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| im never myself and never for myselfand that was why i had dug down the sandfor some short messagesthe bucket was deepand the sand mostly dryi took it out one after otherbucket in hand i emptied my messagesand my world went tring tringno one knew where i had hidsuch was the load of unread messagesi was dog tiredbut i still tried and tried to keep t...
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| 13:17 | 22/Apr/2007 |
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| Passion is the mousetrap.words comenocturnal, like desires; they sniff. The aroma is irresistible.The hunger for fame,The greed for love,The need for success,The urge to leave a mark.There could have been A torrent of passion consuming everything, A hurricane taking everything away, A waterfall cascading, pleasing the senses.But these words need a ...
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| 22:59 | 31/Mar/2007 |
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| 1 - Contradictions I think I know nowa lone tree and silent windcan't be together2 - Request speak to me, waterfall !can you hear my soft voice,as I call out your name?3 - Conversations flurries, they speak to each other, in sylvan tongueand whitewash our words4 - Expiation Tangled web of desiresstart to follow the colours of the day.By then it is ...
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| 23:21 | 18/Mar/2007 |
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| There was no warning at all.The snow flakes came down dancing And the new joy Of running out to the sidewalk To catch the flurries As they drained out.I hung my nose out to catch them.Some words are always prophetic.Mama had scolded, back in time,'Son, be careful, you catch A cold too soon'.Forty three years: A mother's words.My hair was under wrap...
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| 00:40 | 5/Mar/2007 |
| Sermons and nonsense | |
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| It is not everyday that you actually meet someone who has the mission of making a difference to the lives of others. I have tended to think of such persons as bombastic busybodies unnecessarily interfering with well-meant but ill-suited advice. My good friend of college days, used to refer to what he termed the 'Dale Carnegie syndrome' ( For those ...
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| 23:34 | 25/Feb/2007 |
| ONE YEARFUL OF BLOGGING - FOR BETTER OR ... | |
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| I have been a member of the ILand now for one year. Thanks Balakrishnan, Sandeep and all others who make Iland such a wonderful experience, thanks Rajesh Vora (the Tamil Gujju) and other friends, who actually read what I wrote, fortunately not in iambic pentameter, but mostly in mysterious, unfathomable words, and made out meanings. Thanks all thos...
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| 18:58 | 26/Jan/2007 |
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| What is the best thing a man can hope for in a day of dire misfortune? a few foolish thoughts having no bearings in the reality of the surroundings?
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| 22:50 | 24/Jan/2007 |
| Not Punctuated | |
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| Till drought comesWater I will dam these breasts of yourstill no tear goes wasteI will bind your flowtill no seed dies of thirstWater you gave me lifeNow I will fill your grooves from your current draw my strengthmake my arms my tentaclesthat no man dares to swim above the tide Water for you I will build canalsand then I will basktill the rhythm of...
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| 23:13 | 13/Jan/2007 |
| WINTER OF LOVE | |
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| Next to no one,Next to nothing,Next to nowhere,I am here in this lonely city;Lost in the winter of apathy-Waiting for a call.Can I know whenThe phone will ringTransfering the homely spring?Will you remember to let me knowWhat you feel whenYou find that the night has flown?This is no game of love.Here far apart hearts have to meet.Give me back the w...
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| 22:20 | 22/Dec/2006 |
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| This is in some way a celebration, a celebration of having done 50 blogs, of having found more than 50 friends, opened out my inner self, done that on a consistent basis and what not. It is not easy to compose ones thoughts when James Bond is racing away on the mini screen and Halle Berry looking enchantingly beautiful. I am not exactly a James Bon...
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| DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (619)
| City: Delhi
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| 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...
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| Binu Abraham | 17:54 | 9/Nov/2007 |
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| This is what True Love is all about: |
| It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 a.m., when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him look at his ...
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| kuldip gupta | 20:38 | 23/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (122)
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| Economic Disparity and Casteism – India ... |
| INDIA SHINING was the platform of a political party that was vanquished in 2004 electoral polls. Because though India was shining but Bharat that is 77% of the population was NOT. And in Indian system of electoral collage with first past the post system , you cant win elections on the basis of the “Indian” electoral collage. It has to be done with...
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| shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007 |
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| Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…... |
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| Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner? If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight? Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why, when you change...
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| jalu j | 19:05 | 11/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (58)
| City: Thiruvananthapuram
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| Rainbow |
| Rainbow was like that beauty I first met Like that dream I first saw Howmany years I've awaited for a second sight! ..... Now the icecream fancies melted out; And only I can see in you, rainbow, Sickened colours shivering in dullness.
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| ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (228)
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| 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?
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| Munish Malhotra | 21:56 | 29/Oct/2007 |
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| LOVE |
| We all need a love To hold us To lift us To give us When life threatens to sink us A love that will never fails us A love from god above A love of comfort A love of courage Filled with wisdom and Caring A love that is ageless And enduring A love passed from Generation to generation This is our father's love A love for all nations In this ever darke...
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| gulbir rekhi | 10:02 | 7/Feb/2007 |
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| I/HAVE A DREAM ---MARTIN LUTHER KING ! |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation...
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| string open | 13:14 | 21/Oct/2007 |
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| Hey You! |
| Hey you! Won’t you listen?Muted and dumbstruck by the crowdCome closer, let me whisper in your earHey you I’m with you, after foreverAnd say the words you long to hear! Hey you! Are you breathing low?Will the sunrise bring the peace tomorrow?There’s no sorrow, no sad tomorrowHey you! If I say you are my timePlease smile and tear me apart! Hey you! ...
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| hindu icon | 09:58 | 25/Aug/2007 |
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| HAPPY ONAM AT TN RAILWAY STATIONS |
| ON ONAM eve we get snubbed by Tamil Nadu by its regional satraps, we as Malayalees need to evaluate the causes of total lack of respect for the state in the national political scene.Wat astonishes me more is the fact that this is in the backdrop of the great respect that Malayaless get as individuals across any spectrum. I can personaly vouch for ...
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| bulbultuk bu... | 10:46 | 2/Dec/2007 |
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| I LOVE YOU |
| I LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUHi ILAND FRIENDS , BULBUL IS ALIVE AND KICKING,FLUTTERING AND FLYING,HALE AND HEARTY,CHEERFUL AND POSITIVE AND WILL BE BACK SOON.....THE ABOVE SHOWS HOW MY LOVE FOR YOU ALL IS GROWING BY THE DAY..ONCE I AM BACK I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE JUSTICE TO MY RETURN AND BE ACTIVE AS EVER OR I...
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| Rita sharma | 21:37 | 2/Oct/2007 |
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| EK AJNABI |
| NA KOI AISA MILA JIS PAR DIL LUTA DETE, HER EK NE DHOKA DIYA KIS-KIS KO BHULA DETE, DIL KA DARD DIL ME DABAYE RAKHA, BYAAN KARTE TO MEHFIL RULA DETE
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| sai narayan | 14:54 | 19/Aug/2007 |
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| A simple tale |
| I recently bought a DVD for my kid. It was about Tenali Raman tales. When we put the DVD, my kid was sleeping and I and my wife ended up watching it ! The simple tales are engrossing even for us, and I thought I'd share one of them here.-------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------One day the king was discussing some...
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| arshad ahamad | 18:46 | 13/Nov/2006 |
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| history repeats |
| Dear friends Introduce myself as this world,I came across the History since from my birth.,The big planets have their domination in Universe., and they are gelous on my achievement about "life" on me.,The Animals started to rule me., and fittest is survived.,I saw the distruction of Dynosaurs and many species as the time passes.,The People started ...
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| Haritha Reddy | 19:36 | 27/Mar/2007 |
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| Story of an Ant and the Grasshopper |
| CLASSIC VERSION... The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. -----------------------...
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| Chanchal Nis... | 19:10 | 30/Nov/2007 |
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| Stray thoughts wrangle in my mindArguing with themselves harshlyFighting for nothing but bewildering meTime ticks away, waiting for no oneI am filled with conflicts and acting so numbFeeling so unclean and disgustPuzzled by the realities striking so hardEvery day is a first day in my lifeRules of the game change every momentUncertainty filled up al...
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| dilip krishnan | 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| An Evening in ChanakyaIn the late seventies and early eighties, the government-run Chanakya Cinema was one of the very theatres in Delhi that regularly screened English films. Once in a while, Chanakya also hosted foreign film festivals. The Nirula’s had set up shop nearby and their pizzas and ice creams were indeed a treat those days when there wa...
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| Reshma Thakkar | 12:23 | 14/Dec/2007 |
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| LIFE |
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| Life can be compared to sleep.You close your eyes and prefer to be in darkness,Thinking it to be a restful phase.The dreams are nothing but your life events,Which you seem so attached to.Sunrise can be compared to death.The light streams in.Your eyes open,The dream ends,And reality sets in.The dreams now appear unreal to you.When I say "death",I me...
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| black dronser | 11:17 | 18/Oct/2006 |
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| best wishes |
| Khushi bhi doston se haiGam bhi doston se haiTakraar bhi doston se haiPyar bhi doston se haiRoothna bhi doston se haiManana bhi doston se haiBaat bhi doston se haiMisaal bhi doston se haiNasha bhi doston se haiShaam bhi doston se haiZindagi ki shuruvaat bhi doston se haiZindagi main mulakaat bhi doston se haiMohabbat bhi doston se haiInaayat bhi do...
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| CATIIMATALES | 17:04 | 8/Nov/2006 |
| Friends: (302)
| City: Ahmedabad
| Interests: Management
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| Last post in the interview series! |
| CAT experiences of IIMA students - I received quite a good feedback for the interviews. CAT aspirants have now a guideline and benchmark to follow. I remember we were quite unsure about how many to attempt! Some of us screwed up CAT just because they had no idea how many is adequate and ended up trying for the impossible. Now you have a definite pl...
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| Madhavan PK | 19:30 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| The lure of the land |
| I was traveling in a chartered bus in Delhi, when a young thing, a girl distinctly Delhi bred sitting next to me was talking to her friend beside her about a fabulous place, her native place, she had visited in the summer. I couldn’t help eavesdropping on the conversation. She was waxing eloquent about the greenery, the rivers, the food, the peopl...
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| gaurav atri | 16:05 | 13/Apr/2007 |
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| Its not a laughing matter, after all we are standing at the highest point in Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra).
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| Anup nair | 15:55 | 13/Feb/2007 |
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| What a Shame !!!!!!!!!! |
| By the time you read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels ‘Sanjay Dutt relieved by court’. ‘Sirf Munna not a bhai’ ‘13 saal ka vanvaas khatam’ ’although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay c...
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| JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007 |
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| 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...
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| guru r | 12:50 | 2/Nov/2007 |
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| Fish TRAP..... |
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| A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort. The husband liked to fish at the crack of dawn; his wife preferred to read. One morning the husband returned after several hours of fishing and decided to take a nap. The wife, to escape her snoring husband,decided to take the boat out. Since she was not familiar with the lake,she rowed out to the midd...
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| seeniraj siv... | 20:59 | 3/Dec/2007 |
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| Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007 |
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| This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI... |
| This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m. Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth). If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...
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| Mahe R | 02:22 | 25/Oct/2007 |
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| Jai Jai Communists of India |
| Its been a long while since my last appearance on the Iland space, though unintentional.I could not resist, when I came across this piece of news that said : " five out of 17 nuclear power plants have been shut down for want of fuel", but say Jai Communism. Long live Communist party of India ( M), Communist party of India(a), Communist party of Ind...
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| Arindam Chat... | 11:19 | 1/Feb/2007 |
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| Confessions - II |
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| Raju … is an old friend. If I can recall it right - I remember him from my days in a Nursery School called Sishu Aakash somewhere in South Calcutta. Hence, he was the person there whom I had known for the maximum numbers of years now. Not that we were the best of friends but somewhere we both were proud to know each other for such a long time now. ...
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| Ash K | 18:18 | 20/Nov/2007 |
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| Believing in commitment more than love…Palpable feelings instead of diplomatic smiles…Liking grey over black-o-white….Enjoying silence over garrulous sessions… Listening to Heart more often than the mighty Head…Adjusting rather than whining and retaliating…Taking a step or two to introspect than going full steam…Choosing a silent prayer over mindle...
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| Baldeo Pandey | 20:35 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| बांछें खिल गई थी,दरवाजí 5; पर खड़े देवदूत,भë 2;पेट भोजन का निमंत्र...
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| Isha Cally | 11:50 | 20/Oct/2006 |
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| SHUBH DEEPAWALI |
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| WISHING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,,,,JOY, SPLENDOUR, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERTY ON THIS FUN FILLED OCCASION OF DIWALI,,,! MAY THIS FESTIVE OF LIGHT BRIGHTENS & BRING PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN LIFE... HAPPY DIWALI,,,!
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| Manoj Verma | 17:22 | 1/Mar/2007 |
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| Ghalib - Humko maloom hai |
| husn-e-mah, garche ba_haNgaam-e-kamaal achcha haius'se mera mah-e-KHursheed-e-jamaal achcha hai [ husn-e-mah -> moon like beauty, mah = moon, KHursheed = sun, jamaal = beauty ] bosa dete naheeN aur dil pe hai har lahja nigaahjee meiN kehte haiN, muft aaye to maal achcha hai [ bosa = kiss ] unke dekhe se jo aa jaatee hai muNh par raunaqwoh samajhte ...
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| rajesh vora | 12:21 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Environment and YOU |
| We have taken the word Environment and Ecology totally for granted. Thats because, we are bombarded by the sound bytes of Global warming and Environment disaster day in and day out by media etc. Forgive me for taking you people back to school by giving definitions. But what exactly is Environment and Ecology. And why should we care or worry about...
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| | 00:16 | 4/Apr/2007 |
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| Happy Bday Wishes |
| Seeing a falling star, I wished last night. May you find your moon, May you both burn bright. A strange wish i had, not everyone's delight "May the day never come, May the night never fly. May your moon be even bright, May you never see sunrise" --Heman
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| | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006 |
| Friends: (188)
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| | 18:19 | 3/Sep/2007 |
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| Dear Architects |
| Please Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ associatearchitectshyd Please Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ associatearchitectshyd
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| | 14:42 | 10/Jul/2006 |
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| human relations |
| HI all this is something we all need to work out in our relationships. I liked it very mch hope u all like it tooHuman Relationship - A story to share . . . Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who to blame, whether in a relationship,in a job or with the people we know. We miss out some warmth in human relationship to give eachother...
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| Srinivasa Ra... | 19:40 | 24/Jul/2006 |
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| My first journal publication is in print... |
| It is just a small achievement like a rain-drop to an ocean, but it's very much special to me. Yes, its my first scientific achievement, a research paper, which has come in print (accepted for publication last October) in number 1 journal (related to space heat transfer), thus acknowledging my entry into the elite's group. I thank my guide, Prof. K...
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| swati rohatgi | 23:53 | 26/Nov/2007 |
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| Gymtales and protein confidence |
| hi folksOne of the major reasons you never see my picture on the blog is because i am a few grams..er...kilograms overweight. So after a lot of wishful thinking i decided to join the gym alongwith Mili. Most of the guys had already joined the gym. Some of the girls we heard had also joined. So we did the tour of the gym and decided to join. Point t...
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