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 16:05 | 13/Apr/2007
Photos
Its not a laughing matter, after all we are standing at the highest point in Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra). more...
 22:07 | 17/Dec/2006
TATA Sheru TATA
It was 2:00 am, and i fell down and slept, that night I saw an episode on National Geographic Channel about dwindling Tiger population in Indian jungles. It was a nice programme with almost everyone related to things like Project Tiger etc, saying something or the other and making a genuine point. We arrived on the bank of a lake where a Tigress ga... more...
 13:46 | 17/Oct/2006
Me and Sheru
The one wearing a wrist watch is me. more...
 18:46 | 13/Oct/2006
Abbottabad, a poem by James Abbott
In 1853, after the occupation of Punjab, the British moved in to occupy all the important cities and routes, About 63 km from Rawalpindi one of the British Army officers Major James Abbott came upon a majestic and beautiful valley in the province of Hazara {now in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan}, Majorsaab founded a city with an Army cant... more...
 14:19 | 20/Sep/2006
Tag game, it reached my door...
Tag gameHere is a game to get to know me fun game....be a sport and keep it goinghere what you need yo do..cut and paste this entire blog(yep..no copyright) and answer the questionsand paste it on your page...at the end name the person you want to tag and leave a message with yr link on his/her guestbook page..the next tag you replace the prev... more...
 13:57 | 15/Sep/2006
The Queen of the Last Mughal
She is Nawab Zeenat Mahal, wife of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, this is one and only portrait or photograph of any Mughal Emperess. After their victory in The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58, the British captured Delhi and Bahadur Shah Jafar along with his family surrendered to them, this photo was taken at that time. The Badshah spend last ... more...
 19:45 | 24/Aug/2006
Some Stories were never told
When i was in 8th standard i used to know by heart the Stories and Adventures of Shivaji the Maratha King, Rana Pratap the great Rajput warrior, Guru Gobind Singh the last Sikh Guru, and about the whole Mughal dynasty, as From Babur to Indira Gandhi, all of them were part of the syllabus and i realize now, that they were told in a very plain manne... more...
 16:41 | 21/Aug/2006
Bismillah
Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan 'The Shehnai Maestro', is no more, born March 21, 1916 and died August 21, 2006. more...
 13:09 | 18/Aug/2006
My ancestors were Huns?
Eversince i read an article on Human Genome Project, the very thought about the origin of my Ancestors would bring a kind of excitement in my mind. Being a Jat from Western Uttar Pradesh i hav heard from other 'Jats' that our ancestors were from Scythia in Caucasus or some would say that they were from Central Asia and being so rough and tough the ... more...
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 BEST FRIEND | 01:31 | 22/Apr/2008
Friends: (339)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: meeting new, inte...
Thoughts for the week
Hi a few thoughts as usual from my sms collection. have a wonderful week ahead. thanks for reading my post and giving your comments. do keep reading and be in touch.Distance never separates any relation;Time never builds any relation;If feelings are true from heart, then friends are always friends forever.*******************************************...  more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (297)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 K Nagesh | 22:33 | 28/Mar/2008
Friends: (379)  | City: BANGALORE  | Interests: Music (Karnatak),...
JEEVAN TARANG
A Deferred Annuity Plan  from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) that offers youLife Insurance Coverage right from day 1 of commencementy till your 100 years of age,Bonus on the full insured amount for the full Premium Payment Term (PPT) you have chosen that could be 10 or 15 or 20 years,Tax-free Annuity (Annual Payment) @ 5.5 % of the sum i...  more...
 vinod bhaskar | 11:46 | 6/Apr/2008
Friends: (76)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading, spiritua...
Happy New Year (Gudipadawa)
As sunshine creates morning glory. Fragrance fills years as flory. All darkness is far away, as light is on its way. Wish you a very happy GUDIPADAVA. A very happy new year. -Vinod Bhaskar  more...
 Alwin | 18:41 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (288)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: CreatinG Internat...
Advance Happy New Year Dear FriendZ
Hi FrienDZ ..,   AdvancE HappY NeW YeaR .. AlwiN  more...
 ramakrishna | 20:41 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (146)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Plays Cricket,Vol...
Stress
Acute Stress Disorder Definition Acute stress disorder develops within one month after an individual experience or sees an event involving a threat or actual death, serious injury, or physical violation to the individual or others, and responded to this event with strong feelings of fear, helplessness or horror. The diagnosis was established to ide...  more...
 Silent Words | 22:30 | 6/Nov/2007
Friends: (79)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing, Reading,...
Celebrations & Festivals
A wonderful diwali to everyone in advance as most likely things will get so haywire and busy that I won't find the time to write. Planning to have a wonderful diwali and all other upcoming festivals. Want to make the celebrations a remembrance for them...leave them with very very happy memories. Am planning on telling Gaurav soon perhaps in January...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 16:22 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (699)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
CAN WE STOP RAPE?
Can we stop RAPE ?We know that time & again unlawful miscreants keep on making a mockery of the law & its so called guardians.The problem is that our much boasted cultural values have deteriorated & the rot has now seeped so deep that even the young generation of today is not afraid of playing around with the life & dignity of a helpless being. Str...  more...
 kartik shriv... | 18:09 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (483)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: writing poetries ...
Salam Bhopal..............
Dec. 2-3, 1984-The Bhopal Gas Tragedy........One Of The Biggest Disasters in the World in Which More Than 20,000 People Were Killed and More Than 170,000 Were SEVERELYAFFECTED........It Has Been 23 Years Since Then But the Effect of thatDisaster is Still Continuing.......Here are Few Lines Dedicated to AllWho Were Affected by This Disaster...........  more...
 ekantapadhika | 13:05 | 22/Apr/2008
Friends: (147)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: sab kuchh aur kuc...
The Fourth Estate
The Fourth Estate          No news is good news. True, but for whom? If the frenzy of the various TV channels and the print media, to pounce upon and sensationalise anything and everything is any indication, then,  no news is very bad news for at least one section of the society, the Fourth Estate.      Responsible,unbiased reporting and honest inv...  more...
 greengrass | 20:32 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (532)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Swimming, Dance, ...
From Vyasarpadi hut to World Champion...
From www.manakkudiyan.com :  Like Director Selvaragan said in an interview to a famous magazine, “Chennai is not one, it has two cities. Beyond these Tidal Parks, Tech Parks, Spencers, there is one more Chennai. It has very different, tuff and struggling people. It isNorth Madras…” Irudhayaraj also struggle for his day to day life.   He is son of t...  more...
 Amitabh Dasg... | 19:20 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (326)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Reading books,Spe...
Shopping for Marriage
Marriage is an event for a lifetime. Every youth wishes to make that special moment a memorable event not only for him/her but for all those who become a part of it. Today wedding ceremonies have become a status symbol for all therefore the marketing aspect plays a very significant role in the whole celebration.Of the several aspects that come up o...  more...
 suman batra | 09:08 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (104)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: music,reading,movie
                                        AANCHAL                                      NATIJA KUCH NA NIKLA HAAL A DIL UN KO SUNANE KA,VO BAL DETE RAHE AANCHAL KO, BAL KHATA RAHA AANCHAL,YEH BHI KYA AANCHAL HILAYA,MUSKRAYE CHAL DIYE,DEKHEYE IS TARAH KI ZINDA DILI ACHI NAHI,YEH TO MANA KI HAI GUSTAKH NIGAHE MERI,BEKHABAR MAGAR ITNA AAPKA ANCHAL KYO HAI...  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (679)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading, Bollywoo...
Yesterday Today & Tomorrow
There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in theworld cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act wepe...  more...
 Ria | 19:43 | 9/Sep/2007
Friends: (109)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: cracking jokes, e...
LOVE OR LIKENESS
Difference 'btween some1 u luv n some1 u like'In front of the person u luv, ur heart beats faster.but in front of the person u like, u get happy.in front of the person u luv, winter seems like spring.but in front of the person u lik, witer is just beautiful winter.if u look into the eyes of the 1 u luv, u blush.but if u look into the eyes of the 1 ...  more...
 Noanee Kapadia | 18:47 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (427)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Indian Army,Himal...
This is also Mumbai
It was just after the 9pm news that this group arrived at home.They were a bunch of youngsters.The look of honest young professionals clearly on their face .They were polite as not to offend us in any small way.They had come with a request .They celebrated Ram Navami every year with great devotion , but they wanted to do something different , which...  more...
 ashok tiwari | 15:11 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (301)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: I am having keen ...
Morning Dew
Dear Islanders, Namaskaar! Bracing for the ensuing New Year, Great. Wish You all a very Happy and vibrant New Year, 2008. Friends , I , distinctly remember my tiny tot days when I used to play in a nearby playground in the morning. The playground was covered with a carpet of lush green grass and had majestic trees all over and a cobbled path surrou...  more...
 Cju C | 13:19 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (114)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Eating & Dating
Your Words Rule You
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer" (Psalms 19:14).  David’s prayer is one we should all pray frequently, because our meditations- the things we think about- very much determine the words that come out of your mouth, and the words that come out of our mouth grea...  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (618)  | 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...
 Mahesh Patwa... | 14:47 | 22/Apr/2008
Friends: (226)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: film, photography...
Composition
Composition. Any time you want to make a picture, you have to consider a couple of things. What you want to be in the picture. And more importantly what you want to leave out of the picture. Put another way, it is not just about what you place within the frame of the camera’s viewfinder; just as important is what you decide to leave out of the pict...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 20:14 | 18/Mar/2008
Friends: (273)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
thank you pratap
I recently relocated to delhi - a city where I had done my graduation. Graduation was a very defining moment of my life where I learnt a lot. Had awesome fun with friends and life taught me in all possible ways. I really treasure those times.So when I got some time to sneak out to the college on a saturday I took the chance and went along.Went by c...  more...
 ratna rajaiah | 20:52 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (317)  | Interests: reading, writing,...
Penguins dancing to Raga Desh
.....or maybe not, but whatever raga they are dancing to, it's the cutest animation I have seen in a long time...cuter than Happy Feet? Pigloo - Le Raga des Pingouins Uploaded by Iplus  more...
 jasmeet singh | 11:29 | 5/Oct/2006
Friends: (37)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: swimming, wrting
The Hand behind...
I must have been three when I first sat on the handle bar of my dad's Hero cycle. He had installed a small seat so that my derriere would be cushioned against the unavoidable bumps on the road. I would sit wide eyed holding the front bar feeling the breeze hit my face as we would ride to Juhu beach every Sunday. This was our weekly ritual; a treat ...  more...
 monu g | 10:18 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (181)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
MCP
 “You didn’t bring along Sandhya” Ritu asked“No, I didn’t” Sachin replied“Why?” “I left her back home.”“Com’on you couldn’t be doing this.. Where is she?” Ritu sounded unconvinced“Why can't?.. I m the husband.. I can do what I want. Call me an MCP but I didn’t bring her along” Sachin teased her“Whats MCP?” she asked innocently“You don’t know that!”...  more...
 Nischal Thapa | 01:13 | 12/Apr/2008
Friends: (322)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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i found this one too funny... i know.. i know.. i created it but i always have a good laugh everytime i create a strip. if it doesn't make me laugh.. then it's not worth posting it. i guess, it's like that quote - "laugh and the world laughs with you".. ok.. or was that "smile and the..."?anway, hope everyone liked the strip. do leave me a nice com...  more...
 Kanchan Bhat... | 22:11 | 28/Feb/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: ...  | Interests: gone!
Women!
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 Wise Donkey | 13:45 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (101)  | Interests: Blogging,Dancing,...
Baby Blue
She looked so much like a lady, but she was so much like a child. A devil when she held me close, an angel when she smiled. She always held it deep inside, but somehow I always knew She's go away when the grass turned green And the sky turned baby blue. And baby blue was the color of her eyes. Baby blue like the Colorado skies. Like a breath of spr...  more...
 swati rohatgi | 22:31 | 3/Apr/2008
Friends: (322)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: to have fun, shar...
Juno is refreshingly sweet ;)
Juno walks the thin line between being light or ridiculous, between being frank or vulgar and comes out on tops. Despite knowing that this is a run of the mill movie about teenage pregnancy, you not only enjoy it but also find the characters endearing. I expect Juno to be a major hit as and when it hits the multiplexes in India. In a nutshell this ...  more...
 Alpa Vora | 19:47 | 26/Dec/2005
Friends: (21)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Art of Living, Mu...
Thoughts...
Finnaly I thought to write something I have been thinking since so many days.. (Thanks to Jasir I must say)I work in International Marketing and have lot of customers coming from all the parts of the globe. I always felt, they seem to be facinated by our Culture, our Traditions, Our Values... They ask me lot of questions about all these... I do tal...  more...
 Jasir Alavi | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (195)  | City: lazibonia  | Interests: interests?? darn!...
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the epitaph    more...
 arunima nath | 14:58 | 16/Aug/2006
Friends: (12)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, theatre ...
Our Forgotten Heroes
Yesterday we celebrated our 59th Independence Day amidst much fanfare. The Prime Minister raised the flag at the Red Fort and delivered the customary speech. But do we remember those who laid down their down their lives so that we can enjoy the fruits of freedom.  The struggle for Independence was a long journey in which many has contributed in wha...  more...
 udita chaudhary | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (235)  | 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...
 vishal rathod | 01:31 | 31/Mar/2008
Friends: (62)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Football cooking ...
This years fall...
I spend a whole,terribly hot day working (that too without the luxury of an A-C) and board a train back home.(Not even the luxury of a car). I switch the music on (Cellphones are no longer a luxury) and submerge into the Alter Bridge’s ,Duncan Sheik’s n Pink Floyd’s to dissociate myself from the pain n stink of the evenings ride.I fortunately reach...  more...
 Aarthy Sriram | 06:17 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (98)  | City: Auckland  | Interests: friends, Reading,...
Enjoy a Byte of Soul Food ! The Yellow K...
A Byte of Soul Food!                                 -- To give you a boost on Monday Morning.                                                            THE YELLOW KITE                                                             -By Beverly Newman                 I stood at the window and watched the neighborhood children flying their kites on the...  more...
 Rajesh iyer | 21:07 | 12/Feb/2006
Friends: (120)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: cricket,batminton...
Prayer 2006
Oh God Almighty!!May my password get acceptedAnd my explorer get connectedHelp me upload my data foreverNot let a hanged out serverKeep my floppies working in their driveGive me place to back up hard driveHelp send my emails fasterShield me from virus disasterScan my folders without failAnd filter out all junk mailGive my entire download a surgeSto...  more...
 Krishnaswamy... | 11:34 | 22/Jan/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Fremont, CA  | Interests: Cricket & Discuss...
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
A true life story, best told by the person himself in his own words: My name is Brian Boyle, and I am living proof that miracles happen.A month after I graduated high school in 2004, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a near fatal car accident with a dump truck. The impact of the crash violently ripped my heart across my chest...  more...
 ajit lakshmi... | 20:16 | 2/Oct/2007
Friends: (71)  | 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...
 Dhanyasree Nair | 15:44 | 28/Jun/2006
Friends: (45)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: listening music,c...
An autumn tree
Hows it? I am really crazy in these type of photos, What to do?  more...
 Isha Cally | 11:50 | 20/Oct/2006
Friends: (340)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Nothing,,,,,!
SHUBH DEEPAWALI
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,,,!    more...
 Nandan Newla... | 01:20 | 22/Aug/2007
Friends: (70)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: read write arithmet
SAND
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...  more...
 sree mani | 15:38 | 27/Mar/2006
Friends: (2)  | City: nagercoil  | Interests: all
Kamarajar a hero and zero
Kamarajar also called as Kala Gandhi.As a hero This name comes in to my mind when ever I think or hear about politics, He was born in a very poor family and has held the highest post of the Congress as the President more than once and was the KING MAKER who gave INDIA two Prime ministers Mr.Lal Bahadur Sastri and Mrs.Indra Gandhi.http://www.congre...