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 18:59 | 20/Sep/2008
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THE DROWN Treading through these raging watersOf heat-ignited self delusionA streak of light is the onlyThing I see, and thereforeI say to myself, that is mySunshine that I’ll never haveAnd yet, for wanting of somethingI cannot live for, as theDark and gloomy are my worldWhat becomes then, of a god-likeCreature like me? DistortedNonetheless, claims... more...
 11:08 | 14/Sep/2008
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TAGGED BY OCIProviso: No coercion was made by him. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN THE THEATER?Hardly remember, I frolic in the theater’s garret to have a washing taste of bad blood after a night’s hunt.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?Right now? Nothing. Though I just finished sabotaging a book on “Becoming a Daywalker”, there isn’t a single statement known to be ... more...
 19:21 | 10/Sep/2008
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INTERMISSION In hibernation, perhapsNot in hiding? Ratherjust got tired and beatenby throes of realismMaybe, drowned in the skim of thoughtsand depths of dreams,I wonder…And wondering stillWhat made you- - Leave me in the midstof indecision,- Turn your back fromdaily breaths of hope- Cast a shadow on my sunshine- Struggle alone,leaving me empty- Di... more...
 21:22 | 7/Sep/2008
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THE ENCHANTRESS Like a peck in your chimerasThere I dwell, arctic andParched of your promisesFor which I lay frozenAnd never resistingThe gush of air you blowOn my face while IGrasp my breath forThat one kissEnamored, thrilledOf a fleeting momentThat seemed endlessThus, the wretched Life followed thereafter Aching tendons,Dried lips of doom Cries i... more...
 13:33 | 5/Sep/2008
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THE BURPThere is solace After allIn this nookOf shallownessWhen I am fedAnd contentOf a night's huntSo my back restsOn this rather dampGrass of dunesThinking of tomorrowThat is already hereAnd the momentThat seems to pass byNever really endingBut just changing daysFull moons, crescentOr no moons at allSeasons, dead to meMimic like a picture showOn ... more...
 08:10 | 1/Sep/2008
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THE INFERNO It chills meThough not in griefI know not what is brightIn your own plight I do know liquid warmthI sense blood from miles awayNo prey leaves me famished I try to beThe reasoned oneWith rational thoughtsAnd sensible actsA good display ofOrgasmic ardorIn turmoil, in heat I tell myselfThere is glory in thisPiece of shit when it poursOut f... more...
 19:32 | 24/Aug/2008
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THE REMEMBRANCE Memories of mother…The one true light I ever saw,I ache for her tears,relieved of her passing That she may not see me growinto the creature that I am.I rememberand never will forgetThe after taste of her-The saccharine red dropsthat streamed from my young mouthas I took in her last breath.My mother, what is that placewhere you have ... more...
 18:34 | 23/Aug/2008
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THE CRY Someday I will howl,out of the boundaries that envelop me- Nobody just passes me byTracks of footprints count the spinningof this world in my handsWhere I lay all my troubles and smilesand shadows are sucked in this sarcophagus devoid of lifethat every living thing lives about.And so I wonder, my darkness- How I would go on searchingfor a f... more...
 16:34 | 21/Aug/2008
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THE DEATHFAIRY You-A white, wicked, winged creatureFor the love of my ashes, look away!I dread that stare on your face- As rays of vigorous light await meThis should be a nightmare,My bones get brittle at the spite And collapse with the skinThat vanishes into the smug air you breatheVirgilio! Come and get me-If this be my end in disgraced bloodline... more...
 11:55 | 30/Jul/2008
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THE INTRUDER You do not break into my chamber! It is I who wanders and seeksSave your step for another world but mineAnd quit applauding your pathetic markingsAs you stretch the neck off your body-to be where the lofty bash around,Until you notice that your feet-are way too high,Hanging above your head! I live for a night alone; I was given eternit... more...
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 Think Tank | 09:06 | 26/Sep/2008
Friends: (648)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Eat healthy, Thin...
Arrogance Vs humility
Life V2After reading about the life of a lot of Indian leaders, if I am able to identify one “Indian Value” which is common in most of them – it is ‘humbleness’. Be it Ratan Tata or Nandan Nilekani, Gandhi ji or Atal Bihari Vajpayee, or any of the business leaders which come to our campus – humbleness in Indian leaders has always made me amused. In...  more...
 manu | 18:16 | 19/Sep/2008
Friends: (441)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: drawing. writting
encounter
 I wish you should not have seen me with frozen eye’s ……….frozen to catch some thing  You might not have heard anything what you said  with minors of detail as you were not  aware of your own act ….. but your eyes were Speaking volumes about your state of being  by tha  way  this act of hiding your feelings With innocence is your specialty . You we...  more...
 shalinitandon | 11:56 | 17/Sep/2008
Friends: (236)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: writing, reading,...
Life goes on...
Ramya sat in the balcony with her cupper of coffee. It was so rejuvenating after the strenuous morning tasks. Her mornings were so busy, ensuring breakfasts were prepared on time; tiffins were ready, bags packed and Anuj made ready at least 2 minutes before his school bus honks at the door. Once Anuj was out next was to make sure every thing was in...  more...
 Dr.Anil Verma | 18:59 | 14/Sep/2008
Friends: (938)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: wrighting, readin...
MY DAUGHTER
बेटियì 6;ँ          Daughterओस की &# 2319;क बूँद ; सी होत&# 2368; हैं बí 5;टियाँ,                         Os ki ek bund si hoti hai betiyan,                  स्...  more...
 parthasarath... | 01:19 | 22/Sep/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry & literature
You are true to me
                               You are true to me           Intangible relation built up unseen, very silently           Golden days of life appeared and disappeared!          Unconditional surrender of faith absolute          Colour and music and fragrance and seduction!            The queen walked from corner to the corner          Subjects, king...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 18:30 | 22/Sep/2008
Friends: (261)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Dinesh, My FriendFriends are always special; some of them, however, mean much more than the others. To me, Dinesh is one such very, very special friend.Other than my closest relatives, it is Dinesh whom I remember from my earliest days. We studied in the same class from the First Standard onwards (there was no nursery for us, you see!), we played t...  more...
 Distant Mela... | 13:23 | 14/Sep/2008
Friends: (23)  | City: London  | Interests: The happenings
An ounce of reality
Adorning present searching lightthe creepy past just shady and wild....the faster i run the better it gets hence i decide to stand and face...as i face eye to eyeand as moment passit real gets diluted....i smelt realityOh!!!it did smell goodbut still havent really shred it offthis creepy shady past..glimpses of it comes now and thenbut you knowit i...  more...
 ujjwal gangele | 14:03 | 23/Sep/2008
Friends: (231)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: music,photography...
IS doctor just a mechanic
A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when hespotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to  theside, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car. The mechanic shouted across the garage,"Hello Doctor!! Please come overhere for a minute."The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, wa...  more...
 cubicile blues | 17:12 | 23/Sep/2008
Friends: (232)  | City: Pune  | Interests: When I told my fr...
Taste this
Today one of my colleagues offered me Maggie Cuppa Mania(instant noodles). For the guy whose tummy is a proof that junk food has a big market in India,it was an irresistible offer. If Satan would have made this offer, I would have exchanged my soul for it.I smelled her noodles and said," Not really, I plan to exchange my soul for a pizza". Then I e...  more...
 Manu Nair | 20:52 | 24/Sep/2008
Friends: (788)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing,reading,s...
Pros & Cons !!!
In the upcoming assembly polls in April who do you think will emerge as the winner? Been on the rounds, some say it would be the BJP and the others say it will be the Congress which will emerge victorious. Whatever be the result the people need to weigh the pros and cons rightly before voting a party to power. The price hike, the price hike of a po...  more...
 Suvas Dutt | 22:22 | 15/Aug/2008
Friends: (47)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: Social matters,Sp...
Compliments
Dear Friends,              Wish you all,                            "Happy Independence Day"                                                               JAI  HIND                                                                JAI  HIND                                                               JAI  HIND  more...
 hardhitter h... | 13:17 | 21/Sep/2008
Friends: (166)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Life
Everybody Cheats-Boredom
Everybody Cheats- BoredomBoredom is an emotional state experienced during periods of lack of activities or when individuals are uninterested in the activities surrounding them. Boredom has been defined by C. D. Fisher in terms of its central psychological processes: “an unpleasant, transient effective state in which the individual feels a pervasive...  more...
 sandhyakapoor | 18:15 | 21/Jul/2008
Friends: (222)  | City: Uzbekistan  | Interests: mother from uzbek...
EVERY FRIEND IS IMPORTANT FOR ME
 EVERY FRIEND IS IMPORTANT FOR ME i am from uzbekistan. i mean mother uzbekistan and father from Punjab India. i am n.r.i. i know languages of russian, uzbek, kyrgyz, english, hindi and punjabi. all languages little bit because i spent few years in indian hostle therefore i have some command in hindi and punjabi, i can read hindi and punjabi if wri...  more...
 vijayaram reddy | 17:41 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (996)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Music, Poetry, ma...
IIT
IIT-PATNAMost recently I went to Patna (Bihar) to join my friend’s son in IIT. We went to IIT Administration Office to complete the registration formalities. They told us to adjust for 2 or 3 days for mess facilities as it is a newly started IIT.  The facilities are naturally less when you compare with the existing IITs like Kanpur, Kharagpur, Bomb...  more...
 Sarbo Sen | 22:10 | 15/Jul/2008
Friends: (80)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
These Boots
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll doone of these days these boots are gonna walk all over youMain ne kya kiya?Main bekasoorYou keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playinOne of these days these boots are gonna walk all over youAre you ready boots? Start walkin'!Um , okay, I acce...  more...
 RAJEEV GARG | 09:03 | 24/Sep/2008
Friends: (1026)  | City: HARYANA  | Interests: LISTENING MUSIC,O...
JAN GAN MAN
HI,       DEAR FRIENDS,                           HERE IS A CHEERING NEWS FOR ALL OF US AND ALL INDIANS THAT :- - -UNESCO (UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION)HASANNOUNCED INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AS THE BEST NATIONAL ANTHEM IN THE WORLD.             = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = GROW MORE AND MORE TREES TO SAVE ...  more...
 Ocimum Sanc | 13:49 | 13/Sep/2008
Friends: (134)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music, Travel, Ph...
'TAG' of War!!
 What Can Rs.3 do?  It can also get you on Rediff Home page, that’s what I have learnt…..lol. It was more than a surprise that I got be featured there, I have my theories on why but nonetheless it sure feels very very nice to be featured there! Many many thanks to all ye wonderful folks who have congratulated me on this, would not have been possibl...  more...
 Harsha | 21:11 | 22/Aug/2008
Friends: (339)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: buks,archeology
FOR MOTHERS-OBVIOUSLY THE BEST!!!
NOTE: If you have already read this story somewhere, pl..z do not leave a message criticizing that its a decade or two old..however old it is..pl..z remember that this is MY blog and i post this solely 'cuz i like it..and comments are welcome as usual.With loadz o luv...HARSHA.TYPICAL MOTHERS...John invited his mother over for dinner. During the co...  more...
 soloman will... | 21:02 | 9/Sep/2008
Friends: (410)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: koi rog jaruri ha...
Azaadi?????
Azaadi ?????Quoting Ms. Arundhati Roy, from The Outlook, "For all these years, the Indian  state, known among theknowing, as the Deep state, has done everything to subvert, suppress,represent, misrepresent, discredit, interpret, intimidate, purchase- and simplysnuff out the voices of the Kashmiri people. It has used money (lots of it),violence (lot...  more...
 Sumaya | 13:39 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (20)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Bussiness,Racing,...
Time
Hi Everybody,               This is my first blog and i really dont know what exactly i could scribble out here.There's an important factor in everyone's life without which we cannot procced in any means and thats "TIME". Well time is really important to all of us. We have to go not ahead not behind but along with the time. I know its verry easy to...  more...
 guru | 18:02 | 7/Sep/2008
Friends: (40)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: ..........
The History of the Middle finger.
The History of the Middle FingerWell, now......here' s something I never knew before, andnow that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligentfriends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified.  Isn't history more fun when you knowsomething about it?  Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French,anticipating victory ove...  more...
 praveen sharma | 15:26 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (966)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: To love is to suf...
THE LOVE
"The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real," . So, if you focus on the name, then you are likely to lose the actual substance and essence of it.Basically “LOVE” is a unique feeling that can’t be defined if we really live it. On the contrary it can be defined with all its technicalities for all other pur...  more...
 RAGHUPAT | 11:38 | 24/Sep/2008
Friends: (1005)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
joks
Ladki apne Bf se:merabachha,mera ladla,mera sonu-monu,mujhse shaadi kaoge?bolo baby??Ladka:tum mujhe propose kar rahi ho ya adopt????!!Wife: Ji apkomujhme kya acha lagta hai meri samajhdari ya meri beauty..Husband: Mujhe to ye tumhari Majak karne ki aadat bahut achi lagti hai..once there was anaccident where the car driver hit the parrot.Theparrot ...  more...
 unmentionabl... | 21:05 | 9/Apr/2008
Friends: (49)  | City: Goa  | Interests: singing bathroom ...
Fading Away
In the beginning A single voice And the light and shade Played naked Ruinous games In torrid dampness And sweat!   Far away from the cicadas I lay down Myself On the marbled floor Gasping- The touch of ice flakes!   Time Once again Had fled- Memories in their rhythmic walk Ebbed And the stars Closed in On my lake!   Sunrise- I am dead!    more...
 sohamswami | 08:29 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (785)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO OPEN THE EYES ...
MY FRIENDS ,MY LIFE-PART 2
One of my friends thought that this tribute to my friends are because I may be leaving I land.Well, I am not planning to leave all of you so soon.Once earlier I had to leave temporarily but it was painfull. I then had to change my identity and come back again. My old friends here know that. I simply cannot live without I land now. It is very person...  more...
 vira | 08:20 | 22/Sep/2008
Friends: (1667)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: music,photography...
 True Friends   True friends, on whom you can rely, are a gift from “El Shaddai”. True friends are those who care; True friends are those who share; True friends are always there; Of them, you don’t have to beware. When you are hurting and need to talk, True friends never take a walk. When your heart needs to mend, They always have shoulders to len...  more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (562)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE
Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...  more...
 kartik shriv... | 18:09 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (496)  | 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...
 daniel ribero | 16:33 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (542)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Business Networki...
Affiliate Programs Are Wonderlands Of Op...
It has been said that affiliate programs are the easiest ways to online riches. There is a lot of truth in that statement, though it must be remembered that affiliate marketing is still a job, albeit one which you could do in the comforts of your own home, hence, you cannot make the most out of it without exerting some effort.Even if you are not fa...  more...
 aravind das | 19:29 | 23/Sep/2008
Friends: (731)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
ORISSA FLOOD
Orissa is once again passing through a tough time . Heavy flood has ravaged the state.Millions are affected .People are without food & water, they are under the sky in the mercy of god.Till now nobody from center has visited the state .Central govt promptly have sent team to Bihar to satisfy LALU .No powerful leader is there to take up the matter w...  more...
 greengrass | 20:36 | 25/Sep/2008
Friends: (549)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Swimming, Dance, ...
நேருகĮ...
 From www.manakkudiyan.com :  நேருக 21;கு நேர்:: டாக்டī 2;் ராமதாĬ 0;்There were so many mails and calls to express difference of opinion, when we posted ‘Letter to Dr. Ramadas... ’ article.  Now it is R...  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (743)  | 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...
 LovinSumFun | 20:33 | 9/Jun/2008
Friends: (54)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Fun Of course.......
Long Time
Wow.. Long time...So much has happened frm then till now...I returned to India, have a job here..(although I am thinking of going back to Canada already)...Me & Stacy broke up..(for good/bad I dnt knw..) I dnt expect anyone here to remember me anywayz.. I had even forgotten that i have an account here... but then one day suddenly i remembered.. and...  more...
 Karuna sanghvi | 15:50 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (114)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, browsing...
Rules For Managers
Rules For Managers 1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.2. If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps. Even better, hover behind me, and advise me at every keystroke.3. Always leave without tellin...  more...
 ashok tiwari | 11:41 | 25/Sep/2008
Friends: (320)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: I am having keen ...
vaccum
My fellow islanders Namaskaar! Reading blogs posted by fellow islanders and adhering to some of the ideas contained therein can be an exhilerating and enriching experience. It acts as a de-facto learning experience as most of the write-ups are based on real life situations faced by people. It gives us a platform  wherefrom one can utilise the wealt...  more...
 K B | 14:36 | 25/Sep/2008
Friends: (38)  | City: ...  | Interests: bread board bed a...
Just This
I wonder whyMy mood is indifferent so soonI hate nothing- poems are goneIn an oil-tanker of emotions on holdWith scores of zero, love allA tender lighter trying delicate arsonWaiting for the explosionI wonder whyMy moods have landed on the moon,I will not write poemsIt is known…Having given a bit of my fleshTo the fire -to warm my soulSeething and ...  more...
 Ramesh Singh | 12:13 | 1/Jan/2008
Friends: (185)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Writing, Music, M...
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
Welcome 2008..another year passed by and if you look back u recall the 1st of Jan'07, that too was a new year ...you made resolutions that u remembered till the very first month of year and as the time went by your commitment to your resolution weakened ... and then it vanished from your memory bank. yet another day has arrived to make resolutions ...  more...
 J G | 23:38 | 15/Sep/2008
Friends: (549)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, Music, K...
George Bush was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang. "Hello, Mr. Bush!" a heavily accented voice said, "This is Gurmukh from Phagwara, District Kapurthala, Punjab .. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring the war on you!" "Well, Gurmukh," Bush replied, "This is indeed important news! How ...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 11:34 | 24/Sep/2008
Friends: (1413)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
You are in the Army now!
Airman Smith was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. It wasn't long before Captain Jones noticed that Airman Smith was having a staggeringly high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly 100% of the recruits he advised. Rather than ask about this, the Capta...  more...
 sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1051)  | 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 dire