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 21:20 | 4/Jun/2007
Little Mercies
Little MerciesHere is an email I received from a friend, which I wish to share with you all.I present two perspectives, through this Blog - one that reflects the view point of people who have shared and forwarded the following email on and on with their friends (including me) and two,  my own view point/perspective to the email. (Please note that t... more...
 12:20 | 17/May/2007
Marriage and Women (the lighter side of ...
Marriage and Women – (the lighter side of life)  I am not a gender insensitive person… In the normal course I would hesitate putting up any post that betrayed gender bias. Although the snippets below are directed on women and marriage, I have chose to put them up in the post because (i) these are classified under the category of ‘humour’ and (ii) m... more...
 05:29 | 3/May/2007
Some One To Care
There are umpteen top class stories …. They just add missing elements  in our life to make it complete…If you have a heart that beats, here is one you will never regret reading …Some One To Care A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read "Puppies for Sale." Signs have a way of attracting children, and soon a little boy appeared at th... more...
 05:43 | 28/Apr/2007
The Riple Effect
Some Great Stories and anecdotes are worth repeating, no matter how many times you have heard/read them. Here is one I heard several years ago -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ The Riple Effect The Master was walking through the fields one day when a young man, with a troubled look upon his face, approached him. "On suc... more...
 02:57 | 25/Apr/2007
Challenging Bad Practices Mistaken for R...
Challenging Bad Practices Mistaken for Rules Very often we encounter the irresponsible and irrational manner in which some government functionaries  behave and interpret rules without any understanding and application of any reason. What surprises one is how most often people allow themselves to be at the receiving end and prefer to suffer, instead... more...
 15:04 | 21/Apr/2007
Salt Coffee
SALT COFFEEI can’t resist sharing this from a dear friend, with the rest of you, because I really like the romanticism to the core – Hope you enjoy it too! He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he pooled up courage to invite her to have ... more...
 20:11 | 20/Apr/2007
Friendship with Opposite Sex outside Mar...
Friendship with Opposite Sex outside Marriage  As a new entrant in to the rediffiland, I have been curiously scanning the pages of co-members off and on and trying to fathom the nature of scripts caricatured by them on this vast canvas. I am amazed at the wide range of topics, as also the nature of complex issues raked up for public debate only to ... more...
 11:42 | 13/Apr/2007
ART AND THE FEMALE FORM
  Its interesting to see that when we talk of human art forms, the contours of a woman capture the fantasy of most artists. We rarely come across artists depicting male art forms ever since the medieval renaissance when Micheal Angelo and Raphael etc gave a new meaning to sculpting and art forms. What intrigues me is the mystery of 'woman in art'. ... more...
 21:10 | 9/Apr/2007
Banana Boon
As a child I have heard my teachers and other elders calling a ‘banana fruit’  “the poor man’s apple”.  I am not sure of the logic behind this expression … but I guess it may have come in to vogue from the fact that a banana is available in plenty, all through the year and across the country unlike an 'apple'. What is scarce is often heavily priced... more...
 19:52 | 8/Apr/2007
Perseverance Pays
  A friend who has been on rediffiland for some time now, introduced me to ‘blogging’ – something that I consider is “creative board of ex-pression” for my friend. On numerous occasions in the past he successfully coaxed me to read  the 'posts' written by self and co-bloggers and led me into intellectual discussions on issues arising out of the blo... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 Amar Sarmah | 10:47 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (26)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: travelling, socia...
LESSONS OF LIFE
LESSONS OF LIFE ╬          There was a man who had four sons. Hewanted his sons to learn not to judge things too             quickly. So he sent them each on aquest, in turn, to go and look at a place that was a             great distance away. The first sonwent in the winter. ╬          He said that the place was ugly; alltrees were be...  more...
 rahul mehra | 22:18 | 29/Oct/2007
Friends: (8)  | City: Faridabad  | Interests: making frnds,yoga...
10 Things that you didn't know about dea...
1. when a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go- the first is usually sight, followed by taste,smell, and touch.2 A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.3. 100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by spider.4. Alexander's funera...  more...
 sheikh rahman | 13:14 | 22/Jul/2007
Friends: (92)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: movies,photograph...
Those Eyes -part 2
Those eyes... PART 2Flash back... 2 days before...Aslam and Sukhie sitting in Bhopal railwaystation to get back to there hometown...Sukhie: Yaar I m going to bring some GOLDFLAKE packets for the journey...Aslam: Sure u go ...There was a family sitting in front of Aslam that looked like a religious muslim family...Aslam saw a girl sitting there, she...  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...
 sheila das | 10:24 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (152)  | City: ....  | Interests: nothing
For the welfare . . .of the whole world
My mind  balanced,  in perfect order; With no selfish interests or motives; What ever I do for others, It  is for u that I do. For I know ,That is the easiest way, To  reach you . . .  All the love i give to others ,Is my love for you. . . .                                                                            Bhagvad Gita (12:4"Me alone (maam...  more...
 Mari Vin | 12:20 | 17/Jul/2007
Friends: (50)  | City: iland  | Interests: writing,music, w...
ECLIPSE
                      E C L I P S E                 This   to   my   50   friends  …                                   ’ THANK  YOU ‘ Thanks   specially  to  my  30  friends  for  your    comments on my posts… Thanks in particular  to  my faithful  friends who commented in appreciation on  all my  posts from the beginning  till the end.   E .P, E B...  more...
 Ramya Ghume | 09:04 | 5/Aug/2007
Friends: (86)  | Interests: I am interested i...
friendship
Happy Friendship day To all my friend.  more...
 Sonal | 17:27 | 14/Jun/2007
Friends: (77)  | Interests: Reading, Painting...
Of blogs and Bloggers......
Now don't go getting me wrong! This excludes YOUR blog.....which was wonderful....lucid....simple....stylish....clever.....h eart-warming......I write about the other blogs.....which I can't understand......I always thought my English was good (impeccable would have been my first choice), but after reading or rather attempting to read some of the bl...  more...
 News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (946)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
please income
SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...  more...
 bably | 16:02 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (34)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Music,painting,re...
Hai friends we are getting lot of offers from industries nationwide for dioxin testing.Since ours is the only lab in India carrying out dioxin research.Kindly contact us if any industries need  dioxin analysis. Email : bablov@rediffmail.com            anbumunusamy@hotmail.com Phone : 0471 2515340  more...
 chaitali rai | 12:24 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (483)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
Around the corner I have a friend,In this great city that has no end,Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before I know it, a year is gone.And I never see my old friends face,For life is a swift and terrible race,He knows I like him just as well,As in the days when I rang his bell.And he rang mine but we were younger then,And now we are busy, t...  more...
 Ajit Lakshmi... | 20:16 | 2/Oct/2007
Friends: (68)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing, Public S...
GANDHIGIRI ON GANDHI JAYANTI
GANDHIGIRI EXPERIENCE Of course, Gandhism or Gandhigiri as it is now better known works even if it does not have anything to do with values!! (Thanks to Munnabhai)  My experience with Gandhigiri relates to chaotic traffic and driving on Bangalore roads especially on the IT Corridor. I travel from my home near Brooke Fields to office in Nrupathunga ...  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...
 nishant shah | 03:43 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (516)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music Rock Meta...
Remember the days
Remember the DaysRemember the days when,We played at the beachside shed,Cloning the villas of sand and clayAnd when the oceans touched our feetWe would gleefully gaze the sun in crimson redRemember the days when,We used to hide candies from Mums eyesAnd our grandpas narrated the fables of the timberland.We swirled in the wind to catch the butterfly...  more...
 aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (641)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA
Three cheers for ANIL " THE JUMBO"  & his men in blue.By defeating pak in the opening test anil kumble has opened his account on a winning note & pushed  vigour into the team to aim for 3-0 win.Another person to be congratulated is our 10dulkar...By surpassing allan border's runs he is now standing next to LARA.Hope he will be numero-uno by next ye...  more...
 C V | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (176)  | City: India  | Interests: Nature, philosoph...
Dreams
 Each one of us has been endowed with the innate capacity to dream. We begin dreaming very early in life as kids.  All of us recollect those times in ourchildhood, can’t we, when we dreamed of wanting to excel in our studies or ofhaving that special toy and when it did materialize, what was it that we felt? A feeling of joy, ecstasy? A dream come t...  more...
 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...
 S M | 14:17 | 4/Aug/2007
Friends: (196)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
The Future Redefined
The Future Redefined The books are way of life and the collection of books that we keep is our knowledge source often. It will be crazy idea to keep a collection of books handy while on the move or going for work for any book worm. When is the last time you bought a newspaper on the news stand to keep abreast with the latest happening. Have you eve...  more...
 pankaj munjal | 16:41 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (42)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Nature, Wild life...
help the needy.....call 1098
This is a forwarded msg. worth sharing with you all...If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children. PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, "Helping...  more...
 Sanghamitra ... | 22:14 | 19/May/2007
Friends: (404)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing , Reading...
Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipi...
Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipient of Param Vir Chakra ..Disclaimer : The contents have been borrowed from reliable sources ---------------------------------------- -------------------------Major Somnath Sharma, son of Major General Amarnath Sharma, was born on 31 January 1923, in Himachal Pradesh District Kangra. He was commissioned in the...  more...
 J G | 22:51 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (486)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, Music, K...
This is a forwarded msg. hope worth sharing with you all...If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children. PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, "He...  more...
 kishor Jagirdar | 13:09 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (88)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: adventure sports,...
Happy Diwali
WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW BLOGGERS ON ILAND A  " HAPPY DIWALI "May the lord almighty bestow on all of you and your families peace , happiness and prosperity BRING ALIVE THE FESTIVITY AND TRADITION - Enjoy the festival of lights but please remember this is not a festival to increase pollution by crackers and also dont forget the weak and the...  more...
 shashidhara MJ | 12:50 | 27/Jul/2007
Friends: (12)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Management, Techn...
I would not have believed if someone tol...
I would not have believed if someone told that this happen to them!  In the evening on May 13th this year, after paying for a cup of coffee to a vendor in Bangalore airport domestic terminal I lost my purse somewhere around there. I flied Air Deccan and reached Trivandrum but had not realized that I had lost purse until I went for dinner. The situa...  more...
 srikanth bandam | 19:01 | 24/Apr/2007
Friends: (19)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: pencil sketching,...
Chanakya Nithi & Quotes...!!!
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC -275 BC ) ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* *** "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first andHonest people are screwed first." ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* *** "; Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to ...  more...
 prabu metha | 19:24 | 2/Sep/2007
Friends: (117)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: poetry, sports, m...
alive
friends......i am very sorry for not posting anything for long time..... i am too busy..... i never forget to read your posts....... keep going... keep smiling.. with you...prabu me  more...
 Shree Sharma | 21:37 | 27/Aug/2007
Friends: (464)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading
Why?
In India we think of very high of those people who are living or working abroad !!! As a student or as a professional we grow up with a dream of studying or working abroad.I feel nothing in the world is like India. We leave behind our families and the place where we were brought up, once we leave then we realize what we have missed.I have seen a bl...  more...
 dhanraj mistry | 15:55 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (139)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, adventure,...
Your marriage details!!!!!!!!!!!! (must ...
Choose a number between 1 and 7 and know what sort of marriage you will be having............ get ready.... think abt the no. Ok wait now..   u'r sure right??????? ? don change your mind again....... .. (place the pointer of mouse in front of number u have thought and drag it to right side to see whats written........) 1. Arranged Marriage 2. No Ma...  more...
 AdityaDas Menon | 15:57 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (1170)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Romantic Yogi.....
" THE PRINCESS" ....Part One...........
"The Princess".......... Part One... Dear Reader, My Blog “ The Princess “ is nothing but simple scribblings of my wandering thoughts based on a story describing Panchali’s secret fascination towards the Star of Mahabharata – Karna ……Infact I read that few months back in a weekly.As per them, it was described in Puranamanjari.I don’t know whether i...  more...
 miricle t | 21:53 | 8/May/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: writing
Global Warming
Take Action!Stop Global WarmingThere are many simple things you can do in your daily life — what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home — that can have an effect on your immediate surrounding, and on places as far away as Antactica. Here is a list of few things that you can do to make a difference. (The following text is taken from  http:...  more...
 john sudhakar | 18:58 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (90)  | City: goldenrockie  | Interests: kalyana samayal s...
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW!
Quiz mountainYOUR TIME STARTS NOW!  recently,…as recent as october 2007,I was the man-of-the-match….errr…QUIZMASTER at a pan-indian?! inter-collegiate STEM CELL  quiz at chennai at the savera and i’m lookin’ back and forth….. One of the loveable and delicate avatars I don is the role of an all-    knowing,all-pervading quizmaster….and it gives me a...  more...
 angel a | 16:09 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (148)  | Interests: Life, relationshi...
Celebrating Children’s Day!
While coming back from an official trip a few days back, my driver stopped the car for a cup of tea in one of the small dhabas that spring up like mushrooms on the highways. As soon as I settled down on a chair close to the window and ordered tea, I noticed a small boy of about 8 years old, bubbling with energy running errands, taking orders, servi...  more...
 jagriti verma | 20:09 | 24/Nov/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: Faizabad  | Interests: spiritualism,reik...
ghazal
कहीं रंगे मस्ती न आंखों से झलके .मये नाब जिस तरह शीशे से छलके .....  more...