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 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
| HALF A DAY | |
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| Half a Day: Naguib MahfouzIntroductionEvery now and then one encounters a story that leaves an indelible impression long after it is read. I read this short short story written by Naguib Mahfouz shortly after his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. I was enamoured by its rich and ornate style, its narrative technique, universal theme and dramat...
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| 02:25 | 19/Jun/2008 |
| GARDEN IN THE SKY | |
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| (This blog is an elaboration based on more information gathered from web on a blog on the same subject posted by Amit Goel Saab (Refer: http://hexa6.rediffiland.com/scr ipts/xanadu_home_view.php). His blog is very succinct and more effective. Being a Speaker, elaboration comes natural to my tongue and my pen. His blog deeply impressed me . As we...
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| 17:57 | 15/May/2008 |
| POETRY OF PONGE | |
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| The Crate (Le Cageot) Halfway between cage (Cage) and Cachot (Prison cell) the French language has cageot (Crate), a simple openwork container for transporting fruits that is sure to sicken at the slightest hint of suffocation.Constructed so as to be easily demolished after use, it can’t serve twice. So it doesn’t last even as long as its highly pe...
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| 17:43 | 29/Apr/2008 |
| PRECISE PERSIMMON | |
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| In the year 2002, I was once attending a meeting at my friend Shahul Hameed's house. When the meeting was about to be over, he brought a tray of fruits as snacks. Amidst them, I saw something incongruous:- a plateful of sliced pieces of what looked like tomatoes. No one touched the apparent 'tomatoes' while we eagerly savored the other fruits. Not...
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| 18:43 | 21/Apr/2008 |
| A Hungry Husband | |
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| On a recent rainy afternoon, a hungry husband rushed home from his office in his unique Uno car to dine a wholesome meal with his wife. The husband upon entering his house hurriedly called his Biwi’s name with an urgent plea to dish out the lunch as he had to rush back to office to attend an important meeting with his Boss at 1:00PM. He called her ...
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| 13:52 | 14/Apr/2008 |
| VISHU- THE FESTIVAL OF MEMORIES | |
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| Vishu is a festival of nostalgic memories and they are invariably associated with my childhood . It reminds me of the sights, sounds and smells of my soil. It renews my roots and identity. Those memories are as golden as the ‘Kani Konna flower’ (flower of cassia fistula tree) . 'Vishu' is one triumphant occasion when children’s aspirations to bec...
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| 22:47 | 23/Mar/2008 |
| Drooling Dreams Of My Wife | |
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| It was a typical romantic setting that happens only once in a blue moon in every couple’s life. I asked my husband, “Don’t I still look like the pretty girl in your dreams?” He nodded and replied, “Of course dear, the nightmare still continues.”No doubt he belongs to that group of pessimists who believe love is one long sweet dream and marriage is...
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| 19:22 | 24/Jan/2008 |
| A CLEAN WELL-LIGHTED PLACE | |
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| Introduction"You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant cafe. It is well lighted. The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves." An old man sits alone in a clean, well-lighted cafe. It is late, long after midnight, and he sips his drink with no sense of urgency, no thought of home. Who is h...
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| 16:59 | 17/Jan/2008 |
| STAY IN TOUCH | |
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| STAY IN TOUCH One of the greatest gifts you can give anyone is the gift of your attention. Relationships have many levels and depths. You have family members whom you see and talk to on a daily basis, best friends whom you talk to and see on a regular basis, other friends and acquaintances, who colour your mindscape, bu...
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| 04:10 | 11/Jan/2008 |
| JANUARY FIRST | |
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| JANUARY FIRST A Poem by Octavio PazThe year’s doors openlike those of languagetoward the unknown.Last night you told me:tomorrowwe shall have to think up signs, sketch a landscape, fabricate a planon the double pageof day and paper.Tomorrow, we shall have to invent,once more, the reality of this world.I opened my eyes lateFor a second of a s...
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| Sandeep Nigam | 20:41 | 26/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (14)
| City: Lucknow
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| shayad ye sher aapko pasand ayyen |
| Abhi to jo yad aa raha hai wohi likh rahoon hoon1. Mere hath mein hogi jo rekha woh akeli hogi, Jisme tu hoga woh koi aur hatheli hogi.2. Roz taron ki numaish me khalal padta hai Chand pagal hai andhere mein likal padta hai.3. Ek na ek din main aaoonga jarur; Tum bacha ke rakhna fursatein aapni.4. Janate the phir bhi na rakhin magar doori...
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| RAGHUPAT | 07:28 | 4/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (93)
| City: Hyderabad
| Interests: "I dare to dream"...
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| female rules |
| The Femalealways makes The Rules. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification.No Male can possibly know all The Rules. If the Female suspects the Male knows all The Rules, she mustimmediately change some or all of The Rules. The Female is never wrong. (Ifthe Female is wrong, it is because of a flagrant misunderstanding wh...
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| Dr.Anil Verma | 01:17 | 30/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (586)
| City: Delhi
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| ANSWER OF QUESTION - 2 |
| 2. EXPPECTETION- I am not saying you can not expectetion from any other persson or closed relationship, please understand i am saying only if you have expectetion from others and want his/her complet your expectetion than frist you complet expectetion of others. Example - agar aap chahte hai ki anay vaykati (chhote or bare ) aapki ijjat kare toh pa...
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| praveen sharma | 12:28 | 3/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (571)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: To love is to suf...
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| MY WISH |
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| I wish that I could cause the sunTo warm the world with loveRemove the clouds a momentTo reveal the stars aboveI wish that I could wipe that tearFrom the corner of your eyeBring happiness for your sorrowBring a smile for your sighI wish that I could better thingsPut hope within your heartMake today the best you've hadRight from its' very startI wis...
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| Sarbo Sen | 12:30 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Kolkata
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| Leaves of Grass |
| Come see my loveThis new house of oursSee the wonderful lawnAnd, um, the broad verandah? Come inside my loveSee the spacious roomsAnd the smooth enamelled walls?This our bedroom?And this the living room?See the sofas how comfy they already look? My smile was fast fadingFor she showed no great pleasure … Um, the neighbours?They are wonderful too See...
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| nitin bhatnagar | 20:24 | 25/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (245)
| City: Delhi
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| Let's Laugh..... |
| Prescription for cyanide A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide." The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?" The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband." Please click here to read the full post
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| A M Daniel | 17:35 | 21/May/2008 |
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| City: Hyderabad
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| BE A RIGHT PERSON |
| When the Person Is RightOne rainy Sunday afternoon, a little boy was bored and his father was sleepy. The father decided to create an activity to keep the kid busy. So, he found in the morning newspaper a large map of the world. He took scissors and cut it into a good many irregular shapes like a jigsaw puzzle. Then he said to his son, "See if you ...
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| Jein Rajan | 18:34 | 17/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (272)
| City: Bangalore
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| Destination Chithirapuram |
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| If you are looking for a perfect vacation, or rather a rejuvenating vacation. Then the Kerala tour offers its Chithirapuram hill tour that is a perfect way to wash away all your fatigue and monotony. Only at a distance of 10 Kms from Munnar, this sleepy little hill town is a paradisiacal retreat that offers you the best of nature and its beauty. In...
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| Seena Vincent | 21:26 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| Interests: Internet Money
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| Dating Sites and Matrimonial Sites a Com... |
| The dating sites are yet to get popular in India.But still reports are there several metropolitan youngsters areregistering with dating sites and other matrimonial sites. Their mainintention is to make good friendships with other parts of the world. Inspite of several unhealthy reports and fraudulent behaviors thisservice is getting more and more p...
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| azaa g | 21:51 | 8/May/2008 |
| Friends: (193)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: Dreaming
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| A walk in da rain |
| When the world has taken its tollAnd I feel so out of controlEverything I do or sayBecomes a big disarrayThe rain begins to fallCreating a dark wallBrings a grin to my faceI grab my shoes and raceInto the wet wall of tearsAll at once letting go of my fearsNow I don’t have to be shyBehind the wet wall I can cryWith every falling drop The pain begins...
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| Ajith Kumar | 18:27 | 21/Mar/2008 |
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| City: Kollam
| Interests: Reading and Writing
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| DWELL Philosophy |
| Lack of fully developed ideology for living and livelihood is a major lacuna for all the right wing political parties in our country. I suppose this is true in the case of all democracies in the world. Though unworkable and unrealistic, the theocratic parties have their religious books and leftists have their international standards in the form of ...
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| Sameera Nandi | 12:25 | 4/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (417)
| City: Mumbai
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| Sum of all losses |
| Yesterday, when I went to a shop to get some stuff, I got the rude shock that my wallet was missing from my handbag. I searched at home and tried remembering when I had seen it last and realized that it was the day before. Finally, I reached the dreaded conclusion that my wallet must have got stolen. My nice new, Blue & Blues, Italian leather wall...
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| velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (379)
| City: Chennai
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| How Heavy is a Glass of Water |
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| A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...
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| Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (320)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Reading
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| 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...
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| Sijil Nair | 21:11 | 26/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (115)
| City: calicut
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| friendship |
| The heart of the true loving frnds is like the lines of a railway track… They never meet…. They never cross…. But they always go long way together…
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| Subodh Deshp... | 01:04 | 31/May/2008 |
| Friends: (49)
| City: Mumbai
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| Prayer |
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| आता विश्वì 6;त्मके देवे येणे वागयदê 4;े तोषावí 5; तॉशोवê 4;ी मज द्याë...
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| datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (317)
| City: Ranchi
| Interests: computerjobs
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| Jobs of editorial proofreading. |
| Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm
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| kamalesh | 07:42 | 12/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (347)
| City: Madurai
| Interests: chatting
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| online earnings only for indians |
| Dear friends, All of you listen me. easy way online earning business in india for indians only. my earning growth starts from January.Rs.140/=only is your investment it gives life long income.If you like visit:www.skamarajan.cash2all.com
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| K Nagesh | 22:33 | 28/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (391)
| City: BANGALORE
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| JEEVAN TARANG |
| A Deferred Annuity Plan from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) that offers youLife Insurance Coverage right from day 1 of commencementy till your 100 years of age,Bonus on the full insured amount for the full Premium Payment Term (PPT) you have chosen that could be 10 or 15 or 20 years,Tax-free Annuity (Annual Payment) @ 5.5 % of the sum i...
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| Ramesh Menon | 13:12 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Bangalore
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| Give GOD some rest |
| Dear all,The other day, I received an email forward which was depicting the importance of our Prayer Books. I found it very interesting and sharing it with you all. While coming down to office, I happened to notice a car with it's owner having the same ideology. A unique one. I thought I must give him some due credit.Many times, we have seen, esp...
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| Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008 |
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| Most Honourable OCCUPATION !!! |
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| IF SANITATION work in India brings with it untouchability, disease and death, why then do the Dalits not just give it up? At the least, why can’t they go on strike and ask for better working conditions? It is not that they did not try. In Delhi’s Balmiki Bara in Aryapura, Rajinder Kumar, a Delhi Jal Board sewer worker, offers us some non-textbook h...
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| Vinod Bansal | 17:44 | 28/Nov/2007 |
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| City: Delhi
| Interests: religion
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| Book Better Tomorrow |
| Comments are invitedBook Better Tomorrow - it is a futuristic book, not connected with astrology and astronomy and other speculative and predictive phobias, but based on natural laws of evolution of nature, the underswtanding of that will lead to a Better Tomorrow, for health, wealth, prosperity, abundance and ultimate MOKSHA - the aim of human li...
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| Krish | 20:54 | 11/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (122)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: reading,..life
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| NOT JUST A MOMENT...... |
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| i hate the moment,when my love's' say they have no single momentfor the love in their heart,demanding the attention blood of heart!To lend me heartand not their earto hear my words heartbeat!Its like an arrow ,that fills my heart with sorrow but still try not to makethe feelbcoz many people reside their...still!How i feel them,How i l...
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| Hellz Angel | 09:37 | 7/May/2008 |
| Friends: (415)
| City: The other side of heaven
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| Dire Straits - Part III (Final Part) |
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| The place from where I was standing I could see the complete set-up. Every thing was so bollywood type. The mandap was decorated with marigolds, roses and tulips. The rice-lights were dancing too-n-fro in the most synchronic way. Every one was dressed as richly and as sparkly as they could. There was the rushing and hushing of the ghar-ke-buzurg, w...
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| chandrabhanu... | 22:47 | 30/Apr/2008 |
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| City: Bhubaneshwar
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| THE MAN OF EXPERIENCE |
| What ever the situation may be and wherever the situation may be the role of experience people is necessary. sometimes the people can understand the problem and sometimes not. so, the role of expericenced person is necessary in all the time.
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| vira | 15:13 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| City: Nagpur
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| Moola MantraOm Sharavana-bhavaya Namaha !GYaanashaktidhara skanda valliikalyaaNa sundaradevasenaa manaH kaanta kaartikeya namo.astuteOM subrahmaNyaaya namaH 
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