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 22:41 | 29/Jun/2008
As i walked down the narrow frangipani lined lane i wondered to myself if the perfume of these flowers would arrest meand hold me captive...? the sea roared across the bouldered walland i heard the kingfisher call... tiny buds had begun to unfold their petals expressing their dire need to show their hearts out to the world...the sky now blue now gr... more...
 18:04 | 29/Jun/2008
 I seek from you today my love Is the knowledge of your well beingAnd some thoughts on how you feel When the rain incessantly falls…Cause here I am Fighting this gloomAnd trying to make sure that this grey dayDoes not create despair in my mind.Holding on with my strength The feelings that I retrieve from the yester years memories… the rain that did... more...
 09:22 | 23/Jun/2008
phir mann mein aaya khyaal aapka kal shaam  jab badaloan ney phelaayi thi zameen par apni chaaoan... dur samundar mein khel rahi thi lehereinaur phooloan key chehoraon par thimeethi muskaan.. hawa bhi thi chancal us pal mein uskey bhi hotaon par tha koi madhur gaan phir aayi yaad mujhey aapki  kal shaam... kahaan ho aap tha ek prashan merey mann me... more...
 15:57 | 22/Jun/2008
here i was last evening walking back slowly letting the sweat dry on my back.. the wind swirled my thoughts about  a dark evening when the clouds had blocked the blue hues from the sky to colours my moods with their own dye the fragrance of the frangipani lined streetheld me in the twirls of the perfume unlit and inviting...again reminding me of ev... more...
 09:48 | 18/Jun/2008
During my waking hoursWhen the morning stillhides the awakend birdsAnd wraps the perfume ofthe frangipani bloomsInto a coilOf her own making…When the sky still hadclouds skuddingAnd playing with the hugemoonAnd the sea in the neardistance merely croons…I seek thee in thissolitude…The eyes are still filledwith the sleepAnd the dreams I dreamtH... more...
 21:41 | 12/Jun/2008
jaadu hai teri nazar mein dilbarbas ab inhi ankhoan mein baserra banaoongi main har pal mein rahoongi teri nazar mein ab idhar hi main apney mahal ko sajaaoongi...merey dil sey poocho toh zarakis haal mein rehata hai yehjab tum yaad aajaatey ho...har pal udta hai yeh baawra bhavrey samman apney phool ki auris pyaar ki sugundh shayad ban gaya haiisk... more...
 22:59 | 3/Jun/2008
ek nayi manzil ek nayi raah lekin  phir bhi jhalak hai un beetey huay palon ki  meri ankhoan key saamney... sochti hoon kyon merey pag ab bhi dheemey dhhemey badh rahey hain aagey???  kash woh yahan hotey saath mein toh shayad nikal jaati mein woh manzil ki aur tezi sey binna darr aur chod jaati peechey  woh shikvey woh be fidgul key vaadey more...
 09:04 | 23/May/2008
unafraid i should tread without fear move aheadif loves in my life and joy in my heartnothings gonna break my steps...vulnerable and with a core thats within soft i am sure confidence will coat with a sugary countenanceand a unbreakable mould...i have gotta take my next steps into the tomorrowswith more convictionand no disillusions we all wear mas... more...
 15:30 | 22/May/2008
ek darr hai mann mein aajki yeh sundar khwaab jo main har pal dekh rahi hoon toot na jaaye yeh sapna, samay ki dhaara key sang reth bankar behey naa jaaye...jeeney ka maqsad hai yehhawa key jhaunkey mein mil kar kisi aur ud na jaaye...umeed bhi ek aisi cheez haijismey har mann ki asha ek nai raah dikhaati hai ek naya sapna zindagi sey dilwaati hai.... more...
 15:08 | 18/May/2008
The mosaic above with its myriad shades of green, vivid red and summer blue reminded me of you. i smiled within and thoughtif only i could for a moment get close enough to you i would show you a sky full of wonders in my eyes you would have to watch carefully though lest i began dreaming again...then the marbled sky would perhaps become  a seaor a ... more...
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 vivek jakkal | 15:25 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (43)  | City: tikamgarh  | Interests: chatting , travll...
mother father
नींद अपनी भुला कर सुलाया हम को, आँसू गिरा कर हसाया हमको दर्द क...  more...
 parthasarath... | 16:05 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (108)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry & literature
We walked together
    We walked together  We were walking silently,  Walking together  With a curtain in between!!  I was looking at the grass,  When you at me  I knew it, knew it!!  You were looking to horizon,  When me shifted at you  You knew it, knew it!!  This was the description,  Parting time we met Canvas is still & still!!                               Island   July, 2007  more...
 anilairen | 22:34 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (195)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
happiness
So true!  more...
 ajit | 19:25 | 21/May/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: playing,working
dESIRE
Mera Mann                                            Teetli ki tarah udta mann,Panchi ki tarah chahkta mann,  Madmast hawa ki tarah lehrata mann,Koyal ki kook ki tarah gaata mann,Saat rangon mein ranga hua mann,Khusboo ki tarah mehakta mann….. Payaal ki jhankar ki tarah runjhun karta mann,Sokh nadi ki tarah behta mann,To kabhi chanchal jharne sa na...  more...
 satyajit ban... | 19:00 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (121)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Music,playing games
TO MY FRIEND WHO ARE...........
TO MY FRIEND WHO ARE...........ENGAGEDThe true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but How good u r for each other.TO MY FRIEND WHO ARE...........MARRIEDLove is not about "it's your fault",not "how could u", but "i'm sorry nor "i'm thankful to u.TO MY FRIEND WHO ARE...........HEARTBROKENHeartbreaks last as long as u want &cut a...  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution
Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...  more...
 Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (251)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Internet, Travel,...
Lonely on an island....
Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 01:41 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (288)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
koi jaata hai
koi jaata haito jaisemera ek hissabhi saath le jaata haiphir aane ke dilaase bhikayi vaade nayede jaata haishaam jo dhalesuraj woagle din aata bhizaroor haiaye dost aaj tum jaate homujhe pataa haiki tumharakoi naya mukaam bhi aaya haikhuda haafiz terashukriya kehta hoonzindagi meinphir milengeisliye abhi alvida nahin kaha hai----zauqrandom verses i...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (533)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Stewed Tomatoes A guy isgoing on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worry about gettingseasick.The doctor suggests, ''Eat two pounds of stewedtomatoes before you leave the dock.''The guy replies, ''Would that keep me fromgetting sick, Doc?''The doctor says, ''No, but it'll look realpretty in the water.''Respectfully Cheating Jack an...  more...
 sahil banga | 13:55 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (248)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
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...  more...
 Kanchan Bhat... | 08:56 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (46)  | City: ...  | Interests: zzz!
A Weighty Question Answered...
Weighing your head?(revised editiion) My head weighs 4.78 kg. I shall not weigh it again!But someone did ask once on Yahoo answers…Most people said "chop it, and weigh it after draining the head juice!" I think that may be illegal, but the local laws apply I guess!They almost beat me to the answer!I researched the 'Net: My answer?"To resolve this i...  more...
 ahsan ghori | 15:11 | 27/Jan/2008
Friends: (390)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Tennis my passion...
Jay Walkers
Educate them first 25 January 2008I THINK the best way to create awareness about the dangers of jaywalking is to first educate the people about its consequences. Jaywalkers endanger their own life as well as those of others, especially surprised motorists.Once awareness is created then fines and penalties can be imposed if people continue breaking ...  more...
 udita chaudhary | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (243)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: self-improvement,...
 "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...  more...
 krishna veni | 10:03 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (135)  | City: Andhra pradesh  | Interests: Art,Science,natur...
Astrology, a blind faith!
           Astrology is not a myth or superstition as most people think .It is a science. It is more like a map which shows ur path  ,if u wish to follow it u can otherwise take ur own decisions. It is not 100% true that whatever is written in ur horoscope it should happen in ur life .But when it comes to assessing ones qualities, behavior, charact...  more...
 jofebin@redi... | 20:23 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (446)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
June, I love you!!!
Hi friends, it's been quite some time since I've touched my pen.. So just thought of scribbling a good bye note to the month of June as its going away... Just another wild thought from my whacky head... Hope you guys will tolerate this one also... I know u would coz u've been doing it for quite some time... :) have a nice time... take care... febin...  more...
 Rajendra Chadha | 09:08 | 22/Dec/2007
Friends: (48)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: writing, book lov...
Dekhna har subahatujh rukhsaar ka, Hai mutaala  matla -e-anwaar ka  [ wali]  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:25 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (532)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
The most important relationship you can ...
One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleague...  more...
 Subodhkumar das | 13:49 | 19/Oct/2007
Friends: (107)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling and ph...
Boss First- Moral storyJunior Software engineer, a senior Software engineerand their Project Manager are on their way to a meeting. On their way througha park,they come across a wonder lamp.They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each". So the eager Jun...  more...
 kishore lakk... | 15:21 | 20/Apr/2007
Friends: (275)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: making friends, c...
GOOD WIFES
Hello friends after a long long long time iam back to you all.  I missed u all aloooot but conditions are like that for me.This blog is a general blog and especially women should not take it as a serious one because i just read this one from one of the newspaper.How to get a nice wife! There are times in a person's life when he needs to take crucia...  more...
 cajetan vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1148)  | City: Goa  | Interests: silence
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...  more...
 Gurmeetsingh... | 13:19 | 26/Aug/2007
Friends: (242)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Swimming, Thinkin...
Success in Interviews - II
Wednesday, August 21, 2007Success in Interviews - part II Friends,Thank you for your kind words. I feel motivated to keep sharing. I also feel fortunate that at this young age of 36, I can devote so much of my time for the benefit of deserving people. Do share the messages to your other friends, as well, so that they also benefit. I shall also past...  more...
 Saahil | 13:34 | 3/Mar/2007
Friends: (65)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Blogging, Music, ...
Love is something...
Love is something in which you give the other person power to destroy your life... and still trust that the person wont...  more...
 Sailesh Cousik | 09:08 | 4/Jun/2007
Friends: (65)  | Interests: Reading, Music, M...
My Favourite Things (Re-Revised)
JULIE ANDREWS TURNS 69 To commemorate her 69th birthday, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance  at Manhattan's RadioCity Music Hall for  the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers  she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie, "Sound Of  Music". Here are the lyrics she used: Maalox and nose drops and ...  more...
 Sanjeev Verma | 23:16 | 7/May/2008
Friends: (202)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Film, Western Cla...
Echoes of the Past
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 not. Movies, I maintain, ...  more...
 Anup nair | 15:55 | 13/Feb/2007
Friends: (188)  | City: Nasik  | Interests: Sports,netting, s...
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...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:15 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (393)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
Scarlet Sins
“When I am dead, I hope it may be saidHis sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”    1.      “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man” wrote Francis Bacon. He was a renowned English author, courtier and philosopher (1561 – 1626).  Later, may be after his death, there were reports that he had the bottom pinchi...  more...
 Saranya Narayan | 21:39 | 14/Sep/2006
Friends: (6)  | City: Chennai(Madras)  | Interests: Music,books
Honesty
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 amit khanna | 21:07 | 24/May/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Baying at the moo...
Blood and gore
How on earth can you be so insensitive and cruel. Don't you realize that she loves you, I mean truly loves you, Can't you see the adoration in her eyes. Are you so cruel that you are ready to burn her again, the same girl who has been burnt before. She trusts you with her life and you do this to her. I never thought that you were so heartless and c...  more...
 rajat chandel | 22:13 | 19/Feb/2008
Friends: (37)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: music,reading,sur...
Silent Sorrow
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow. Solitude is the ally of sorrow as well as a companion of spiritual exaltation. The boy"s soul undergoing the buffeting of sorrow is like a white lily just unfolding. It trembles before the breeze and opens its heart to daybreak and folds its l...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1468)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
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...  more...
 anita g | 12:46 | 20/Aug/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Trying to underst...
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's...  more...
 gaurav atri | 16:05 | 13/Apr/2007
Friends: (266)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: Travelling, Explo...
Photos
Its not a laughing matter, after all we are standing at the highest point in Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra).  more...
 AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (1202)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Romantic Yogi
HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE"
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...  more...
 raj sharma | 13:18 | 27/Dec/2007
Friends: (134)  | City: Indore  | Interests: sprituality,medit...
NEW YEAR
     NEW YEAR........NEW YEAR….A TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS ,FOR INTROSPECTION…..WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE ,WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE , WHAT WE WANT TO ACQUIRE,WHAT HABITS TO DITCH AND WHAT BONDS TO ADD AND THE LIST IS ENDLESS.   PERHAPS WHY WE WAITED TILL NEW YEAR….WHY WE COULD NOT IMPLEMENT SUCH GOOD THINGS EARLIER. WISH WE COULD MAKE...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (2270)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Enjoying life as ...
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...  more...
 Lethal Weapon | 17:35 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (70)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading, writing,...
Her & His Diary
Another one from my mail box :+) *HER DIARY *Day night, I thought he was actingweird. We had madeplans to meet at acafe to have some coffee. I wasshopping with my friendsall day long, so  Ithought he was upset at the fact that Iwasa bitlate,but he made nocomment. Conversation wasn't flowing soI suggested   thatwe go somewherequiet so we could talk,...  more...
 RAVI GOVINDA... | 13:36 | 19/Jun/2008
Friends: (56)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Sports, Philosoph...
Attaining fatherhood!
I picked up my wife from her workplace.  She was nearing nine months pregnancy.  She looked too tired and out of sort.  I dropped her at her mom"s place and was telling her about the ongoing Hyderabad trip that I had to accompany my students as a part of study tour.  I also informed her my reluctance in joining the tour as my wife"s due-dates coinc...  more...
 santy | 12:40 | 31/Mar/2007
Friends: (36)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: Music,Poetry,Long...
Benaam Saye
All friend'sBenam sai me dard ther kyo nahi jata Jo Bitt gaya hai wo gujar kyo nahi jata...Sub kuch to hai kya dunti hai nigaheKya bat hai mai waqt pe ghar kyo nahi jataWo eke hi chehara to nahi saare jahan menJo door hai wo dil se utar kyo nahi jata" Pahle pahle to khwabo ka dam bharne lagati haiPhir aakhen palko me chup kar rone lagri haiJaane ta...  more...
 satish yenda | 12:44 | 31/Dec/2006
Friends: (19)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: playing cricket a...
happy new year
I WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROS NEW YEAR  more...
 madhav rao | 10:32 | 10/Mar/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: jamshedpur  | Interests: reading,philosoph...
Reality a myth
Sometimes I wonder what reality is. Before understanding what is reality lets define what reality according to man is. Reality is that which is possible and what is perceived by our faculties (senses).now I wonder how deep our senses pierces. Is it really the reality what we see and perceive. Does a thing exist in reality if we are able to touch an...  more...
 anshul banga... | 18:21 | 5/Aug/2007
Friends: (338)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Love life,romanti...
the magic of kissing
the magic of kissing.........Kissing is one natural ex-pression of humankind which has been there since times immemorial....it could be out of love,out of passion,out of care,out of lust,out of warmth and so on....but i will speak or rather write about the kissing done out of passion and love...Kissing between two opposite sexes is common to all na...  more...
 Kumar Ahuja | 10:56 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (396)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: I luv Making Frndz..
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...  more...
 MaCh | 16:08 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (52)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Current affairs,B...
SURVEY : MYSTICISM
Do you believe in Astrology, palmistry, tarot cards and the like? Why/Why not? I think we should see what the bharatiya janta feels. Post your comment here.  more...