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 17:02 | 10/Nov/2007
Perfect Man & Woman
Once upon a time a Perfect Man and a Perfect Woman met. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. And their life together was also perfect. One snowy, stormy Christmas eve these perfect couple were driving their perfect car along the winding road, when they noticed someone at the side of the road in distress. Being a perfect couple, th... more...
 13:13 | 3/May/2007
Master of Lies
My maternal grandfather was a versatile personality. He was into agriculture, he ran a wholesale grocery store, a textile shop and also managed a kopra (dry coconut) business. The house in which we stayed, in a village by the side of the river Achankovil in Alapuzha dist. in Kerala, was itself in the middle of around 2 acres of land full of coconut... more...
 11:02 | 24/Apr/2007
Some Humble Thoughts
• Leadership quality is essential but not mandatory because, there cannot be leaders without followers. • Luck is something which will elude you as long as you believe that you are unlucky. So, think yourself to be lucky and soon you will realize how lucky you are. • A dejected or submissive smile is thousand times stronger than any number of words... more...
 11:36 | 22/Apr/2007
Good Luck Poem
A two minute read.......              As I was walking down life's highway             Many years ago,            I came upon a sign that read             "Heavens Grocery Store".               When I got a little closer             The doors swung open wide             And when I came to myself             I was standing inside.             I saw ... more...
 17:45 | 22/Mar/2007
True Love
As told by a nurse:It was a busy morning, approximately 08:30 am, when an elderly gentlemanin his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He statedthat he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hourbefore someone would to able to see him. I saw him l... more...
 22:56 | 7/Mar/2007
Waqt Nahi
Got it in my mail box and thought of sharing it with you all. Hope you manage to spare some time to read this.....Har khushi hai logon ke daman mein,Par ek hansi ke liye waqt nahi.Din raat daudti duniya mein,Jindagi ke liye hi waqt nahi.Maa ki loree ka ehsaas to hai, par maa ko maa kehne ka waqt nahi.Sare rishton ko to hum maar chuke,ab unhe dafnan... more...
 22:28 | 1/Mar/2007
The right mistake
A great message which I received in my mail today, thought of sharing it with you all.A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young unifo... more...
 11:21 | 16/Feb/2007
Things may not be what they appear to be...
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night  in the home of a wealthy family.   The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.  As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger ... more...
 01:03 | 11/Feb/2007
Vivek Pradhan was not a happy man
  Vivek Pradhan was not a happy man. Even the plush comfort of the First Class air-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdi express could not cool his frayed nerves. He was the Project Manager and still not entitled to air travel.  It was not the prestige he sought, he had tried to reason with the admin person, it was the savings in time. As PM, he ... more...
 23:33 | 13/Jan/2007
Glassmates
  She was the one who had opened the door for me. After stepping in I asked, “Did anybody call me?” She just walked in without answering me. When her answers to my queries confine to “Don’t know” and “You know better” it is to be understood that there is some trivial trouble which will not last for more than a couple of hours to melt down. But, whe... more...
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 silversulfur | 00:40 | 16/Nov/2007
Friends: (219)  | City: SULFUR LAND  | Interests: BLOGING,SINGING,E...
I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU.
I give you a piece of my heartTo remind you I'm here for you...No matter if we are far apart,Our love will always be true.    I give you a piece of my soul,A part of me reserved for you...Hold it dearly and don't let it go,No matter what you do!    Whether it's a bright and happy dayOr you're troubled and struggling to smile...Remembe...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
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...  more...
 Vibhuti | 12:45 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (309)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: M Living life eve...
Life’s struggle
Hi friends,You may have come across this song/poem/shayari but I would like to share here one more time ….read it in spirit of our life battle, ….. ‘ek aag ka dariya hai aur dur tak jana hai’ n tat too with smile, care, love & happiness. I read it once, twice, thrice and every time I learn that there would be hurdles in your path………. sometime even ...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 02:38 | 24/Nov/2007
Friends: (505)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
Har shaakh pey ulloo baithha hai...
About four years ago, the then Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes, who was on an official visit to Washington, was "strip-searched" by the U.S. security at the airport. In response, the usually thunderous Fernandes behaved like a scared puppy, and stomached his humiliation quietly without telling a soul. A year later, Strobe Talbott, the f...  more...
 Shiju Rajan | 19:01 | 19/Jul/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Cricket, Football...
How to create and use .Net components in...
This article shows an example about how to create and call .net component in PHP applications. http://www.dev-exchange.com/cms_view_article.php?aid=15    more...
 PGR NAIR | 18:47 | 8/Dec/2007
Friends: (156)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Literature, Cinem...
KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS
Children were lined up for the annual dinner at Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir School in Cochin. At the head of the dinner table was a large pile of apples. A teacher wrote a note and placed it next to the apples.  It read, "Take only one. God is watching."  Moving through the line, to the other end of the table, was a pile of chocolates.  One little boy wr...  more...
 aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (641)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA
Three cheers for ANIL " THE JUMBO"  & his men in blue.By defeating pak in the opening test anil kumble has opened his account on a winning note & pushed  vigour into the team to aim for 3-0 win.Another person to be congratulated is our 10dulkar...By surpassing allan border's runs he is now standing next to LARA.Hope he will be numero-uno by next ye...  more...
 ClubFreedom ... | 20:38 | 20/Apr/2007
Friends: (139)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Touring, Travelin...
Sabeer Ki Arzoo
~ : `Arzoo' :~Sabeer B hatia has relaunched A rzoo.Arzoo.com is a one-stop travel shop and is re-launched with vision, ‘To be your preferred travel partner for India’. It caters to different consumer segments including families planning for vacations, business travelers and individuals.Arzoo.com offers its customers the ability to book domestic and...  more...
 Rocky Kart | 14:13 | 19/Jul/2007
Friends: (42)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Nothing
Lost Race
            It was bright sunny day today morning. I had to get up little early to attend a sales meet at Marina Towers hotel . Egmore, Chennai. I was bit sleepy since I had slept late the last night. Thanks to GTA - Vice City , the pc game that made millions around the world to go mad.I got ready by 7:45 AM and took out my bike -Yamaha -G5 and Zoo...  more...
 Ranjit | 12:34 | 18/Apr/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Pune  | Interests: music, driving, t...
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 Keya Ji | 12:15 | 24/Sep/2007
Friends: (295)  | Interests: Love everything o...
Make a difference
Hi friends,After long break I am here again with some of my thoughts. We all have read/hear this thought and somewhat way we appreciated it also…“Measuring our life by, what others do for us, may disappoint us. But if measured by, what we do for others, will add meaning to it. Make difference in others life.”Have we ever think more than our expecta...  more...
 Gagandeep Kaur | 18:53 | 1/Mar/2007
Friends: (258)  | City: Faridabad  | Interests: Internet surfing(...
Herez my msg to the men in power blue.wh...
Herez My Message to the Men in Power Blue : Be a team person and a leader I want in each one of you...........Full of that dash and drive that makes the opponent shivers……………Have that fire ….that zeal in you………..search for it inside you and search until you find it………..Project on the dynamism…...believe that you have the potential…… and also gain t...  more...
 shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007
Friends: (1383)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Internet, surfing...
Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…...
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner?  If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight?  Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?  Why, when you change...  more...
 Anonymous Hu... | 19:16 | 30/Oct/2007
Friends: (63)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Life Beauty Techn...
Consultants
The debate whether consultants are useful or not has always been an ongoing one. As hoteliers, we also have to deal with consultants at some stage or the other. Recently at a hoteliers meet the discussions turned to this contentious issue. The following example was quoted as a case in point: A hotel owner hired a consultant to increase the efficien...  more...
 lalith sahad... | 13:58 | 13/May/2007
Friends: (49)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: cinema,photograph...
amma's day..
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 L Kini | 13:52 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (781)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
Funny Equations
                I hope everybody remember about A Rasna cooldrink advertisement in our school days. One cute little girl in that advertisement always telling that "I LOVE YOU RASNA" Want to see her now Obviously Scroll down  =========================Funny Equations!Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoyDonkey = eat + sleepTherefore,Human = Donkey + wor...  more...
 vienna special | 20:48 | 20/Sep/2007
Friends: (130)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: cooking , music ,...
Nainital...a jewel ..
my recent visit of nainital made me realise how much ourplanet has got to offer for us to enjoy.. it was a great journey ... with flowers ,waterfalls ,cherries and apples ..its like a mini heaven ...blessed in aesthetic beauty .. friends do visit nainital atleast once in ur life time ...its simply great ..awesome and heavenly...  more...
 Rajeev S | 14:46 | 1/Aug/2007
Friends: (111)  | City: The Present  | Interests: Reading, Writing
Spiritual Freelancing
Call it spiritual discord or spiritual detachment. This is what is creeping into the minds of youth these days. We see a growing spiritual crisis in the world today. There is devotion to indulgence of pleasure in the objects of sensual desire, which is inferior, low, vulgar, ignoble, and leads to no good; and there is devotion to self torment, whic...  more...
 Shree Sharma | 21:37 | 27/Aug/2007
Friends: (464)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading
Why?
In India we think of very high of those people who are living or working abroad !!! As a student or as a professional we grow up with a dream of studying or working abroad.I feel nothing in the world is like India. We leave behind our families and the place where we were brought up, once we leave then we realize what we have missed.I have seen a bl...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:15 | 28/Oct/2007
Friends: (515)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
'Talking too much' is top job-interview ...
Talking too much is the most common interview mistake that job candidates make,according to 36 percent of recruiters who completed the ninth edition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released by Korn/Ferry International, the premier global provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting andleadership development solutions. Other commo...  more...
 el amor | 04:57 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (191)  | City: London  | Interests: painting, travelling
COP 13- Bali, Indonesia.
 UN- 13th Conference of Parties (Cop 13) on Climate Change is taking place from 3rd- 14th of December 2007 in Bali, Nua dasa. Why would they have this Conference in Bali this time? Any idea? The most exploited, vulnerable and disaster prone place in the world is Indonesia. The world is calling us to make a change…..change your ways….….change your l...  more...
 savita dutta | 19:58 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (358)  | City: nomansland  | Interests: sigh sigh sigh aa...
am i a coward???????
I got a threat in my GB that 'we will not stop at words "and I buckled under. I spose I am a coward The threat comes from a dear friend.So it hurt a lot anyway....no point in running away or living behind closed doors!  Jo hoga dekhenge !! so on with the blogs and a challenge to the person to harm me if he has the guts! I refuse to bow before anyon...  more...
 shyama menon | 10:28 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (423)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Finding the real ...
Sporting me!
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...  more...
 silver sky | 14:53 | 3/Mar/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: Gandhidham  | Interests: love, chatting, t...
money and love
log on to this site and get MONEY & LOVE of your choice www.money4funds.org   www.gift4lovers.org  more...
 jalu j | 19:05 | 11/Jul/2007
Friends: (58)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Poems Philosophy
Rainbow
Rainbow was like that beauty I first met Like that dream I first saw Howmany years I've awaited for a second sight! ..... Now the icecream fancies melted out; And only I can see in you, rainbow, Sickened colours shivering in dullness.  more...
 Jiby Thomas | 11:35 | 30/Mar/2007
Friends: (24)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: Reading detective...
What are Relationships
TRUSTTRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to   suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity   may result in separation. A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." T...  more...
 manoj menon | 09:58 | 25/Aug/2007
Friends: (111)  | 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...
 shreedipta m... | 17:05 | 9/Dec/2006
Friends: (45)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: books, cartoons, ...
Mysteries of the sexes...
Last time when i posted my blog about men, it sure created fury amongst many men. But i sure didn't mean to hurt anyone. It was just a dab of fun i wished to share.Here's something i found interesting......Women wonder....1.Why do men think that women are bad drivers even though they have found evidences to the contrary, time and again? 2.Why do ev...  more...
 Soumia Pillai | 09:18 | 3/Nov/2006
Friends: (12)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Chatting, Movies,...
Why breakfast is a MUST
 Having trouble concentrating at work or studies? Feeling grouchy or lethargic? Here's why.Researchers in the US have found that skipping breakfast routinely can indirectly increase the chances of developing diabetes and heart disease as the sugar deficient body craves for fatty foods which are hard to resist.  Research studies have also shown that...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (216)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
An Evening in ChanakyaIn the late seventies and early eighties, the government-run Chanakya Cinema was one of the very theatres in Delhi that regularly screened English films. Once in a while, Chanakya also hosted foreign film festivals. The Nirula’s had set up shop nearby and their pizzas and ice creams were indeed a treat those days when there wa...  more...
 meena sundar | 23:15 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (508)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Life
Current … Wind….Life !?
  Every time a word is utteredIt creates a specific meaning!                                                      Life is a boat, it swaysBecause of current- current due to wind.                   Current moves along with the Wind’s direction.That is the nature of current.  We also move with the words of airLike the boat.  Surviving everything…That ...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:38 | 3/Nov/2007
Friends: (444)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Hamburger Restaurant A rather attractive woman goes up to the register in an upscale hamburger establishment. She gestures alluringly to a large man who comes over immediately. When he arrives, she seductively signals that he should bring his face close to hers. When he does so, she begins to gently caress is cheek, which is slowly turning a crimso...  more...
 A J | 16:13 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (256)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: The OSS method of...
बाँध लो मुझे ऐसे बंधन में, जैसे खुद की समझ ना रहे, तुम को जो पा ल...  more...
 Mini Francis | 11:38 | 18/Aug/2007
Friends: (234)  | City: delhi  | Interests: Reading, travelling
LUNCH WITH GOD
hi, friends, a forward just come to my way, thot to share with u.A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just staring...  more...
 pooja sharma | 16:35 | 8/Feb/2007
Friends: (41)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: spritual readings...
Mind Management
  * Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting up one hour earlier for 3-4 weeks and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is i...  more...
 vijaysingh t... | 22:33 | 8/Aug/2007
Friends: (35)  | Interests: education, techni...
Appreciation
 No matter who we are or what our actions may say, we all want to be recognized and appreciated. I often quote Lou Holtz, the famous Notre Dame Coach, who said, “Why is it that the people who need love, (appreciation), and understanding the most usually deserve it the least?” Jaime Escalante, the teacher on whom the movie Stand and Deliver was base...  more...
 gulbir rekhi | 10:02 | 7/Feb/2007
Friends: (231)  | City: oslo  | Interests: life style manage...
I/HAVE A DREAM ---MARTIN LUTHER KING !
Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.  I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation...  more...
 savitha rama... | 14:24 | 24/Aug/2007
Friends: (27)  | City: TUTY  | Interests: Reading,writing,c...
The unusual teacher
This afternoon I had to meet my boss and update him on my ongoing work..I took the lift in my office to meet him. The cleaner aunty also shared the lift with me...She was in her uniform, with the mop and bucket they usually have with them...She also had a dusting towel, must be an alcoholic wipe....Here,each of them area lloted a specific area to t...  more...
 Apurba Sen | 13:13 | 21/Oct/2007
Friends: (73)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Trend Spotting,SE...
"Jab We Met" vs "Saawariya"
Here is how the movies are competing in blogosphere."Jab We Met" will be released  on this Friday Oct 26th & "Saawariya" on next Friday Nov 9th.I must say its neck-to-neck.Going by  IndiaFm music reviews "Jab We Met" [3.5] has slight edge over Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" [3].When I heard "Tum se Hi",I simply loved the track.Although to much of my ...  more...
 Amba R | 15:35 | 28/Aug/2007
Friends: (144)  | Interests: Reading, music, s...
Rearranged
this is an interesting email that i received :-  (Wait Till You See The Last One)!!!   FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE  When You Rearrange The Letters:FLIT ON CHEERING ANGEL >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>  DILIP VENGSARKAR When You Rearrange The Letters:SPARKLI...  more...
 Sudhir Chauhan | 07:40 | 10/Jan/2007
Friends: (164)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: