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 14:28 | 14/May/2008
ONLY FOR TRINA
Neel was furious.He said-' you can not just hoodwink me.You will have to tell me today-Who is this Trina? I know definitely somebody is there.You are just plainly hiding. How can you write so passionately about somebody yet do not know her. All bakwas.'I just laughed.' No,no,you can not get away today just by showing your teeth '- He said agitatedl... more...
 09:46 | 8/May/2008
SEARCHING FOR TRINA
DAYS AFTER DAYS,NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR HER IN VAIN.EVERY NEURON OF MY BRAIN LONGED FOR HER,AND EVERY VEIN AND ARTERY THROBBEDIN MY DREAM,IN MY SENSES,IN MY AWAKENINGS,IN MY FEELINGS, SHE REMAINSSO NEAR YET SO FAR .I LONG FOR HER LAUGHTER,TO TOUCH  HER HAIR,LIPS,SMELL....THROUGH THE RAIN DROPS ON MY BODY,THROUGH THE SUNSHINE ENGULFIN... more...
 11:06 | 6/May/2008
THE TREES CAN SPEAK
TREES CAN SPEAK,YOU KNOW,WHEN RAIN COMES,DRENCHED AND WET,THEY SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHERIN WHISPER.... WALKING OVER A CARPET OF FALLEN LEAVES,I GET THE WET SMELL OF EARTH,I TRY TO LISTEN,WHAT THEY SPEAK...SILENTLY,SILENTLY. FERNS AND WILD FLOWERSAND HUMMING DRAGONFLIES,ALL INDICATES -HOPE,AS THE TREES SPEAK,SOFTLY AND SOFTLY. I NOW KNOW WHAT THEY SPEAK,... more...
 15:39 | 28/Apr/2008
UNKNOWN IN LIFE
COFFEE HOUSE,HOT PAKORAS AND EXPRESSO,YOU AND ME,EYES ON EYES,HAND ON HAND.YOU SAID--'WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,BUT NOT NOW.....!!'I WONDERED -'WHAT IT CAN BE.....!' OUTSIDE,THE SEASON  HAD PAINTEDTHE GULMOHUR'S RED.THE SPRING IN THE AIRBROUGHT  UNKNOWN CHEERS,HAND IN HAND,EYE TO EYE... IN THE TRAM,AT HOURS OF COWDUST,SIDE BY SIDEAND PALLU OF YOUR... more...
 15:35 | 8/Apr/2008
SEARCHING FOR MIE MIE
Ratul was worried.He saw it on T.V. Next day, the Newspaper also mentioned it.The Military Junta in Myanmar cracked down heavily on civilian peaceful demonstration lead by Buddhist Monks.Many are injured and some are killed.Figures are difficult to know.Why it happened?Why it happens to hapless people around the world?Sometimes or other?Why some pe... more...
 12:44 | 7/Apr/2008
THE NIGHT SAFARI
Samantada said-'We must go for it.'Jayanta said-'what is it all about?'Samantada said-'It is something you have never experienced.'Jayanta said-'Is it a Zoo?'-'No'-Samantada said-'It is unique here,Singapore.'I said- 'Let us go and experience it.'We started as usual.On a Saturday evening we met at Ang Mo Kio MRT station.As we came out of the MRT st... more...
 10:15 | 4/Apr/2008
AND THE MOON WAS UP THERE
And the moon was up there,flooding the whole surroundings--trees,forest,valleys,cotteges,flowers,gar dens and courtyard. Flooding them with it's milky white hues.It all became very surreal.The men were happy.The flowing alcohol,clinking glasses---the bonfire,the dancing and singing  troops of tribals in the courtyard of the Resort---All pointed out ... more...
 16:31 | 3/Apr/2008
ANSWERS TO THE TWISTER
HERE IT GOES---   1]OPEN THE DOOR OF THE REFRIGERATOR,PUT THE ELEPHANT INSIDE,CLOSE THE DOOR . 2]OPEN THE DOOR OF THE REFRIGERATOR,TAKE THE ELEPHANT OUT,PUT THE GIRAFFE INSIDE,CLOSE THE DOOR AGAIN. 3]THE GIRAFFE,BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE THE REFRIGERATOR. 4]YOU CAN SIMPLY SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER AS THE CROCODILES ARE ATTENDING THE LION KING'S MEETING. :-)))) more...
 12:52 | 27/Mar/2008
A TWISTER
DEAR FRIENDS ,LET US HAVE SOME FUN.I WILL ASK YOU 4 QUESTIONS.IF YOU CAN ANSWAR THAT ,YOU ARE A BRILLIANT PERSON.SOME OF YOU MAY BE KNOWING IT.I REQUEST TO THOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE.HERE GOES THE QUESTIONS--- 1]HOW CAN YOU PUT AN ELEPHANT INSIDE  A REFRIGERATOR ?2]HOW CAN YOU PUT A GIRAFFE INSIDE THE REFRIGERATOR ?3]THE LION KING HAS CALLED A MEETIN... more...
 11:36 | 21/Mar/2008
A JOURNEY,SEA,LOVE AND LIFE
Sometimes in life,whatever you try or plan to do, fails invariably.I was going through such a phase.The biggest setback was that I though cleared my Civil services Prelims.Exam ,my application for the Main Exam was rejected by UPSC.It was heart breaking but fault was mine.I made a mistake in filling up the form.So, the dream of becoming an IAS offi... more...
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 PAULAMI DAM | 13:04 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (22)  | City: Raiganj  | Interests: Music,Photography...
Leadership
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things,not at the periphery .  more...
 Jus Curious | 16:02 | 27/Apr/2008
Friends: (13)  | City: .  | Interests: Cosmos Bios Theos
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
"Give me to learn each secret cause;Let number's, figure's motion's lawsRevealed before me stand;These to great Nature's scene apply,And round the Globe,and through the sky,Disclose her working hand."- Mark Akenside 1721-1770 ( Hymn to Science in works of the English Poets, ed S Johnson 1779)Hi all ! If anything that can be singly unique to humans,...  more...
 Hina Rizvi | 14:54 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Music, Poetry, Re...
BEWAFA
Rat bhar khwab men, aap the sath menNeend tooti to humse juda ho gayeEk mamooli si, bat itni badhi,Is qadar aap humse khafa ho gaye Chhodiye ab purani wo baten sabhiBhool bhi jaiye sare shikwe gileMaf bhi kijiye, ab zara dekhiye,Hijr men aaj hum, kya se kya ho gayeDil humara ye hurgiz nahin mantaAapne humko ghairon men shamil kiyaKaise kar len yaqi...  more...
 Rakshita Verma | 20:23 | 23/Mar/2008
Friends: (525)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: jokes, poetry, pu...
Time...
 The sun sets and risesAmidst this grindThere are answers That I do not findTime has stolenMy peace of mindThe honest personThat I was once Am seeking childhood In its virtual absence Time has stolen My innocence  My love nest isNothing but wilderness  I have lots of energy That I cannot harnessTime has stolen My hopefulness  From far off I get A w...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (520)  | 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...
 ratna rajaiah | 20:52 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (327)  | 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...
 monu g | 10:18 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (185)  | 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...
 sahil banga | 15:21 | 3/Apr/2008
Friends: (240)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Kalingini, the Story.
No one knows what lies ahead, and because curiosity is greater than fear, and truth is stranger than fiction, we all are searching, like our predecessors. Actually trying hard to face the future. Just like buying an umbrella on the onset of black clouds hovering upon the mauve sky like the ghosts of the 18th century. 18th century. What a period in ...  more...
 K B | 22:11 | 28/Feb/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: ...  | Interests: gone!
Women!
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 swati rohatgi | 17:11 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (351)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: to have fun, shar...
Of bikini babes and being a good friend ...
Location: Bournemouth, a famous beach south of LondonCharacters: MeDivya, Saurabh and CP: friends from LondonManishand Akansha: husband and wife staying at Bournemouth due to Akansha'sofficial work. Manish is CP's friend for the past 10 years, they weretogether in engineering. We all were sitting on the beach surrounded by women and bikinis in vari...  more...
 ashutosh upa... | 12:40 | 24/Sep/2007
Friends: (116)  | City: Mirzapur  | Interests: Reading, watching...
Today's Quote
Don't Just Quote It. Read It.  more...
 U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (238)  | 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...
 anuradha aseem | 15:53 | 20/Mar/2008
Friends: (88)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,watching ...
holi
HAPPY HOLI TO YOU ALL DEAR FRIENDS, MAY THERE BE LOTS AND LOTS OF COLOURS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. MAY THIS HOLI BRING  JOY HAPPINESS AND PEACE IN ALL YOUR LIVES.PLAY A VERY SAFE HOLI,WITHOUT FORCING ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE, KEEP AN EYE ON THE SMALL KIDS.  more...
 Nandhi Varman | 13:52 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (6)  | City: Pondicherry  | Interests: Tamil, Poetry, En...
TAMIL EELAM DEBATE
LET EALAM TAMILS DECIDE THEIR FUTURE: HOLD PLEBICITEDravida Peravai released a White Paper on The Srilankan Tamil issue. It organized an all party meeting to discuss the whole issue. Its view may not be acceptable to all but in a democracy various views have to be discussed and no view point could be suppressed in a civilized democracy like India. ...  more...
 Srinivasan P... | 21:00 | 1/May/2008
Friends: (93)  | City: Trichy  | Interests: Human Resource De...
CORRUPT SYSTEM and SLUGGISH CITIZENS
Great leaders like Mahathma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel fought for independance of India from the British Rulers. Had they been alive now they would have asked Britain to take over the country once again. The independance has been ushurped by local Goondas who have no patriotic values and rob this country unmindful of the millions of ...  more...
 Aarthy Sriram | 08:04 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (100)  | City: Auckland  | Interests: friends, Reading,...
Enjoy a Byte of Soul Food ! The Oyster
A Byte of Soul Food ! --To give you a boost on Monday morning.The OysterAn oyster on the ocean floor opened wide its shell. As its valves flushed seawater through, the oyster picked out minute particles of food.Suddenly a large fish nearby stirred up a cloud of sand and silt with a flip of its tail. Sand! Oh, how the oyster disliked sand! It was so...  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...
 Ravi Sekhar | 11:33 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (63)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: me pondering........
Where does the Mask end!
The bashful little girl walked towards the warrior's outstreched hands"The warrior who returned from the distant lands is your real father", her mothers words ringing in her ears"Why for many so years, have I not seen him. How could the war take him away from all our love", wondered the little heart. "And why is his face so strangely featured", she...  more...
 RAGHU IYER | 23:32 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (91)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Time
Silent Words of My Mystic
Silent Words of My Mystic These many years…I will achieve this … I will achieve that… okay… at least… I have continued my life… I have always told me… yeah! Be optimistic! Be positive!  But then, now, its so mechanical… yeah! I am lazy indeed! Very lazy as I am known! But I am also a hard worker with a “never say die” attitude! But then… everything...  more...
 warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008
Friends: (134)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books,music,movie...
JUST A GRAIN OF SAND
As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...  more...
 Licensed Pirate | 08:20 | 16/May/2008
Friends: (329)  | City: kuala lumpur  | Interests: Blogging.surfing ...
Stroke Of Bad Luck
A police officer pulled over a driver and informed him that because he was wearing his seat belt, he had just won $5,000 in a safety competition. "What are you going to do with the prize money?" the officer asked. The man responded, "I guess I'll go to driving school and get my license." At that moment, his wife, who was seated next to him, ch...  more...
 Cubes 3B | 11:59 | 24/Mar/2008
Friends: (48)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Driving, P...
Ferrari is back
Hey guys, those who watched the Malaysain F1 GP would know what I am talking of. As expected (and wished) Ferrari has flown back in. With superb driving by Kimi they are back on the podium, and was very happy to see them win. It was like a part dream come true. The rest part was shattered when Massa could not complete the race, which would have giv...  more...
 Uday Gour | 21:00 | 22/Dec/2007
Friends: (22)  | City: Nanded  | Interests: Internet, Reading...
More than 500 Mild Tremors in Last Two Y...
500 Shocks...The City Unshaken Nanded City of Maharashtra has faced more than 500 mild tremors in last two years. These shocks were earlier limited to only a certain locality of the city. Now slowly the intensity as well as area seems to be increasing day by day.Local administration seems still unshaken even after 500 shocks. As a resident of Nande...  more...
 aprajita laroia | 14:24 | 14/Nov/2007
Friends: (24)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dancing...Readin ...
See Thru My eyez...
People This is  self composed Poem.. Nothing is real in this Pathetically Nasty world,Politicians get their share coz their Money is confirmedPeople are not worth trusting these dayz,They grin and tell all ur secrets awayThis society has a less no.of pros but a large no.of cons,Nobodyz intrested in imporving them as they are so buzy with their very...  more...
 archana kumar | 14:12 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: bangalore  | Interests: books, music, tra...
Self-Hatred!
Sometimes I go through an period of intense self-recrimination! I imagine that I have no friends, everyone hates me and talks behind me, bitches about me!I fear I have offended people, I fear life is going to pass on by, taking all my opportunities with it.I am scared i am going to be left behind while people less qualified climb up the ladder of s...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 00:47 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (1208)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Trust ...
Bhod Gyalo!
At Jantar Mantar….Rising fists…. Bhod Gyalo! Bhod Gyalo!Manju Ka Tila…..Dreaming eyes….. Rangzen! Rangzen!Fort Kochi...‘Torch of Shame without flame’,Hey! Sino Monsters! Bodies could be butchered,Not souls….Frightened sinners,Blood licking beasts…Frustrated to see…Sons and daughters of soil committed for ultimate sacrifices…In Amdo, Kham, Machu, Pa...  more...
 Ash K | 23:42 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (111)  | City: --  | Interests: Reading, Food, Mo...
Daffodils -
Althought my tryst with the world of words, prose, similes, metaphors, euphemisms and literature began with the advent of i-land, I also owe part of this passionate endeavour to the poem penned by William Wordsworth. The poem is plain and simple, yet has a style which is unique and one of its kind, hard to emulate kinds. Stumbled upon this poem on ...  more...
 Cajetan Vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1142)  | 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...
 rakhee sinha | 21:02 | 3/Jan/2008
Friends: (65)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading,Net surfi...
A contradiction that I wish exists...
I read a very beautiful mail recently. It said, those who are always seen as the strongest, are in fact the weakest internally. Those who are always seen helping, caring and protecting others are the ones who need help,love,care and protection the most. And the ones who never show their feelings are the ones who feel it most deeply.And if the world...  more...
 Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007
Friends: (479)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: relationship, bei...
Separation and Travel
 Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...  more...
 friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008
Friends: (351)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Our economists & ...
Our world is coming unravelled
I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...  more...
 alpana | 15:37 | 24/Apr/2008
Friends: (286)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: painting, reading...
i seek you in the ever-growing summer nightswhere lil sparks play in the distant skya breeze thats still warm and yet doesnt disturb the mindwraps the scents of frangipani in her invisible arms....theres your voice that talks to meand your eyes that perpetually shineoh how i think of you in these summer nights...your wicked humoryour teasing touch....  more...
 mi ni | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (259)  | City: delhi  | Interests: Kids, Reading,
FRIENDS
A STORY OF TWO FRIENDSA story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.They kept on walking until they f...  more...
 ND Lama | 22:11 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (28)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, writi...
From grazing cattle to the boardroom...
Life for village folks are full of miseries and it is hardly likely that they can fulfill their ambitions in life. Born in a remote village of mid-eastern Nepal, my childhood was spent grazing cattle, ploughing field, fetching water from one Km down the stream, assisting my priest father in his daily activities…but I was a regular school go-er with...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:24 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (378)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
Not know shit from shinola
Frozy! (my country cousin from Cherpallacherry), you inspired this post. “Sir, you certainly are a shining wit”. I am sure you noticed the spoonerism. (Do forgive me, this is just in jest).  Your post “ Loose Motion” had me in splits. And coincidentally I was reading this book, “ Eats, shites and leaves”. The author is A Parody, and his book a paro...  more...
 Vibhuti | 18:01 | 22/Apr/2008
Friends: (435)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Living life fulle...
Dealing with emotions:-
How to deal with our emotions? Big problem! Although we have grown older - beyond the 'teenage', we more often fail to grow beyond 'teenage' mentally. You know, our body grows in a particular sequence. In the first seven years, the physical body grows but the intellect does not grow; then up to fourteen years, the intellect grows. The period from 1...  more...
 bhavna patole | 20:46 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (21)  | City: secunderabad  | Interests: For I see what yo...
Excerpt from 'The Notebook'
The reason it hurts so much to seperate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand...  more...
 Bobby RoyCho... | 08:17 | 5/May/2008
Friends: (19)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music, Motorcycli...
Life on the fast lane - May 05, 2008
Life has been pretty hectic lately, but i chose to be busy because i dont really want to sit idle. If i sit idle, i know my mind will start to wander into places where it shouldn't really wander..Got to know a couple of days back that my (ex)girlfriend and her new guy (that divorcee!) had planned to go out for the whole weekend on saturday-sunday (...  more...
 D Subrahmanyam | 12:17 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (202)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: books, music, pai...
Happy New Year 2008
WIshing  all  rediffilanders a happy and prosperous New year 2008. Hope this new year fulfills all ur wishes and makes all ur dreams come true.  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 21:11 | 26/Mar/2008
Friends: (2141)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Enjoying life as ...
SHOULD WE
 Should we build our surroundings --or thoughts?Should we seek pleasure --or happiness?Should we progress materially --or spiritually?Should we nurse our ego --or ability?Should we fear death --or disease?Should we be worthy of praise from man --Or God?Should we be intelligent --Or wise?Should we attempt to win --Or achieve?Should we envy –Or admir...  more...
 Chanchal Nis... | 14:03 | 23/Jan/2008
Friends: (138)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Solitude