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| A Thousand Splendid Suns | |
| “Like the compass’s needle always finds north,so also a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember this,Mariam”. Said Nana to her daughter Mariam,all but five yrs old. Thus began the novel of Khaled Hosseini’s “ A Thousand Splendid Suns”. I had read his “The Kite Runner” a few months back. An extremely sensitive novel written ...
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| 15:15 | 3/Jun/2008 |
| Getting Accustomed | |
| Jhumpa Lahiri. I fell in love with her writings after I chanced upon her collection of short stories “The Interpreter of Maladies”. Have not read her “The Namesake” though saw the movie. Two great actors of our times,Irfaan Khan and Tabu played their parts wonderfully in that movie. And I got her recently released book “Unaccustomed Earth” as a gif...
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| 10:40 | 12/May/2008 |
| Why Women Cry | |
| I recalled this small story read many years back once i went through the blog of my friend "lonely" on the mother's day. I am sure,many of you must have come across this story before,but, a soul inspiring story can be read again and again without tiring ourselves. those who have not read, ok, it is a tribute to mother on whose feet heaven rests. ...
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| 14:35 | 5/May/2008 |
| The Palace of Illusions | |
| I have not been able to write in my blog for quite sometime..When did I write last? May be around 2 weeks back..but,then, I was busy reading Chitra Banerjee’s “The Palace of Illusions”.The novel is based on thoughts of Panchaali and the way she perceived the Mahabharat. Beautifully written, the novel tries to analyse the innermost thoughts of Pan...
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| 18:26 | 21/Apr/2008 |
| Let there be Hope | |
| So far I have traveled a distance of my life..alone..and the journey has been quite enriching. No matter what ,I have never forgotten my GOD..for whatever little success I enjoy today I owe it to HIM..I have prayed to HIM when I am down,and also when I am flying high on success..One thing life has taught me..wherever I may be,whatever I may do..my ...
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| 14:39 | 17/Apr/2008 |
| In anticipation.. | |
| Sometimes we feel anxious..and yet we donot know the reason for it..It is,as if ,waiting for something to happen..waiting and waiting..in anticipation of an event to occur..which has not happened..and because we are anxious..we are also restless..and we also do not know if we are waiting for something good to happen or something bad..I have heard a...
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| 15:05 | 14/Apr/2008 |
| thoughts.. | |
| What do we think when we let go of our thoughts ? Why is it that we cannot control our thoughts the way we control our bodily movements?And when we sit idle so many thoughts cross our minds..they change their color,shape,essence with amazing speed..They fly from one place to another in such a short while..from one one age to the other..they even c...
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| chandrakant ... | 20:33 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (806)
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| naradji ko prabhuji ne mantralay ki ra... |
| bambai ki barish ne kiya mumbai kar ko pareshan ,aur bhi jyada pareshan hue desh ke log . maha nayak Big B ke ghar me ghus gaya pani, unhone apni mahengi cars (kare) 5 star hotel me shift kardi , zuggi zopadi wale ki kanha kishmat amitabh ki car jaisi ki .chhotisi hotel me thikana mil jaye ,are bechara chhoti hotel wala bhi to pani se paresha,pani ...
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| narendra shah | 22:35 | 1/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (426)
| City: Ahmedabad
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| MINDSET PROBLEM (part - 2) |
| How do we purify and soften our mind ? A pure, soft mind is a gateway to divine living. Thinking positive isn't enough. It is essential to think divine. Only raising ourselves from the level of human thinking to divine thinking can soften and purify the mind. This can be done as the seer's suggest by reviewing the working of our mind at least thre...
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| Sunil Pisharody | 14:02 | 18/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (7)
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| Adios |
| Its been long long time ago that I created this blog and its been dry ever since... except for the gud blogs and articles dropped in by friends..The reason for this absence was that I quit this iLand and decided to take on Blogger.com. No specifc reasons but found that a better & more persnalised channel somehow..also had my gud ol' friends in tht....
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| Kumar Ahuja | 10:56 | 26/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (402)
| City: Mumbai(Bombay)
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| A Lost Soul |
| Man created machines for his own useIn turn, machines turned him of no useDiscoveries take place every new morningWho cares for nature's warning?Natural things have come to a standstillEverybody now thinks digitalMan calls himself as independentIn reality, he is now machine dependentIn the forest of machines,On a gifted planet called earth...A sear...
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| Vijit Vivek | 13:10 | 16/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (646)
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| Pain of a Married Man ...!! |
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| 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...
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| Manu Nair | 20:56 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (544)
| City: Bangalore
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| Pedestrians |
| What can we do for improving the plight of pedestrians crossing the busy roads? Are skywalks an answer and are these skywalks safe enough? Any other suggestions on the marking of the zebra crossing for making them more visible on hand?
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| Arindam | 12:18 | 29/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (54)
| City: Thane
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| The Stare |
| I was returning home from my Dadi’ place. This included a Bus Journey. Almost around 3 hours in bus, after which I reach a station from where I can catch a train to Mumbai. In front of me sat a young man in the early twenties I should think so. And beside me a lady of say 50 years. The young man was thin. And he was looking tired. His face was roug...
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| Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (2272)
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| EMOTIONS |
| Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...
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| prasad | 11:25 | 29/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (22)
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| A Smart Indian |
| An Indian man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to India on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Indian man hands over the keys and documents of new Ferrari parked on ...
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| Tinkerbell | 12:36 | 5/May/2008 |
| Friends: (258)
| City: music city
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| Raindrops keep fallin on my head... |
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| boomp3.comRaindrops keep fallin' on my headAnd just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bedNothin' seems to fitThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'So I just did me some talkin' to the sunAnd I said I didn't like the way he got things doneSleepin' on the jobThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'But the...
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| lonely | 01:47 | 28/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (320)
| City: Hyderabad
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| A Great Move... |
| Recently the state government of Andhra Pradesh has taken a decision to introduce CBSE English medium syllabus in government schools through out the state. I felt really happy after listening this news through one of the news channels.. This is really a welcoming decision because it’s not only giving English medium education to the poor but it a...
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| Krishna Prasad | 14:53 | 14/Jun/2008 |
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| An Autobiography of a Goat! |
| An Autobiography of a Goat! Like other animals, after traversing through many rebirths, when, after living in my mother’s womb for five months, I took birth, I found world, a nice and pleasant place to live in. Man and his little children treated me with all kindness and affection, held me in their laps and fed me with their hands with tender green...
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| Nishant Paul | 16:38 | 27/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (85)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: Writing Poetry
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| "MUDDAT KE BAAD...!!!"Uss ne yeh ehsaan fermaya to hai muddat ke baadIkk payyam-e-dilbari aaya to hai, par muddat ke baadMujhko saqi ne isharey se bulaaya hai udherUss ka andaz fir paaya to hai, par mudat ke baadMaykasho’Nne rasm-e-maikhana badal diya dekhiyeHer kisi ko jam-e-mai aaya to hai, par muddat ke baadKis mei’N hai tab-e-nazar abb dekhna h...
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| Vaidehi | 01:44 | 16/Jun/2008 |
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| Adjustment versus Attitude |
| Months ago, I had written about a friend trapped in a miserable marriage and how much I feel sorry for her etc.If you remember that post and ever wondered what happened to her..well she continues to live with her husband and continues to go through the torture. Recently, she reached a point of break-down due to all the mental stress and tried to ki...
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| Tanishka | 15:45 | 14/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (159)
| City: Dehradun
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| YOUR LOVE IS MY happiness |
| What became my sweet life when the distant reality surpassed the intimate fantasy in an act of true love. Only I just remember your kisses to re-flavor as butterflies revolote all over my body. Do not feel again your hands and anxious sleepers if both pleasure and joy I rose to the sky. Still hear your laughter of children such laughter that fascin...
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| Suvas Dutt | 00:35 | 16/May/2008 |
| Friends: (391)
| City: Guwahati
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| "Bias" |
| Harabhajan Sing got punishment again by the BCCI being debarred from five ODI. At the first instance, he has already been punished by the IPL Committee on the basis of video graphic evidence adduced by the match referee. Enquiry Commission was held, but unfortunately, the said Committee merely enquired about his fault. He was sl...
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| BEST FRIEND | 05:00 | 1/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (476)
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| One Liners |
| 1. Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, not the one in front of you.2. More people are run down by gossip than by automobiles. 3. There is always free cheese in a mouse trap.4. Many people who go on diets find they are poor losers.5. A vacation should be just long enough for your boss to miss you but not long enough for your...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE" |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART - 20 - "TERELIYE"Dedication to : All the readers of my blogs..........., The Majestic performing art - Kathakali“Kamdev,you are the GOD of cores of feelings, and emotions…Can u tell me, among all these, which one is perennial…..?” One day Narada asked his younger brother……… The question prompted Kamadev to think for a while….T...
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| amit khanna | 07:32 | 6/May/2008 |
| Friends: (173)
| City: Lucknow
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| It rained. |
| There are somethings in life that bring out the child in everybody. Those wonderful years when you were young and restless come back to you in bits and pieces. Of course you never remember the event in entirity, only little parts can be remembered. The rain drops hitting the skin feels the same, it was the same ages ago when I was in Chittaranjan. ...
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