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 10:09 | 23/May/2008
THis is India....
I read this on rediff its great to know about india ( its bit lengthy still worth reading...)'My daughter went to India with stars in her eyes' Ruby Banerjea May 22, 2008Last summer, my elder daughter announced she wanted to go to India for a semester, for a study abroad program in Ahmedabad, Gujarat."Who else is going?" I asked."No one; it's only ... more...
 18:20 | 22/Feb/2007
My Favourite Movies
Few of the Movies i have watched and the bestMalayalam         1.  Nammak Parkan Mundiri thopu         2. Season         3. Sadhyam         4. Keeridom          5. January Oru Orma         6. Parinayam         7. Oru CBI Diary kurippe         8. Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha         9. Onnum Mudal Poojyam varay        10.Thoovana Thumbigal        11. Bha... more...
 15:47 | 18/Oct/2006
Death
Death           Whats ur Opinion on this i need to post on this topic let me get the feedback from u first more...
 17:01 | 9/Aug/2006
GOD
                               God!  Do you believe in God? Does God Exist?These questions haunt me, surely? I can’t believe this. I can’t accept god exists. I strongly believe god does not exists it’s only our illusion.I strongly accepts that an almighty power exists which drives us to accomplish our task.I believe god is me & nobody other than me... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 Ramesh Menon | 18:17 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (137)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
Innathe Chintavishayaam (Point to Think)
Dear all,   A different way - Kandathum Kettathum - it is a malayalam term for What you hear and what you see. And innathe chinthavishayam is Point to think today. Enjoy reading the contents. http://team1dubai.blogspot.com/2008/05/p oints-to-think.html   Why very little interactions these days?   Regards,   Ramesh Menon        more...
 chandresh kumar | 02:27 | 3/May/2008
Friends: (226)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: LOVE AND LIFE ...
ONLY ONE CLICK
ONLY ONE CLICK AGAR AAP APNI AAMDANI BADANA CHAHTE HAI TO KEWAL 1 CLICK KARE AUR 1 FORM BHARE WO BHI FREE. www.systembusiness.net YAAR DOSTI KE LIYE 1 FORM BHAR DO. MY MO.NO. 9305341757  more...
 Alwin | 18:41 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (290)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: CreatinG Internat...
Advance Happy New Year Dear FriendZ
Hi FrienDZ ..,   AdvancE HappY NeW YeaR .. AlwiN  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 16:45 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (712)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
Bangloreans - great nation lovers
Hi Friends,On the 10th of May 2008, when elections were on its full swing in Bangalore. A group of responsible Bangaloreans made it a point to vote & then attend the first ever JAGO PARTYmeet in the state of Karnataka.It was overwhelming for me to see that every individual gathered here was not only passionate about the cause of the nation but also...  more...
 Anjali shahi | 09:47 | 28/Mar/2007
Friends: (741)  | Interests: diff. subject
Looking good
We all want to look good , but in our teenage due to hormonal changes , pollution , exam. stress ,often this seems virtually impossible to achieve. Nearly 80% of the teenagers get some degree of Acne (Pimple/Zits) .      Acne - combination of blackheads, whiteheads & a variety of imflamed lesions, which appears in the form of pustules , bumps or la...  more...
 chitra priya... | 13:30 | 2/Apr/2008
Friends: (415)  | City: ernakulam  | Interests: YOU CAME FROM NO ...
break your silence
 Hundred words do not give pain But a special persons silence Makes more tears in our heart …    This is a big true which I have experienced myself. I had a very special friend who was very much close to my heart we shared our feelings to each other he was really a gift for me and I loved him a lot ….. But one day every thing went wrong we fought  ...  more...
 GEETHA NC | 09:29 | 3/Aug/2007
Friends: (26)  | City: Mysore  | Interests: jokes, Programmin...
Who are they..
I rish Luck - Remember to send it back!,    I want this back. It DOES work     His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.     There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, sc...  more...
 savitha b | 12:05 | 27/Mar/2007
Friends: (3)  | City: tiptur  | Interests: browsing,music,re...
Glittering goldie
If you are a poor man, its not your fault But If your father-in-Law is a poor man, it's definitely your fault" Here is a faultless couple (Javed Miandad's son and his wife (Dawood Ibrahim's Daughter).........  more...
 Girija D | 17:20 | 19/Apr/2007
Friends: (53)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: Nature, books, music
For a Friend
 Remove these painsThese shackles that bind meSet me free and let me liveIf I must live….Was her plea The world went byAs she watchedFrom behind the cocoon That she had wrought.Fearless…without expectation,Sending out silent prayers For humanity. The cocoon soon brokeAnd out she emerged, standing alone…Bewildered by the onslaughtThe slings and the ...  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...
 sreevalsan kv | 12:50 | 2/Sep/2006
Friends: (12)  | City: kannur  | Interests: Music. painting. ...
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY NO
SAY "NO"Everyone has the right to say no, when saying yes may cause them harm. One useful technique of refusal is to affirm your own personal bill of rights. Simply state aloud to yourself in an assertive voice any of the rights which you feel apply to your personal circumstances - rights such as:• I have a right to a private life.• I have the righ...  more...
 Anita Mathew | 15:38 | 5/Apr/2007
Friends: (13)  | Interests: reading, music, t...
sale announcement
hello everyone! Good news message for all music lovers and book readers! Text books and reference books for standard 10th, 11th and 12th - MBA and MCA and books on fiction are available at half rate. Music cassettes and CDs - English, Hindi and Tamil are also available at half rate. Interested people may please get back. Good Luck!   more...
 beena john | 12:36 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (386)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: MOVIES, MUSIC, SH...
WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS ...
 An Angel says, "Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice."   1. Pray   2. Go to bed on time.   3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.   4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule or that ...  more...
 shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007
Friends: (1436)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Internet, surfing...
Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…...
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner?  If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight?  Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?  Why, when you change...  more...
 L KINI | 09:59 | 28/Mar/2008
Friends: (890)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
18 things for successful LIFE
  On the left side is the ILLUSIONARY IMAGE       18 things to make LIFE successful  1. Pursue Achievable 2. Keep Genuine Smiles 3. Share with Others 4. Help Thy Neighbors 5.Maintain a Youthful Spirit   6. Get Along with the Rich, the Poor,the Beautiful, &the Ugly 7. Keep Cool Under Pressure 8. Lighten the Atmosphere with Humor 9. Forgive the...  more...
 Seena Vincent | 08:42 | 23/May/2008
Friends: (718)  | Interests: Internet Money
Blue Chip Expert
I just joined Blue Chip Expert and wanted to invite you to join as well.Blue Chip Expert is an invitation-only career site focused on professionals with excellent qualifications.  It's confidential, completely free to join and use, and only takes a few minutes to join.  Also, every time a person you invite is hired you earn a referral fee which you...  more...
 chaitra p | 12:32 | 6/Feb/2007
Friends: (3)  | Interests: reading ,music, m...
happiness
"Happiness" thats what we all want isn't it ? but how do we get that , our mind and heart is never content And sometimes it so happens that before we enjoy what ever we have something goes wrong or some things happen which causes some disturbanceand then we  are taken over by that problem , so how can one be happy .Is there a thing called happiness...  more...
 Piyush Philip | 13:30 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (315)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Country-Music, N...
This is not a movie review !!!!
Movie watching has become a passion since the last couple of years for me.And its not just English,Hindi or Malayalam movies I watch...strangely now I seem to enjoy even Korean,German,French movies...provided there are subtitles in English.The real joy of a movie,for me,lies after the act of watching the movie...its only then that I start researchi...  more...
 Valsa Lall | 17:22 | 8/Mar/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Haryana  | Interests: Theatre; opera; m...
Monkey Business in March......?
 The merry month of March is a a week gone now, and my newfound mantra * (read last blog),  seems to have run into something of a snag..  I got smacked by a monkey!!Let me start at the begining.  I was ALL 'gung ho' with the said mantra in action.  The do-gooding ...,  followed by rewarding myself with a plethora of  FUN things... It was in this me...  more...
 JAYAN ATTAPPADI | 18:04 | 11/Apr/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: all
Strange Rituals
Strange Rituals….... WeddingAttappadi is inhabited by three ethnic tribal groups viz., Irulas,Kurumbas and Mudgas. Their weddings include many rituals andceremonies. Wedding is very common even at the age of 12 or 13. Thewedding is usually conducted in the groom's house. The groom has togive dowry to the bride's father. They give a grand feast on...  more...
 antara ghosh | 22:22 | 16/Jan/2008
Friends: (314)  | City: katihar  | Interests: love to make frie...
ANTARA IS BACK AGAIN FOR FRIENDS...
      Tax his land,Tax his wage, Tax his bed in which he lays.Tax his tractor,Tax his mule,Teach him taxes are the rule. Tax his cow,Tax his goat,Tax his pants,Tax his coat.Tax his ties, Tax his shirts,Tax his work,Tax his dirt.Tax his tobacco,Tax his drink,Tax him if he tries to think.Tax his booze,Tax his beers,If he cries,Tax his tears.Tax his b...  more...
 lakkshi pal | 21:58 | 25/Dec/2006
Friends: (5)  | Interests: reading,painting,...
      Hello everybody! i m lakkshi.this is my first post and i dunno what to write bout,so, i wud like your choice to get a meaningfull topic to write about.So, plz send me some interesting topics for my blog to start with,ok luv u all,bye!!!  more...
 jigar thakkar | 22:41 | 22/Dec/2006
Friends: (1)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: online jobs and h...
Good Earnins at home
Earn thousands of money by referring people…its easy to earn…get registered for free…only for indians…then y r u waiting for…come on..click any of the link below..   www.homepagepublicity.com/earn4free.asp?referer=246113   www.homepagepublicity.com/cash4free.asp?referer=246113   www.homepagepublicity.com/earnmoneyforfree.asp?referer= 246113    more...
 Arpit Agrawal | 20:12 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (97)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Listening music ,...
Nice Experince
Hey Friends, Long time since I scribbled something here. Was way too busy with my own office chores but I regularly used to visit most of ur blogs and commented to them too frequently.  Well , had a real nice experience abt 10 days back. The main power supply of our office had some problem that day and somehow huge flames of fire started coming out...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:25 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (517)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
The most important relationship you can ...
One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleague...  more...
 sura gennie | 17:51 | 17/Nov/2006
Friends: (4)  | Interests: shopping,chating,...
                 love is not only blind            but also mad            that is why still i am in love with you.  more...
 Anjana Sistla | 09:51 | 14/Dec/2006
Friends: (8)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
How do we decide when it is time to let go? How do we know whether to hold on or move ahead? I see people all around me. Too scared to leave, too confused to stay. Trying to find answers to questions that are meaningless. Trying to reach out to people who don't care about them.Waiting for answers that will never come. And in the process cutting the...  more...
 rekha chandr... | 02:34 | 22/Jan/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Writing articles.
Green Peace
Hi!I just want to say, if you love "GREAT WHALES", then please forward this link to people you know.Ask your friends to cut and paste this link - events.rediffiland.com  ( in the URL or http:// area)Green Peace people protect them and I want to atleast create awareness of their amendable work. I can"t imagine not knowing what a great whale looks l...  more...
 PGR NAIR | 17:57 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (171)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Literature, Cinem...
POETRY OF PONGE
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...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1464)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 vidhya vp | 18:50 | 12/Dec/2006
Friends: (10)  | City: calicut  | Interests: films,religion,fr...
A Sweet Remembrance
A Sweet Remembrance The 3rd death of anniversary of our beloved English professor Mr.Terence Jacob is on 13th December.His presence was a comfort zone for all my classmates and teachers too.He was very much polite, friendly towards us and showed his love towards us through his words. he helped me to a great extent in improving my English.He taught ...  more...
 silver sky | 14:53 | 3/Mar/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: Gandhidham  | Interests: love, chatting, t...
money and love
log on to this site and get MONEY & LOVE of your choice www.money4funds.org   www.gift4lovers.org  more...
 srk institute | 12:03 | 1/Jan/2007
Friends: (77)  | City: Gandhidham  | Interests: Spreading EDUCATI...
Domain for sale reliancefresh.mobi
Hello Domain for sale : - since long i was busy in purchasing some domains and i am lucky to get this one.. www.reliancefresh.mobi any one who is interested in purchasing this domain can directly contact me or mail me at sky.silver1@gmail.com . you might get richer buy purchasing this one ............bid your amount  more...
 soumitra nag | 22:06 | 30/Aug/2007
Friends: (62)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry,to watch n...
Hi-friends
Hi friends , I am very happy to be back again to my friends in rediffiland . I am very sorry for the long absence . I was busy attending some friends called by my old friend ‘Parkinson’s disease’ . I had a good understanding with my old friend though my friend was not so friendly all the time . This time I had to host some friends called by the med...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:24 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (382)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
Not know shit from shinola
Frozy! (my country cousin from Cherpallacherry), you inspired this post. “Sir, you certainly are a shining wit”. I am sure you noticed the spoonerism. (Do forgive me, this is just in jest).  Your post “ Loose Motion” had me in splits. And coincidentally I was reading this book, “ Eats, shites and leaves”. The author is A Parody, and his book a paro...  more...
 Shilpa srini... | 09:42 | 11/Dec/2006
Friends: (1)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: blogging, reading...
after a long time
blogging after a very long time.. work was really very hectic.. well, I sometime wonder how ppl get time to blog so regularly.. well, sometimes i think its all that passion that they have... :)I thnk i am blogging after a long time, almost after a month..its really very strange.... that I dont have time to scribe.. anything.. Rather, I should say, ...  more...
 shyama menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008
Friends: (590)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Finding the real ...
Sree-Bhajji and a few reactions...
The mallus today are a confused lot! The men in particular are perplexed, dumbfounded even to see their poster boy of aggression, Sreesanth, weep like a baby on the IPL ground. I suspect some of them feel exposed ...a little emasculated collectively, maybe. Now don’t kill me guys I’m nothing but an observer! :D Is this the real macho mallu? A sobbi...  more...
 NIVEDITA BAN... | 09:14 | 30/Oct/2006
Friends: (8)  | City: BHAGALPUR  | Interests: music
hello... this is nivedita... a music lover...come join my iland... u r welcome  more...
 Rachit Arora | 12:39 | 18/Dec/2006
Friends: (24)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Rock & Grass.... ...
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Many a time people come in to our lives… some leave untraced…some leave behind everlasting impressions… and then there are some who become an inseparable part of our lives. The last category of people is called friends and the beautiful and wondrous relationship we share with them is called “friendship”. The beauty of this word has been time and ag...  more...
 shruti balemane | 16:24 | 28/Nov/2006
Friends: (33)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: singing,reading b...
FRIENDSHIP OR LOVE ?
            HAI FRIENDS.....                  WHEN FRRIENDS BECOME LOVERS...THEY CAN NOT REMAIN AS A GOOD FRIENDS... AS THEY WERE... THEN WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER... FRIENDSHIP... OR  LOVE....  more...
 ananthalaksh... | 21:46 | 21/Oct/2006
Friends: (8)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: old tamil songs o...
deepavali
tup...,,dum.....doom go the deepavali  crackers. the city is smiling.....happy as she can be......i too am happy.....in my new pattu sari,  a gift for dpali .....i wonder why this 8 ft cloth gives so much of happiness?   to all my friends a very happy and properous dpali alr  more...
 Veena Jayaraman | 12:14 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (152)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, Music, c...
A Tale of two cities
Am presently enjoying my maternity break at my in-laws place back at Jamshedpur, the steel city. Frankly loving the attention, loving being overfed ( appetite seems to be an unending saga), but just detesting the "much bigger me" and have resolved to get back to my original size at least a month after the delivery.One thing that I am enjoying the m...  more...
 steve thomas | 19:17 | 10/Aug/2006
Friends: (81)  | City: Kottayam  | Interests: music,reading,bro...
Volcanic Eruptions
Eruptions Mayon Volcano overlooking Legazpi AirportMayon is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Matutum, Musuan, Mount Parker, Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, ...  more...
 Saurin Parikh | 14:59 | 2/May/2008
Friends: (127)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Sunrise & Sunset ...
Tashan Ve
It was a good thing that Tashan didn’t release in multiplexes. A hell of a lot of money was saved with cinema goers not having to fork out 150 bucks per ticket.Single-screen theatres were expected to do good business thanks to the movie not releasing in multiplexes, but with lacklustre reviews coming in from all corners, no one really went to a sin...  more...
 Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008
Friends: (656)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: Life