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 18:54 | 10/Mar/2007
Object of desire
Muscled, grey with steel green eye,Crouching behind the showcase glass,Heart a-flutterI circle the quarry,Gazing at this touch of class.She is armed to the teeth.'Touch me not!' I hear her say.'I got wi fi & bluetooth,motion eye cameraand a multi function docking bay!''I got assets, check'em out!'she tells me with a hiss.1 GB RAM,2 GHz duo processo... more...
 17:00 | 28/Feb/2007
WHO ARE YOU
  Conjuring up imageswith the keyboard keys.An arabesque in azureMood indigo, if you please…A familiar song…A rhapsody in blue…Poetry and prose…Who are you?The Woman In Whiteor The Lady In Red?A night in white satinor a Sunday in bed?A moonlight sonata…Colours changing hue…These images before me…Who are you?A dancing candle flame…Paradise regained.... more...
 17:13 | 23/Feb/2007
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT
When I look into your eyes,I know you've seen it all before,The slurred promises, the weak liesOf every sailor who's touched your shore...I may be Satan or the evil                                          But please be mine for the night                                                            Will you lie with this devil                          ... more...
 20:40 | 13/Feb/2007
DUBAI MUSINGS
  January 20, 2007:-It is my 5th day here in Dubai. Waiting for my ship to come & take me away on yet another tour of duty. My hotel is in the BurJuman area, the north-eastern part of the city. There is nothing to do in this part of town, if you don't want to buy electronics. Just streets & by lanes full of shops selling computers. For variety, the... more...
 17:11 | 18/Jan/2007
'Do u Remember?' A Nursery Rhyme...
Do you remember a time when...John Travolta was skinny & a fab dancer,Michael Jackson was actually black?John Snow bowled a mean bouncer,Sunny Gavaskar led our attack?Do you remember a time when...Girls got married to Rajesh Khanna's photograph,Anil Dhawan got higher billing than Big B,Salman's dad would get mobbed for autographs,Madhubala lost her... more...
 20:49 | 16/Jan/2007
Gadget Guru
Should I buy my music on CD or from Limewire.com? Should I record my songs on MP3 or MP4? Should I read 'Sense & Sensibility' in paperback or CD-rom? Should I buy Playstation3 or Nintendo? How about the new geo CD-rom with a remarkable 8 GB MB of DRAM , 512 KB of VRAM & 256 MB of SRAM? And what does any of that mumbo-jumbo mean? Should I keep my tr... more...
 12:36 | 11/Jan/2007
Taxi!
It was about 9 PM. I was at Orchard Road, a busy street in Singapore full of glitzy shopping malls & hotels. It was time to go back to where I was staying & I needed a taxi. While standing at the kerb trying to hail down one - they were whizzing past at regular intervals - I looked over my shoulder to see a long, snakelike queue of Singaporeans sil... more...
 20:01 | 6/Jan/2007
I miss ABBA
It is a busy afternoon in Singapore, as I sit at an internet cafe checking my mail. They are playing an ABBA song. I miss ABBA. It is now ok, I think, to admit that I liked them all along. It is now ok to admit to being mesmerized by 'Fernando' then. It is now ok to admit that I get all choked up when I listen to it now.Nostalgia is a great healer.... more...
 10:07 | 3/Jan/2007
Goodbye for now...
GOODBYE FOR NOW...Oh the gist of it all ... the first day of winter is the day when my ship will set sailThe best of all friends will say good-bye again; there's still time for one last glass of aleWe'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall on a southwind and lots of good cheerAnd when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover, we'll be in Ba... more...
 11:41 | 1/Jan/2007
Evening Classes
My friend Deepak has joined a Spanish evening class, hoping to meet Miss Right. Yes, he's still a bachelor at 45. Middle aged & eccentric. Not gay, as far as I know, but has never married. Just a simple, dirty old man. But why evening classes? I asked him. "Arre, u don't know, pal. Lots of women out there," he winked knowingly. I wanted to tell him... more...
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 sandeep koul | 10:27 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (286)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Photography,Trave...
Amarnath yatra
Amarnath yatraAmarnath is yet another name of lord Shiva. I had the pleasure of going to Amarnath twice. You can go to Amarnathji via The beautiful town of pehalgoan(pehalgam).This route will take you around 2-3 days to reach Amarnathji depending on your pace. This particular route have some of the best vistas one can see and enjoy. The typical rou...  more...
 Akhil Chandran | 18:01 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Cricket, Music, D...
Bally:- A great place to work
Bally:- A great place to work???This is the motto of Bally. In every town hall meetings, CEO used to give so much of hype to these words. This time, he was facing lots of challenge from so many people. One girl named Archana, was openly challenging him. She was pointing out so many things against him. Anyways I would not have done something like th...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 22:39 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (720)  | 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...
 piyush kulsh... | 17:02 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (210)  | City: Agra  | Interests: music,playing vi...
sucess.........
HI !ALL FRIENDS         i am glad to write  you ,i shair to u about the success..Success is a word which is know and & liked by every one. to day evrey person want's the sucess,but success to only those person who really really work hard day to night,it is not for those person  who not interested in their work ,means lazy type person could not get ...  more...
 News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (965)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
please income
SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...  more...
 sandip priad... | 11:17 | 12/Jan/2007
Friends: (12)  | City: Patna  | Interests: yoga,literature,c...
what is life without friends
what is life without friends?what is the meaning of any success,any achievement,any happiness if we cant share it with our friends?can any relation compete with friendship?There r many shades in our private world which r accessible only to our friends..i dont know if it happens to others also, but in any kind of trouble i try to reach out to my fri...  more...
 TheGeetha Fa... | 09:29 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (232)  | Interests: Bhagavat Geetha
The field and the knower of field in ken...
This is priliminary info about kenopanishad from wiki..About KenopanishadKenopanishad derives its name from the first word Kena , meaning ‘by whom’. It belongs to the Talavakara Brahmana of Sama Veda and is therefore also referred to as Talavakara Upanishad. It has four sections, the first two in verse and the other two in prose. Adi Shankara who h...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1468)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:15 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (393)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
Scarlet Sins
“When I am dead, I hope it may be saidHis sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”    1.      “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man” wrote Francis Bacon. He was a renowned English author, courtier and philosopher (1561 – 1626).  Later, may be after his death, there were reports that he had the bottom pinchi...  more...
 vikram ranu | 20:42 | 4/Apr/2007
Friends: (12)  | Interests: I like observativ...
News channel shaping cricket.
  Their was a time when news channel declared that,”Saurav Ganguly has no cricket left with in. So, he should be out of the team and rather try its fate in domestic level.” Seeing this almost every Indian showed red card to Saurav Dada. He was humiliated. His idols and posters were burnt all around. Finally BCCI was pressurised to make dada out of ...  more...
 L KINI | 09:59 | 28/Mar/2008
Friends: (898)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
18 things for successful LIFE
  On the left side is the ILLUSIONARY IMAGE       18 things to make LIFE successful  1. Pursue Achievable 2. Keep Genuine Smiles 3. Share with Others 4. Help Thy Neighbors 5.Maintain a Youthful Spirit   6. Get Along with the Rich, the Poor,the Beautiful, &the Ugly 7. Keep Cool Under Pressure 8. Lighten the Atmosphere with Humor 9. Forgive the...  more...
 NORTH STAR | 15:13 | 6/Aug/2007
Friends: (111)  | City: UNDERSKY  | Interests: EVERYTHING
Mind-Control
          Mind-Control MicrobeA bug in your body can give you schizophrenia, make you have a car crash, or determine the sex of your child. Five years ago, Oxford University zoologists showed that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii alters the brain chemistry of rats so that they are more likely to seek out cats. Infection thus makes a rat more likely t...  more...
 Farag Afify | 14:51 | 23/Apr/2008
Friends: (298)  | City: Kuwait  | Interests: Poetry, Photograp...
Missing
Nothing is perfect at all Something is always missing All over the world Eve’s tale: “Pure loving is forbidden”   Look at the Magazine of today, See how many cheaters there The Rosy Pages are gray For dead truth now in the air   Connect your net just to see How they deceive you in e-mail When dishonest became free Has put the values in the jail    more...
 WHOOPEE GUY | 11:32 | 23/Jul/2007
Friends: (81)  | City: Iland  | Interests: everything that i...
Wifeless Future
 Wifeless future for China's men In recent years, the kindergarten has been getting more and more boys.Since the late 1970s Chinese couples have been allowed just one child - and most parents here prefer to have a son.China is worried about what may happen in 20 years or so when these kids grow up and start trying to settle down.An official estima...  more...
 Sasi Kumar | 14:26 | 30/Jan/2008
Friends: (52)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Books, Music, Mov...
My First Malayalam Post (Ente Aadyathe M...
പ്രിയő 0;്പെട് 359; മലയാളœ 1; സുഹൃതŔ 5;തുക്ക 379;െ....വളര! 98; സന്തോŒ 3;ത്തോട 398;യാ...  more...
 Giftson SJ | 00:13 | 17/Jan/2008
Friends: (150)  | City: Tirunelveli (stationed: Lagos, NIGERIA)  | Interests: Being Naughty.......
Tamilnadu (MORAL) Police......
Helloo...my beloved Ilandmates, I think so far 2008 is going gr8 for all of you......but not for many...like this poor starlet "Shriya".The beginning of 2008 has carried along the controversy of "Moral Policing" one witnessed in the past....and the poor female-celebrities being a soft target.The only new thing about the current controversy is...its...  more...
 Sanjeev Mulc... | 10:19 | 22/Feb/2008
Friends: (211)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: travelling
thought provoking...
Worth Reading-Thought-provoking article                  by a Pakistani writerCapital suggestionBy Dr Farrukh Saleem12/9/2007  Twenty-five thousand years ago, haplogroup R2 characterized by genetic marker M124 arose in southern Central Asia. Then began a major wave of human migration whereby members migrated southward to present-day India and Pakis...  more...
 Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (35)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: SEEKING MY NEW SE...
Jab We Met
Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...  more...
 friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008
Friends: (351)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Our economists & ...
Our world is coming unravelled
I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...  more...
 dee vine | 15:12 | 18/Jun/2008
Friends: (157)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: eat out, go out, ...
for old times' sake
Visiting my page after months ... have had little time to indulge in leisurely stuff like blogs. Been working hard and partying harder ... ahhh, back to life! Working, Mothering, Travelling, Loving, Facebooking, Orkuting, FlickRing, Housekeeping, Waxing (now waning), Binge-ing (now fasting), Socializing, Drinking, Saving, Spending ....   all but bl...  more...
 shiva r | 19:50 | 1/Jun/2008
Friends: (201)  | City: srinagar  | Interests: making friends, m...
enjoy reading this!
Great Senior Moment! A very self-important college freshman was attending a recent footballgame. He took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sittingnext to him why it was impossible for the older generation tounderstand his generation.'You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one,'the student said, loud enough for m...  more...
 Turbo Jet | 18:07 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (75)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Gently, Tenderly
Was it just yesterdayWhen you and I, in a clammy hotel room,Bucked and jumped,Belly against belly? Was it only just yesterdayWhen I plunged like a mad stallion upon youAnd you raked your nailsDown my back? No, it wasn't yesterday,But many years ago,Though I still rememberHow we sat apart,Afterwards.Somehow self-ashamed at what had just happenedOur ...  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...
 mahesh dumbare | 00:44 | 27/Aug/2007
Friends: (30)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading, trading,...
Restraint of Power
Restraint in the use of power is a need of the hour. We have seen a lot of destruction and pain due to unnecessary usage of power in many parts of the world in the form of wars i.e use of power. Some restraint on the part of fighting nations could have saved lot of lives and wealth. That is one of the reasons why I believe restraint is better and b...  more...
 Sudhir Bisht | 13:23 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (38)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am COO of a Tel...
How Frontline Staff can save your compa...
Prelude to aboring flightThe Virgin Nigeria flight, VK 302 from Johannesburgto Lagos, on 20thApril was expected to be a long and boring one. The plane is rather staid withno personal TV screens in its economy class section (unlike Emirates). Thefirst morsel is served at 11:30am and by then the stomach start to grovel, ifyou have not eaten breakfast...  more...
 mini francis | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (266)  | City: delhi  | Interests: Kids, Reading,
FRIENDS
A STORY OF TWO FRIENDSA story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.They kept on walking until they f...  more...
 santosh sutar | 11:48 | 29/Mar/2008
Friends: (34)  | City: Pune  | Interests: music education c...
ANGER : THE ENEMY WITHIN
hi friendsthis is what i got from a new booki hope you will like it ... santosh sutar   Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way--that is not easy.                                                                                   ...  more...
 Krishna Reddy | 22:41 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (318)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
Happy Ram Navmi!
Happy Ram Navmi to all! Check out my previous blog" target="_blank">post on my Art of Living blog on Ram Navmi Also check out my post who are you ? - 2 . Check out the latest on my other blog too.  more...
 Sathya Sathya | 00:59 | 19/Aug/2007
Friends: (224)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Thinking
Don't miss to read these two links
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s244535.htm http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=413523  more...
 Gulden C | 16:24 | 7/Mar/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: Humour/ poetry / ...
Words RE Arranged....
This has got to be one of the cleverest emails I've received in a while. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!   FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE When you rearrange the letters:  FLIT ON CHEERING ANGEL   DILIP VENGSARKAR When you rearrange the letters: SPARKLING DRIVE  PRINCESS DIANA When y...  more...
 Abhishek Goel | 13:45 | 30/May/2007
Friends: (271)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: programming poetr...
Increase your earnings
Increase your earningsInvite your family and friends to grow your network and increase your earnings.You can send the following content to your contacts by personal email account.Hi,mGinger.com pays you to read ads on your cellphone! These ads are only about your interests.Not only that, you get to decide when you want these ads.Based on my calcula...  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...
 Ashish G | 01:22 | 19/Apr/2007
Friends: (228)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: to become a bette...
Facts About Women
Why are women so difficult to understand? Why relationships fall apart because of misunderstandings? What exactly do women want? Why men fail to properly understand the woman in their lives? These questions have been asked many a times but nothing has been done to seek those answers.http://factsaboutwomen.wetpaint. com is an effort in that regard. I...  more...
 Sutirtha Das | 10:26 | 2/Feb/2007
Friends: (11)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: music
zindagi
Kya woh koi majboori thhi, zindagi ko apnaa liya usnay Deheshat may guzaaray har din har raat har pal- Kya maut se purani dushmani ki kimat chukai usnay, Kya qaid hi kabool thhi har din har raat har pal.  more...
 vidya kurup | 21:09 | 21/Jan/2007
Friends: (38)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: reading,singing,h...
celebration
celebration means a winter evening,four friends,one rain,four glasses of tea.celebration meanshundred bucks of petrol,a rusty bike and an open road.celebration meansmaggi noodles,a hostel room, 4:25 am .celebration means 3 old friends,3 separate cities,3 coffee mugs,1 internet messenger.celebration means rain on a hot tin roof,pakoras deep frying, ...  more...
 V T | 11:10 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (169)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
Oh Rajni!
Sorry folks, a bit tied up these days; work, travel and all. Nothing new to post, just an old mail forward. It’s a humble tribute to the great Rajnikant. Hats off the true Rajni fan who complied this list of His achievements.• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.• Outer space exists because it's a...  more...
 Shree Sharma | 09:31 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (484)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading
Who Decides
Who decides who gets love in life?   Is it pure luck?   Accident?   F ortune?   Why everybody is not fortunate to get such trivial but yet such auspicious/beautiful/aw thing in life Why? After all Who decides who will get love in life?  more...
 aradhana khanna | 16:26 | 14/Jun/2008
Friends: (119)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: reading,writing, ...
Titlispeak
I have your earnestnessI have your smile and dimplesI have your liveliness and vivacityI am the  yellow titliColorful and carefreeI talk non-stop,I am full of ideas and opinionsBursting with life;uncontrolledBut look into my eyes;My eyes are my mothers’Father.....They shy awayFrom answersTormented but sometimes,they stare into the vacant unknownjus...  more...
 Sahiti Bhara... | 10:53 | 17/May/2008
Friends: