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 22:42 | 3/Aug/2008
Two short ones
Is it impossible to love each other ? Asked the Bomb…………. The answer’s got mixed up with the heart Remote controlled By the JOKER………….. ******************* ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself” Do you love thee……… Do you Love……… It’s just an sms, idiot! more...
 23:09 | 2/Aug/2008
Frienship Day
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.Walk beside me and be my friend." Friendship Day Quotes by: AlbertCamus (also attributed to Maimonidies).   Friends, Romans, Countrymen……………… If you believe what you seeIf you believe what you can’t seeIf you believe what they tell you If you believe what you hear If y... more...
 14:11 | 4/Jul/2008
Onion peeler
The Onion Peeler She wakes up and face the thing called loveFor which they sacrifice livesFor which the mortal is deified in mausoleumsFor which the lyricist asks for music She is no PicassoOr some modern-day KeatsHer wonder is confined in the box  of conformityShe counts and recounts the minutes aheadTo make up a healthy lunch and a tiffin for the... more...
 11:19 | 3/Jul/2008
Poem by ADRIENNE RICH
 Here’s a great piece from agreat poet   Power by Adrienne Rich   Living inthe earth-deposits of our historyToday a backhoe divulged out of a crumbling flank of earthone bottle amber perfect a hundred-year-oldcure for fever or melancholy a tonicfor living on this earth in the winters of this climate.Today I was reading about Marie Curie:she must ha... more...
 23:25 | 15/Jun/2008
Forty plus
The last blog got repeated unnecessarily. The poem that cameinto my mind is this………  Forty Plus At forty, you realizeYou can’t outnumber the daysThe great hall has no seat for youHave to stand out and welcome guestsAs part of a Mr.-Mrs. Show. Gone are the daysWhen you could slip outFor a splash in the rainAnd a bite in the choc-bar……….. Your teeth ... more...
 23:10 | 15/Jun/2008
If
If the lips are asked to perform miraclesThey wouldn’t speak out stony chaptersOr turn over white leavesInstead they would touch yoursTo bring up eternity………… If the hands are asked To build up a monumentThey won’t search for the concreteOr the perfect stone chipsInstead they would engulf youTo build up the timeless Taj………. If the eyes are askedTo ... more...
 12:56 | 14/Apr/2008
Suvo Nabobarsho
Here's wishing  all a Happy Bengali New Year's Day for the year 1415...........That's   SUVO NABO BARSHOAnd 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 worl... more...
 19:42 | 13/Apr/2008
Taxpayer's money
---something I got  which seemed really mindblowing.............------- Forwarded message ----------Have a look at this  Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)  Monthly Salary : 12,000  Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000  Office expenditure per month : 14,000  Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 ( eg.For a visi... more...
 19:24 | 13/Apr/2008
untitled
If the lips are askedto perform miraclesThey wouldn't speak out stony chaptersor turn over white leavesInstead they would touch yoursto bring up eternity.If the hands are asked to build up a monumentThey won't search for the concreteor the perfect stone chipsInstead they would engulf youto build up the timelss Taj.If the eyes are askedto start a fi... more...
 23:08 | 2/Apr/2008
FREE TIBET
FREE TIBET   THIS SUMMER LET’S GO UP AND FREE TIBET AND SAVE THE BLOOD ON THE ICICLES FROM THE RED , THE STINKING RED   WHICH JUST BELIEVES IN CRUSHING WHATEVER’S PURE, OLD, AND SHINING   LET’S REPAINT THE MOUNTAINS AND THE GLISTENING HOMES OF GOD   LETS PUT THE WORDS ‘LOVE’ AND ‘PEACE’ BACK ON THE MAP AGAIN. more...
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 Amol Kadam | 11:54 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: SANGAMNER  | Interests: TRUTHFUL & HEARTY...
MAITRI MHANAJE?
Maitri mhanaje Ekmekanbaddalcha vishwasMaitri mhanaje Ekmekabaddal aasanari surkshitpanachi janiv   Maitri mhanaje Ekmekanchya bhavnana baharnya sathi dileli ek swachand pan nisparsh mokalikMaitri mhanaje Ekmekanni ekmekanna dilela sahkaryacha hathMaitri mhanaje Ekmekanchya changalya waitacha kelela  vicharMaiti mhanaje  Ekmekanchya pragaticha dhya...  more...
 Putan Prasad | 18:22 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (272)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: singing, sharing ...
SHAYRI
DEAR ARJ HAI MOHABAT KA TAKAJA HAI NA HAM SARKE NA TUM SARKO AGAR SARKO TO U SARKO KALAM KAR DO MERE SEER KO JINKE LIYE HAM MAR GAYE UNKA YE HAL HAI EATEN UTHA KE LE GAYE MERI MAJAR SE PUTAN SINGH  more...
 Vikas Kathunia | 12:02 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (107)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Surfing and Trave...
Funny--Shayari
=================================================So friends ready for a new fun again????? Here is  something for you.================================================= E K sher BY doctor=Hoon mai doctor jahan,meri wife hai nurse waha,Yeh kaisa julm sehna PADTA hai,mujhe apni wife ko SISTER KEHNA PADTA hai..     Jo sagar NE kaha lehron se, Jo ped NE ...  more...
 ujjwal gangele | 10:44 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (126)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: music,photography...
parentomania
i dont know whether this is a word in oxford dictionary ornot.or am i the inventor of a new word. :--)this is a problem which modern parents are facing. i thnkmost of you will agree to it once you read this blog..these days parents are taking more care of children thanrequired.they are trying to be the best parents. for that they are after therechi...  more...
 rahul deb | 18:18 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (151)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: wild thoughts
what to do when u are boiling with anger
i am a person who is considered to have a cool brain   ........ and i keep cool   even when in stressful situation .... but these days i am losing my temper.........   yesterday i raised my voice at one man ...........  i didnt have patience to listen to his story .... he was going in circles .........  i told him i dont have time to listen to him ...  more...
 Gaurav mishra | 15:31 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (124)  | City: Patna  | Interests: play all type of ...
dont 4get
Hai frnds,when i first came on this iland, i have not hoped that i will b  able 2 make even 20 frnds,but today i have more than 100 frnds.u all bcame a part of my life.not a single day wentby when i have not read your thoughts on various topics,and i have also tried 2 write or u cn say tell everything true about me,as we all know that frndship star...  more...
 RAGHUPAT | 21:41 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (118)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
Beginning of forever
Beginningof forever I'llstill always remember The last time we were together Wanting to discover From the beginning of forever You were the only thing,I had to live for.Everything was so perfect,But that was before.I always thought,We would always be together.I would love you,From now till forever.But I know that would be in the end And we will be...  more...
 chetan lakhani | 17:20 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (107)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: reading,traveling...
JIS SE PYAR KIYA THA
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 anilairen | 20:03 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (420)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
happy friendship day
Happy Friendship Day  more...
 Madhur bid | 10:44 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (227)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: networking; music...
Memory.........
Memory is often used to recollect bad experiences, feelings rather than using it to recall / remember good expereinces or feelings; In most cases, left to itself, our mind tries to recollect bad experiences/feelings and never, as a rule, recollects experiences that had positive effect on us. I had this experience recently when I casually advised on...  more...
 Ananta Khakh... | 19:22 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (236)  | City: Balacharah  | Interests: Football , Cricke...
Bhal Pai Thakim Tomak
  Bhal  Pai  Thakim  Tomak Janam luiyei dekhilo Bah suwuni prithibiDekheiyei morom lagi gol tomakAei jen moi tomar premor poriluHodai bhal pai thakiboliSero jeevonoliDehet pran thakaloi Ahiyei dekhilo moi prithibit Mok sokoloye bhal paiSokoloyei akiwali loiSokoloyei morom seneh kareAkono aghat pabloi nidiyeBah iman morom Bah iman senehKenekoi ari j...  more...
 shirin grover | 14:51 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (127)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading, going fo...
Smart Old Woman
An older lady gets pulled over for speeding.......... Older Woman: "Is there a problem, Officer?" Officer: "Ma'am, you were speeding."  Older Woman: "Oh, I see." Officer: "Can I see your license please?" Older Woman: "I'd give it to you but I don't have one." Officer: "Don't have one? " Older Woman: "Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving. " Office...  more...
 praveen sharma | 11:17 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (877)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: To love is to suf...
FRIEND
A friend is like a flower,a rose to be exact,Or maybe like a brand new gatethat never comes unlatched.A friend is like an owl,both beautiful and wise.Or perhaps a friend is like a ghost,whose spirit never dies.A friend is like a heart that goesstrong until the end.Where would we be in this world if we didn"t have a friend.Make new friendsBut keep t...  more...
 Chirag | 13:08 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: ADVENTUROUS TRIPS
GEELA KAGAZ
Aaj na jane kio man udas hai,aksar udas pal hame bhavukta ki or mod dete hai,bhavukta ateet ki taraf le jati hai or na chahte hue tumhari yaad aa jati hai,kionki mera ateet to tum hi ho,Haa aaj fir beete hue pal meri aankho ke aage chalchitra ki bhanti ghoomne lage hai.                                                              Tumhe muskarana bah...  more...
 surender lamba | 15:19 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (65)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: making friends,mu...
just4
ANKHO MEIN ANSU AA JATE HAI PHIR BHILABO PE HANSI RAKHNI PADTI HAI...MOHBAT BHI KYA CHIZ HAI YAROJISSE KARTE HAI USI SE CHUPANIPADTI HAI.....  Phulon ki Tareef sab Karte hain, Badi Mushkil se Log Kanton pe Gaur Karte hain. MALI to Sirf Naam ke hote hain, Phulon ki Hifazat to Kante hi Karte hainNa Karte Shikayat Zamane Se Koi, Aagar Maan Jata Manane...  more...
 tarun goel | 22:46 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: Ghaziabad  | Interests: trying hard to fi...
Who have better Friends Men/Women
 Men always have better friends....They will stand by you, no matter what....!!! Here's an example:-Friends of Women:A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband the very next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend's apartment overnight. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirmed that ...  more...
 mukesh parmar | 20:51 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (86)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: L O V E * O N E N...
Oneness
Me myself you yourself we ourselves many many many one flame in me in you in we me you we just flame oneness i love me i love you i love we Love is essence.  more...
 manav Shetty | 09:39 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Mangalore  | Interests: books, drama, tr...
Faces
 Faces                    there is more than you see...  Yet again the mirror mocksat my ordinary facethe way it doeseveryday... The plain black eyescheeks with no trace of rosesa so simple a nosethat nobody bothers to noticemake it really no more than an ordinary face... How often did I seeit  failed the heart...for everytime the heart went after ...  more...
 Sanjay Thakur | 19:13 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (174)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: photography, poem...
Love And Friendship
Love and FriendshipLove is like the wild rose-briar,Friendship l ike the holly-tree—The holly is dark when the rose-bria r bloomsBut which will bloom most constantly?The wild-r ose briar is sweet in the spring,Its summer blossoms sc ent the air;Yet wait till winter comes againAnd who wil l call the wild-briar fair?Then scorn the silly rose-wr eath nowAnd...  more...
 PAULAMI DAM | 11:38 | 13/Jul/2008
Friends: (178)  | City: Raiganj  | Interests: Music,Photography...
GLOBAL WARMING
GLOBAL WARMING means the gradual warming of the earth's surface due to greenhouse effect. It poses a great threat to environmental sustainnability. The immediate cause of global warming is the thinning of the ozone layer over the atmosphere that limits the greenhouse emissions and keeps the earth cool and congenial . The large-scale pollution is at...  more...
 daniel ribero | 16:33 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (537)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Business Networki...
Affiliate Programs Are Wonderlands Of Op...
It has been said that affiliate programs are the easiest ways to online riches. There is a lot of truth in that statement, though it must be remembered that affiliate marketing is still a job, albeit one which you could do in the comforts of your own home, hence, you cannot make the most out of it without exerting some effort.Even if you are not fa...  more...
 reksh dny | 23:23 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: poems n life
i wish...
i wish........   i wish........     i wish i  could be a butterfly......       then  i may kiss all the flowers.....     i wish i could be a cloud......       then i may see all the places.....    i wish i could be a star....       then i may blink at my love always........             .............................                .....................  more...
 Yogesh Tatwal | 15:32 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (104)  | City: Indore  | Interests: reading,chating,R...
MY LOVE 4 U..........
My Love For YouMy love for you is as cool as the oceanas we walked through the waves with love and devotionmy love for you is not as complexit’s not just your looks or the great sexit’s your personality that shines to mebeing with you shows what love can beI look at the picture that you sent meknowing your waiting makes me happyall the times we’ve ...  more...
 Kute Engineer | 21:03 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (84)  | City: Koderma  | Interests: Adventurous Activ...
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 lonely | 10:47 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (338)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: sharing,observing...
Far away from reality..!!!
Yester day while watching TV there was an advertisement that caught my attention.. I think most of u people have seen that. It is an advertisement of some ****  water purifier, where there was a guy in a desert collapsed on his knee becoz of dehydration. Some people near to him observe and rush towards that guy and offering some water. If suppose u...  more...
 vchennai | 10:57 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (735)  | City: Madras  | Interests: movies, chatting
Intimacy
When your eyes close, our hearts open up.   When our lips meet, our feelings become one.   When I hold you close, Peace surrounds us both.   When I see your face, I see the intensity of your emotions.   Pain or pleasure? I wonder and ask, Your smile speaks louder than any word could.  more...
 Suvas Dutt | 00:35 | 16/May/2008
Friends: (585)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: Social matters,Sp...
"Bias"
                    Harabhajan Sing got punishment again by the BCCI being debarred from five ODI. At the first instance, he has already been punished by the IPL Committee on the basis of video graphic evidence adduced by the match referee. Enquiry Commission was held, but unfortunately, the said Committee merely enquired about his fault. He was sl...  more...
 abhigyan jha | 22:07 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (11)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: writing, directin...
ONE
One(excerpted from my forthcoming book Verses For The People) One man’s conscienceCan bring an empire down.One fleeting gesture Can save a lifetime.One simple ideaCan change the course of mankind.One little lieCan hide the whole truth. One shining bullet Can take another life.One single armCan play the winning hand.One sparkling river Can bridge an...  more...
 swapnil | 16:27 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (87)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: Shayri, safarnaam...
nazmon waali ladki
Wo nazmo.n waali ladki haimai.n gazlo.n wala ladka hu.nhum milte hai.n iik mehfil me.nkabhi raste me kabhi manzil me.nwo hoto.n pe rakhkar nazme.naksar hee chabaya karti haimai.n gazalsaraa in ankho.n seuse roz chumta rahta hu.n...wo nazmo.n wali ladki haimai.n gazlo.n wala ladka hu.n....Uski baato.n me.n phool mile.ntitli mere she'ro.n se udewo kh...  more...
 RAMESH | 12:01 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (49)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: blogging,internet...
Bloody sun
The bloody sun Covers the deep night, The bloody sun, Erupts from your delicate body, And a wreath of flowers, On your fresh grave Adorns your death, My grief decorates The rain of your tears, Washes over me, Mother! Your heart pounds, Surrounds the void of my life, Inwards, Direct me, In the trail of tears, Into your tomb, Onto your death, So I ...  more...
 VELAYUDHAN M... | 13:07 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (143)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: RAJESH KHANNA - T...
Top 25 Bollywood Sex Symbols of All Time
DesiClub's Top 25 Bollywood Sex Symbols of All Time: The Men        25. Kishore Kumar: Abhas Kumar Ganguli, better known as Kishore Kumar, was born on August 4, 1929 in Khandwa, India. He traveled to Mumbai in hopes of becoming a famous playback singer. He began his Bollywood career at age 18 singing for the 1948 Dev Anand film, "Ziddi." Even thoug...  more...
 anuradha aseem | 02:26 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (132)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,watching ...
friendship day
Heres wishing all my rediffilander friends a Happy Friendship Day,a friend is a blessing from the Almighty,only a blessed man  can have a true friend. Friendship is the most precious relationship,and it has to be nurtured with great care, it is the only relationship, that  stands by us without any personal benefit,or selfish reasons.We must pray fo...  more...
 rahulrohilla | 18:40 | 23/Apr/2008
Friends: (53)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: playing cricket,r...
VAFA
wfa a naam na lo................ wfa bda erulaty h.................  wfa ka naam lene se ak bewfa ki yaad aati h....................  more...
 uday mukadam | 23:30 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (204)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: reading,traveling...
HARD WORK
hard work is like a cup of milk. luck is just like a spoon of sugar. GOD always gives sugar to us...... if, we have "cup of milk!!!!!! SO, WORK HARD WITH CONFIDENCE.  more...
 azaa g | 21:51 | 8/May/2008
Friends: (194)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dreaming
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...  more...
 medha N | 16:28 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (207)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Love music, paint...
Hello friends!
Hello friends! I have recently started another blog on blogspot and would like to invite you to read my posts on the same. I would also continue posting some interesting articles here in iland afterall this is my first love. Here is my url/hyperlink. See you soon. Bye. http://likecasualjeans.blogspot.com/  more...
 Manu Nair | 11:31 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (651)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing,reading,s...
Championship Trophy-Cricket
Should the Championship Trophy be held in Pakistan ? What's your opinion on this? And which country do you think would win this Trophy?  more...
 raunek kanth... | 03:17 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (77)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Just wanna be 'HE...
When the mind is weak,the man is a goner...
The truth is of great nature: that the world is a habitat of insignificance and stupidity; that passion, pain, happiness and love are the extremes of mental capability; that the heart is not an excuse for an action's irrationality. Companionship is the adherence of barren souls to negate the void of reality. It is an attempt to entwine cumulative f...  more...
 BEST FRIEND | 23:07 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (504)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: meeting new, inte...
A wonderful week ahead
HiHope you had a wonderful week. Rains are still playing truant all over the country....power cuts and water cuts have started. Power is shutdown in the mornings for three hours. In hyderabad, the government has requested people and offices not to use their air conditioners. In jammu there is a power shutdown every two hours........61 years after i...  more...
 abhijit dutta | 07:00 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (109)  | City: Yamuna nagar  | Interests: Eating, cooking(a...
Get paid while searching net
Have your ever been paid paid for making searches over internet. If not then it is here. Just click on the link below and join for free. Now after joining everytime you do a serach over internet you are going to be paid for it. The link is live and working. So buddys what are you waiting for, come and see for yourself. Do a search and get paid. Cli...  more...