<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of Manisha Banerjee</title><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of Manisha Banerjee</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Two short ones</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><p class="MsoNormal">Is it impossible to love each other ?</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Asked the Bomb.....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">The answer's got mixed up with the heart</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Remote controlled</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">By the JOKER......</p><br><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>*******************<br><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">'Love thy neighbour as thyself"</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Do you love thee...</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Do you</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Love...</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">It's just an sms, idiot!</p><BR><BR><br><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:42:26 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/03/Two-short-ones.html</link></item><item><title>Frienship Day</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><p class="MsoNormal">Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.<br><BR>Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.<br><BR>Walk beside me and be my friend." <br><BR><i><span style="color: black;">Friendship Day Quotes by: </span></i><b>Albert<BR>Camus (also attributed to Maimonidies)</b>.</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Friends, Romans, Countrymen......</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If you believe what you see</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If you believe what you can't see</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If you believe what they tell you </p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If you believe what you hear</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If you believe that the words on your screen</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Are sent by some human hands</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">And not from some alien</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Or some automatic machine</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Then believe this net is catching friends like you.....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">HAPPY FRIENSHIP DAY</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:09:36 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/02/Frienship-Day.html</link></item><item><title>Onion peeler</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The Onion Peeler</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">She wakes up and face the thing called love</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">For which they sacrifice lives</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">For which the mortal is deified in mausoleums</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">For which the lyricist asks for music</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">She is no Picasso</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Or some modern-day Keats</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Her wonder is confined in the box<span style="">  </span>of conformity</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">She counts and recounts the minutes ahead</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">To make up a healthy lunch and a tiffin for the rest</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">She could have made the perfect cheerleader</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">For the team called home</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">As they turn in their sleep </p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Presuming the perfect bed-tea</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">It's good that they've a room for her only</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">And she can wash her dream there</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Thank God, He's invented such stuff</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise someone might catch her crying.....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:11:26 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/04/Onion-peeler-1.html</link></item><item><title>Poem by ADRIENNE RICH</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);">Here's a great piece from a<BR>great poet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);">Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(55, 93, 87);"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="color: black;">by <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Adrienne Rich</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Living in<BR>the earth-deposits of our history<BR><br><BR>Today a backhoe divulged out of a crumbling flank of earth<br><BR>one bottle amber perfect a hundred-year-old<br><BR>cure for fever or melancholy a tonic<br><BR>for living on this earth in the winters of this climate.<br><BR><br><BR>Today I was reading about Marie Curie:<br><BR>she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness<br><BR>her body bombarded for years by the element<br><BR>she had purified<br><BR>It seems she denied to the end<br><BR>the source of the cataracts on her eyes<br><BR>the cracked and suppurating skin of her finger-ends<br><BR>till she could no longer hold a test-tube or a pencil<br><BR><br><BR>She died a famous woman denying<br><BR>her wounds<br><BR>denying<br><BR>her wounds came from the same source as her power. <o:p></o:p></span></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:19:48 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/03/Poem-by-ADRIENNE-RICH-1.html</link></item><item><title>Forty plus</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">The last blog got repeated unnecessarily. The poem that came<BR>into my mind is this...</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Forty Plus</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">At forty, you realize</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">You can't outnumber the days</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">The great hall has no seat for you</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Have to stand out and welcome guests</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">As part of a Mr.-Mrs. Show.</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Gone are the days</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">When you could slip out</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">For a splash in the rain</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">And a bite in the choc-bar.....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Your teeth wear your age</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">So does the skin</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">And the hair</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Which you can't part anymore</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">They say age makes you wiser</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">But you wish to be a fool</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">As the twenty something </p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Conquers your soul.</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:25:10 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/06/15/Forty-plus-1.html</link></item><item><title>If</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If the lips are asked </p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">to perform miracles</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">They wouldn't speak out stony chapters</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Or turn over white leaves</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Instead they would touch yours</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">To bring up eternity....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If the hands are asked </p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">To build up a monument</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">They won't search for the concrete</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Or the perfect stone chips</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Instead they would engulf you</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">To build up the timeless Taj....</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">If the eyes are asked</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">To start a fire</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">They wouldn't flutter a bit</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Or let the tears melt</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">Instead they would look at yours</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">And the universe would turn to ashes.</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:10:50 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/06/15/If-1.html</link></item><item><title>Suvo Nabobarsho</title><description><![CDATA[Here's wishing  all a Happy Bengali New Year's Day for the year 1415...........<br><br>That's   SUVO NABO BARSHO<br><br><br>And let's hope we can try and cease to be Bongs or Congs or Ding Dongs  and be Bangali, speak Bangla and save whatever's still remeining..........just because the death of a language means death of a culture and I don't think to live  in the world of monoculture is worthwhile................<br><br> <br><br> <br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home6/887/53abe76802293a53e519f7360d0fa9ba/homep/images/1208158036">]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:56:10 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/14/Suvo-Nabobarsho.html</link></item><item><title>Taxpayer's money</title><description><![CDATA[---something I got  which seemed really mindblowing.............<br>------- Forwarded message ----------<br><BR><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><BR><tbody><BR><tr><BR><td><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Have a look at this </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Salary &amp; Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Monthly Salary : 12,000 </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000 </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Office expenditure per month : 14,000 </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 ( eg.For a visit from kerala to Delhi &amp; return: 6000 km) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Daily DATA during parliament meets : 500/day </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(All over India ) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Local phone call charge : Free up to 1 ,70,000 calls. </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : 32,00,000 [i.e. 2.66 lakh/month] </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000 </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 crores) </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><br> </span></font></font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities....... </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">And this is the present condition of our country: </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">  </font></span><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">855 crores could make their life livable !! </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Think of the great democracy we have............. </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL REAL CITIZENS OF INDIA ... </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">but, </font></p><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">STILL Proud to be INDIAN<span>   </span></font></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><BR><hr size="1"><BR>From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. <a href="http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_10/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/" target="_blank">Click here.</a> <br>--~--~---------~--~----~------<div class="gmail_quote"><wbr>------~-------~--~----~<br><a href="http://groups.google.co.in/group/GRASSROOTS-in-action?hl=en-GB" target="_blank"><br></a> </div><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:42:32 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/13/Taxpayer-s-money-1.html</link></item><item><title>untitled</title><description><![CDATA[If the lips are asked<br>to perform miracles<br>They wouldn't speak out stony chapters<br>or turn over white leaves<br>Instead they would touch yours<br>to bring up eternity.<br><br>If the hands are asked <br>to build up a monument<br>They won't search for the concrete<br>or the perfect stone chips<br>Instead they would engulf you<br>to build up the timelss Taj.<br><br>If the eyes are asked<br>to start a fire<br>They wouln't flutter a bit<br>or let the tears melt<br>Instead they would look up to yours<br>to turn the universe into ashes.<BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:24:41 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/13/untitled.html</link></item><item><title>FREE TIBET</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5">FREE TIBET</font></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->THIS SUMMER LET'S GO UP AND FREE TIBET<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->AND SAVE THE BLOOD ON THE ICICLES<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">FROM THE RED , THE STINKING RED</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->WHICH JUST BELIEVES IN CRUSHING<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->WHATEVER'S PURE, OLD, AND SHINING <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->LET'S REPAINT THE MOUNTAINS <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">AND THE GLISTENING HOMES OF GOD</p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->LETS PUT THE WORDS 'LOVE' AND 'PEACE'<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><BR><BR><p class="MsoNormal">BACK ON THE MAP AGAIN.</p><BR><BR><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:08:10 +0530</pubDate><link>http://meghna.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/02/FREE-TIBET-1.html</link></item></channel></rss>