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 11:46 | 11/Sep/2007 |
| Bhagvad Gita as Dharma Shastra??? | |
| Just read in the TOI today that a High Court Judge has recommended that the Bhagvad Gita be made the national dharma shastra.I am not a scholar of the Gita, and I have only given it a cursory read. Even so, I accept that all the concepts in the Gita are entirely great and inspiring. But I wonder... the Bhagvad Gita is essentially seen as a Hindu bo...
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| 15:12 | 5/Sep/2007 |
| Remembering my teachers... | |
| In these days when you hear of teachers beating their students to death almost, I think with gratitude and love of my teachers, who were maybe not GREAT, all of them, but some of them certainly left their mark on me and several others who passed through their classes.Starting with class I, there was Ms. Colleen, my class teacher. An Anglo-Indian, s...
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| 16:27 | 28/Aug/2007 |
| Poovili poovili, Ponnonamayi... | |
| It was Onam yesterday. A big day for us Mallus. And one thing I like about this festival so much is that it has no shades of religion attached to it. There's nothing specifically Hindu, Muslim or Christian about it. It is actually the festival of plenty. And anyone wanting some plenty in their life can feel free to participate in the spirit of Onam...
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| 16:39 | 2/Aug/2007 |
| And they say women are inconsistent!! | |
| Just read on, folks, and tell me who needs to make up their mind! Let it up slowwwwly, right. FINALLY you managed to get it right!- C'mon , shift gears! How much petrol do you think you're wasting? - Why on earth do you want to shift to 3rd so soon? You think you're going to train for F1? - Keep the car steady! Don't try to avoid them, go throug...
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| 15:38 | 12/Jul/2007 |
| Of Hindus and Muslims. | |
| I have often rued the fact that I stay in a flat on the third floor. Bound on all sides by walls, no front/backyard for the dog to pee- hence no dog either, no verandah to laze about on, no garden to potter around in -never mind that my fingers are brown, not green...But one thing that abounds is neighbours. I have plenty of them. Closer than than...
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| 11:34 | 22/Jun/2007 |
| Of scalpels and minors | |
| A mother and father in Manaparai town of Trichy simply doted on their son. Their son was unique, talented, headed for a brilliant future, thought they. Like a great many other parents who dote on their offspring too. No harm in thinking so. Especially not when the parents are both highly educated, professionally qualified doctors who CAN do loads f...
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| 12:27 | 12/Jun/2007 |
| Letter from mother to her son abroad... | |
| Folks, one more time, am going against my policy of not putting up forwards in my blog. But I just came across this one, and I spent a good half hour shaking in suppressed mirth (was reading it from office) and I couldn't resist the idea of cheering you good people too. This is a letter written by an Indian mother to her son residing abroad.... hap...
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| 13:45 | 7/Jun/2007 |
| Oh, to see Lord Guruvayurappan! | |
| Days before, I was reading about the furore the entry of Ravi Krishna into Guruvayur has caused. And I had been on Vayalar Ravi's side for wishing to take the matter up with the temple authorities.After all, if he has brought his children up to be devout Hindus and if his wife Mercy, has been also a devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, then there can be...
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| 14:46 | 29/May/2007 |
| of bars and pre-paid autos... | |
| The rains have set in. And last week, it'd been pouring camels and elephants every evening in B'lore. Which made life a little difficult for those folks who had set out from their homes in the morning without umbrella in hand, and who were suddenly stranded without a vehicle.My husband had a sudden meeting in the evening in the other side of the ci...
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| 14:45 | 18/May/2007 |
| Coping with language | |
| I have been meaning to write this post for a long time now. But I keep forgetting to post and when I do open my blog, the words elude me.But just yesterday, Agastya was in one of his particularly regaling moods... hence am putting everything down while its still freshYou see, our maid ( a veritable gem) who's been with us for a year now has left as...
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| star warrior | 18:33 | 8/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (35)
| City: galaxy
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| 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
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| Rajivlochan Das | 18:12 | 7/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (14)
| City: Mumbai
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| Bhaja Govindam |
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| Bhaja Govindamby Sri Shankaracharya Adi Shankaracharya is widely known for his teachings on Vedanta. Shankaracharya was born in the village of Kaladi, in South India, about 2500 years ago to his Brahmin parents, Sivaguru and Aryamba. He traveled throughout India during his life, preaching and establishing four important maths, or centers, a...
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| Moe M | 00:58 | 15/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (168)
| City: Third Rock
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| Ruin Sorbees |
| This is a conversation that took place in a hotel between room service and the customer maybe in Thailand I guess - you got to read this aloud -could be a pain in the beginning -but you will grasp the conversation pretty quickly.Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin sorbees"Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..mo...
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| Sathya | 08:31 | 9/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (39)
| City: Agartala
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| Rediffiland Party |
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| Rediff made record profits and for which they were thankful of the iland bloggers. The CEO (another Ajit) arranged a party and his office sent forth the invitations. A380 was loaned from Vijay Mallya and the prize was a week’s holiday to Port Blair. Over 100 prominent bloggers were assembled at Mumbai and put up in Bandra’s Taj Lands End, that give...
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| Ramesh chordia | 23:07 | 5/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (379)
| City: Chennai
| Interests: Badminton
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| 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...
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| pinak vaghela | 15:21 | 25/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (186)
| City: Jamnagar
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| Extending One Hand............ |
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| Extending One Hand To Help Somebody Has More Value Rather Than, Joinng Two Hands For PRAYER................ Have Nice Week................... Keeeeeeeeeeeep Smiling................. pinak....................
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| Sanghamitra ... | 22:14 | 19/May/2007 |
| Friends: (404)
| City: Bangalore
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| Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipi... |
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| Major Som nath Sharma , The first recipient of Param Vir Chakra ..Disclaimer : The contents have been borrowed from reliable sources ---------------------------------------- -------------------------Major Somnath Sharma, son of Major General Amarnath Sharma, was born on 31 January 1923, in Himachal Pradesh District Kangra. He was commissioned in the...
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| C V | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (176)
| City: India
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| 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...
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| Star Trekker | 19:10 | 12/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (266)
| City: galaxy
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| startrekker's calender 2008 |
| startrekker's calender 2008 launchDear friends!I am so glad to have completed an year on the iland and I thank all of you for the love and support you have shown me.I launch the startrekker's 2008 calender made with my digital art by me...it almost feels like launching the Kingfisher's calender..hahahah..(i'm inspired by Vijay Mallya) hehehe..The c...
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| a b | 04:01 | 29/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (187)
| City: Mumbai
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| Serendipity |
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| Midnight Starlight Myriad stars twinkling bright Evening star A pulsating beacon In the starry milky way Crescent moon Quite like a loon Adding its bit to the night sky Oh such madness Entwined bodies in deep slumber Tired minds catching up on dreams What is this Life or serendipity Or a universe of senseless matter?
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| Mommies AtWork | 20:18 | 16/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (114)
| City: Mumbai
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| Of Little girls & difficult - to - expla... |
| Though I am going through a phase when I'm usually harried or depressed....there are some genuinely light moments....thanx to maya.A few days back, maya & I were watching some movie on tv. Noah was asleep. Since its diwali hols, sleeping deadlines for maya are a lil relaxed. Among the ads that play again & again in between the numerous breaks, ther...
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| sunita som | 11:46 | 25/May/2007 |
| Friends: (220)
| City: Bangalore
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| Aashiyana |
| One of my frens on the Iland (Neetha Nair) suggested that i write something about my new home....i was seriously thinking on those lines when the Radio FM played this wonderful song from yesteryear.....this song says it all....it is from the movie Saath Saath released in 1982 with Farooq Shaik and Deepti Naval playing the lead roles....a timeless m...
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| amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007 |
| Friends: (359)
| City: Goa
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| Success in Life |
| The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.” Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.
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| Doldrums Dolz | 14:32 | 30/Jan/2007 |
| Friends: (70)
| City: Chennai
| Interests: writing,music
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| Thank you! |
| To all the wonderful people who left their imprints on my soul and my guest book and my mailbox...this is a note to say thank you...for your concern, your warm affection and your encouraging words.Iris, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for dedicating a post (or two!) for me.Kanchan Da...that was a lovely cartoon! Fortunately (or unfortunatel...
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| friendly ghost | 07:42 | 15/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (327)
| City: Mumbai
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| Quick update on What I'm upto |
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| Sahiti Bharadwaj writes:Hey FG, how have you been. It has been quite sometime since i visited the iland...i see that you are still with your new found passion..at full steam.. :o) Hope it translates into sth in real life too.. Lage raho...all the best cheers sahiti Dear Sahiti,My passion about Global Warming is indeed translating onto my real life...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (32)
| City: Mumbai
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| Jab We Met |
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| 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...
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| Shyama Menon | 10:28 | 1/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (424)
| City: Cochin
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| Sporting me! |
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| You know how it is, one fine day, you end up playing some sport and realize how fit you really are. It may be a company sports event or maybe a club sports day that lets you know your fitness level. For me it's our building association’s fancy sounding “Winter Olympics”! So there I was participating in all sorts of things these last two weeks and d...
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| ganesh nadar | 04:36 | 1/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (54)
| City: Panickanadarkudieruppu
| Interests: writing, reading
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| annual day and temple festival |
| The village temple festival and the school annual day The quarterly exams were over but holidays were not declared. The school had to celebrate its annual day on October 4th. The children would be practicing dance and drama. At least the selected ones, the rest would just laze around and play games.They needed two chief guests for the annual show. ...
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| Mithu | 08:43 | 29/Jul/2006 |
| Friends: (81)
| City: Kannur
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| I Love You ! |
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| When U Were Only 5 Yrs Old, I Said I Love U...U Asked Me: "What Is It?" When U Were 15 Yrs Old, I Said I Love U....U Blushed.. U Look Down And Smile.. When U Were 20 Yrs Old, I Said I Love U..U Put Ur Head On My Shoulder AndHold My Hand.. Afraid That I Might Dissapear.. When U Were 25 Yrs Old, I Said I Love U..U Prepare Breakfast And Serve It InFro...
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| Madhavan PK | 19:30 | 27/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (327)
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| The lure of the land |
| I was traveling in a chartered bus in Delhi, when a young thing, a girl distinctly Delhi bred sitting next to me was talking to her friend beside her about a fabulous place, her native place, she had visited in the summer. I couldn’t help eavesdropping on the conversation. She was waxing eloquent about the greenery, the rivers, the food, the peopl...
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| shiva r | 22:10 | 10/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (191)
| City: Indore
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| om shaathi om! |
| Guys had half smirnoff..yeah ..quarter and then haaaalfffff... feel like my kundalini has raised...the spellings r correct becos im re doing them....anyway..wanted to convey smirnoffs gud after four...bottom line ...gulpin is injurious to health...top line ...make hay when the sun shines! once in awhile is ok..rt...all cool boys common make sm nois...
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| dilip krishnan | 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| An Evening in ChanakyaIn the late seventies and early eighties, the government-run Chanakya Cinema was one of the very theatres in Delhi that regularly screened English films. Once in a while, Chanakya also hosted foreign film festivals. The Nirula’s had set up shop nearby and their pizzas and ice creams were indeed a treat those days when there wa...
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| Purushottam ... | 10:26 | 24/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (95)
| City: Ghaziabad
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| Facing up to your kids' sexual activitie... |
| http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2007/jul/23sex.htmI read this article yesterday, and believe me I was sleepless last night. I was not shocked about the news that teenagers these days are actively involved in sex (because I know it), but what made me restless is the thought that how should parents react if they find out their kid is actively involved ...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 15:57 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (1170)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Romantic Yogi.....
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| "THE PRINCESS.."Part -1 |
| "The Princess".......... Part One... Dear Reader,My Blog “ The Princess “ is nothing but simple scribblings of my wandering thoughts based on a story describing Panchali’s secret fascination towards the Star of Mahabharata – Karna ……Infact I read that few months back in a weekly.As per them, it was described in Puranamanjari.I don’t know whether it...
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