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| I was so sure I had a “post” in me on Sunday. Unfortunately I was nowhere near a computer at that time and so I lost that post. Yesterday, I opened a blank word document and well, it remained just that …a blank word document. Maybe this is what they call writer’s block. Although I am not conceited enough to think I am a writer or anything. So, ye...
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| 16:39 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| I know I am a bit late with this movie review. Most of you might already have caught “Jaane tu ya jaane na”. I had wanted to see it last week itself, but the shows were all house-full. So, this time I took no chances and booked online. So, what do I think of the movie. It is all right I guess. But as I walked out of the theatre I had this feeling, ...
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| 12:25 | 4/Jul/2008 |
| Sum of all losses | |
| Yesterday, when I went to a shop to get some stuff, I got the rude shock that my wallet was missing from my handbag. I searched at home and tried remembering when I had seen it last and realized that it was the day before. Finally, I reached the dreaded conclusion that my wallet must have got stolen. My nice new, Blue & Blues, Italian leather wall...
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| 13:39 | 30/Jun/2008 |
| Rainy Monday | |
| It has started raining again in Mumbai. Thank God for that!! Otherwise we would have been officially declared as drought affected. It was a rainy day yesterday, Sunday. Though not an out-and-out heavy rain types. It was mostly a drizzle. But I was happy even with the drizzle. I love to watch the rain from my window. The rain trickling down the leav...
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| 16:57 | 23/Jun/2008 |
| The week that was | |
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| Well, the euphoria of being on HP is wearing off and I am back to what I usually do. Blog about my weekend. I am guessing that I got to HP because my post was something to do with rains. Just thinking. Rains seem to have left Mumbai and it has been dry since almost 10 days now. A pity really, considering I was so excited about the rains and all. T...
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| 16:32 | 20/Jun/2008 |
| I AM ON REDIFF HOME PAGE | |
| OMG! I’m on Rediff main page. My joy knows no bounds. I used to wonder what does one have to do to get featured on the Rediff home page or maybe as “Ilanders on the move”. I scratched my head a lot and then some more. Then I gave up. They may be having some complex algorithm I thought. Anyways, I was happy that so many people read my posts and are ...
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| 11:31 | 10/Jun/2008 |
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| Its been raining in Mumbai since Friday. And boy! I’m loving it. Thursday evening there were light showers in my area. I did not expect such heavy rain on Friday. So I was caught unawares. No raincoat, no umbrella. Still, I loved it. Getting drenched in the first rain of this monsoon. I sure am glad that the rains have arrived earlier than usual. I...
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| 16:24 | 5/Jun/2008 |
| Disease of this generation | |
| I spoke to one of my friends from school the other day. He is one of the few friends from back then, who are still in touch with me. I hadn’t spoken to him in some time. In the course of speaking he said that his marriage is a troubled one. His wife has gone off to her “maiyka”. I heard his tale of woes and told him that even I am sailing in the sa...
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| 14:00 | 28/May/2008 |
| Being Sam | |
| First up, I have a confession to make. I am more touchy than I would like to believe. That is why when I saw some comments that annoyed me I deleted the whole post. Ek do baar, “sex” kya kah diya, I am thought of as some sexual deviant, sex addict or something. I forgot that we Indians are still a very conservative race. And maybe nice girls don’...
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| 15:02 | 19/May/2008 |
| Movies and more | |
| As Virgin has observed, I have been a bit contemplative in my past few posts. sunshine is bang on when he says that “you are positive but with bouts of negative ness”. I can see this pattern in my life (and posts), I feel blue, very blue, then I try and talk myself out of it and feel better for sometime. Then again, I feel blue and this cycle conti...
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| tanushree ku... | 11:01 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| just curious |
| i know its too late to post this blog.....n i know i may even spark never ending debate when i discuss about "gujarat riots '02"..but believe me its not a political view.im just curious to know about it..im curious to know what happened ....having been heard so many versions by friends,media ,acquaintance i dont know what to believe....interestingl...
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| sur | 11:54 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| aalas mere man main kiun aise chhane laga haimeri manjil kiun mujhse door jane lagi haijane kiun mere saath ye sab kuchh hone laga hairaho main chalte chalte mujhko ye ahsas karata haikoi kiun mere piche piche istarah badh raha haiachanak main kiun ruk ruk kar un aahto ko sunta humujhe ab kiun kaliyo phoole ko chhune se dar lagne laga haibin chhuye...
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| dileep date | 14:42 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| Hi Every Visitor of my Blog, This is one of the most recent nature photograph I have taken. I hope you will take a good look at it and please let me know your reactions. Dileep
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| Aria | 15:32 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| An Aimless Walk |
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| I sauntered these puddle-smeared pavements many times Imprinting trails of treadmark, had long ceased to see themHere is both cover and footing where I expect muckMy knees make musical rubs in cool shearing dirtPurple dust drifts and a sour raindrop splashes on my noseThe piles of brickbats scattered in the weeds are warm. Overhead clouds wheel, ut...
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| sasmita | 16:00 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| Love in my time |
| Love in my timeAll we need is love. its because it is our very nature. but why we are starved of love then ? what i have observed is its because we confuse love with many other things like say social status,beautiful partners,wealth,power,material comfort etc...n we are trying to fill ourselves with as much of these things as possible.these are no...
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| Veena Hari | 13:22 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| Alone I was , Sitting at a silver beach. The moonlight filled every dark , empty space. Each grain of sand, sparkled diamond-like. As I immersed my feet into their warmth. Making sounds that echoed in my soul ...The Sea looked so enigmaticthat it seemed to conceal a hidden universe within. A cool breeze caressed me in the tenderest way.My tresse...
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| vikrant | 15:52 | 8/Jul/2008 |
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| Jasmine Jassi | 20:23 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| when 'm gone.... |
| ...When things come to the end ..either life itself or in general …the first thought knocks ..’ll they really care or remember for a few moments ,‘ll life be d same as it ever was… .. thoughts arrive with a mix of emotions.. as shades of evenings or warmth of sun.. loads of sorrow or handful of fun ..........here goes a touching song of...
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| Amiya Lahiri | 15:08 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| BRITISH RULE IN INDIA Today I am going to write something controversial about ‘British Rule in India’. I know that many of my friends will not share my opinion. I can assure that there is no intention to offend anyone’s sentiment. It is purely my viewpoint. You are at liberty to express your opinion freely. Every good event has also a darker side...
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| prasad | 21:02 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| Are You Sincere |
| Techie couplesPriya was about to leave office after finishing her work. She got a call from her husband Bharat,Priya: "Hello, yes Bharat".Bharat(B): "Priya, can you open my gmail and get a print out of the mail from that USconsultant I forgot to take it in my office"(P): "Yes, I can, I need your password"(B): "ruby34378"(P): "Ok fine"She takes th...
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| raja | 15:38 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| INHUMANELY HUMANE |
| THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO FREE THINKERS ALL OVER THE WORLDINHUMANELY HUMANE Rajesh and Deepti were good friends, theywere studious, they do not miss any coaching classes, even if it’s in the otherside of town, one day it so happened that there was minor riot in that side of town,Rajesh acted as a guardian angel...
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| ujjwal gangele | 18:00 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| jaago india jaago |
| yesterday i was seeing the news where manmohan singh and party are showing there majority..so they won in that as expected...the thing which hold my eyes was the news in todays paper that out oftotal some 540 MPs there are 122 on which some court cases are going on.and some were given bail for the purpose of voting(this means that theyare those per...
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| navinbhai pa... | 16:38 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| NA JANE AISA KYOO HATA HAI,DIL KE KARIB RAH KE BHI AP DOOR LAGATI HO,APKO BAR BAR DEKH NE PAR BHI JI NAHI BHARATA BUS YOOHIN APKO DEKHATA RAHOON SAYAD MUJE AISA LAGATA HAI KI APSE MERA AGLE JANAM KA RISTA HAIKYA ISE PYAR KAHTE HAI , TO APSE MUJE PYAR HAITERA MUJSE HAI PAHALE SE NATA KOIYOOHIN NAHI DIL LOOBHATA KOIJANE TU YA JANE NA MUJE MERA DIL YE...
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| robin khan | 13:27 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| world & surprises |
| I think that whenever a person, living on earth, asks a question about God or to God. The The God answers through the things around him. But sometimes a person doesn't understand. Because I think for that you should have a beautiful heart & a positive thinking. Because I am like this and so that my whole life is going well with an excillent pleaseu...
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| Boltus | 12:24 | 21/May/2008 |
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| The taste of failure Failure is a word we fear most, at least in my life I was afraid to confront with failure and I took only those options where I could have a sure win. That means not even a moderate risk taker!Accepting challenges, small or big, evokes fear and the fear is about a failure and getting embarrassed in front of others. So we tend t...
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| Zebunissa | 14:11 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| WORDS |
| LoveEnchantedMysticalMagicalSereneEnigmaOceanicSome of the beautiful words... words have a power of their own…A negative word breaks heartA broken heart a broken soulA broken soul a broken life Gloom all around!!A beautiful wordA smileA new hopeA fresh vigor A lease of optimismHappiness all round!!Such is the power of words that we use everyday…The...
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| raj phad | 17:29 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| साधो, सो सदगुरì 9; मोहि भावेसê 0;प्रेम का भर-भर प्यालì 6;,आप पिलाई मो&#...
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| mahendra kumar | 22:09 | 18/Apr/2008 |
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| Life's Fast Lane |
| A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and b...
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| Ocimum Sanc | 12:29 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| The Post Mortem Of a Write Up!! |
| The Post Mortem of a write up! The reason for this post perhaps stems from my primary urge to write! We write, all of us do, at various points in time, on a wide range of topics – personal, philosophical, sentimental, fictional, mythological, moral etc but we all write…..and wait. Wait for reactions, good, bad and the ugly! We feel happy, sad, bad,...
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| Sandeep Ohri | 07:10 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| Oct 2006-Jul 2008: It's been a long stru... |
| It was in October 2006, I used to run a small scale unit in Mumbai and I received my first escalated electricity bill from Reliance Energy.(For those who came in late... my bill went from Rs. 210 for 11 units to Rs. 10,800 for 14 units!!)It was then that I woke up and smelt the coffee .. oops .. the mud, about how Reliance Energy had been hoodwinki...
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| monu g | 21:54 | 10/Jul/2008 |
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| MY space |
| Strange is the notion of "being mine".. When i look into myself everything seems to be, when i look outside nothing really is.. Of late i have been noticing, this notion of "my space" spreading far & wide ... bole to, , the places i want to go, the clothes i want to wear, the food i want to eat, the way i want to talk, the things i want to do so on...
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| Nischalson C... | 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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| sahil banga | 13:55 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| Gunguna sa khwab hai yeh |
| Gunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehGunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehJustajoo hai, tamanna hai ismeTanha sa khwab hai yehNeele shab ka intezaar haiKarwato ka silsila haiAdhura chaand hai, sitaron ki tauba hai ismeBechain sa khwab hai yehAnjaan sa ek kaafila haiPhir bhi khamoshi ka aalam haiHosh hai, madhoshi hai ismeBehka s...
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| janus janus | 15:05 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Love and longing in Chennai |
| The city of my birth always fills me with a sense of nostalgia, wistfulness, longing. This time, too, was no different. A quick visit of a few days, is not enough to take in all the pleasures and joys of a city that the rest of the country still prefers to underrate, but to me life in the southern sector is a very different kind of life. Chennai is...
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| Wise Donkey | 00:30 | 24/Jun/2008 |
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| You raise me up. |
| This one's for you ma:When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;When troubles come and my heart burdened be;Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,Until you come and sit awhile with me.You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up: To more than I c...
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| febin joy | 06:33 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| Ripples |
| Hi.... Another pic from my first day shoot with D80. Hope u'll enjoy. Febin
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| Jahan Bakshi | 20:04 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| Review: Kismat Konnection |
| Kismat Konnection lacks the Mirza Magic- this one doesn't quite konnectOriginally published on NOWRUNNING.COMQuentin Tarantino, while explaining why he deleted one of the scenes from his 1994 masterpiece Pulp Fiction said, "It sounds like someone trying to write like me, (rather) than me." No line could better describe Aziz Mirza's new film Kismat ...
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| Jobin A. | 14:36 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| Jack Welch and the GE way |
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| I first set sight on this book at a bookstore in Raipur. I did not purchase it then as the management entrance exams were knocking at the door and I had to prioritize more of my time trying to brush up the rough areas of my preparation. The next time I saw the book, was when I was browsing the library to get some books which I could take home for...
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| Cubes 3B | 14:03 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| Rain and Romance |
| Finally The Rain has come. It was much awaited after the blazing sun was literally baking the earth and the beings on it. With it the rain has brought not only relief but also filled the air with romance. The birds have started chirpping, the trees have started looking green, and all the souls are filled with satisfaction. Its a beauty how rain can...
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| archana kumar | 06:17 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| Breaking a promise |
| I dont know whether i shud feel betrayed and depressed or be understanding.My fiance postponed our wedding cos his company was not letting him go for his own wedding! And it is not just a few days, but 6 months!!!!!!!This when everything has been arranged back home!!!!!He says that they were subtly hinting that he will lose his job if he goes on le...
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| Cajetan Vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008 |
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| 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...
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| dee vine | 15:12 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| 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...
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| Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007 |
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| Separation and Travel |
| Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| 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 ...
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| Sanjeev Verma | 23:16 | 7/May/2008 |
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| Echoes of the Past |
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| 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 aren't. Movies, I maintai...
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| snehal karve | 11:42 | 28/Jun/2006 |
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| The Elusive Cat |
| There has been a decline in the population of Tigers in many forests in India.Sariska now remains a sanctuary without any tigers.One of the most elusive cats among all is the Tiger which sits at the top of the Ecosystem. Did u know that the healthiness of a forest is determined by the healthy Tiger population of the forest.The tiger sits at th...
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| mi ni | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008 |
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| FRIENDS |
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| 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...
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| Madhavan PK | 16:43 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| The Song of Hiawatha |
| The song of Hiwatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is perhaps his best work.This one given below is chapter 10 detailing Hiwatha's Wooing of Minnehaha. Written in 1855, the poem is poignant. Have things changed from then to now. Read on. It is long but worth your while. The bold typeface highlight and the headings are mine. Love SickAs unto the bow...
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