not have known this,  but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female.  Here are some examples:  FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again.   They are an effective repro...  more...
 Anitha kaveri | 11:55 | 11/Jun/2008
Friends: (363)  | City: calicut  | Interests: talking talking a...
Okie..so here goes!!!! M back..dun noe if  I'm ready to be back...well, we dun always do things we r ready for..ryt??so why now...??coz I didn't have anything better to do,,,,he he.Ok...chit chat must rest for the being, I'm here to share a new poem...new as in..well,may be 4 3 months old..still..new...ryt...We had a topic to write poem on..and it ...  more...
 Susan George | 20:47 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (167)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: dating,romance,tr...
Keeley Hazell - 2008 Calendar - Janaury
http://www.yellowpagesindia.info/forum/forum_posts.asp? TID=685http://www.yellowpagesindia.info/forum/forum_pos ts.asp?TID=685Hollywood Stars Photo Gallary, Tamil filim stars photo gallary, Telugu filim stars photo gallary, Malyalam filim stars photo gallary,Discuss about romance in moviesBollywood Stars Photo Gallary, Tamil filim stars photo gallary...  more...
 Desh Bandhu | 18:52 | 13/Jun/2008
Friends: (204)  | City: Ludhiana  | Interests: 54 Reading, trave...
OFF MY HEAD GOES TO PANJABNOW
 I am very thankful to all my rediff iland friends for their constant love. My weekly column- OFF  MY HEAD-  which appeared for a long time on rediff iland, can  be read in Sunday Plus of Panjab Now which is the first online English-langiage daily of Panjab. All my frriends can log onto  www.panjabnow.com which I am editing as well.with Best Regard...  more...
 vanna ici | 21:52 | 23/Apr/2008
Friends: (163)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Reading, chatting...
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
SUMMER HOLIDAYSHot summer is here again,It jogs memories of college days,when, classes sound boring,Exams tensions left us mourning.Final glance and chat with friends,Canteen place were full of trends.Skipping classes for more fun with mates,Gone all fret and professors threats.Gossiping n gulping colourful ice candy,Samosas, green mango & tamarind...  more...
 mihir deshpande | 15:53 | 22/Aug/2007
Friends: (48)  | City: Mysore  | Interests: blog.muuzique.sof...
memroies
memories.. Memories slip past the lanes Limping jumping and tantalizingSome times clear and the rest abstract. the days were cool, when I roamed like a foolLingering on the greens And amazed to see why does the world sets Into a pace that is astonishing.Most of the time I was over powered by the natureI tried killing emotionsLater to my realization...  more...
 Shaila Kotian | 15:22 | 26/Feb/2008
Friends: (102)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Lust, love, and k...
The Living God
I see The Living God every dayShe who wakes up at the crack of dawnTo complete her chores until dusk I see Him in the thousand myriad lines on her faceLines firmly etched, each a reminder for the toll she takes I see Him on the spidery veins on her handWhen she wipes away the tears from my eyes I see Him in her wiry grey hairThat has lost its luste...  more...
 sukhdev das | 13:39 | 15/May/2007
Friends: (40)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: Spreading News ab...
PLEASE SAVE THE HARE KRISHAN TEMPLE IN K...
PLEASE SAVE THE HARE KRISHAN TEMPLE IN KAJAKISTANPLEASE FORWRD THIS LIKN TO YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLEOn April 27, 2006, INDIA TV headlined our crisis on thier evening “Breaking NewsE9 PM news broadcast in India. The program was seen by millions of Indians and thousands of people sent sms’s to the program in solidarity with ISK...  more...
 Jayalakshmi ... | 18:11 | 16/May/2008
Friends: (151)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: Spirituality, Spi...
Books and Retirements
Mila 18 is one of the most marvellous books I have read in a while. Set in the Warsaw Ghetto, it is an engaging story of Jews standing up to the Nazis. Leon Uris describes in a compelling fashion the trials of the Jews as they withstood the onslaught of heavily armed Nazi attacks with their ragged armies formed by ordinary people. With extreme dete...  more...
 ESHITA SINGH | 16:08 | 20/Jul/2007
Friends: (123)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: reading novels, t...
hathi ...........re hathi kabhi dekha ha...
How wud u kill a blue hathi....?............with a blue bandook.......now, how wud u kill a lal hathi??................First u will give him poison....n then he willbecome blue.....then u willkill him with the blue bandook.....Now,how wud u kill a yellow hathi?................First u will make him angry so that he becomesred...then u will give himp...  more...