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 22:11 | 9/May/2007
Where is GOD?
**Prelude**I am a lil sad today, my mom has been taken again to hospital and we did an ECG on her, though Doctors cleared her of just about everything, I feel depressed seeing Amma like this..Not really sure why she is suffering so much...She never expected things to turn out this way, on that fateful day in Novemeber, when they decided to do a Kid... more...
 08:58 | 8/May/2007
Dedication to my unborn child :)
where are you my child? you know how much i want you to show up...i have been waiting for you to show up all my life. i always dreamt of this beautiful angel who would take completely after me, my eyes and my nose and my lips...and she would be the most perfect creature ever created on this planet..i know God will be kind enough to make her the mos... more...
 08:31 | 8/May/2007
Purpose of LIfe
There is this question i keep asking over and over again..Is there a meaning to "LIfe"??  Is there a purpose to "Life"?? What is it that keeps us going on and on over and again, why do we have hopes and expectations? Why do we always want more than what we have? people aspire for best jobs, best cars, best clothes, lots of money and what not? It wa... more...
 22:15 | 1/May/2007
Cricket Fiasco
It is now quite obvious that ICC World Cup 2007 has been the biggest fiasco of an event anyone has seen in the near future...I am sure , in the history of any cricket event we havent had so many surprises, so many resignations, so many malfunctions and even a murder...Now if we were to compile this into a short story, am sure many a filmmakers in B... more...
 11:01 | 1/May/2007
I Me Myself
Donot find it weird, I chose red to pen my thoughts here....I love red..they say people who love red are passionate, well I am the kind of person who is extremely passionate abt everything, my husband sometimes suspect if i am suffering from some kind of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. ( Now, if i am diagnosed of this particular phenomenon, i know i... more...
 10:47 | 1/May/2007
Dreams!
I have this recurring dream of myself travelling through Thar deserts of Rajasthan...i see myself travelling the "Palace on Wheels" enjoying the scenery, sometimes in the daytime and sometimes even in the night....These dreams go back to my school days, its not yday or last year i started seeing them...I donot know if  this has conditioned my mind ... more...
 21:05 | 30/Apr/2007
First day at School
Am as excited as a pre-schooler today. Have been wanting to do this for a very long time, guess i finally gathered courage . I guess I owe my writing skills to a lot of people, who unintentionally nurtured this hidden talent in myself...well abt that later in a separate blog...But really, I guess I never imagined having reached here in such a short... more...
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 amar snh | 09:40 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (1046)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, makin...
Hi Friends keeping little busy these days will write soon something on a topic close to my heart wish you all happy holiday season ahead   more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (698)  | 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...
 Krishna Reddy | 23:42 | 2/Sep/2007
Friends: (295)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
Art of Living friends from Pune
Clips from Pune trip Nov 2006 Pictures of myself ( Krishna Reddy ), Sunita and Art of Living Pune gang including Harshal Jadhav, Omkar Nissal and Archana. The trip included a visit to Okayama garden (Asia"s largest Japanese garden), Kadakwasla dam, Khanapur orphanage and Omkar"s birthday party.  more...
 hare krishna | 13:25 | 15/May/2007
Friends: (61)  | Interests: READING HOLY BOOK...
SAVE TEMPLE IN KAJAKISTAN
PLEASE SAVE THE HARE KRISHAN TEMPLE IN KAJAKISTANPLEASE FORWRD THIS LIKN TO YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLEOn April 27, 2006, INDIA TV headlined our crisis on thier evening “Breaking News” 9 PM news broadcast in India. The program was seen by millions of Indians and thousands of people sent sms’s to the program in solidarity with ISK...  more...
 Ramesh chordia | 23:07 | 5/Jul/2007
Friends: (379)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Badminton
Male or Female?
You might not have known this,  but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female.  Here are some examples:  FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again.   They are an effective repro...  more...
 Arun Ramkumar | 13:08 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (77)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music,movies,poet...
Chronicles of a reluctant shopper
I recently went shopping to get newclothes for Diwali.For starters let me tellya that I hate shopping.Iabsolutely HATE shopping,especially for clothes.And whenever itsfestival time I try and avoid getting asked to "come and pick some newclothes".Sometimes I successfully manage to avoid it and tell mydad(who strangely is a shopping junkie) to pick u...  more...
 shraddha pandey | 19:38 | 15/Jul/2007
Friends: (59)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, tavelling
life
·                                 Parents Born 23 Kids -Mohd. Ishaq doesn’t remember the names of  his 23 kids or even recognize all of them. Yet, he is all set to welcome his 24th child  next year. MiD DAY meets the man, the machine and the family that does not believe in family planning  Love’s labor: Mohammad Ishaq and Bismillah with their famil...  more...
 Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007
Friends: (436)  | 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...
 Bad Angel | 13:30 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (0)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: :|
Words Fiesta - A compilation of my favou...
Words Fiesta! A compilation of my favourite poems on iLand. “Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.  Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable.  Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.” - Carl Sandburg   To My LoveIf ...  more...
 Thohe Pou | 18:03 | 22/Nov/2007
Friends: (782)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading philosoph...
Thoughts of the Day!!!
    Appreciation sprouts in the land of jealousy free zones.          more...
 Nischalson C... | 00:02 | 6/Nov/2007
Friends: (280)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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ah! this one's a bit senti. thought i'll post something nice, specially when i'm celebrating my second year in iLand. q:well..i would like to thank every one in iLand. it's been a great two years!thanks rediff team for providing a great platform. i've certainly metsome really really fabulous people here. ((((((:and happy diwali to everyone! (:love ...  more...
 dew drop | 20:34 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (113)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: reading
pyar
Humne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mehakti khushbooHaath se choo ke isse rishton ka ilzaam na doSirf ehsaas hai yeh, rooh se mehsoos karoPyar ko pyar hi rehne do, koi naam na doHumne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mehakti khushbooHaath se choo ke isse rishton ka ilzaam na doHumne dekhi hai…Pyar koi bol nahin, pyar awaaz nahinEk khamoshi hai, sunti hai kaha kar...  more...
 Leonard Jemonie | 14:37 | 17/Oct/2007
Friends: (168)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Friendship, Photo...
Heart Attack
Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.You're really tired, and frustrated…… YOU ARE REALLY STRESSED AND UPSET …. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.You are only five miles from the hospital nearest yo...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (552)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
The Tea-shop girl
The corner shop that serves us teaAnd houses all furore.From rising price to falling starsIn voices shrill and sore.A pair of eyes does follow themLook askance at their dinWhen closing shop with little handsOr washing strainers clean.A simple riddle troubles her,At times, does make her smileHow grown up men have silly fightsKnowing all the whileTha...  more...
 bulbultuk bu... | 10:46 | 2/Dec/2007
Friends: (310)  | Interests: ALL ROUND THRILL ...
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUI LOVE YOUHi ILAND FRIENDS , BULBUL IS ALIVE AND KICKING,FLUTTERING AND FLYING,HALE AND HEARTY,CHEERFUL AND POSITIVE AND WILL BE BACK SOON.....THE ABOVE SHOWS HOW MY LOVE FOR YOU ALL IS GROWING BY THE DAY..ONCE I AM  BACK I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE JUSTICE TO MY RETURN AND BE ACTIVE AS EVER OR I...  more...
 Saakshee I | 19:28 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (646)  | City: I live close 2 u!  | Interests: This is the real ...
There's a minefield out there...
I'm surfing Iland these days incognito  - no new post and not enough time to comment, so I’m busy favoriting Ilands, intending to go back to comment! However, I am incognito mainly becasue of them err... Youtubers! Oh yes you've seen them - Iland is being taken over by them Youtubers! You must be blind if you did not notice them song-and-dance post...  more...
 amusing muse | 02:20 | 30/Oct/2007
Friends: (150)  | City: Los Angeles  | Interests: People, Books, Mu...
Seva Ram!
“I don’t want it short; I want to make a ponytail” the little girl declared. I watched with interest as the six something girl explained to her mother and the hair dresser just how long she wanted her hair to be and how much hair she wanted in the front. Reminded me of Seva Ram…Seva Ram, in his loose white pajamas, a dull coloured shirt and a Nehru...  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...
 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...
 Priyan Rebello | 10:47 | 14/Nov/2007
Friends: (154)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: reading, talking ...
Anything white.....
The insignia I forgot, In this world whether I exist. Each time I look into my hands. They are white against darkness. I am white and I wish to disappear. But the world is dark and I appear. Anything white can't fade. .......................Priyan...........  more...
 Mari Vin | 12:20 | 17/Jul/2007
Friends: (50)  | City: iland  | Interests: writing,music, w...
ECLIPSE
                      E C L I P S E                 This   to   my   50   friends  …                                   ’ THANK  YOU ‘ Thanks   specially  to  my  30  friends  for  your    comments on my posts… Thanks in particular  to  my faithful  friends who commented in appreciation on  all my  posts from the beginning  till the end.   E .P, E B...  more...
 Dhiman Bose | 22:58 | 12/Nov/2007
Friends: (582)  | City: somewhere in the place called earth  | Interests: music, making fri...
Change of name
Hi all out there plz. note that i hv changed my display name from "dhiman bose" to "DB".. Wishing U All A Belated Very Very Happy Diwali.. tata, take care & keep smiling always..  more...
 Sandil Srini... | 21:50 | 25/Aug/2007
Friends: (98)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Movies. Music. Te...
Voting abuse
C ouldn't find any other word to describe it. How can Chang possibly be voted out, ahead of Prashant and Ankita? Whoever voted for those two is fucking deaf. Here is the dentist's blog again, Buddha Soliloques . Atleast, that's a consolation - he'll be back to dentistry and blogging soon. Here's a video about him A star anyway, no?  more...
 Shruti | 18:15 | 17/Sep/2007
Friends: (173)  | Interests: Travel, Music
Missing you all..
Dear Friends,Sincere apologies for not been able to keep in touch with you all for a long time now. Just came back to say Hi to all my friends.Off late, been very busy with my work and personal engagements, guys……….don’t get ideas not settling down with someone, ( u see abhi meri umar hi kya hai J).But needless to say I miss you all a lot, don’t kn...  more...
 ajit balakri... | 08:30 | 14/Oct/2007
Friends: (44)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: People, history, ...
Are our IIMs Overly US-centric?
Twenty six of us were seated around a long U-shaped table. It was late in the afternoon. The room was semi-dark. Each of us had a plate of sweets and a bottle of mineral water in front. A third of the people seated here were CEO’s of large and famous Indian companies, some recently retired, others still very active in business.  Another third were ...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 20:33 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (1863)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: drawing,reading,s...
HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS
Happiness and success are two concepts intertwined with one another. These are two of the most important ingredients that would eventually define a person’s life. If one would think about it, happiness and success are two things that are relative to a person’s point of view since these are dependent on one’s ideologies. Happiness and success relate...  more...
 Ramakrishnan S | 22:16 | 29/May/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: reading, outdoors
Food chain
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 monsoon flower | 12:37 | 1/Sep/2007
Friends: (59)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, liste...
HOUR GLASS
fingers of my hand restless as desire wanting to paint and create on the empty canvas my soul that lies bereft of the pain and sorrow once etched deep with the chisel of time that clicked away in an hour glass made of yesterday.......  more...
 Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (32)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: SEEKING MY NEW SE...
Jab We Met
Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...  more...
 C V | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (176)  | City: India  | Interests: Nature, philosoph...
Dreams
 Each one of us has been endowed with the innate capacity to dream. We begin dreaming very early in life as kids.  All of us recollect those times in ourchildhood, can’t we, when we dreamed of wanting to excel in our studies or ofhaving that special toy and when it did materialize, what was it that we felt? A feeling of joy, ecstasy? A dream come t...  more...
 Mahendra Mishra | 10:15 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (209)  | City: Rourkela  | Interests: being in and arou...
A wonderful Story...!!
From My Collection...!!!A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beardssitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don"t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and havesomething to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied. "He"s out."  Then we cannot come in...  more...
 never yours | 19:45 | 8/Oct/2007
Friends: (39)  | Interests: Music,Soccer,love...
reh na paoge..
Reh na paoge kabhi,bhulakar dekh lo,yakeen na aaye to aazmakar dekh lo,har jagah mehsoos hogi hamari kami,apni sooni mehfilo ko kitna bhi sajakar dekh lo.. Life has its ups n down.Smetimes d sun shines,smetimes d rain lashes,but then it takes both d sun n rain to make a rainbow. Love has one law "Make the person happy whom u Love" In the same way F...  more...
 Hellz Angel | 15:40 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (381)  | City: The other side of heaven  | Interests: numm... aint feel...
naught-ness... ... ...
ek jhalak unki dekhne ko ye dil tarasta hai... talkin.. .eatin... workin... laughin...livin da drama... actin as ppl want me to...betrayin my own slf...lying to wht i feel deep down...am i even LIVIN??? or is tht also a LIE??? ek arsa ho gaya hai muskuraake... aansoo ki tamanna bhi nahi hai ab tho thinkin of y i have to under go ths???brain jus sto...  more...
 sahil banga | 16:12 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (216)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Kalatop Wildlife Santuary: Review
Kalatop Wildlife Santuary: An Overlap of Real and SurrealThat we took the wrong route, no issues, that we had a hard time with the submerged bridges and treacherous marshy routes as alternates, no problems, because once we reached Kalatop, it was all worth it. Nestled in the virgin parts of Himalayas, Kalatop is an 8km vertical drive from the small...  more...
 Keya | 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...
 tulika | 13:07 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (6)  | Interests: Reading books,mus...
Some Quotes
Alfred Lord Tennyson -A day may sink or save the realmA lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of liesA smile abroad is often a scowl at homeAuthority forgets a dying king  Bruce Barton -Action and reaction , ebb and flow , trial and error , change - this is the rhythm of living .Out of our over  - confidence , fear ; out of our fear , clea...  more...
 redhue | 00:31 | 9/Jun/2007
Friends: (7)  | Interests: Everything
Hard to crack the nut
Once a social reformer was addressing a gathering about the ill effects of alcohol.As a demonstration, he put two glasses, one with water and the other with alcohol.  He went ahead and asked some one to bring some insect.  He put the insect in the water, and in a few minutes, the insect came out.  Then he took the insect and put it in alcohol.  Obv...  more...
 Moe M | 02:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (167)  | City: Third Rock  | Interests: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ -...
Hu Who?
At the White House Oval Office - Condoleeza Rice meets with George Bush - this is their conversation.George Bush: "Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?"Condoleeza Rice: "Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China."George: "Great. Lay it on me."Condi: "'Hu' is the new leader of China."George: "That's what I want to know."Condi: "...  more...
 psaint who | 20:20 | 20/Nov/2007
Friends: (52)  | City: Blandings  | Interests: sports n' books.
tagged heur
seriously world, to even ponder the solemnity of what’s written below, we need a completely different pair of eyes. i believe that it calls for tremendous courage and sacrifice to actually donate your eyes. while, yes, i am yet to make my mind on this, my heartfelt and sincere adulation to those of you who does do it. the ii lady has tagged me. alb...  more...
 sulakshana d... | 12:52 | 27/Jul/2007
Friends: (64)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading, cooking,...
Don’t let someone become a priority in y...
   I’m very sad. It’s a big let down for me. I ’m so emotionally shocked that I cannot express it in words and neither feel the pain that is cuffing my heart every minute. ‘Where did I go wrong?’ This is the question I repeatedly ask myself. But there is no answer that comes back to me. I haven’t certainly expected such a treat from you, my life. T...  more...
 Gloria Aurora | 16:52 | 28/May/2007
Friends: (462)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: In almost everyth...
Run.....the race of life
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the fastest lion. If he cannot, then he will be eaten. Every morning in Africa a lion awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the slowest gazelle. If he cannot, he will die of hunger. Whether you choose ...  more...
 neetha nair | 22:31 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (336)  | City: Everywhere  | Interests: All that is betwe...
jab THEY met !!!
phoolan devi (one and only one), rekha ( filmi) and medha patkar (Narmada) going for a picnic to chambal “gardens”! the following lead to the above unimaginable episode of their lives…. Phoolan was as usual roaming on the outskirts ( not in skirts  but in a salwar )of her garden , hunting for some  deer, she was scared of leopards …..but had her gu...  more...