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 20:06 | 30/Jul/2007
Facelift or ruin?
It was almost past 10.30pm and on my way back home, I saw the medical store on the verge of being closed. I had some medicine to buy, so stopped my car and went into the shop. The medicine shopkeeper was waiting for his last customer (so far) to leave and she was not in a mood to go so easily. I asked for my medicine, the other person on the counte... more...
 23:39 | 20/Jul/2007
Appearance Vs. Reality
(Courtesy my friends from the world)To appear wise, one must talk; To be wise, one must listen. To appear to do good, one must be busy; To do good, one must know when to stand aside. To appear to lead, one must put oneself first; To lead, one must put oneself last. To appear caring, one must give advice; To be caring, one must give space. To appear... more...
 11:00 | 18/Jul/2007
I do care for my friends' sex
Whether male or female I meant!It all started with me starting to blog (sometime this year) and being a man, was looking only for female friends on this site. Looking at some of the names, naturally you can not make out the sex of the person. So I applied lot of restrain in thinking about who my friend is (a male or female). My worries started incr... more...
 09:58 | 28/Jun/2007
Vietnamese Girls
I was in 11th standard then, in Patna. The news came flashing (naturally not on the private news channels till then) through the most talkative person in the group. It was damn challenging and exciting for people with high level of hormones that the people of that age were. Here is what was the news:Scheme: Vietnamese government has sent all their ... more...
 10:42 | 26/Jun/2007
SSC results in Maharashtra today
The SSC result of Maharashtra state is to be declared today @11am. There is lot of excitement in the air and the general discussion around it, the heightened expectation from the children has really made it very high voltage exercise, instead of another event.I passed by the NM college today morning on my way to work and there was a serpentine queu... more...
 09:33 | 19/Jun/2007
Prez poll
There has been a lot of confusion in recent past on the next president- all of a sudden, in name of some compromise with its left comrades, congress got a name, that not many people recalled. Mind you, I am not against woman candidate filling up the top job and I hate this claim about women empowerment! Women are so poweful by birth, there is no qu... more...
 10:14 | 12/Jun/2007
Blogging Queen & King Award
Having read through various blogs and seeing the popularity / friendship/ comments of the bloggers, I want to institute a Blogging Queen & King Award. This will be given to the bloggers (in two categories Males & Females, no posers allowed), i. Who generate maximum response for their blogs in any category. ii. Maximum number of blogs posted for any... more...
 19:12 | 31/May/2007
Inspiring Story
GLASS OF MILK One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water! . She thought h... more...
 19:11 | 31/May/2007
Some alcoholic quotes
Some Inspiring Quotes on Alcohol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p.s.- Do look at the warnings.  Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and thei... more...
 14:56 | 29/May/2007
Hey am back!
Hi friends/ folks,Happy to be back on the island afte a short break. I had been to uttaranchal/ uttarakhan as well, like many of our friends. But this trip was more to do with the divine and family than pure pleasure trip. Needless to say, this too was a pleasure trip in the sense that I had lot of time and interaction with the extended family- my ... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 RAGHUPAT | 08:42 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (539)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
sms collection.
hi pals how are you i am presenting some of sms which i have in my collections.NOne is of mine but of my friend those send to me...Collection of FRIENDSHIP SMS's...How can u tell the rain not 2 fall when clouds exist? How can u tell the leaves not 2 fall when wind exist? How can u tell me not to fall in friendship when u exist.Knowing a friend like...  more...
 velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (378)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music,Sports, Che...
How Heavy is a Glass of Water
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...  more...
 ajay rana | 21:37 | 29/Jan/2008
Friends: (237)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Reading, swimming...
Consciousness in the Single Neuron
Are the contents ofconscious perception tied to individual brain cells? Can we use singleneurons to determine someone’s subjective experience? A recent studiespublished in PNASsuggests otherwise: there are no specialized neuronsthat carry information about what enters awareness and what not. If oneholds the picture of a butterfly in front of one ey...  more...
 PowerOfTruth | 16:22 | 23/Aug/2007
Friends: (15)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Journalism
Send Free SMS Thru Internet
Use www.160by2.com   to send free SMS across india thru internet.  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 09:21 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (1314)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Dilbertisms
Here are some nice Dilbert's one liners..(some old some new)1. I say no to alcohol, it just doesn't listen.2. A friend in need is a pest indeed.3. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.4. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of yourtime.5. When everything comes in your way you're in thewrong lane.6. The light at the end of the tunnel m...  more...
 Current Boll... | 18:20 | 24/Apr/2008
Friends: (435)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: blogging,making f...
How Kareena Kapoor toiled for 'Tashan'!
For the first time in her acting career Kareena Kapoor had to train for eight to nine months for her role in a movie.And that movie is Yashraj Films presentation Tashan which is set to hit the theatres on coming Friday.The film has Kareena in a full-on action role for the first time. Before the shooting began, producer Aditya Chopra , director Vija...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 14:41 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (525)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
Of a Happy Life
[Written in context of the various criticisms that Amitabh Bachchan has been facing ever since he became a fellow-blogger.]OF A HAPPY LIFEFacing personal vilification and condemnation is the exclusive privilege of men of eminence. They thrive on it, and it only makes their positions stronger.  Whether it is the timeless heroes like Socrates or Jesu...  more...
 yellowflower | 14:14 | 25/Apr/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: Other  | Interests: To have passion, ...
My Garden
A year passed by since i had been on iland and i had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people here.......abundantly talented and blessed ones........varied interests....who made my garden so colorful and full of different fragrances!!!!!!They are "My treasures on iland" and my life........... Aameen:  A wonderful romantic poet....whenever i...  more...
 Insignifican... | 11:42 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (448)  | City: Chengdu  | Interests: We wish & aspire ...
Kuch Mausam Sapne Lagte Hain
shabnam ke katron mein kaise khiza ke rang jhalakte hainphoolo ke chehro se kushboo ke moti bikharte hainhawao ki rawani se aati hai sargam kar rimjhimjab pani ke lehron se voh atkheliya karti aati haipairon ke kitaron mein phir thandak bansane aati haijab suraj se mil kar sham suneheri ho jati haikuch mausam sapne lagte hain kuch mausam apne lagte...  more...
 chaitali rai | 22:18 | 25/Apr/2008
Friends: (621)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
                       Modern Panchtantra Story [ IT HUMOR ]             Once upon a time , there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his             Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He  used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday  market.             One day, while he was working...  more...
 cherryblossom | 22:34 | 17/Jul/2007
Friends: (25)  | Interests: sexus nexus plexus
MY FIRST F...K
My first f...k--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------------------------------------------------- ---- ----------------------------was just filling in the blanks- ----------------------------YES,MY BLANKS!  more...
 Avinash Kher | 15:55 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (76)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Friendship
Sardar Strikes again
Interviewar: what s ur qualification?Sardarji : Sir I am Ph.d.Interviewar : what do u mean by Ph.d?Sardarji : (smiling) PASSED HIGHSCHOOL with DIFFICULTY.... *********************************************** Amitab : In which state Cauvery flows? Sardar : liquid state.....Audience clapped.. Amitab stunned, looks behind,  ALL WERE SARDARS....... *****...  more...
 shweta singh | 09:14 | 3/Jun/2008
Friends: (223)  | City: Gwalior  | Interests: Hell.......... oH...
Truly Your's
Truly Your’s……Why am I writing this blog? Just because I want to!  Every six months I post an introspective blog, introspection could be about anything. It could be me, you or both. This times its all about you people. I am an utterly unstable person, very fast bored with routine; this is my longest stay at a place. Earlier used to be “Mysterious C...  more...
 lucille iaco... | 20:04 | 26/May/2008
Friends: (311)  | City: Cape Cod, MA  | Interests: Nature,animals,co...
Visitors' Return
With the warm weather comes the return of my wild visitors.  Right now, the furry variety seems to have overpowered my flying feathered friends.   In an attempt to divert the squirrels from devouring seed intended for the birds, I thought I could entice them away from the bird feeder with  tiny crackers spread with peanut butter. I offered this in ...  more...
 Hreet Kaur | 23:43 | 20/Feb/2008
Friends: (160)  | City: Punjab  | Interests: still finding
TODAY
I  don't like putting poems on rediffland, but I think is good one and worth sharing I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have. Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or...  more...
 Shils S | 00:12 | 17/Jan/2007
Friends: (53)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Drawing, painting...
Money..
Hello & welcome to the Four easy 'F's....take a look at the   F ast F antastic F inancial F reedom..click below: http://splash.clubfreedom.biz/cf.cgi/shilpa178/sp3.html P.S: I joined Clubfreedom & am minting easy money..I am already associated with Club freedom and wish to help others with financial freedom.. : )  more...
 Stylish Gal | 01:10 | 12/Sep/2007
Friends: (247)  | Interests: Masti, awaragardi...
Flame Part 3
Do you rememberWhen we first met... in that cold december  I shivered in my blue Cashmere pulloverYes! The one with exact shade of my eyesn how we instantly felt those strong vibes Do you rememberThe way we waited to catch a glimpseTime stood still, the world in an eclipseAnd when we met our eyes were lockedchoking with emotions the mind was blocke...  more...
 ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (261)  | City: dhaka  | Interests: blog ,book reading
why
There are no moonlight, no sunlight The earth is so dark… No wind to take breath.   There are no flowers No color The earth is colorless   There are no bird, no butterfly No song, no color, no light… No love, no humanity   The earth is so dark…so… Why  life?   more...
 SnowyCool Hima | 14:11 | 20/Nov/2007
Friends: (112)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Driving...Music.....
What do you do
What do you do when everything you have worked for,Everything you have poured your very essence into…Is drained away, leaving behind the empty feeling.What do you do when all your feelings are gone,You even have a hard time pretending pain or happiness…But anger comes so easy because you have nothing else.What do you do when mornings seem endless,U...  more...
 Gloria Aurora | 15:04 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (557)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: In almost everyth...
Height of...........
HEIGHT OF MY FRIENDSHIP  I always mail, u don't . HEIGHT OF ISOLATION: Two persons sitting side-by-side using emails to communicate with each other. HEIGHT OF COWARDICE: Two persons fighting through emails.HEIGHT OF HELPLESSNESS: Receiving no emails for a week. HEIGHT OF FRUSTRATION: The email server being down.HEIGHT OF CARELESSNESS: Writing a lov...  more...
 kanika gupta | 09:44 | 26/May/2008
Friends: (280)  | City: Pune  | Interests: e-commerce, googl...
Earnings Update!
hello everyone,I would like to share my latest earnings with you guys.I made close $5500 this month from the program I talked about in my last post and am really looking forward to the end of this month!I highly recommend this program to everyone... I'm dead sure, you'll never regret taking my advice.Also, I'm researching for new programs which wil...  more...
 Rajesh Kumar | 11:53 | 29/Aug/2007
Friends: (172)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: browsing,jocks,re...
Dont be afraid to talk to urself. It's t...
Dont be afraid to talk to urself. It's the only way you can be sure somebody's listening.Experience is what you get, when you dont get what you want.For every moment you are angry, you are losing sixty seconds of happiness.If everybody thought before they speak, the silence would be deafening.Strong reasons...make strong actions.Tears are the summe...  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (906)  | 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...
 manisha jakhar | 22:59 | 3/Oct/2007
Friends: (109)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: music,shoping,mak...
बस यूँ ही वक़्त गुज़रता चला ग्या, ज़ख़्म तो गहरा था पैर भरता च...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 00:47 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (1211)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Trust ...
Bhod Gyalo!
At Jantar Mantar….Rising fists…. Bhod Gyalo! Bhod Gyalo!Manju Ka Tila…..Dreaming eyes….. Rangzen! Rangzen!Fort Kochi...‘Torch of Shame without flame’,Hey! Sino Monsters! Bodies could be butchered,Not souls….Frightened sinners,Blood licking beasts…Frustrated to see…Sons and daughters of soil committed for ultimate sacrifices…In Amdo, Kham, Machu, Pa...  more...
 AdityaDas Menon | 17:34 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (1196)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Romantic Yogi
"Kande Njan Nikade Ninne"
Wait for my blog " Kande Njan Nikade Ninne " ( Hey sweet girl, I have seen You ).....Hol-20... aditya das menon........    more...
 sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1045)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: theatre, journali...
‘Eating the Earth’!
 Eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet.You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, not 'grow' meat. So eating meat adds to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides - and climate change. "By 2050 the world's livestock will be consuming as m...  more...
 Sandeep Ohri | 04:33 | 12/Mar/2008
Friends: (379)  | 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...
 Kush A | 12:46 | 2/Jun/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: BLR  | Interests: Football, books, ...
Journalistic Terrorism by The Times of I...
There have been two reports of late in The Times of India which are essentially a giveaway in that they tell us of the rampant corruption in the mainstream media. Let us  look at them one by one. Neither on the left nor on the right side of the argumentThe first report was an editorial published on Saturday, 31st, May. More than being a report it w...  more...
 siddharth d | 21:27 | 29/May/2008
Friends: (162)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: ........life
21 grams of life.
Deep in the frozen woods….A soul meanders thruNomadic for agesand left without a crew…. Unknowing and unaware, makes us shed a tear.Corrupting the inner me,also the very near. Dipping the  paint brush slow.. in my grimy soulPainting the inner me,Starring an immense hole. Trickling down my even cheeks,Disturbs my black kohl,Washing the dust of  unev...  more...
 Piyush Philip | 12:08 | 2/Jun/2008
Friends: (322)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Country-Music, N...
About Leaving n stuff !!!!
                    So,my company has decided to move some of us to a newer swankier office,and I am sad.As I am spending my last few days or perhaps hours in my cubicle in front of my worksation I realise that for the last 9 months or so this place has become a pseudo home for me.I always knew that our new corporate office was getiin ready,but the...  more...
 firdaus | 23:58 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books...
my life
Been a year and a month in this city. Time flew by indeed and I have finally begin to feel I am settled here, only thing I miss is my car. I always wanted to have a car because it gives me a tremendous feeling of independence. As if those are not wheels but wings.I guess I’ll get the car in May when my sister would be finished with her MA classes.A...  more...
 Sahiti Bhara... | 10:53 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (320)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading and enjoy...
The Search
"Only a lighted candle can lighten another one" is what they say, about the importance of Guru. The fact that i am yet in the mire of ignorance says for itself that i am still searching for my Guru! (May be i already met him, there is no way i would know untill the ignorance is removed!) I have read about many Gurus and their teachings. Read about ...  more...
 rani mukerjee | 18:53 | 3/Mar/2008
Friends: (142)  | City: Allahabad  | Interests: reading,travelling
bye
bye guys.i m leaving this iland.thanks for your support.bye.  more...
 Revati Sadaw... | 20:50 | 28/Jul/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading & playing...
I am a Free Bird....
I’m a Free Bird A big hello to all the Islanders…well I was kinda  out of Island for a few months & let me tell ya guys… it was terrible…I missed this place like nething…. the reason was I left my job so I could not log in frequently….I was busy discovering the traveler inside me..or the musician or the corporate inside me…??? Gosh! I really dunno ...  more...
 Kumar Rahul | 19:54 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (547)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading and writing.
Memories of that Jain Muni
Personal V2MemoriesThat Jain Muni…  I studied in Intermediate (+2) then. In those days there were no platforms like blogs where you could share your views. I had developed a hobby of sending letter to newspaper editors and also got published quite regularly. I even gave full postal address in the letters which got published as such. Once, I had sen...  more...
 Amiya Lahiri | 16:51 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (299)  | City: Pune  | Interests: reading,surfing n...
WORLD PEACE
    MARRIAGE   It is agreed universally that marriage is an important event. In India , it is said to be not only union of two souls, but union of two families. We can extent this principle to achieve World Peace if we can arrange proper global marriage.      more...
 Shreya Roy | 16:54 | 20/Aug/2007
Friends: (141)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Friendship is the...
Celebration means......
Celebration means...... A winter evening.Four friends.One barsaat.Four glasses of chai.Celebration means......Hundred bucks of petrol.A rusty old bike.And an open road.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.Neighbours dropping in.A p...  more...
 rima sarkar | 12:36 | 29/Mar/2007
Friends: (28)  | City: Jamshedpur  | Interests: music, art
JUST DO IT
  JUST DO ITOk. So I’ve spent two years in SACRED HEART CONVENT – one of the best institutions across the country. But more than that the facts which remains close to my heart are the punishments, the scoldings the lectures etc etc which we recieved from our teachers. I have spent two years there but strangely it doesn’t fell that long. I dedicate ...