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 22:50 | 9/Apr/2008
memoirs of a geisha
  after a gap of 2 weeks..i got this book" memoirs of a geisha"..by Arthur Golden i found this one intresting but not touching ..geishas are  a kind of devadasis of  ancient india,who can be called as entertainers.. (not prostitutes) not of a must read category ..but a good one more...
 23:32 | 31/Mar/2008
books
bought a book.."conversations with god".. dint impress me at all :( then this one.. "shantaram" by gregory david roberts(read long b4).. found it to be  a superb one :).. autobiographical..check this link for more details about the author http://www.shantaram.com/ more...
 20:06 | 19/Mar/2008
to kill a mocking bird
 i finished reading this book "to kill a mocking bird " by Harper Lee.. very fascinating narration ..good one. a small world and its happenings through a young girl's eye.. if possible read this one  :)     more...
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 chandrakant ... | 15:36 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (513)  | Interests: film music &frien...
  ......................................."Global warming".....................ek nimtran mila, karo attaind global warming meet.venue, 5 star hotel ki 60vi mazil ka terrece garden,with swimingpool,rah gaye ham ashchraycahkit,hame kaun jane ,kaun pahchne, nimatran tha hath me,ki pragat hue naradji, dekh devarshi ko kiya pranam.,mila ashirvad, paresh...  more...
 Joseph Antony | 20:48 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (488)  | City: Kottayam,Changanacherry  | Interests: reading,movies, f...
"Credit Card"
How Credit Cards Works  The Stripe on a Credit CardThe stripe on the back of a credit card is a magnetic stripe, often called a magstripe. The magstripe is made up of tiny iron-based magnetic particles in a plastic-like film. Each particle is really a tiny bar magnet about 20-millionths of an inch long. The magstripe can be "written" because the ti...  more...
 narendra shah | 23:20 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (215)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: music-classical,r...
FULLNESS BY EMPTYING -- (2)
If everything is God and all is love, then where is life heading to ?    Life is heading towards perfection. You look for perfection ; that is why you are angry at imperfections. There are three kinds of perfection :  Perfection in action or KRIYA, in speech or VACHAN , in feelings or BHAAV.Suppose someone makes a mistake and when you see that you ...  more...
 john sudhakar | 20:58 | 23/May/2008
Friends: (114)  | City: goldenrockie  | Interests: [madam i'm adam]
JUST SALSA,JUST JALSA
 Just Salsa………………………..just jalsa This is my 3rd novella in the unmaking. The first one was really principled.BUT I drowned it in the bay of andipatty during my short semester tours in search of the MISSING KINK. Thw 2nd novella was a course on the river CHENAB.I started child-like pebbling on the CHENAB and so intoxicated was I that I took my 2nd n...  more...
 usha dhana | 09:33 | 23/May/2008
Friends: (43)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading
God's Paradise
Hey I am back from Manali. Well that dosen't matter much for you, right? But I am excited and fresh now, so want to share it with you all. I thought a travel of 12 hours is a total bore and asked my hubby why can't we book for night travel.... I don't know why he made it a day travel ;-).... but I really thanked him for that after 4 hours of journe...  more...
 vijay parasher | 11:54 | 28/May/2008
Friends: (15)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: music, friendship...
She is Life- Resepect HER
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 ashwin | 10:43 | 29/May/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: Secunderabad  | Interests: Nation building, ...
WHY DHARMENDRA AND SATYAKAM are EVERGREE...
DHARMENDRA No One Writes To The Prison Doc Anymore A Jat playing bhadralok? Could it have been that he acted so well that we didn't even notice? Mukul Kesavan  in Outlook - Excellent articleFrom Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi Tere to Johnny Gaddar,Dharmendra acted in nearly two hundred and fifty films and never won aFilmfare B...  more...
 NARENDER SINGH | 13:23 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (82)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: reading,music,
SHER
KISI KA KYA JO KADAM PAR JABINE BANDAGI RAKH DI, HAMARI CHEEZ THI HAMNE JAHAN JAANI WAHIN RAKH DI. JO DIL MAANGA TO WO BOLI KE THAHARO YAAD KARNE DO, JARA SI CHEEZ THI HAMNE KHUDA JAANE KAHAN RAKH DI.  more...
 Hardeep singh | 20:34 | 7/Apr/2008
Friends: (389)  | City: Ludhiana  | Interests: cricket,music,wri...
COME HOME EARLY
COME HOME EARLY……..Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question"Daddy: "Yeah sure, what it is?" Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour" Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour" "Oh", the little boy replied, with his head do...  more...
 BEST FRIEND | 11:41 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (417)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: meeting new, inte...
Knowing yourself
Morning All,I received the following in my mail a few days back and felt worth sharing with fellow bloggers. So with the permission of the sender, I am sharing the same with you all. Have a good weekend."A short quote today accompanied by some long words around it and how to go about knowing yourself."Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yoursel...  more...
 rajeev singh | 23:11 | 13/Apr/2008
Friends: (45)  | City: jaunpur  | Interests: photography,readi...
Fire
Again Fire Blown By Raj ThackerayOnes again MNS leader Raj Thackeray picked up the matter of ''BHUMIPUTRA''(those who born in Maharashtra) as a political gimmick.This time they targate the privatre companies,who provide jobs to nort Indian.This kind of letter is written to more than 45,ooo companies to reserve 80% of jobs for ''BHUMIPUTRA'',other w...  more...
 SUNDEEP MOHNOT | 12:36 | 4/Apr/2008
Friends: (11)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading, travelli...
Launch of new website
Our company- DMCL (i work here as Sr. Manager - CONTENT) launched a new web portal, a complete entertainment portal, www.mypopkorn.com on 2 april 2008 at the TAJ's LAND END in mumbai. the portal was  launched by Mr. PUNIT GOENKA. The chief guest was ESSEL group chairman Mr. SUBHASH CHANDRA. It was well attended by attractive TV artistes and top hon...  more...
 Ronnie | 16:53 | 11/Apr/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music, Storage, B...
Friends.......
I wanted to share something which happenned with me recently. These days I am worried about my carreer and looking for a job change. This is my third job and thanks to god that I never struggled getting a job.I am a technical guy with profiiciency in Backup domain and Storage domain. These domains are in demand these days in India and abroad. But I...  more...
 Chandra Shek... | 16:43 | 1/May/2008
Friends: (19)  | City: Allahabad  | Interests: Living a king siz...
God is great
This is one of the best explanations of why God allowspain and suffering that I have seen... A man went to a barbershop to havehis hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber ...  more...
 Manu Nair | 07:33 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (464)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing,reading,s...
Inflation/Dependency
What's the main reason for the price-hike? Is it Inflation or are we depended on other countries like the USA? What can the Government do to control the frequent price-hike of the different commodities on hand?  more...
 Leukos | 12:09 | 2/Apr/2008
Friends: (2)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Singing, T...
Very First
Apprehension, anxiety and eagerness...........t his being my first blogging experience!!!!!!! Hope to post some gud ones very soon.    more...
 saurabh lal | 17:06 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Scranton  | Interests: reading,blogging,...
MALL-ed to death
Having a car and a girlfriend is the double whammy of highest order. I happen to have the misery of both. Last weekend we set off on a “long drive” excursion which she finds mysteriously romantic. To me, driving pointlessly to unknown is nothing but a schizophrenic activity. However this profound notion of mine didn’t urge me to argue with her. Her...  more...
 satyajit ban... | 19:00 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (94)  | 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...
 ankur vishnoi | 11:41 | 2/May/2008
Friends: (146)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dancing, networki...
Free Downloads
FREEDOWNLOADSChat Rooms, Enjoy FM Radio On computer, Chat, get freewallpapers, ringtones,software, Games, messaging, chat, money earninglinks and much more visit www.itool.co.cc Just ForYouFreeDownloads, Games, ring tones, Wallpapers, FM Radio, google Search,Messaging, Feeds, Jokes, Quotes and much more www.avishnoi.tkFREE PASSWORDMANAGER Automated...  more...
 Vijit Vivek | 13:57 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (567)  | City: Patna  | Interests: Bio Medical Engin...
You could save a life
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R .  If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a party , a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) They got her c...  more...
 rahulrohilla | 18:40 | 23/Apr/2008
Friends: (53)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: playing cricket,r...
VAFA
wfa a naam na lo................ wfa bda erulaty h.................  wfa ka naam lene se ak bewfa ki yaad aati h....................  more...
 ashish | 19:16 | 27/Mar/2008
Friends: (54)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: music
flowers
somebody says that only flowers should be chosen and thorns should be avoided as it may be possible that thorns my give us pain....he don't know at that time about the reality behind the flowers...one day he found the his beloved persons give him pain and live him alone in the darkness...he has nothing to say at that time...he only remembers his ow...  more...
 Krishna Prasad | 19:06 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (1474)  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
Rear View Mirror
Rear View Mirror and Images pass by Whenever I see rear view mirror in my carI remember my past which went by silently Though objects are far, I can see it in the mirrorNearby, as if I can touch without hesitation I understand the past is past but not possibleTo touch again only future we have in front Demarcation where objects become present to pa...  more...
 ramnath rajaram | 18:51 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (1694)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
IT"S ATTITUDE, ULTIMATELYDr. S. Radhakrishnan, the great philosopher and former President of India, made his first visit to the United States when John F. Kennedy was the President. The weather was dark and stormy in Washington and when Dr. Radhakrishnan alighted from the plane, it began to pour cats and dogs, as the ex-pression goes.  The young Am...  more...
 Kush A | 00:09 | 24/May/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: BLR  | Interests: Football, books, ...
Kissa kaghaz ki kashti aur kaali ghaneri...
Memories from the decade of the nineties when I grew up in LucknowThe rainwater would make a guttural sound as it gushed outOf the pipe in the aangan(1)that ran down the wall from the chat(2)I would set the paper-boat along the current gushing outThe boat would just as soon be overturned with the waterraining down!If we would be playing cricket and...  more...
 krishna kuma... | 12:20 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Ayurvedic Product...
ABC OF FRIENDSHIP
QUALITIES OF A GOOD FRIENDTHE ABC OF FRIENDSHIP(A)ccepts you as you are(B)elieves in "you"(C)alls you just to say "HI"(D)oesn't give up on you(E)nvisions the whole of you(F)orgives your mistakes(G)ives unconditionally(H)elps you(I)nvites you over(J)ust "be" with you(K)eeps you close at heart(L)oves you for who you are(M)akes a difference in your li...  more...
 Thohe Pou | 19:51 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (827)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading philosoph...
Thought of the day
"Marriage is like a cage, one sees the birds desperate to get in, those inside desperate to get out" - Anonymous  more...
 Vimalan Vimalan | 12:34 | 29/Dec/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: music,photography...
!#$!@$
A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to ...  more...
 pinak vaghela | 22:00 | 29/Feb/2008
Friends: (187)  | City: Jamnagar  | Interests: Making True Frien...
Your Choice..........
To the world you might be just any person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.Being is not the breaths you take, but it is the freshness you put in the breath of others.Growing older has no choice, butgrowing up has choice.Being born has no choice butLiving life has choiceFalling sick has no choice, butKeeping healthy has choiceGet...  more...
 Janit Vora | 22:12 | 4/Jun/2007
Friends: (38)  | City: Gandhinagar  | Interests: Blogging, Reading
Let Go
Let go, Let it flow,run, have fun; Let go your heart Let it fear the dark Let it love the lark Let it free. Sate the satan of your soul Feed the flames of your desires Plunge down the precipice Create a world of your own device Forget the musts, indulge the wills; Feel the rush of the wind Feel the ground beneath your feet Feel the Freedom to feel.  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...
 lalith vs | 16:11 | 14/Mar/2008
Friends: (83)  | City: Malgudi  | Interests: cinema,photograph...
SURPRISE…… part 2
We stopped in previous partat their marriage and Anu’s aspiration about her husband….after that….Adi is all set for hislifetime experience, his first night…he is quite thrilled… basically he isexcited as there is lot of mysteries still he have about Anu. Even while havingsath phera and tying a mangal sutra..it was such a rush ,,that he could notenj...  more...
 chitra priya... | 13:30 | 2/Apr/2008
Friends: (415)  | City: ernakulam  | Interests: YOU CAME FROM NO ...
break your silence
 Hundred words do not give pain But a special persons silence Makes more tears in our heart …    This is a big true which I have experienced myself. I had a very special friend who was very much close to my heart we shared our feelings to each other he was really a gift for me and I loved him a lot ….. But one day every thing went wrong we fought  ...  more...
 Dinesh Patekar | 10:21 | 2/Jul/2007
Friends: (136)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Cricket,fashion,m...
SOMEONE....
Someone I can talk toSomeone I can trust.Someone who will be thereWhen my relationships rust.Someone who wil save me,When everything goes wrong.Someone who wil comfort meAnd help me to be strong.Someone who listensAt any time of day.Someone who wil brightenAny sky that’s gray.Someone who will alwaysWant to be my friend.Someone who wil fight for me,...  more...
 Frank Ian | 05:31 | 18/Feb/2007
Friends: (38)  | City: R K PURAM  | Interests: driving,photograp...
SORROW
Anybody ever think about ending of sorrow? Fear, sorrow,and what we call love, always go together. Unless we understand fear, we shall not be able to understand sorrow,nor can we know that state of love in which no contradiction,,no friction. To end sorrow completely is a most difficult thing to do, for sorrow is always with us in one form or anoth...  more...
 namit ranjan | 16:02 | 17/Jan/2007
Friends: (22)  | City: muzaffarpur  | Interests: music,movies n bo...
maut ki dua
judai ka pata hota agar pyaar se pehle ,to maut ki duia maangte hum tere deedar se pehle.  more...
 Shree Sharma | 09:31 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (483)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading
Who Decides
Who decides who gets love in life?   Is it pure luck?   Accident?   F ortune?   Why everybody is not fortunate to get such trivial but yet such auspicious/beautiful/aw thing in life Why? After all Who decides who will get love in life?  more...
 ricky gupta | 13:10 | 7/Mar/2007
Friends: (17)  | City: delhi  | Interests: frnds
LOVE
 Love, you say you love me How could this be true? I've only just met you Love takes time to develop It's not an instant thing You can't know what love is If you say it this soon Love takes time It develops with trust, patience, caring, understanding You have yet to earn that of me I have loved before True love, an unconditional caring This love wi...  more...
 hindu icon | 09:58 | 25/Aug/2007
Friends: (118)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: hindutva
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 ...  more...
 Teddy Bear | 09:54 | 9/Nov/2007
Friends: (191)  | City: In her heart...in yours too...  | Interests: Pampering her...
Scribbles from the past - Great minds th...
Raju  :   “Abey Panda.. Rasgullaa”!   (Hey Panda.. “Rasgullaa”) Panda  :  “Muh mey hai be”! (I have them in my mouth) Rourkela had always been a cosmopolitan town; pardon me for using this word more in a national sense than international. Probably you wont associate cosmopolitanism with an Indian town, it has always been more of a “city” term. But ...  more...
 raja rani | 18:59 | 17/Nov/2006
Friends: (61)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music
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 cajetan vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1147)  | 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...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (526)  | 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...
 Sumit Arya | 14:36 | 2/Jan/2008
Friends: (257)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Computes, Latest ...
New Year....
New Year is a time to unfold new horizons and dreams, make resolutions, rejoice and face new challenges... Wishing you a truly fulfilling 2008 !!  more...
 anil thankachan | 21:51 | 29/Dec/2006
Friends: (27)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: reading, cricket,...
do u think this is just imagination?
Recently a local tv channel reporter's brother--let us call him mohan--went on a journey. on his way he saw an accident in which a man was killed. he promptly called the office of his brother and told there about the accident. (his brother was on the field). with some reporters blood in him he even told the name of the dead man after talking with a...  more...