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 01:40 | 9/Jun/2009
The Taming of a Wild Elephant
The temple elephant who had recently tasted wilderness has been tamed. It was after I finished an assignment for a client, who was earlier the president of a company I had worked for earlier that he'd asked me whether I would like to join full time.The role was into marketing of Indian made ATMs for the semi urban and rural markets - giving me a pr... more...
 11:08 | 3/Apr/2009
The Temple Elephant and the Wild Elephan...
One of my friends told me the analogy: that a regular employee is a Temple Elephant, whereas a freelance consultant is a wild elephant.The temple elephant gets enough food at regular intervals, but is a slave to the temple authorities; whereas the wild elephant has to find food on his own from the forest, but he is his own master.I can endorse this... more...
 23:49 | 18/Mar/2009
The Ten Percent Driving Factor
I've recently discovered that I am bored 90% of the time. It is the other 10% of the time when I get excited that keeps me going. This 10% has come from different things at different times. The key is in having something to make up the ten percent, which drives the 90% boredom out. more...
 19:35 | 12/Dec/2008
Games Indians Play - Book Review
Though the first few pages may make one think that this is yet another Indiabashing book by yet another Indian, Games Indians Play Why we are the way we are is a book which goes beyond an attempt to understand the sorry state of affairs in our motherland. The author V Raghunathan uses Prisoners Dilemma, Game theory and Behavioural Economics to expl... more...
 22:46 | 10/Dec/2008
Wedding - The 'comeback' post
I've off the blogosphere for quite some time now - I just now realized that I haven't blogged after my wedding! I'd wanted to blog a few times but then the lazybone in me got better of me. Let me start off my 'comeback' with my thoughts on my own wedding.For the first time in my life I was thankful to belong to the caste I come from - every other t... more...
 21:23 | 10/Apr/2008
Wedding Sari blues
"There are only four types of saris. The cream ones, the blue ones, the green ones, and the maroon ones." said my friend Sethu, circa 2002. I'm in total agreement with him. I am still clueless when my mom gets confused over buying one from two saris, both of which look the same to me!With the wedding preparations getting into the groove, I am being... more...
 00:14 | 10/Apr/2008
Gurudakshina
Since I have met one of my school teachers and spoken over phone to another two in the last three days, it is time now for another nostalgic post.The teacher I met taught me maths at Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV). I and my friends were 'outstanding' students in more than one way - in the same period, we would get praised for quickly solving a tough maths... more...
 22:57 | 4/Apr/2008
Chennai MRTS
The first time I traveled in the overhead Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in Chennai aroundthree years ago was out of curiosity. My home state of Kerala doesn'thave metro rail in any of its major cities, let alone one that runs onelevated tracks.[pic: Mylapore (Thirumayilai) MRTS Station]Ibecame a more frequent user of the MRTS after I shifted my ... more...
 23:14 | 3/Apr/2008
One ways and a new definition of Bangalo...
Do one-ways really solve traffic problems? If my personal experiences in Chennai and Bangalore are anything to go by, they do not. They simply divert un-necessary congestion to more places.Take the case of Little Mount- Raj Bhavan - Halda triangle one way system in Chennai - I personally feel that this arrangement has only made life difficult for p... more...
 21:10 | 28/Mar/2008
Watching a cricket match - directly
There are a few updates due from me, including about my wedding next month – but then this post can’t wait. I watched Sehwag hit the triple ton, at Chepauk! The experience can’t be properly described in words – one has to be there to fully understand the feelings.It’s been more than three years since I relocated to Chennai, and I missed q... more...
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 Think Tank | 19:42 | 7/Jun/2009
Friends: (842)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Eat healthy, Thin...
Sthit Pragya
(Hinduism / Sanatan Dharma) स्थि 40;प्रज्&# 2334; Mother tells a story from when she was a young bahu. We used to stay in our grandfather’s professor’s quarters, as a joint family. Every morning, he would do a puja which would run for more than an hour, and then leave for college. He used to t...  more...
 preethi nair | 23:08 | 13/May/2009
Friends: (312)  | City: Gujarat  | Interests: Life & its realities
Lamha yeh pyaar ka
Friends once more trying my hands on story writing. This time kept it very short. Hope you all like it. Thanks to all those friends who inspired me to write a story. Don’t know whether this is up to their expectation or not.  Today standing in the balcony, I am lost in my own thoughts. When I think about the past, there is a mesmerizing feeling. Me...  more...
 Sethuraj Nair | 12:31 | 15/Feb/2009
Friends: (118)  | City: Alleppey  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
Selfishness, Ayn Rand,Excellence, Medioc...
Power and Context of RandRand is hated not because she argued for power or against altruism; I hate (well- hate is not the best word, I know) her because I am convinced she is plain wrong logically and scientifically. Her observations and philosophy harm and retard social and (even) individual growth. We’ll talk this in detail towards the end of th...  more...
 Prabod kumar | 14:03 | 20/Apr/2009
Friends: (60)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: WORK, eat, sleep,...
Adam's discovery
God said, 'Adam, Iwant you to do Something for Me.' Adam said, 'Gladly, Lord, what do you want me to do?' God said, 'Go down into that valley.' Adam said, 'What's a valley?' God explained it to him.Then God said, 'Cross the river.'Adam said, 'What's a river?' God explained that to him, and then said, 'Go over to the hill....' Adam said, 'What is a ...  more...
 Ramesh Pillai | 12:19 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (33)  | City: -  | Interests: Sporting, reading...
Chain mails
A Hilarious Mail from a frustrated victim of chain mails I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain letters to me in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and continuing it in 2009 also.......Because of your kindness:* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it's good for removing toilet stains. * I stopped goi...  more...
 Sandeep Ohri | 22:53 | 31/May/2009
Friends: (643)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading non-ficti...
Meet me on Facebook :)
To be honest, I find it very difficult to write longer blogposts. But it seems easier to just 'update' one's status on Facebook. Those of you interested in staying in touch - please send me a message on Facebook, so I'll know you have come in from rediffiland. My email ID is sandeep.ohri@ymail.com Thanks..  more...
 kavitha nara... | 12:27 | 26/May/2009
Friends: (139)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Cooking, Tutoring...
A Guide on Starting MSME in India
A Guide on Starting MSME in India (Part I to Part VI) covers every aspect of starting a Small Business  in India from finding a suitable business  idea, preparing a plan, finding finance, registrations, quality certifications, managing the business, issues in small business, assistance to MSMEs, and much more.Read in detail and Please don't forget ...  more...
 cubicile blues | 22:31 | 5/Jun/2009
Friends: (435)  | City: Pune  | Interests: When I told my fr...
Ctrl+Alt+Del
I am an atheist. Hence whenever my computer hangs, instead of praying I restart my computer. The IT guys of my company are completely surprised at my resonance of saving my work frequently to avoid submitting to their mercy. My behaviour is completely out of sync of my colleagues who think IT guys have magical powers. Except the IT guys, everyone i...  more...
 Meenakshi Anand | 10:57 | 4/Mar/2009
Friends: (46)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: travel, music
Pakistan - A terror State
Thanks to all those who'd read my previous blog and commented on it. A friend of mine had even posted a question on how so many youngsters could be brainwashed!Imagine a four year old being told that India is an eternal enemy of our country, and constantly imbibing such an information with a lot of misinformation to support one's statement. Wouldn'...  more...
 Monalisa Smile | 04:53 | 16/May/2009
Friends: (59)  | City: St Elsewhere  | Interests: Let it be...
Reality Show- The drama unfolds.
 “Bharat ka pehla Indian Idol kaun?? “ The tagline would shout out loud. After many weeks of scripted live drama, friendly judges  stooping down to the channel pressures for TRP ratings and making a fool of themselves on national television by engaging each other in rather demeaning and disrespectful manner, giving undeserving standing ovations at ...  more...
 Shivaja V | 12:55 | 22/Apr/2009
Friends: (113)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Together Forever………             It all started with the ashes……..The ashes of the cigarette……………….The ashes of the cigarette he smoked……………The ashes of the cigarette he smoked and littered the floor……………..The ashes of the cigarette he smoked and littered the floor , which was swept and cleaned…………….The ashes of the cigarette he smoked and littered ...  more...
 aarthilal | 21:21 | 15/Apr/2008
Friends: (19)  | City: Surat  | Interests: paulo coelho, books
The Valkyries By Paulo Coelho for free!
The first best-selling author Paulo Coelho is distributing for free his works on his blog: http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com The full edition of The Valkyries is online for free till the 10th of May. On the next months, Paulo is going to have full editions online of all his titles published in English.  more...
 Ramesh Menon | 17:59 | 18/Apr/2009
Friends: (150)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
An Inspiring Moment shared (AIMs) with T...
An Inspiring Moment shared (AIMs) with Team 1Dear Friends,Seasons greetings.Belated Vishu, Baisakhi, Ugadi and wishes for all other joyous occasions of the season. http://team1uae.blogspot.com/search/label/00%20 AIMs%20with%20Team%201 As you know, with the above post, I begin a new chapter. A daily nspirational quote from or brief interview with tho...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 15:56 | 28/Apr/2009
Friends: (769)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
26/11 long forgotten but not at JNSS
Yes it seems we the resilient Indians (resilient by force of course) have long forgotten the 26/11 carnage or at least it seems so but JNSS (Jagruk Nagrik Suraksha Sangathan) an organization registered nationally with its head office in Delhi, has made it a point not to let this unbelievable incident [of the economic capital of India being put to s...  more...
 star warrior | 18:33 | 8/Nov/2007
Friends: (35)  | City: galaxy  | Interests: Being THE star* o...
Happy diwali
Dear Friends, Wish you all a very happy Diwali..I am blogging from my main id star trekker.So my friends here please add star trekker id as your friend. Regards, star Star            more...
 hari kumar | 17:00 | 18/May/2009
Friends: (108)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, sports, ...
Verdict 2009
I am not a political enthusiast or an expert commentator on politics to write a blog on elections. Yet I am trying my hand at something in which I am not even a novice. This is just penning or typing my impressions on what we call the biggest democratic process in the world- and truly India is the largest democracy ( if we call what ever is happeni...  more...
 prashnik nag | 12:54 | 20/Aug/2008
Friends: (29)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: studying people,m...
The worthlessness of being a sufferer
Well , I being a resident of kolkata is really a very harassed person when it comes to the agenda of Bandhs.Today again for the upteenth time,there's a Bandh.Does bandh really serve any person.I guess not.It's totally a worthless piece of sham done just in the name of democracy.What more can we expect from a country whose most of the politicians ar...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 16:37 | 27/Apr/2009
Friends: (534)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
If you are not a part of the solution, y...
If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem Aakriti's death at an eminent Delhi school, as usual, has caused emotion to take precedence over sense. We Indians are genuine emotional cartoons. We enjoy screaming in front of TV wallahs, and TV wallahs enjoy beaming our screams onto our TV screens for higher TRPs. We love to ba...  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (1187)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008
Friends: (338)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
5 Minutes for Poor
Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...  more...
 Tina anit | 12:43 | 9/Apr/2009
Friends: (25)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: interests are jus...
Shadows
  Are the shadows following me         Or am I chasing the shadows…One just came and claimed I belong to the past and I belong not to you but to your adored…I can show you  a life of sorrows,Of tribulations  ,treachery and bitterness…You can always make me yoursAnd in turn I can offer you an envious heartSleepless nights and an altered you….  Or yo...  more...
 Krishna Prasad | 15:13 | 7/May/2009
Friends: (1554)  | City: PALAKKAD  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
FUSED BULB
FUSED BULB   Preface:  Today our office boy came to my office to remove a fused bulb.  He removed the bulb and thrown it in the garbage can.   This gave me the following thoughts.  I was dear one for everybody onceBut now everybody hate mePeople knew that I am of no useThat’s why they threw me in trash I was helping the boy to readBooks for studyin...  more...
 shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007
Friends: (1465)  | 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...
 aravind das | 15:37 | 27/May/2009
Friends: (756)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
ARAVIND LAUGHS- (13)
1)It is alleged that DMK supremo Karunanidhi has forgot the "TAMIL ISSUE" after the ELECTION.# Donot be so rude to this poor felow,he is really busy in setteling the (HOME ) TAMIL issue i.e distibutting the minister portfolio among his family members.2)After taking charge of Railways ministry ,Mamata Bananerjee has annonced that she will look after...  more...
 alakananda s | 07:39 | 29/Apr/2009
Friends: (87)  | City: Morrisville  | Interests: Reading,writing
I am...
I am Earth Raw, passionate, Fragrantly aliveIn my cool bluegreens And lusty redsDeep, sensuous,Warm, musty, abundantVibrant, mysterious I am RiverOverflowing limits Of bonding banks Sinuous, laughingTremulous, turbulentStretching  lithe curvesOn the way to join My deep blue sea I am Sea Eternal, longingUnconquered depthsOf timeless treasuresForbidd...  more...
 Shyama Menon | 11:30 | 27/Apr/2009
Friends: (629)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Finding the real ...
I miss...
Religion scares me these days... It was important growing up... I remember as a child I used to pray fervently... chant slokas before going to sleep. There was a time when I worried excessively about my parents and grandparents. I would chant a sloka thrice for each of them. Then for all my family and friends thinking if I forget one name they are ...  more...
 Star Trekker | 07:45 | 5/May/2009
Friends: (413)  | City: stardom  | Interests: Dancing in the cl...
Jagannath temple in Hyderabad
The newly opened Jagannath temple at Hyderabad,Banjara hills,Road NO 12, is a must see for visitors to Hyderabad.A mini replica of the famous Puri Jagannath temple,it is located at a serene spot,away from the maddening crowds.The architecture of the temple is exquisite!The artisans from Orissa have poured life into the sculptours.It is almost as if...  more...
 gambu laar | 09:52 | 1/May/2009
Friends: (364)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Striving to live....
Are you a Good Boy?
         Good and Bad. Someone asked me recently whether I am a good boy or a bad boy. How do we define that? Let’s take examples Guy1 :  a guy who drinks, smokes. Has a smiling face. Is always in jeans and t-shirt.  A real street Romeo. To every good girl passes by, his eyes just moves a bit down to look at the shake of the butt … and imagine thin...  more...
 hari sree | 15:46 | 3/Jan/2009
Friends: (121)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: you.
happy new year
So this is Xmasand what have you doneanother year overand a new one just begun and so this is christmasI hope you have funthe near and dear pnea very merry christmasand a happy new year let's hope it is a good oneand sofor weak and strongthe rich and poor onesthe road is so longand so happy christmasfor yellow and red oneslet's stop all the fight.....  more...
 amiya lahiri | 14:36 | 4/Jun/2009
Friends: (391)  | City: Pune  | Interests: reading,surfing n...
LINCOLN VS KENNEDY
  THERE IS A SAYING THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WHEN YOU COMPARE THE LIVES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND JOHN F KENNEDY, ONE IS AMAZED BY THE SIMILARITIES.DO YOU WANT CALL IT JUST COINCIDENCE!!!!                                    ABRAHAM                   JOHN F                                 LINCOLN         ...  more...
 The Princess | 23:11 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (227)  | City: Mother Earth  | Interests: When we just obse...
HUNG BY THE TONGUE
Some people just have a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. They are being, "Hung By the Tongue!"A state trooper pulled a man over for speeding on a deserted road. Since the road was clear and the weather fine, the trooper had indicated that he may not give the man a ticket, and let them off with a warning. He even complemented both...  more...
 V T | 12:00 | 24/Nov/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
Cool Auto
Cool Autowala in saddi Dilli.  more...
 Alex Gomes | 15:56 | 16/Oct/2008
Friends: (639)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Sports,Philosophy...
Hello My Name Is GOD
A Movie of Salman Khan named "Hello" has been released andin that movie a call comes from GOD in the call centre ...Does God really speak, and if He does, what does He sound like? God is always speaking. There are many recorded instances of God speaking fromthe beginning of time until the present day. Yet hearing God is something thatmost people st...  more...
 el amor | 17:42 | 5/Jun/2009
Friends: (252)  | City: London  | Interests: painting, travelling
World Environment Day
Hi all :) I am back with a bang! or with my big stick .....lol....Urging everyone to make changes in their daily lives to combat global warming......let us make this very day a new beginning......for the future generations....or just think of your own child.For we do not know if their progeny would have to visit a museum to see a polar bear or a pe...  more...
 shaji calicut | 18:14 | 9/Oct/2006
Friends: (15)  | City: kozhikode  | Interests: reading friendshi...
Life
Always to seek for wider, deeper, transcendantal experiences is a form of escape from the actual reality of " what is " which is ourseves, our own conditioned mind. A mind that is awake,intelligent, free,why should it need, why should it have, any "experience" at all? Light is light : it does not ask for more light.  more...
 Rajeev S | 14:46 | 1/Aug/2007
Friends: (124)  | 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...
 Mini Francis | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (273)  | 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...
 dilip krishnan | 21:52 | 19/May/2009
Friends: (276)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Elections in IPL Times!General elections in India are often termed as the Festivals of Democracy: quite flattering, ain’t it! The irreverent ones, though, choose to dub them as the Theatre of the Absurd! Either way, you can’t afford to ignore it when over 700 million women and men trudge it to the polling booths on the appointed day in the largest ...  more...
 black dronser | 11:17 | 18/Oct/2006
Friends: (236)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: programing ,sport...
best wishes
Khushi bhi doston se haiGam bhi doston se haiTakraar bhi doston se haiPyar bhi doston se haiRoothna bhi doston se haiManana bhi doston se haiBaat bhi doston se haiMisaal bhi doston se haiNasha bhi doston se haiShaam bhi doston se haiZindagi ki shuruvaat bhi doston se haiZindagi main mulakaat bhi doston se haiMohabbat bhi doston se haiInaayat bhi do...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:30 | 23/May/2009
Friends: (435)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
The Magic of Movies
My son asked me recently, “what was the first movie you saw and where”. I didn’t remember. Everything is a blur. My mother recollects watching movies in thatched sheds, a talkie alright, not the silent one. She too does not remember the name of the movie.  Of course I remember the last one. It was yesterday, a U torrent download of a Malayalam movi...  more...
 seeniraj siv... | 10:47 | 12/Aug/2008
Friends: (88)  | City: Tuticorin-628005  | Interests: www.shivamaha.com
அச்சதĮ...
அவர் தலையில் முகம் பார்க்கு ;ம் வசதி உண்(டு)அத 16;ச் சொன்னால் ; ĩ...  more...
 amit khanna | 11:26 | 16/Oct/2008
Friends: (176)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Baying at the moo...
It is so unfair
The current shakedown in the Financial sector has made one thing crystal clear. No Sovereign is safe from the domino like effect of free falling economy, specially if it's origins lies an economy as huge as the economy of the USA.  A little ripple somewhere can easily gather force like a tsunamic wave, sweeping everything in its wake.  The reigns o...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1475)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 sahil banga | 12:02 | 25/Feb/2009
Friends: (307)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Bittersweet Symphony
Hoth pe liye hue dil ki baat humJaagte rahenge aur kitni raat humMukhtasar si baat hai tumse pyaar haiTumhara intezaar haiThe old creaky transistor lazily crooned the soporific number vocalized by Hemant Kumar, rattling of the windows adding to the pain. Ajay had been tossing in his bed restlessly. Not being able to cope with the finer nuances of l...  more...
 Divya Sharma | 19:01 | 15/Feb/2009
Friends: (8)  | City: Ghaziabad n now Bangalore  | Interests: Reading, Listenin...
Stress...DeStress and again Stress...:)
We never knew about Stress until someone told us and then we are all stressed out. I think even writing this post i am having stress , never mind that. It all started in office as a part of the balance score card where by each one of us has to complete the 40 hours of training for which we get the CPE credit. Our Bosses target was that before Marc...  more...
 anoop nair | 12:26 | 12/May/2006
Friends: (18)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Almost everything
A new future....
It was while posting a comment for my friends blog that I realised that I have also been complaining and doing nothing about the fiascos and debacles that are happening in front of my eyes. People have asked me can we do anything about the resrervation system,can we just abolish the caste system etc etc?Firstly, the caste system is just a name give...  more...
 Anil Goel | 10:25 | 1/Feb/2009
Friends: (785)  | Interests: Bollywood, Group ...
Book Review: (For) The Class of 2010
Class MMX is a handbook for life itself. Al Raines' last book 'Soul Search' Engine takes us to primitive life, journeys through the generations and ends in the current, giving us more than a hint that we are not just what we seem. We are the sum total of all that we have been Till Now. Class MMX takes the baton from Now and makes us look into the f...  more...
 myna mg | 11:48 | 13/Mar/2009
Friends: (290)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: :)
"FRIENDS"
Friends tell you their secretsFriends are meant to shareFriends are meant to cheer you up,What happens when they’re not there? Is it hard when you don’t haveSomeone to lean upon?When you need a friend to care,but they, your friends, have gone? What if you were splitUp from your best friend?Do you think you’d careIf your friendship ends? Would you s...  more...
 Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008
Friends: (101)  | City: --  | Interests: Reading, Food, Mo...
Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar...
The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...  more...
 archana nair | 13:18 | 13/May/2006
Friends: (10)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: reading, listenin...
Kalaripayattu (An Ancient Martial Art Fo...
Kalaripayattu the martial art form of Kerala is reagarded as the oldest and more scientific in the world. Kalarippayattu is the only form of the most ancient traditional systems of physical, culture, self-defence and martial techniques still in existence. It is believed to have had its origin in Kerala, the tiny state situated South West of India.I...  more...
 sudheer kar | 16:36 | 24/Mar/2009
Friends: (46)  | City: India  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
Birds of same feather flock together!!
The creativity club in our office as a part of their monthy agenda has arranged for employee lunch last friday. It means that every employee has to bring lunch from their home, cooked in their homes, though not necessarily (cooked) by themselves. And in lunch time, all the menu will be shared by every one. It may look like very common and every day...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 06:38 | 19/Apr/2009
Friends: (10)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: You 0981...
गौरैयì...
सुबह की ओंस बूंद सी....टीक गई थी स्मृतिपट ;ल पर,सासों में महसूसने...  more...
 Shweta Iyengar | 15:40 | 20/Feb/2007
Friends: (75)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: knowing the diver...
to give or not to give
Psychology says people choose to be sick (this sure is not the same as pretend to be sick)...they hold on or attract certain sicknesses because if offers them preferential treatment...even logic and evidence based medicine recognises "psychosomatic illness"(the origin of the illness in the mind)Now which parent would yell at a sick child for low gr...  more...
 monu g | 22:10 | 31/Aug/2008
Friends: (201)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER...
Have u ever thought about the most memorable moments of Ur Life??? Have u ever thought what makes them so special and close to Ur heart?? It’s usually the FIRST time u feel or find something U’ve never felt or found before… And what IF something soooooooooo hilarious makes it even more memorable………. Hehehehehehehe…. There was this lovely couple who...  more...
 Licensed Pirate | 10:55 | 27/Feb/2009
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Latest Results of Aussie Research on Dri...
Beer contains female hormones Last month, Wits University and RAU scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain Phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men...  more...
 Jahan Bakshi | 13:36 | 26/Jan/2009
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Review: Slumdog Millionaire
All the talk of the film's 'poverty porn' and obsession with garbage and faeces is just that- crap. Not nearly a masterpiece, Boyle's film is uplifting, buoyant and celebrates life and BollywoodOriginally published on NOWRUNNING.COMIs there anything really left to say about Slumdog Millionaire? It's been described in every way possible, from extrao...  more...
 Priya I | 20:42 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (49)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: People, Travel, M...
Depressed? Not any more!
The last two weeks have been , I think, one of the worst in my life. I hit rock bottom where nothing made sense and all the existential questions of who am I, what am I doing, where am I going, what is the bigger purpose had no answers. One word was like a constant refrain in my head - ‘REPLACEABLE’. I was replaceable at home, at work, with friends...  more...
 tanya gill | 15:44 | 20/Oct/2006
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hello everybody....its been a really long time since i blogged....thank u all for keeping in touch & posting ur comments....well am now here especially to thank the people out there who read my blog on"tell me the meaning of friendship plzz" and wished me & prayed for me....i believe it was cause of all u beautiful people out there...i got some rea...  more...
 vishal rathod | 03:10 | 27/Aug/2008
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The (lost) voice of India
It all began whilst flipping through the various TV channels on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I dropped anchor at a news channel I hadn’t seen in years...The national news showing a certain woman speaking in an inset and another one speaking with her hands. I smiled, giggled, laughed, cracked every idiotic morose joke I could think of, and finally set ...  more...
 shishir bhate | 19:52 | 21/Mar/2006
Friends: (161)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Are more H-1B visas good for India?
By the end of this month, if will be clear if the US Senate Immigration Reform Bill introduced to decide whether H-1B visa limit should be increased from 65,000 to 115,000 has been defeated or allowed to sail through successfully. Everyone says an increase in the H-1B visa limit will help Indians the most. Will it, really? But more on that in just ...  more...
 surya s | 01:31 | 1/Jun/2009
Friends: (108)  | City: Helsinki  | Interests: ReaDing, MOvies, ...
Five Things I love about Finland...
Is a quiz on Facebook. Rather than clicking on images and posting it to my profile, I thought it would be better to write them down. How do I love Finland? Let me count the ways... ( up to five .)#5. Public transport.This is one of the most amazing public transport networks that I have ever seen. ( Amsterdam, London and Copenhagen also have very im...  more...
 ajit balakri... | 18:04 | 22/Apr/2009
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How IIM Calcutta Fared in Thought Leader...
Speech I made at the IIMC Convocation April 2009     What an extraordinary year this has been!  Iconic companies, the ones who set benchmarks for management practices, companies like General Motors, Citibank, Meryl Lynch and Royal Bank of Scotland have been felled and now exist because of the kindness of their governments.  World over, there is a s...  more...
 Rupali Nimkar | 16:49 | 30/Apr/2009
Friends: (9)  | City: Thane  | Interests: Music, reading an...
Why talk of CHANGE?
One of my colleagues sent a copy which talked about the sorry voter turnout in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane (13% in Mumbai, 11% in Thane, where as in other states it was close to 30% till noon!). This despite so many voters’ awareness campaign and post 26/11 which made Mumbai vulnerable! Post the Mumbai riots, several bomb blasts and the 26/11 ter...  more...
 Deepa | 23:57 | 4/Jan/2009
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Silence speaks
Lets share some silence today A few silent words Which share our thoughts A few unsung songs Which create a melody A few untouched caresses Which warm our hugs A few heart beats A few sly smiles A few loving glances All of which silently say... "I love you"  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 15:35 | 15/Dec/2008
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Do We Have the Guts?
 I am convinced that India will take another 100 years to reform itself or we need exceptional strong leaders. No great reform will happen after this attack in Mumbai. India has all the power to fight back, unfortunately Indian government has no guts to attack these terror camps like US did in Afghanistan after 9/11. Pathetic Indian Law System is a...  more...
 Ravi B | 11:33 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (69)  | 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", s...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 14:46 | 9/Apr/2009
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Business - When your Process incorporate...
Now this all sounds very basic ...and many of know, it all out there will say "I have it all worked out". This is one of the biggest mistakes anyone can make. An inadequate Process is generally THE primary cause for the high levels of failure in business. Statistics show that 98% of Network Marketers fail, 96% of Affiliate Marketers fail, and only ...  more...
 Priyanka Jain | 21:00 | 15/Sep/2007
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Buddha has come
Buddha has come home. I am at peace.  more...
  | 09:47 | 24/Feb/2009
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Sorry, no house for you!
The incident that I am about to narrate happened one Sunday morning in Chennai. A shabbily dressed young man of about 25 (he was shabbily dressed not because he didn’t have a good dress sense but because he was of the opinion that on Sundays, everyone should free themselves of all shackles, and that included pressed shirt and pants) rang the door b...  more...
 Nilanjan Mitra | 10:59 | 27/Feb/2006
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Way Ahead
On my way to Holland from Germany.  more...
 Nandan Newla... | 01:20 | 22/Aug/2007
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SAND
im never myself and never for myselfand that was why i had dug down the sandfor some short messagesthe bucket was deepand the sand mostly dryi took it out one after otherbucket in hand i emptied my messagesand my world went tring tringno one knew where i had hidsuch was the load of unread messagesi was dog tiredbut i still tried and tried to keep t...  more...