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 18:52 | 13/Jun/2008 |
| OFF MY HEAD GOES TO PANJABNOW | |
| I am very thankful to all my rediff iland friends for their constant love. My weekly column- OFF MY HEAD- which appeared for a long time on rediff iland, can be read in Sunday Plus of Panjab Now which is the first online English-langiage daily of Panjab. All my frriends can log onto www.panjabnow.com which I am editing as well.with Best Regard...
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| 11:33 | 23/Sep/2007 |
| Off My Head- Vinashkale Vipreet Budhe | |
| There is a small but very significant saying in Sanskrit. Vinashkale Vipreet budhe. Meaning that when one's end is near, his mind or the power of thinking takes a U turn. Ravana was almost invincible , very much like our current rulers, an interseting amalgamation of corrupt Congress men and the lethargic comrades. In spite of his havin...
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| 19:08 | 17/Sep/2007 |
| More on Ram Setu | |
| My dear friend hakotiankar has rightly pointed out that the whole controversy over ram Setu had been deliberatel;y engineered. Dear Friends, whoever wanted to raise the controversy was or were merely testing the waters. The ultimate goal of these people is to destroy India. We must realise this that a country cannot be finished without finishin...
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| 11:32 | 16/Sep/2007 |
| Off My Head- A marvel of engineering, th... | |
| Swami Budh Puri Ji, founder of Shabad Surat Sangam Ashram at Mallke village in Moga district of panjab is not an ordinary saint who is only versed in religious scriptures. Before taking Sanyasa , he was a professor at Engineering College, Allahabad. He also heads Dera Harisar at Kilaraipur, also in Panjab, which was founded by none other than ...
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| 11:12 | 9/Sep/2007 |
| Off My Head- The life and times of Lotu... | |
| Hi dear Readers, I have been contempltaing on this for a long long time now. Now I have decided to do it. Wrting the biography of Lotus. Lotus ? Who? Which? Well, this is not the real name of the character. But given by me. A man who lives in an ocean of corruption but still maintains a distance from corrupt practices around him is like a Lotus t...
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| 10:07 | 2/Sep/2007 |
| Off My Head-The Taliban threat | |
| Due to some technological fault in the computer last sunday, the column could not be posted properly. Sorry for that. Hope u guys understand. In one of my recent columns, I had expressed concerns that the talibans might enter India to find a new footing. Well, they seem to have done that much sooner than expected. Last week, I had tried to decrib...
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| 10:24 | 12/Aug/2007 |
| Off My Head-Bush, the modern day Angulim... | |
| Demons, the rakshasas, have been trotting this planet from day one. Their favourite pastime, in the ages gone by, was to enter the jungles and chase away the meditating sadhus and mahatmas. Both Lord Rama and Lakshman, in their early childhood, chased them away from their gurukul with the help of their pointed arrows. In the times of Lord ...
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| 10:34 | 5/Aug/2007 |
| OFF MY HEAD- Will Taliban enter india.? | |
| Will taliban enter India? What a silly question, you may ask. but hark. Since the Taliban is under heavy artillery fire in Waziristan, bordering Afhganistan, some of their top leaders might make an attempt to sneak into kashmir and carry out their organisational work from there. There is no dearth of Taliban sympathisers in india. Almos...
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| 10:22 | 29/Jul/2007 |
| Off My Head-Mahatma and the condom | |
| Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, being a Libran, had a fondness for women in his heydays. In London, he wined , dined and danced with his English girl friends. After returning to India, he donned the mantle of a Mahatma. He trained himself to control his sex drive. A pre-requisite for being a Mahatma. And he taight the same to his fo...
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| RAGHUPAT | 08:23 | 12/Jun/2008 |
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| SMS COLLECTION PART 2 |
| hi pals, how are you thankx for your reply.to my last post now with new ones i am back.what is wrong in earning while on net for paying nothing. just visit and earn money.click:: http://raghupat.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/05/30/earn-i n-internet.htmlSMS Collection Part 2. read and enjoy.HAVE PATIENCE TO READ THEM AS I HAVENT EDITED THEM-----------ST...
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| sohamswami | 14:01 | 13/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (744)
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| A CHICKEN SOUP FOR YOUR SOUL |
| THIS IS FOR MY ALL I LANDER FRIENDS.YOU CAN BECOME AN AUTHOR AND BE A PART OF A LEGEND CALLED THE CHICKEN SOUP.GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MARK.I SHALL BE PROUD OF YOU.ADVANCE CONGRATUALTIONS---.PLEASE READ BELOW----This is Raksha Bharadia. I am an author. My debut book 'ME' - a handbook for Life (Rupa & Co) is on the shelf. The next book Roots and Wings -...
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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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| ranjit singh | 16:57 | 11/Jun/2008 |
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| What we possess? |
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| [Photo: by Shri R.R.Fuliya]----------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- Dear Ilander Friends, Here is a very inspiring quotation: to understand the importance of what we presently have. Let’s ponder over it . --Ranjit****************...
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| kartik shriv... | 18:09 | 9/Mar/2008 |
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| Salam Bhopal.............. |
| Dec. 2-3, 1984-The Bhopal Gas Tragedy........One Of The Biggest Disasters in the World in Which More Than 20,000 People Were Killed and More Than 170,000 Were SEVERELYAFFECTED........It Has Been 23 Years Since Then But the Effect of thatDisaster is Still Continuing.......Here are Few Lines Dedicated to AllWho Were Affected by This Disaster...........
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| silent preacher | 18:22 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| 'Love' and 'Pain': The two sides of the ... |
| It took me time to understand this simple but yet so complicated word called “emotion”. And this what I understood about ‘love’ and ‘pain’. Love and pain are nothing but the two sides of the same coin called emotion.People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's b...
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| Noanee Kapadia | 22:37 | 7/May/2008 |
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| paraplegic soldiers |
| I am trying to help Paraplegic soldiers at the Paraplegic centre in Khadki,Pune.These are the soldiers who recieved the bullets in defending us and are now have to live life on wheel chair.I got a response from Nitin Rane and with his efforts these soldiers are getting trained by Satyam Foundation .I am really overwelmed with joy , and more so...
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| Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| Contemporary Indian Art from Raja Ravi V... |
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| This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its roots in myriad folk styles and traditions and has also fed on the social and political ethos of not only India but also of the world...
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| reet malhotra | 01:16 | 9/Sep/2007 |
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| Forgiveness |
| I wonder sitting in my room, what went wrong? Did i not love him enough or was his love to weak?If he didnot ove me anymore , why did not he tell me?Why was i to know this from his Girlfriend?He still loved me is all i thought all thewhile.... so did his girlfriend think/ none of us were aware of the existence of the other...........then, he told o...
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| Somnath Das | 19:30 | 9/Dec/2007 |
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| JUST 4 ALL |
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| NEW BABY BORN . PLS. DO VISIT FOR : ON/OFF LINE WORKs / JOBs, ASIA’S NO. 1 MLM BUSINESS, FREE GIFT , FREE DOWNLOADING, GAMEs, MUSIC, YOGA & MANY MORE. INCLUDING THIS YOU CAN SEARCH WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM GOOGLE SEARCH. LINK : http://just4all.50webs.com
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| Naughty Trav... | 15:54 | 7/May/2008 |
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| Food for Thought |
| Food For ThoughtDear Friends, This piece of writing has been contributed by a dear friend from Bangalore. I was chatting with her this morning when she asked me to read one of her articles and give my opinion. After I read it, I was so touched that I requested her to allow me to post this on my ILand. Very graciously, she agreed and here it is for...
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| Current Boll... | 18:20 | 24/Apr/2008 |
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| How Kareena Kapoor toiled for 'Tashan'! |
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| For the first time in her acting career Kareena Kapoor had to train for eight to nine months for her role in a movie.And that movie is Yashraj Films presentation Tashan which is set to hit the theatres on coming Friday.The film has Kareena in a full-on action role for the first time. Before the shooting began, producer Aditya Chopra , director Vija...
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| Make Money | 09:12 | 15/Mar/2008 |
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| Free Calls to India |
| Free Calls to IndiaA good news for all NRIs (Non Resident Indians) who are looking for free VoIPcalls to India. Rebtel is offering free VoIP calls to India on everytime you call. Registration is free and easy. Try this one. I haveopened this site today but remember to visit my blog everyday because Iwill keep it updated with new softwares to call f...
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| simmer luthra | 10:49 | 25/Aug/2007 |
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| hurray!!!!!!!!!!its party time |
| hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii alll!!!!!!!!!!...........uppl might b thnkng dat wat happened 2 her...............but wat i shud do........i feel like screaming...shouting........dancing.......flying....... ..singing........at the peak of ma voice...............m happy;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;now me thnk i shud tell u all why am i happy..........but 1st u ppl ...
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| ramnath rajaram | 22:51 | 12/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (1706)
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| The King's lesson on charity |
| The King"s lesson on charityTale to Understand the Importance of Absence of Niggardliness in One"s Life!A person was advised by a holy man to gift a vegetable a day and told that he would attain great merit by doing so. The poor man strictly followed the advice. After death, he was reborn in a royal family and grew up to become a king. He was able ...
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| Anitha kaveri | 11:55 | 11/Jun/2008 |
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| Okie..so here goes!!!! M back..dun noe if I'm ready to be back...well, we dun always do things we r ready for..ryt??so why now...??coz I didn't have anything better to do,,,,he he.Ok...chit chat must rest for the being, I'm here to share a new poem...new as in..well,may be 4 3 months old..still..new...ryt...We had a topic to write poem on..and it ...
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| KS Ramanathan | 17:59 | 5/Jul/2007 |
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| Mental Arithmetic Program using abacus |
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| Here is a Golden opportunity for the schools to start this internationally acclaimed Mental Airthmeitc Program using abacus as part of the curriculum in their schools with thier own trained teachers for just Rs.20/- per monthBrain Power Academy (BPA) has pioneered the concept of school-based Abacus educationBPA MAP is a partnership program with the...
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| charu dutta | 12:56 | 21/Aug/2007 |
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| Accha hai................... |
| achha hai............................ kuchh cheeze na mile to hi accha haipa kar jee bhar jayeusse to tarapna accha hai.................. yaadon ko teri seene se lagayerakhna accha hairoz milkar jee behalane se tokwabon me tere aagosh me samana accha hai tujhe pa kar bhi na pana acha haina rahe teri kadra in aankho koisse to hasraton ka afsana acc...
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| News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007 |
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| please income |
| SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...
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| cute guy | 17:02 | 1/Feb/2008 |
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| ittssssss luv |
| Immoral DesireI Know I Can't Have You,I Know It Is Impossible,Yet The Smile On Your Lips,Makes Me Wicked.I Look At You Once Again And Burn With Desire,I Want To Scream At The Top Of My Voice ThatI Want You,I Need You,I Lust You.I Know You Lust for Me Too, Yet You Resist,Your Morals Restrain You,Forget Them My Love,Live With Me Today,The World Cou...
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| Zulfi | 11:02 | 7/Dec/2007 |
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| Hi Shabie |
| Hi Shabie, Nice of you to comment on my blog on Ramzan. I think we should carry on with the spirit of Love throughout the year. Why reserve only one month for the pious thing called LOVE. I congratulate you for responding. Wish you and all my friends on rediffiland a VERY Very happy New year. Closing with Love Yours truly ZULFI
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| fun time | 07:21 | 18/May/2007 |
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| Of Movies |
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| Finally, I got to see the movie, Raincoat.Yes, I know, it's been ages since it was released.I loved it for it's simple theme(yeah,I know,its the Indian version of 'The gift of Magi'.Ash, I feel, has done a real good job and close to natural acting.The others in the list were-Delhi Heights,Provoked.'Provoked' too is a movie worth watching.Having kno...
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| S M | 22:48 | 20/May/2008 |
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| लेट्स ... |
| हे आई जस्ट सॉ दीस हिन्दी लेन्गुवे ;जि ओपशोन्न ओन दीस बोलोगु | ड&...
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| himadri sen | 11:08 | 7/Dec/2007 |
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| PANGS |
| Silent on a solitary nightWatch how the candle flame diesShadow grows , its contour fadesDarkness everywhere and a dream diesTears of weekness may roll on groundThe Poison in vein suffocates - Moses!Talon of failure lacerates-And darkness, easy to hide woundsOutside, sky full of stars deceiveThe world ignorant choose to sleepMy empty soul cries of ...
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| Ram Setu | 13:06 | 25/Apr/2007 |
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| 1,750,000 years old Ram Setu Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam´s Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.The bridge´s unique curvature and composition by age reveals that it is man made. The legends as w...
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| cool kate | 13:48 | 10/Apr/2008 |
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| To my daughter |
| My PrincessYour eyes sparkle like the stars at night;Your smile so wide and beautiful enough to make anyone’s heart melt,Your laughter is my medicine,So young and pure as innocent as can be,Dependant totally on me,I embrace your dependency with all my heart and give you all I can and more,Not a single worry or fear in your mind;You give me so much ...
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| Trans Persona | 09:39 | 19/Jul/2007 |
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| City: Heaven on Earth.
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| Dor.... |
| Finally I Watched Dor.I never realised it was such a masterpiece till I watched it.The plot, characterisation and thetheme are just awesome. But, it"s for those who look at a movie as a piece of art.The music is simply soul-stirring and I cannot help but be moved by the number "Ye Hosla".It"s just inspiring and touching.Ayesha Thakia and Gul panag ...
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| ramesh kilukilu | 09:37 | 25/Apr/2007 |
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| i am out |
| dear blog friends, i am out of station for a week. therefore i may not able to access the net. i feel sorry that i will miss all ur inspiring thoughts. ramesh kilukilu....................
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| Akhilesh Mathur | 12:24 | 30/Oct/2006 |
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| Early morning at Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra. Beautiful place I must say!
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| Nanded Reporter | 20:38 | 20/Apr/2007 |
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| Sabeer Ki Arzoo |
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| ~ : `Arzoo' :~Sabeer B hatia has relaunched A rzoo.Arzoo.com is a one-stop travel shop and is re-launched with vision, ‘To be your preferred travel partner for India’. It caters to different consumer segments including families planning for vacations, business travelers and individuals.Arzoo.com offers its customers the ability to book domestic and...
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| Annonymous | 12:45 | 15/Aug/2007 |
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| Commemorating 60 years of Independence - Jai Hind and my one year in iland :) Love, anoop.
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| Prudent Indian | 21:57 | 8/May/2008 |
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| My Last Post . |
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| Updated, on May,22nd,2008 @ 9.31PM ‘All Sikhs’ were ‘Murderers of Indira Gandhi’. Hence, 1984 is justified, implies Arjun Singh? May 22, 2008 by theprudentindian UPDATED, on May 14th, 2008 @ 12.03 PMDear ilanders, I am updating my last post in the wake of ‘serial bomb blasts’ in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan. More than a Post, following u...
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| Tara | 08:00 | 11/Jun/2008 |
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| Sarkar Raj And 3:10 to Yuma |
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| Sarkar Raj And 3:10 to Yuma: One of my co-worker, who also has become a dear friend and brother, rushed to me on Friday afternoon and said “Sarkar Raj has got rave reviews….lets go Di…lets book the tickets online lest we reach theatre and the show is sold out”. He was so excited and jumbing up and down that it kinda rubbed off on me as well. So w...
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| Madhavan PK | 14:28 | 27/May/2008 |
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| Meditatio |
| When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogsI am compelled to concludeThat man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious habits of manI confess, my friend, I am puzzled. Ezra Pound’s Meditatio got it right. Do take a look at the cute innocence of the little pup on my dream space. He is named Flame, a Golden Retriever. He barks at ...
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| Chanakya | 11:02 | 18/Apr/2007 |
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| Punjab Airways Flight |
| Gud marning, Ladies and Gen'lemen. P'rajee aur Behnjee. Sat Sri Akal. On behalf of Captaan Balbir Singh 'Bobby', this is your Flight Supervisor Banta Singh "Bunty" welcoming to you on the P'njaab Airways flight no. 9211 (Nau Do Gyaraah) to Ludhiana.We apalogize for the two-day delay in taking off, b'cause the sun was not shining brightly in the fog...
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| Shailendra D... | 12:14 | 17/Apr/2007 |
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| Life , you are very big I am very small I am in your hands And you are completely beyond my reach You are the master I am the follower I cannot question your movement What happens happens , I can not control any event Strange life I am your toy You made me You will break me I cannot complain Whatever you have given to me Is my treasure
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| Muskan M.C.N | 10:31 | 24/Jan/2008 |
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| Why Some men wear ear rings |
| I have often wondered how this trend got started, I now have the answer.A man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring. This man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense."The man walks up to him and says, "I didn't know you were into earring...
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| naina chopra | 23:32 | 6/Jun/2008 |
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| Friendship |
| Friendship is unnecessary, like Philosophy,like art.......... It has no survival value;rather it is one of those things That give value to survival.
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