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 10:01 | 8/Feb/2007
Your Voice Matters
Your signature would make the voice stronger. http://www.PetitionOnline.com /sri1102/petition.html Thanks Aradhana more...
 09:27 | 2/Feb/2007
Torture on Humanity
How far can the torture on humanity go in today's world? No limits is the answer. Imagine a son's grave dug open and father summoned to confirm if the body lying is that of his son. The son: Abdur Rehman Paddar, a carpenter by profession, Place: Srinagar, Killed in a fake encounter in Dec 2006. Second burial of the son, second death of the father!! more...
 21:59 | 21/Dec/2006
Candles
Champagne popped Lovers danced Candles were lit A gun shot Nation rocked Candles were lit Dedicated to Jessica Lall who suddenly acquired a 'devi' image after the gunshot!! Even sadness of glamour sells more...
 17:49 | 17/Dec/2006
Raasta
Wo ek raasta Har koi chala jis par Doosri raah milne tak Ya phir dar-e-manzil tak. B-fitrat wo umr bhar bas chalta raha bas yun hi Na doosri raah mili Na dar-e-manzil naseeb hui more...
 15:50 | 4/Dec/2006
Ek Aag do
Ek dehekti hui aag do yaaron ke bohat kuch jalna baaqi hai Ab dheemi pad gayee hai lau Amar Jawan Joti ki more...
 09:05 | 31/Oct/2006
Surkh Rang
Rangon mein bhingo karSapnon se sanjo karBuna hai Ye rishtaIs rishtey meinIn sapnon meinDekho nakitne rang hainpyar ka rang haiaitbar ka rang haizindagi ka rang haibahar ka rang haihar rang ek daastaanhar rang kamaalhar rang ek dilkash ranghar rang bemisaalIn rangon ke beech,dekho tobas ek rang ki kami hai Narazgi ka rang surkh hai kente hainbas yo... more...
 21:10 | 14/Oct/2006
In God's Reign
"If you go I will not live"I thought so, Oh yes I did!You are gone. So is it true?That I'm living without you?I was your part. Was born from youI believed if you went I'll be gone too.But here I am, With a body that breathesLiving every second, Yes, my heart too beats.I know, today I cry for youBut tomorrow I'll be gone tooWe'd meet again,yes we wi... more...
 09:43 | 12/Oct/2006
Kya Naam dein?
Suraj ki tarhahar subahdheere dheere uth-ta haichamakta huadamakta hua,tar-o-taazaKhushi se bhara, rangon se saja,chehakta hua, mehakta hua...jawaan hota haiwo bhi suraj ki tarahdin ko,aatish ki tarahtapta huajalta hua...Shaam takSaham jaata haidhal jaata haibujh jaata haisuraj ki tarha...Ek Armaan..Aur chashni si mithaasaati haichandni ke haathjo ... more...
 08:24 | 10/Oct/2006
Guru Shishya
Recently there was a seminar on 'Shall Guru-Shishya Parampara be revived?" And trust me, I was surprised to hear a few intelligent panelists talk in support. In today's world where the pattern of living changes every decade significantly, can we really think of reviving something that we assume, existed millions of years back. From that period we h... more...
 09:03 | 14/Jul/2006
Mausam
Suna tha bachpan mein ke ek baras mein Mausam hain chaar Siharti sardi hai Dehekti garmi hai Jhamakti baarish, aur Dilkash bahaar Ab dekha hai Har ek din ke ant tak wo charon mausam sardi garmi barish..basant tak Kya chhotey huwe baras din jitne? Ya lumbe din baras se ho gaye? Kya zindagi simat  gayi palon mein ? Ya bachpan ke kisse jhooth ho gaye? more...
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 DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
NRI's & NANDIGRAM
74 NRIs, belonging to a diverse group of academics, professionals, lawyers, activists and students, many of them volunteers and supporters of the organization - Association for India's Development  – have filed a collective Right to Information application at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. The Questions raised are the following:ü       Have d...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 02:38 | 24/Nov/2007
Friends: (505)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
Har shaakh pey ulloo baithha hai...
About four years ago, the then Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes, who was on an official visit to Washington, was "strip-searched" by the U.S. security at the airport. In response, the usually thunderous Fernandes behaved like a scared puppy, and stomached his humiliation quietly without telling a soul. A year later, Strobe Talbott, the f...  more...
 Ankur Vase | 10:37 | 7/Apr/2007
Friends: (74)  | City: Pune 
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A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day & said'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven & Hell are like.'The Lord led the holy man to two doors.He opened one of the doors & the holy man looked in. In the middle ofthe room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was alarge pot of stew, which smelled delicious & made the ...  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (618)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
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...  more...
 Mahesh Sharma | 16:25 | 9/Oct/2007
Friends: (81)  | City: Jammu  | Interests: Meditation, garde...
Navratri
Navaratri: The 9 Divine Nights 5 Things You Need To Know About"Nava-ratri" literally means "nine nights." This festival is observed twice a year, once in the beginning of summer and again at the onset of winter.What's the Significance of Navratri?During Navaratri, we invoke the energy aspect of God in the form of the universal mother, commonly refe...  more...
 sudarshan yadav | 16:22 | 7/Dec/2006
Friends: (19)  | City: Pune  | Interests: i LOVE gardening...
SOCIAL DOSTI
HI.....WE R SOCIAL ANIMAL.N WE SHOUD THINK ABT OUR SAROUND N ATSMOPHR  WHR WE R LIVING,,,,,,,,SHOUD B THINK ON VERYES SOCIAL PORBELMS N TRY TO SOLVE ON U R SIDE...!!!!!! I M DOING R U WIT ME!!!!  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 12:23 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (1870)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: drawing,reading,s...
LIFE
Life can be compared to sleep.You close your eyes and prefer to be in darkness,Thinking it to be a restful phase.The dreams are nothing but your life events,Which you seem so attached to.Sunrise can be compared to death.The light streams in.Your eyes open,The dream ends,And reality sets in.The dreams now appear unreal to you.When I say "death",I me...  more...
 Sandeep Ohri | 06:31 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (367)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading non-ficti...
Higher Electricity Bills .. again ?
If you don't take action now .. you may end up paying higher electricity bills .. again !!Just a small reminder that there is a Public Hearing on Dec 6th at the YB Chavan Auditorium (Opp. Mantralaya), Mumbai - at 11 am. This is to hear public suggestions / comments on MSEDCL's petition to increase electricity tariff in lieu of imposing second "stag...  more...
 Amit Nagpal | 11:09 | 14/Nov/2007
Friends: (29)  | City: Singapore  | Interests: Reading, Writing ...
My Own Space!
Finally! I now have MY OWN SPACE on the Internet! And no, I am not talking about SecondLife.com After some efforts, I have managed to create and make live, my own personal website: http://www.AmitNagpal.com Pleeeease visit my site once and give me your feedback. It would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot... Amit http://www.AmitNagpal.com  more...
 Prasad P | 17:34 | 1/Nov/2006
Friends: (167)  | City: Muscat  | Interests: trekking, reading...
By all Means.... Marry
I saw this mail and remembered the song, filmed very well.  “No life.. without wife !”  My wife’s favorite one.  Enjoy the thoughts belowBy all Means...  MARRY! I  recently  read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife  treats me like toxic waste. DavidBissonette When a man steals your wife, there is no better  revenge...  more...
 black dronser | 11:17 | 18/Oct/2006
Friends: (227)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: programing ,sport...
best wishes
Khushi bhi doston se haiGam bhi doston se haiTakraar bhi doston se haiPyar bhi doston se haiRoothna bhi doston se haiManana bhi doston se haiBaat bhi doston se haiMisaal bhi doston se haiNasha bhi doston se haiShaam bhi doston se haiZindagi ki shuruvaat bhi doston se haiZindagi main mulakaat bhi doston se haiMohabbat bhi doston se haiInaayat bhi do...  more...
 LIJI PUTHANV... | 14:08 | 23/Oct/2006
Friends: (22)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: SPIRITUAL THOUGHT...
A Quest for Truth
A Happy Villager        In a small village somewhere in Kerala, there lived "Lizzo Peter Varghese" who was always happy, kind, and friendly to everyone he met. He always smiled and had a encouraging word to say for everyone. Everyone who met him left with feeling of betterment, happiness and euphoria. People knew they could count on him, and regard...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (552)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
The Tea-shop girl
The corner shop that serves us teaAnd houses all furore.From rising price to falling starsIn voices shrill and sore.A pair of eyes does follow themLook askance at their dinWhen closing shop with little handsOr washing strainers clean.A simple riddle troubles her,At times, does make her smileHow grown up men have silly fightsKnowing all the whileTha...  more...
 Cubes 3B | 17:52 | 22/Jun/2007
Friends: (33)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Driving, P...
Long time no posts
Hello Friends, I would first like to thank you all for reminding me "Long time no post". That's true, and I sincerely apologise for not posting and appreciate that you all visit my homepage inspite of no new posts. I dont have anything to post as of now,  and even now as I write this, I am thinking of what to post, with no subject coming to my mind...  more...
 sandeep kumar | 14:38 | 10/Feb/2007
Friends: (43)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: music , playing c...
allright, this one's again, not my brainchild, but good to give a glance...murphy's laws---1. whenever i find the key to success, someone changes the lock;2.to err is human, to forgive is NOT a company's policy;3.the road to success...is always under construction;4.alcohol does'nt solve problems, but if u think, neither does milk;5.in order to get ...  more...
 Bhushan Agrawal | 12:56 | 9/Dec/2006
Friends: (75)  | Interests: Sports, Yoga , Gy...
Love .........
This post is dedicated to all the people who have missed there train for love ..... A boy proposed a girl..... she rejected. He was not sad. friends asked, "did not u feel bad ?" Boy said, "y should i feel? i lost one who never loved me. she lost one who really loved her." - cheers bhushan  more...
 anshul banga... | 18:21 | 5/Aug/2007
Friends: (334)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Love life,romanti...
the magic of kissing
the magic of kissing.........Kissing is one natural ex-pression of humankind which has been there since times immemorial....it could be out of love,out of passion,out of care,out of lust,out of warmth and so on....but i will speak or rather write about the kissing done out of passion and love...Kissing between two opposite sexes is common to all na...  more...
 amazing santro | 00:40 | 9/Apr/2007
Friends: (140)  | Interests: to know about sec...
privileges & duties..
Sitting on the stack of rights.. Throwing back..the..striking duties ..Shaping..some innovative canons..and codes for leftover species…  the menPlunged into the duties… Thirsting for.. snatched privileges..Do’s and don’ts..whatever..Can  procure...only..the sharp edges..  the women[don't take it otherwise please..it's just a picture of our society....  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1459)  | 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...
 Neel Pradhan | 13:50 | 6/Jul/2006
Friends: (39)  | Interests: anything goes...
Sporting extravaganza
The months of June and July have been a bonanza for sports fans. While the football world cup has been the most watched and discussed event, there have been plenty of other sporting events and some memorable moments that have been overshadowed by it. Surprisingly the biggest casualty has been Cricket. Even the historic series win in the West Indies...  more...
 Sanjeev Verma | 14:23 | 31/Jul/2007
Friends: (122)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Film, Western Cla...
Why Style Matters
By Sanjeev Verma A few years ago I put together a style guide gleaned from all that I have learnt and read in a long and abiding affair with English language. Quite a voluminous guide it turned out to be too and, while I didn't particularly want to inflict that guide on you, I thought this sneak preview to what the guide contains might get some of ...  more...
 Shivaram Ram | 22:31 | 31/Mar/2007
Friends: (11)  | City: Shimoga  | Interests: Lliterature, Phil...
EAST-WEST
ಪೂರ್ವ-ಪಶŇ 7;ಚಿಮಸೂರ್ 47; ತಿರುಗುತ್ ;ತಿಲ್ಲ; ಇದ್ದಲ್ಲೇ ;  ಇದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅವನಿಗ...  more...
 Isha Cally | 11:50 | 20/Oct/2006
Friends: (340)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Nothing,,,,,!
SHUBH DEEPAWALI
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,,,!    more...
 Mahe R | 02:22 | 25/Oct/2007
Friends: (49)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: INDIA-politics , ...
Jai Jai Communists of India
Its been a long while since my last appearance on the Iland space, though unintentional.I could not resist, when I came across this piece of news that said : " five out of 17 nuclear power plants have been shut down for want of fuel", but say Jai Communism. Long live Communist party of India ( M), Communist party of India(a), Communist party of Ind...  more...
 M M | 16:01 | 20/Mar/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Fairfax  | Interests: Cooking, Reading,...
The Monkey Inside
I don't know about you  -but as for me I know there is or at leastthere was monkey inside of me - especially when I was a kid.  He used to dare me to clamber the walls into the neighbouring gardens - shinny up the palm trees for those delicious tender coconuts, or made meclimb the Guava trees.  He made me get all those wonderful stripes onmy behind...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 20:35 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1173)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Humanity ...
पूरी र...
बांछें खिल गई थी,दरवाजí 5; पर खड़े देवदूत,भë 2;पेट भोजन का निमंत्र...  more...
 Mitul Shah | 18:59 | 22/Dec/2006
Friends: (20)  | Interests: Sports,Reading
The Power of 11
This is how devil's mind work for power of 111) New York City has 11 letters2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to destroy the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11  letters. 4) George W Bush has 11 letters.  This could be a mere coincidence, but this gets more interesting:1) New York is the 11th state.2) The first pla...  more...
 Manoj Verma | 17:22 | 1/Mar/2007
Friends: (51)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Philosophy, Litra...
Ghalib - Humko maloom hai
husn-e-mah, garche ba_haNgaam-e-kamaal achcha haius'se mera mah-e-KHursheed-e-jamaal achcha hai [ husn-e-mah -> moon like beauty, mah = moon, KHursheed = sun, jamaal = beauty ] bosa dete naheeN aur dil pe hai har lahja nigaahjee meiN kehte haiN, muft aaye to maal achcha hai [ bosa = kiss ] unke dekhe se jo aa jaatee hai muNh par raunaqwoh samajhte ...  more...
 Gurmeetsingh... | 13:19 | 26/Aug/2007
Friends: (238)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Swimming, Thinkin...
Success in Interviews - II
Wednesday, August 21, 2007Success in Interviews - part II Friends,Thank you for your kind words. I feel motivated to keep sharing. I also feel fortunate that at this young age of 36, I can devote so much of my time for the benefit of deserving people. Do share the messages to your other friends, as well, so that they also benefit. I shall also past...  more...
 Humble Simble | 23:07 | 9/May/2006
Friends: (2)  | City: Centreville  | Interests: Life in General
Bed Of Roses
Sometimes I wonder how wonderful it would have been if life were a bed of roses - ofcouse minus the thorns- Just doing nothing other than relaxing - don't even need a vaction - boy would that not be wonderful??????Naaaaaa - I don't think so - guess we have to have that daily grind of work - and then the relaxation that follows a hard day's work  -t...  more...
 Arindam Chat... | 11:19 | 1/Feb/2007
Friends: (64)  | City: Serampore  | Interests: Life in itself.
Confessions - II
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. ...  more...
 chandra mohan | 02:08 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (199)  | City: Atlanta  | Interests: Nethin X-treme, B...
U in parel gimme 1000Rs
OK, here"s a nostalgia question: What childhood game did you enjoy the most?Trade(monopoly)? In Monopoly, my strategy was to be the car.The car was one of the little metal game-board pieces; the other ones, as I recall, were the hat, the dog, the shoe, the guy on the horse and the iron. I never wanted to be the shoe, and I definitely did not want t...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 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...
 Mahesh Patwa... | 18:37 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (219)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: film, photography...
Where have all the record stores gone?
The Web is full of "user generated nonsense" - is in a nutshell one of the conclusions of The Cult of the Amateur: How Today"s Internet is Killing Our Culture  by Andrew Keen. Also more conclusions are that the second coming of the Web will destroy our moral fibre, it will be the downfall of organized Man as we know it, and completely drive every r...  more...
 Mahima Natraj | 21:15 | 18/Sep/2006
Friends: (7)  | City: Mysore  | Interests: Travelling, Photo...
Dil Dhoondtha Hai
Hamara dil aap ka haiDil mein hai aap ki dhadkanDhadkan ne baandhi aise bandhanHum bane aap ki dulhan (khwabon mein)Koi toofan na karsaka humko doorHamari pyaar mein thi itni taakat huzoorHamari pyaar thi hamari ghuroorJo aaj hogay hai choor choorNa aap bewafa na humDil ki ghar mein hai ghumJahan abbhi dhoondhe hai humDhadkan aapki, aapki kasamAap ...  more...
 sanket raaj | 09:43 | 21/Mar/2007
Friends: (154)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: cricket, india, e...
BOB WOOLMER (1948-2007) : REST IN PEACE
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” BOB WOOLMER : REST IN PEACE 1948 - 2007 Death may be the essential condition of life, but its suddenness can shock and benumb feelings. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. The sudden death of Bob Woolmer has sent shivers down my spin...  more...
 pankaj shah | 15:30 | 20/Aug/2006
Friends: (113)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music,movies,spor...
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 Sonu Katha | 18:15 | 28/Oct/2007
Friends: (515)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
'Talking too much' is top job-interview ...
Talking too much is the most common interview mistake that job candidates make,according to 36 percent of recruiters who completed the ninth edition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released by Korn/Ferry International, the premier global provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting andleadership development solutions. Other commo...  more...
 Debasish Cha... | 05:47 | 1/Mar/2007
Friends: (117)  | City: Delray Beach, Florida,USA  | Interests: Browsing, Network...
Effort
There is a little story...that teaches a lot... A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young boy. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went ...  more...
 Raj P | 11:52 | 12/Aug/2006
Friends: (16)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, Music, C...