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 15:47 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| On the trail with Anita Desai | |
| To read Anita Desai is to know her genius. It is plainly evident in works such as Fire on the Mountain and Voices in the City. The characters she crafts, the strands of narration she weaves and the issues she explores in-depth are her hallmarks. To meet Anita is to see her brilliance shine brighter. It’s exhilarating to interact with such a dynamic...
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| 11:56 | 22/Oct/2007 |
| On stage with Falguni | |
| On Friday, October 12, Falguni Pathak – the undisputable queen of Navratri – began this year’s nine-day festival with a bang. The event -- held at Sankalp, Goregoan -- had all the explosive power of a rock concert while maintaining the ethereal quality of a spiritual gathering. In short, it was unlike anything I’d ever seen, heard or felt.The fest...
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| 14:56 | 19/Oct/2007 |
| Fashion Week Mantra: What's your agenda? | |
| I stood outside the NCPA building, at the tip of Marine Drive, surveying the Arabian Sea as it sparkled under the brilliant afternoon sun. It was day three of the five-day Lakme Fashion week, the exact mid-point of the extravaganza. I’d seen half the collections, met half the models and filed half my interviews. Looking both backwards and forwards...
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| 15:59 | 11/Oct/2007 |
| Lost in cyberspace | |
| I wish I could provide a logical explanation for my two months hiatus, but none exists. I didn't venture into Kashmir for an exlusive story; I didn't camp with Naxalites in Bihar. I sat in my flat in Santa Cruz and stared at the walls, writing little.When I started my blog, it was fun and a great way for me to document my experiences and to vent my...
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| 15:20 | 11/Oct/2007 |
| Rain, Rain, Go Away: monsoons come and g... | |
| In reviewing previous posts, I notice that there is nary a mention of monsoons. This is a deplorable oversight.First off, the strangest thing about the monsoon is its utter unpredictability. It's absurd. At least 30 times during the past few months, I've made a conscious decision to leave the umbrella at work or at home, certain that no rain was co...
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| 11:06 | 4/Sep/2007 |
| Frustration reigns... and rains | |
| I'm frustrated with myselfI'm a bad blogger. I know this.Not only do I ignore deadlines, I also make little effort to network with others in cyberspace. I just post my thoughts and wait egotistically for comments. I've recently stumbled onto a list of blogging etiquette, and I now realise that I run afoul of many of the dogmas.When I started bloggi...
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| 19:22 | 16/Aug/2007 |
| Beep Beep! Blog under construction | |
| The blog is undergoing a complete change. I'm going to start updating two and three times a day -- things that catch my eye, politics, sports, etc.I'm going to keep the narrative pieces to one or two a week, and really try to make them good. I enjoy doing them, but they take a lot of time.I've also been brainstorming -- What to blog about? What is ...
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| 18:34 | 14/Aug/2007 |
| Delhi return and other details | |
| Sorry for the delay in response guys; it's entirely my fault.I'm using Independence Day to refresh and refocus, and the blog will be back in a major way starting Thursday.For today, let me provide a brief update on the Delhi trip:It was a blast and I loved seeing another metropolis in India. I heard much about the crudeness of Delhites, but I was t...
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| 13:45 | 4/Aug/2007 |
| In the City of Djinns | |
| I write you from Delhi. Or as Mr. William Dalrymple calls is, the City of Djinns.This past week, a coworker proffered me an invitation to his home in South Delhi and I jumped at the opportunity. A flurry of preparation and frantic booking of tickets ensued; I was at the airport awaiting departure before I even realised the true magnitude of such a ...
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| 16:37 | 30/Jul/2007 |
| Tomorrow | |
| I'd like to update frequently, but I just can't handle my schedule. I'm not organised enough, and thus, I'm always scrambling to reach deadlines and finish my work. Tomorrow, I will provide a well-thought and coherent piece. I promise.And is it just me, or are Indians intelligent and driven people?I swear, my co-workers are organised, dutiful and b...
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| DrHarmeet Singh | 20:29 | 11/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (1227)
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| Very Hot |
| A Zen master visiting London City goes up to a hot dog vendor (Indian of course) and says, "Make me one with everything."The hot dog vendor fixes a hot dog and hands it to the Zen master, who pays with a €20 note.The vendor puts the bill in the cashbox and closes it. "Excuse me, but where’s my change?" asks the Zen master.The vendor responds, "Chan...
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| Current Boll... | 19:48 | 20/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (419)
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| Aaja Nachle Title Track EXCLUSIVE |
| Hey guys this is the exclusive song from the movie AAJA NACHLE This movie marks the comeback of great actress MADHURI DIXIT So this song is for all her fans desperately waiting for the release of her movie ENJOY !!!!
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| Amitesh Prakash | 21:52 | 30/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (19)
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| India in Queen's Land |
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| India in Queen's LandWith due respect to the Australian city; i guess most of you would have felt i got the spelling wrong unless u realised i was talking about India's ongoing cricket tour of England. As i write; day 4 of the 2nd test is about to get over and India on the brink of an expected victory. However, the legions of Indian cricket fans a...
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| Make Money | 12:15 | 7/Dec/2007 |
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| FREE Online Data Entry Jobs |
| Youmay have seen the ads promoting work at home data entry programs. Many of theseprograms are scams and simply ask for your money and provide you with anoutdated list of companies that don't really need your services. Othercompanies provide you with a blueprint that involves data entry, but not in thetraditional sense. The following report will he...
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| lucille iaco... | 20:57 | 8/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (241)
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| My sincere apology... |
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| My dear iLand friends... I apologize for leaving the conclusion of my hummingbird story up in the air and hope you will forgive me. The sad truth is, I have been in a state of physical distress which has not allowed my mind to transcend to that touching experience, or any other pleasant memory. Please know that my connection with everyone her...
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| jayabalan ma... | 23:20 | 6/Sep/2007 |
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| Reincarnation 2 Naadi Astrology |
| In my earlier blog I had mentioned about a baby's smile and cry being attributed to its remembrances of its previous birth.This is a matter of faith and I do not want to offend any one's feelings. The cry may be regarded as the only language the baby can use to communicate with the outside world; more over it is the expression of instinct. It is qu...
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| Sandil Srini... | 21:50 | 25/Aug/2007 |
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| Voting abuse |
| C ouldn't find any other word to describe it. How can Chang possibly be voted out, ahead of Prashant and Ankita? Whoever voted for those two is fucking deaf. Here is the dentist's blog again, Buddha Soliloques . Atleast, that's a consolation - he'll be back to dentistry and blogging soon. Here's a video about him A star anyway, no?
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| Uday Sodhi | 10:16 | 22/Nov/2007 |
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| Letter to Bill Gates |
| Dear Mr. Bill Gatesa, This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer forour home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.1. After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account andwhenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ******appears, but in the rest of the fields what...
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| Vineesh Kris... | 16:44 | 7/Aug/2007 |
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| A Weird Dream |
| Stan waited for the office bus at the place were he regularly waited. The junction where the narrow road leading to the too low subway joined the highway. It was dusty and hot as usual. The construction of a flyover to counter the hour-long traffic jams had begun and Stan had crossed the road with difficulty because he had to negotiate the tin she...
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| Arun Ramkumar | 13:08 | 7/Nov/2007 |
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| Chronicles of a reluctant shopper |
| I recently went shopping to get newclothes for Diwali.For starters let me tellya that I hate shopping.Iabsolutely HATE shopping,especially for clothes.And whenever itsfestival time I try and avoid getting asked to "come and pick some newclothes".Sometimes I successfully manage to avoid it and tell mydad(who strangely is a shopping junkie) to pick u...
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| savi savi | 21:43 | 12/Dec/2007 |
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| I AM NOT AFRAID OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING....DO YOUR WORST...... !.
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| ajit balakri... | 08:30 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| Are our IIMs Overly US-centric? |
| Twenty six of us were seated around a long U-shaped table. It was late in the afternoon. The room was semi-dark. Each of us had a plate of sweets and a bottle of mineral water in front. A third of the people seated here were CEO’s of large and famous Indian companies, some recently retired, others still very active in business. Another third were ...
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| Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007 |
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| 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...
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| DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007 |
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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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| juhi s | 19:41 | 9/Jun/2007 |
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| In Memoriam |
| In Memoriam Jayesh---the very name conjures up the image of a tall, slim youth, dusky in complexion and extremely good-looking. I can never think of him without also remembering the intelligent spark that perenially shone out of his dark eyes…. My association with Jayesh, both direct and indirect, go...
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| Prabhu Nair | 18:49 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| BaCk tO tHoSe DaYs..Back to those days! Lying on the bare floor, absorbing the chill out of you; staring at the sky, and sipping you with my thirsty eyes; after years and days. Was in bondage and away from you; cried for you; yearned for you, and dreamt of you; many nights; don’t know how many times.Back to those corners, where I rested my hea...
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| Prachi Sameer | 21:57 | 6/Dec/2007 |
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| Text Oriented Singing! |
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| These days my mind remains full of ‘Me & Music’… and honestly – I wish it remains that way! Thus… whenever I utter something these days… its about me or my music… :O) Take it or leave it my friends… Loves, Pra~! :O)Text-Oriented Singing! It is a general notion that Urdu Poetry essentially is an ex-pression of Broken Hearts, Despair, Tears, Pessimis...
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| Shaila Kotian | 16:47 | 28/Jun/2007 |
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| PRAYER-I |
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| Today I remember you fatherToday I miss you father I remember the day you held me in your armsAnd we watched the raindrops whispering to our outstretched palms I miss the days when you brought me sweet jalebis after your morning walksI miss the days when we used to have our usual round of laughter and talks I remember the days when we made fun of t...
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| Amiya Lahiri | 18:23 | 29/Nov/2007 |
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| City: Pune
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| NEWTON'S LAW OF LOVE |
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| Newton in Romantic Mood...... Universal law of Love: " MySpace GlittersFirst law of Love :" a boy in love with a girl, continue to be in love with her and a girl in love with a boy, continue to be in love with him, until or unless any external agent(brother or father of the gal) comes into play and break the legs of the boy. " ************* Secon...
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| yellowflower | 20:59 | 29/Nov/2007 |
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| Inspiration |
| Little Moments Of Joy - by Barry KingsleyTwenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn’t realize was that it was also a ministry.Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. Passengers climbed in, sat ...
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| puneet kumar | 10:30 | 28/Jul/2007 |
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| FANAA SHAYARI |
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| E Khuda Aaj Ye Faisla Karde,Use Mera ya Mujhe Uska Karde.Bahut Dukh Sahe He Maine,Koi Khusi Ab Toh Muqadar Karde.Bahot Muskil Lagta Hai Usse Duur Rehna,Judai Ke Safar Ko Kum Karde.Jitna Duur Chale Gaye Woh Mujhse,Use Utna Kareeb Karde.Nahi Likha Agar Nasib Me Uska Naam,To Khatam Kar Ye Zindagi aur Mujhe FANAA Karde.Tere Dile mein meri saanson ko pa...
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| VIRAG SHARMA | 15:29 | 8/Aug/2007 |
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| Automatic Diagnostic Repository ( ADR ) ... |
| Today finish writing 2 article on oracle database 11g new feature i.e. 1) Automatic Diagnostic Repository ( ADR ) http://virag.sharma.googlepages.com/oracle11gadrautomat icdiagnosticrepositor2) Database Replay http://virag.sharma.googlepages.com/oracle11gfeaturedat abasereplaySome good Oracle 11g new features are given in following ( too g...
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| rama kishore | 19:03 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| I am your reflection |
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| Where ever u go,i follow.As long as your heart is pure,u will see me following you.we both maintained a distance,and only through this distance,we know each other"s importance,we derive strength from each other,we both are one,splitted into two.And at the end of the journey,when u cross the lake of illusion,i will become one with you in truth,i am ...
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| Sadanand Pra... | 13:25 | 7/Jul/2007 |
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| City: Miraj
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| Effect of Chini Kam |
| The movie Chini Kam has created movement in an unexpected community of Indian society.All old people are imagining that they might find and meet "Tabbu" like girl-woman.This has changed their behaviour in the house and wives of some and children of few others are smelling it.While I was in movie hall with my wife, many others like me were there wi...
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| santosh sutar | 09:58 | 10/Dec/2007 |
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| Good one from Mr. Azim Premji's desk.. |
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| Good one from Mr. Azim Premji's desk.. Mr. Premji forwarded this to his colleagues. WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE ORGANISATIONS? Every company normally faces one common problem of high employee turnout ratio. People are leaving the company for better pay, better profile or simply for just one reason'pak gaya'. This article might just throw some lig...
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| Saurin Parikh | 15:04 | 11/Jun/2007 |
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| Great to Greatest |
| Everyone great person wants to be the greatest. Every person who has achieved something in his (or her) field wants to be the paramount achiever in that field. One would like to believe that it is only till the person has achieved it all, that he (or she) would like to rest. Or if you take the case of the Australian Cricket Team, not rest at all. K...
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| Shyama Menon | 10:28 | 1/Dec/2007 |
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| Sporting me! |
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| You know how it is, one fine day, you end up playing some sport and realize how fit you really are. It may be a company sports event or maybe a club sports day that lets you know your fitness level. For me it's our building association’s fancy sounding “Winter Olympics”! So there I was participating in all sorts of things these last two weeks and d...
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| ayesha julka | 19:22 | 25/Oct/2007 |
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| City: Indore
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| RULES |
| RULES HOW TO BEHAVE WITH A PUPPY! 1.YOU HAVE TO TALK V POLITELY WITH THE PUPPY. 2. YOU CANNOT SCOLD THE PUPPY 3. YOU CANNOT TIE HIM TO THE CHAIN. 4. YOU HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO MOVE FREELY ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE. 5. YOU CANNOT SHOUT WHEN HE IS SLEEPING. 6. YOU HAVE TO COME BACK EARLY WHILE GOING OUT. 7. YOU HAVE TO BUY ALL THE EXPENSIVE STUFF FOR THEM.
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| dhaivat rangray | 19:02 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Rediff should be booked |
| Rediff should be booked for carrying inflammatory articles in the 'Gujarat Polls' column. Such one sided presentation reeks of bias towards one particular section of the society. We have blamed politicians long enough for spreading hatred and creating a divide between communities for their interests. The media are equally bad, even worse sometimes,...
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| Hreet Kaur | 16:55 | 20/Aug/2007 |
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| Sorry madam no locks |
| Lastweek I went to France. I visited a small place in southern France calledCastres. I was staying in old castle converted into hotel, keeping the oldtradition of place as it is. I was excited as well as scared to go to France, as Ihave heard many stories about French people being rude to English speakers andmake their lives miserable. Trust me it ...
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| tujalpuram goud | 23:44 | 28/Sep/2007 |
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| City: Hyderabad
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| I Love You... |
| Friends..! One fine morning I had got an alert from rediff regarding a blog, posted by one of the ilanders in here on iland page.i dont remember her/his name,, but there was a video posted in that same blog with the theme "I Love You.." Its such a beautiful song that took away my heart..i loved it so much....I would like to dedicate it to my Girl F...
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| Mr Darcy | 09:56 | 8/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (112)
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| " Princess and the Frog " |
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| Well, posting after long time... just was too engrossed in own life...Once there lived a frog,Living in his pond, always parched on a wooden logHe was small, ugly and unsophisticated,But his life was simple and uncomplicatedHe seemed to be lost in his own world,His behaviour to other creatures was rather coldOne day there came a princess to the pon...
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| amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007 |
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| 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.
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| Zee SaReGaMaPa | 18:12 | 4/Oct/2007 |
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| Chat with Amanat Ali |
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| He was won the hearts of millions with his songs on Zee's hugely popular show, SaReGaMaPa Challenge. Amanat Ali is the only Pakistani finalist in the show, and is one of the favourites. Now, you can chat with him, and ask him about himself, his music and much more, right here on rediff.com Catch Amanat Ali at 12 noon, on Friday, October 5.Click her...
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| Shambo Sam | 18:25 | 8/Aug/2007 |
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| Airport taxis |
| After spending time overseas I returned to Mumbai early this morning, and ran into a totally different species called the airport taxi drivers. They are different from the regular guys, you bet. And you can’t miss them, as you roll your trolley out they are the first people you will run into, all importunating you to hire them. Bandra? Colaba? Walk...
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| neoamaan@red... | 03:39 | 11/Apr/2007 |
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| The code of Business Conduct |
| The code of Business Conduct* Always conduct business at your place of comfort. A familiarity with the place/surroundings/people gives an upper hand in any business dealing.* Never hire dumb people. Nor only will they under-perform, neither will they let you climb up.* Always hire smart, good-looking people, and know what exactly you have hired th...
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| Sudhir Bisht | 20:14 | 26/Nov/2007 |
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| The Lizard of Lagos |
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| THE LIZARD OF LAGOS Languid Looking but full of guileLonging lustily for a smallish fry isn’t it human in its style? and we lizard-like, by and by!
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| sunita som | 11:46 | 25/May/2007 |
| Friends: (220)
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| Aashiyana |
| One of my frens on the Iland (Neetha Nair) suggested that i write something about my new home....i was seriously thinking on those lines when the Radio FM played this wonderful song from yesteryear.....this song says it all....it is from the movie Saath Saath released in 1982 with Farooq Shaik and Deepti Naval playing the lead roles....a timeless m...
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