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 13:30 | 9/Dec/2006
A tribute..........
On October 27, 1980 Kalpana Chawla wrote a poem to her friend, which she titled 'Toward the Goal'.............   D ive deep down An aim awaits Pearls peep For your hands to reach Just yours For years, decades and ages A door lies locked A pearl in the shell A secret in the brain Open it Break it Reveal it Fly high more...
 17:36 | 22/Nov/2006
And I wonder......
“People see things that are and say, why? I see things that can be and say, why not?”                                                                 -  George Bernard Shaw Rules are tormenting to follow and exciting to flout, but they are set nevertheless. From what we eat to how we live is governed by a set of rules. But matters of the heart are b... more...
 14:26 | 30/Oct/2006
I Love You...............
And I’m here…..in a crowd of people. I smile, I talk and laughter fills the air. Life seems so good….everything’s bright and fair. I excel at my work, my seniors pat my back. I plan to learn more, to make up for what I lack. Over a cup of tea, I share a joke or two…..there is a sense of comfort with colleagues old and new. I’m drowned in the lap of... more...
 13:13 | 13/Oct/2006
If........
Rudyard KiplingIfIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too g... more...
 12:35 | 21/Sep/2006
Home and away.........
One phone call from my didi, announcing that she was taking me to Dubai for a wide variety of reasons, changed my life and the size of my wallet drastically . I went on a shopping binge because the plan of action was to get a job in Dubai while on visit . So, though it is a shopper’s paradise i added a few good outfits in my kitty before i could at... more...
 11:34 | 11/May/2006
Maa's Day........
Yet another Maa's day is here and I'm wrecking my brains trying to figure out what to gift my mom....Jus had a tiff with her this morning (one in a list of many  ). I know what she would like as a gift but I can't afford it. Bcoz I jus can't avoid arguing with her and its been aeons (yawn!....) since I gave up trying to explain to her the new mantr... more...
 09:58 | 4/May/2006
How Kaavya Viswanathan Plagiarised, got ...
When I first came across the title, "How Opal Mehta got kissed, got wild and got a life" I already knew that I wanted to get hold of this novel and read it. The title instantly sparked an interest. And that it was written by a 19 year old Indian studying at Harvard came as a pleasant surprise. I remember reading about Kaavya's interview where she h... more...
 10:11 | 26/Apr/2006
Tomorrow never comes........
How many times have we deferred our tasks for tomorrow...simple tasks like washing, cleaning, paying bills....Its a bug that catches up with all of us (more so with me ;)). I had once made a new year resolution for doing away with it. I managed to play along with it for about 3-4 months in the beginning and I found my life getting less chaotic. But... more...
 09:09 | 20/Apr/2006
Sun,Sand and Sea
Hello!I am a goan....and proud to be one! Read through this and you will know why....Goa! a land of myriad cultures, people, customs, traditions and of course beaches!! The very mention of the fact that I am a goan often sparks an interest in those around me. And then follows the steady flow of inquisitive questioning to know more about this land t... more...
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 Mumbaikar bi... | 15:37 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Ek Dum Streagth B...
Ek Dum Bindass......
Hello! Dear Friends & Sweet Girlfriends....Ee Bhai log ab apun idhhar aa gaye la hai kya...Bahut idhar udhar kam kiya aaur masti bhi kiya phir socha thod emage bana lene ka.. ek chota kholi bhi iss taapu  pe bana lene ka.. kya...bus phir kya me pahuch gaya idhhar. Sachhi bole to Koi to bhi bola mere ko ki iss taapu pe log bade bade banglo me rahate...  more...
 Nishant Paul | 12:53 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (71)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing Poetry
“KAB AAOGE TUM...???” Andar –Mere dil mei'N Andhero'N ka alamJinme chhupe Mere armaa'NSiskiya'N bharte huyeVarna har aurMaut sii khamosheeKab aaoge tum? Baahar se-Mehsoos karta huu'NApne dil ko Jalta huaPyasi aankho'N seIdhar se UdharNa jane kiskiTalash karta huyaMere sookhe adhro'N parSirf tumhara hee naam“Nishant”Kab aaoge tum...???"Des...  more...
 sunil deshpande | 21:10 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (127)  | City: Aurangabad  | Interests: success is the ab...
where is our INDIA
India is the murder capital of the worldJune 18, 2008A survey by the National Crime Records Bureau for the year 2006 has said that India witnessed 32,719 murders -- roughly three people killed every hour -- placing it in the top of the list of countries with the highest number of murders. In terms of number of murders worldwide, India is followed b...  more...
 Pradeep | 23:32 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (1)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: making frnds, rea...
Love in mental hospital
Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jimmsuddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool andstayed there.Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottomand pulled Jim out.When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act, s...  more...
 keshav singhal | 09:31 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (228)  | City: Ajmer  | Interests: Learning, Reading...
What's new in ISO 9001:2008 DIS?
What's new in ISO 9001:2008 DIS?ISO 9001:2000 QMS Standard is under revision.Draft International Standard (DIS) ISO 9001:2008 has been issued. After favourable voting by ISO members, International Standard ISO 9001:2008 is likely to be published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) by October 2008.An article "What's new in ISO 90...  more...
 manish soni | 15:04 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Indore  | Interests: MAKEING FRIENDS,T...
BOSS
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted tobe Boss.The Brain said,"I should be Boss because I controlthe whole body's responses and functions.The feet said, "We should be Boss as we carry thebrain about and get him to where he wants to go." The hands said, "We should be Boss because we do allthe work and earn all the money."And so it went...  more...
 parthasarath... | 11:57 | 18/Jun/2008
Friends: (50)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry & literature
I suffocate.. I enjoy
 I suffocate.. I enjoy Tide of memories going on and on and on!Some times drowned and suffocated,Some times merrily float and enjoy!Childhood till yesterday, amazing.. amazing!! Those games take me long, long distance back,Dust on the face and smile on the cheeks, I cry!The lady with the thin lips comes a savior,Jerks me and say ‘you are no more a ...  more...
 Vichitra Gupta | 17:43 | 18/Jun/2008
Friends: (51)  | City: B H I W A N I (HARYANA)  | Interests: bhajan,sahitya,de...
NAKALI MUSKAN
बाहर से नकली मà¥à¤¸à¥à¤•ानें , भीतर से सनà¥à¤¤à¤¾à¤ª लिये ,कà¥à¤¯à¤¾ जाने जीते हैं हम किस दà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¤¾à¤¶à¤¾ का शाप लिये .यूठतो सांप से भी जहरीले हैं , इस यà¥à¤— के सनà¥à¤¤ ...  more...
 rajiv s kumar | 12:39 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (11)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: spirituality
LIVE  YOUR   LIFE        FOR LOVE AND PEACE ON EARTH. THE COSMIC ENERGY WILL START FUNCTIONING IN YOU.    more...
 hardhitter h... | 09:57 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (48)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Life
" Everybody Cheats-II"Hmm, so most of them thought just the part-I teaser and thats it huh? Well am here again :-)Saturday came, there was call from the shrink to postpone the appointment. Then she called again and I was relieved to know the appo is okies. 3 pm.I was on time. no waiting. Ushered to her chamber right away. She was on that not-for-he...  more...
 bhagwant pandey | 00:54 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (58)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Writing, Literatu...
tanha is missing ... you
my Dear Friends , Thanks for yours very beautiful, valuabl e & influential comments, in my message  box, guest book, e- mail and on my mobile which always give me inspiration to think better, feel better, and write better.  This poem is very near to my he art. First time it is on paper for  my all 57 rediffiland's friends, visitors and promotors, Frie...  more...
 Rector kathuria | 20:47 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Ludhiana  | Interests: Music, Media, Rea...
Sun Set
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 anilairen | 12:54 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (140)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
my Sun day
My SunDayMy sunday is the most interesting day for me . I planned that on the next holiday or sunday i will do that work or visit to some friends home. but on that particular day i along with other members of the family members slips in the bed upto late hours. And in between we plan or start doing some work , some friends or some relatives visits ...  more...
 Ananta Khakh... | 18:25 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (181)  | City: Balacharah  | Interests: Football , Cricke...
MIND GRAPHIC
  As our tender mind ,Awoke up to the world ;Grows and mature with time ;With physical appearance ,With nature ,With life ,With wind. At times mind shows characters of young ,Like of school age ;Always pretending of a child ,Behaving of a young ,Conducting  of  a child;Though the time has gone away;But the mind continuo to be of child ,As ever youn...  more...
 Vijayant Tiwari | 07:16 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (10)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Art,Designing & G...
please read this..
hi Friends,i want to tell you that, i am here for Bhagwant Pandey's writeups. because i always like to read him, we are friends from class 1st. he is nice person and very good writer . i always like to draw and colour, and he always like to write.. .. and we were / are good friend of all season., His life story is very instersting.. love, passion, ...  more...
 LAUKIK | 09:40 | 16/Jun/2008
Friends: (97)  | City: Mangalore  | Interests: CHATTING
TWICE IS THE BEST
The hard reality Read Twice The hard reality The hard reality is that when you need advice, everyone is ready to help you, but when you need help, everyone   is ready to advice you…..!  more...
 praveen sharma | 12:54 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (460)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: To love is to suf...
A GOOD FRIEND
What is a Good Friend?Friends are a pretty important part of most people"s lives. Researchshows  that having quality relationships increases your likelihood ofbeing happy - so it"s good for your happiness to be a great friend andto have a group of close friends surrounding you too.A good friend might be someone who"s there to provide support when t...  more...
 RAGHUPAT | 22:09 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (96)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
A Bridge Of Love !
A Bridge Of Love !When we typed those very first words, How could we have possibly known.Our words would bring us so close, And this beautiful love would be sown.Words exchanged between friends; Made their way into our hearts.Then words became words of love, With hopes and dreams to impart. How can you fall so much in love,With someone who you have...  more...
 Sanjeev Verma | 23:16 | 7/May/2008
Friends: (199)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Film, Western Cla...
Echoes of the Past
By Sanjeev VermaCinema—and I usually say this when the wife is out of earshot—is my first love. For me it’s cinema. Or films. Never movies. I painstakingly—and I am sure gratingly—object to even my nine-year-old son calling them movies. Why, he asks? Aren’t they synonyms—films, cinema, movies, et al? No they most certainly not. Movies, I maintain, ...  more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (317)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (935)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 ShashiKumar ... | 18:15 | 28/Dec/2007
Friends: (70)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Travel, Painting ...
"SAVING IS SIN, SPENDING IS VIRTUE"
 Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over $100 billion. Yet Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing. Americans spend, save little. Also US import more than it exports. Has an annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy is consi...  more...
 Naveen Gupta | 23:07 | 9/Jul/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: chating, music, v...
Love always Lasts!!!
If love finds its way into your heart.understanding it will leave no loss.lovers come and leave and grow.but love never has left you alone.through all of life, through all of day,you lived your life, to know love stays.as stars above guide like lightsso love guides hearts to loves delightthere was that girl, you met and knew.that somehow her love w...  more...
 AAMEEN KHAN | 12:44 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (372)  | City: zelon  | Interests: DREAM SELLERS INT...
O!!!!!! DILBAR
O !! deelbarN a chalaavo teer nazaron seDeel hamaara ghayal hota haiTuumhari palakon ki ishaaron seTumm basi ho saanson main meriBeena saans kya koyi ji sakata haiDhaayi akshar prem ke padhane seBadala badala sa hai jiwanDeel ki dhadakane bhi Jawaa hoti haituumhaare naam seKyon kahoon main kitana chaahata hoon tuumhe pataa hai sabhiko main kitana ...  more...
 JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (860)  | City: Ever heard of Nadir ?  | Interests: blogging ...and t...
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...  more...
 amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007
Friends: (359)  | City: Goa  | Interests: understanding mys...
Success in Life
  The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.”     Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.  more...
 j m | 11:50 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (84)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading
Usefull Hints
Usefull HintsSubject: Useful hintsThere are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool forSurvival. Check out the things that you can do with it: -1. *EMERGENCY**The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find yourself out of coverage area of yo...  more...
 Pramathesh B... | 22:00 | 15/Sep/2007
Friends: (151)  | City: Jorhat  | Interests: Computers,Politic...
Friction 2
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 javed mahmood | 14:47 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (20)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: GODS NATURE , FUN...
touch
KHUSBOO KI TRAH AYAA WOH TEZ HAWAWO ME MANGA THA JISE HUMNE DIN RAAT DUWAWOO MEN /  more...
 raja rani | 18:59 | 17/Nov/2006
Friends: (61)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music
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 newkidinworl... | 15:49 | 7/Dec/2006
Friends: (23)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Movies, Co...
Jokes Galore
Here are some jokes. WARNING: Some of them are explicit so please dont proceed if you can not take them ******************************************************* *One day a man calls his wife from his IDEA mobile his call gets cross connected to some other lady.They still keep on talking..they start liking each other..and finally they get married. wha...  more...
 sayan ghosh | 20:19 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (21)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: playing cricket, ...
A Matter of Concern........
They way things are heading we would be in a society where 1 ot of every 10 persons is HIV positive.Yes, I am talking about a disease that has claimed millions of lives and is yet to claim more.So its high time we start acting together.one of the way of battling this disease is through education.Most of our population is concentrated in the rural s...  more...
 Barmy Sagacity | 21:19 | 19/Jun/2007
Friends: (32)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Books, Music, Mov...
Thou shalt not ramble on
Okay, I agree I don’t have real content here to talk about. But then, I don’t make sense most of the times anyways and that has never stopped me from blabbering. So I ramble on….. I work in the IT industry and needless to say I have to deal with a lot of desis. Now, that has lots of perks. You get to hang out with buddies and fellow Indians. You ge...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008
Friends: (570)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
'Away From Her' - A Review
An aged wife tells her husband,“You could have just driven away without a care in the worldfor me, and forsaken me”With a pause pregnant with unsaid emotions he whispers,“Not a chance.”Inthese two lines which appear to be so unambiguously banal in content at first glance there might lay the ultimate test and triumph of  an alliance forged over a li...  more...
 debabrata bi... | 12:19 | 15/Nov/2006
Friends: (27)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: music, swimming
COME ON EVERYBODY --- LETS ROCK
HI EVERYBODY ..............GR8 NEWS 4 NEW GENERATION. THE "PEANUT" (FIRST SQUIRREL BAND IN THE WORLD) IS IN TOWN. THEY R GOING TO PERFOM THEIR FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. SO COME ON EVERYBODY ..........JUST JOIN THE PARTY.........AND LETS ROCK THE NIGHT. .........AFTER ALL --- ENTRY FREE. PEOPLES FROM OTHER CITY CAN ENJOY THE LIVE TELECAST IN "...  more...
 Sumit Arya | 14:36 | 2/Jan/2008
Friends: (258)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Computes, Latest ...
New Year....
New Year is a time to unfold new horizons and dreams, make resolutions, rejoice and face new challenges... Wishing you a truly fulfilling 2008 !!  more...
 Sandeep Ohri | 04:33 | 12/Mar/2008
Friends: (380)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading non-ficti...
REL changes its name to Reliance Infrast...
Don"t know how many of you saw the small news item .. but our good friends at REL have decided on another name change!So now the Mumbai Distribution License which didn"t get formally transfered to BSES Ltd .. and then which didn"t get formally  transfered to REL .. will now (I guess) also NOT get formally transfered to Reliance Infrastructure... th...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:38 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (245)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
All, in a Day!“It’s 720, and you are still sleeping as if you haven’t had even a wink in the last one week”.Muzzeebatein pehle batake nahin aate!“You better get up now” – this is one wake-up call no husband could pretend he didn’t hear. “You see, I went for a walk all by myself. Your colleague Mr. Sharma was walking with his wife”.“Why, did you exp...  more...
 cajetan vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1148)  | City: Goa  | Interests: silence
how far back can you remember?
13:27 | 15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s)               How far back can you remember? Some of my oldest memories - Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery - My first day...  more...
 guru r | 12:50 | 2/Nov/2007
Friends: (213)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Meeting people, F...
Fish TRAP.....
A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort. The husband liked to fish at th