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 03:10 | 27/Aug/2008
The (lost) voice of India
It all began whilst flipping through the various TV channels on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I dropped anchor at a news channel I hadn’t seen in years...The national news showing a certain woman speaking in an inset and another one speaking with her hands. I smiled, giggled, laughed, cracked every idiotic morose joke I could think of, and finally set ... more...
 03:10 | 16/May/2008
Tom Riddle
Ijust cant write now-a-days.Its tough to put the thoughts on paper.I was readinga book but couldnt read more than five pages again and again.I tried to write abook instead.I did better.I wrote ten pages.Then i gave up.Life seems to movein 10 second ads.The movie has just begun...   “ What do people do when they dont know what to do?” I stareout of ... more...
 01:31 | 31/Mar/2008
This years fall...
I spend a whole,terribly hot day working (that too without the luxury of an A-C) and board a train back home.(Not even the luxury of a car). I switch the music on (Cellphones are no longer a luxury) and submerge into the Alter Bridge’s ,Duncan Sheik’s n Pink Floyd’s to dissociate myself from the pain n stink of the evenings ride.I fortunately reach... more...
 20:40 | 28/Nov/2007
Matrimonial Blues
  "Hello...""Hi buddy.Wassup?""First congratulate me...""What for? Gotta a pay hike?""I got engaged man..."         ...i got engaged man... i got engaged man...( Its an echo for dramatic effect)I couldnt believe my ears.The words kept ringing like a pathetic free ringtone one downloads when half drunk."Whats the big deal?" i kept questioning myself... more...
 19:47 | 23/Nov/2007
Tag Post: Light an eye : Eye Eye...
It was certainly a very late night. 1:30 and i was still working in the wards coz i didnt wanna get fired at the rounds next morning. I went through my pocket diary and ticked most of the scribbled one liners.My mind began to calculate the amount of sleep i'd be getting that night. 'If i work for another half an hour,i wouldnt have to skip breakfas... more...
 18:39 | 14/Sep/2007
Bewitched
Wow...I"m Colourful.Thanks AJ for renovating.(Always praise this guy atleast once in ur blog.You never know u might land up on the front page or as a special feature)[The above remark is not personal.AJ has added sparkle to the iland n obviously improved it a lot.I apologise if its hurt him.I'd rather do that than edit the blog itself! Sorry AJ]I k... more...
 23:48 | 30/Jun/2007
Rainman
  I woke up with the sound of lightening.It was pitch dark outside n I could hear the rain too, ferocious as ever.I had a look at the watch on the opposite wall through the dim lights… 4:30.The sky rumbled again.6:00. Another rumbling at 7:00.Only this time it was mom.I woke up,rubbed my eyes n looked outside.It was a heavy downpour.I waited for mo... more...
 23:16 | 12/May/2007
Four weddings and a funeral.
  The last few days were quite busy. It was raining weddings in the scorching heat and I had to attend all weddings possible; the first being the most insignificant, and the last, the most important.  I have been awarded a certificate of appreciation by my mom for not being able to pack my bags in time.(har baar gaali khana padta hain).This time,t’... more...
 03:01 | 27/Apr/2007
Straight Drive
I had a day off.But so did pa's driver.I volunteered to drive him all the way to his townside office.Now,mind you,it's as far as an hours drive on a lucky day,an hour and a half's on a normal day,and a two day long one on the 26th of july.N I'm not one of those who'd wake up early when there's nothin to do.But then,I had my own selfish reason to dr... more...
 23:49 | 7/Apr/2007
Game on...
"You're alright?" I kept asking him."I tweaked something in my left knee.Ahh... i cant move it.It hurts..."I let him lie down on the field and examined the knee.My brother was wincing in agony.Everybody gathered around him... even the 12 yr old kid who'd tripped him unintentionally."We'll have to carry him off.He's not gonna walk for sure." I said,... more...
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 beena john | 20:54 | 24/Aug/2008
Friends: (496)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: MOVIES, MUSIC, SH...
S m iiiii L e
Once in America a plane crashed, only a monkey who was traveling in the plane was left alive. Fortunately the monkey was intelligent enough to understand our language and reply in actions. The officials went to see the monkey in the hospital and had a talk with the monkey.  Officer: "When the plane took off what were the travelers doing?"  Monkey: ...  more...
 SHWETA SINGH | 20:32 | 22/Aug/2008
Friends: (83)  | City: Gwalior  | Interests: Hell.......Pure H...
How to be a Famous Writer...
How to be a Famous Writer…A charity blog to guide you all how to become a famous writer (I didn’t write “great” because that would be an insult to many). There are certain points to be kept in mind while one aspires to be a writer. Points are discussed below (courtesy: a book and a blog I recently happened to read. Book was rubbish and Blog was wor...  more...
 Mahesh Kuchi... | 21:46 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (26)  | City: Pune  | Interests: You read my blogs...
Waiting for 090808
I am very much excited. Finally the day of my journey to home is just one day ahead.  Am eagerly looking forward to join my family.  would to like share some of my experiences in last few days.  Some are really touching..Residence INN provides evening snacks (dinner) till 7.00 PM on three days.  I  was just late for this on wednesday and they were ...  more...
 raj phad | 13:10 | 28/Jul/2008
Friends: (141)  | City: Pune  | Interests: music literature....
no words
no words................................... ..., my heart is crying for the innocent people ,those who are injured or dead in current bomb blast series  for those  sufferers who  are not at all concerned .  the fight for existance{?} continue within the masses, communities, and then u and me. when it is going to stop?    more...
 shirin grover | 14:51 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (131)  | 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...
 Dr.Anil Verma | 18:33 | 21/Aug/2008
Friends: (823)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: wrighting, readin...
ADWANI KI AMARNATH YATRA KI TAYAARI
आडवाणì 8; जी की अमरनाê 1; यात्रì 6; की घोसणा RATH YATRA DECLAIRED BY ADWAANIजब लिया था राम नाम क...  more...
 Renu Ayyar | 16:13 | 12/Aug/2008
Friends: (61)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Putting down my t...
Adieu..
 Dear iLanders, Sometimes, in life priorities change…what matters the most to you become secondary or perhaps redundant!‘Normal’ becomes boring, mundane and very off-beat!!! And as always,’ Change’ becomes the only constant in our lives….!!!! All of us understand that excess of anything is always bad, injurious & harmful to health. Yet, we commit t...  more...
 Rajdeep Mander | 18:27 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (3)  | City: England, UK  | Interests: Music, friends, f...
Graduated! but a difficult journey ahead...
Yup I have graduated from uni with an Law degree and although I wished I had got better results, I'm still glad I passed! The thing I was most shocked about getting our results this week, is that some of the really intelligient people who always get the top marks didn't do so well and a couple even failed to get a degree!! I really felt for those w...  more...
 RAGHUPAT | 22:18 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (148)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
where there is love
~ Where There Is Love ~Where there is lovethe heart is lightwhere there is lovethe day is brightWhere there is lovethere is laughteras that of childrenin the joy of being togetherWhere there is lovethere is a songto right things thathave gone wrongWhere there is lovethere always a smileto get you through a daywhich makes all things worthwhileWhere ...  more...
 sweety | 16:09 | 27/Aug/2008
Friends: (111)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music poetry
hello.....continuing from my last post...the rains have stopped ....standing in my window i can see the clear sky..creaping of birds...soft cold winds brushing against my face...my lovely locks flying freely as if not been combed for years......its 6 o clock in the morning....the sun is ready to resume his duty....with a glass of hot south indian f...  more...
 J G | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008
Friends: (544)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, Music, K...
Have you Ever?Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.I didn’t know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for...  more...
 Ashish Mathew | 13:51 | 26/Aug/2007
Friends: (3)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music, Photograph...
Nokia batteries
Recently, we have been hearing a lot abt bomb blasts. Many are thinking very hard of how abt to bomb the whole of Pakistan so that we can have a new desert around in Asia. Dont worry, Nokia has brought a solution to ur problem. There is absolutely no worry of getting caught in the act of bombing. Blame it all on Nokia and go to sleep with the Pak a...  more...
 Ramesh Singh | 12:13 | 1/Jan/2008
Friends: (185)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Writing, Music, M...
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
Welcome 2008..another year passed by and if you look back u recall the 1st of Jan'07, that too was a new year ...you made resolutions that u remembered till the very first month of year and as the time went by your commitment to your resolution weakened ... and then it vanished from your memory bank. yet another day has arrived to make resolutions ...  more...
 chaitali rai | 10:54 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (638)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
RELATIONSHIP
Quite interesting story. Check it out. I received it from a friend.My husband is an Engineer by profession, I love him for his steady nature, and I love the warm feeling when I lean against his broad shoulders. Three years of courtship and now, two years into marriage, I would have to admit, that I am getting tired of it. The reasons of me loving h...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 07:22 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (1403)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Attitude
Harvard and Stanford Universities have reported that 85% the reason a person gets a job and gets ahead in that job is due to attitude; and only 15% is because of technical or specific skills. Interesting, isn’t it?  How much money you spent on your education? And how much you spent on building your positive attitude? That hurts.Now here is an int...  more...
 Hidden Aura | 05:02 | 24/Jun/2007
Friends: (81)  | City: Iland  | Interests: Music,reading,num...
The first lesson I learnt !!!
For the past few weeks I's busy with my hectic schedule ,though found some time to read the blogs of friends,didn't find time to post something new.--*********************************************--Wh ile returing to hometoday to my room saw something that reminded me my childhood days. A young kid used some abusive language and immediately chased up...  more...
 Karuna sanghvi | 15:50 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (114)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, browsing...
Rules For Managers
Rules For Managers 1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.2. If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps. Even better, hover behind me, and advise me at every keystroke.3. Always leave without tellin...  more...
 Current Boll... | 18:20 | 24/Apr/2008
Friends: (436)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: blogging,making f...
How Kareena Kapoor toiled for 'Tashan'!
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...  more...
 ramnath rajaram | 14:49 | 26/Aug/2008
Friends: (1750)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
TRYING TO BE HAPPY
TRYING TO BE HAPPYYesterday When I was trying to be happyI loved those who love meI respected those who respect meI smiled at those who smiled at meI helped those who help meI hated those who hate meBut I was sad and bad, andI was called selfishTodayWhen I sit alone in the nightThe glittering stars fromThe clear blue skyStared at me and smiled at m...  more...
 ashutosh upa... | 12:40 | 24/Sep/2007
Friends: (117)  | City: Mirzapur  | Interests: Reading, watching...
Today's Quote
Don't Just Quote It. Read It.  more...
 Beyond Horizon | 17:02 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (123)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading, music, s...
Flight
When I first read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, I did not really understand its depth... it was like one of those which had a lovely mellifluous style of writing that makes you feel freah and one with nature. I read it a second time a  year back and then realised the joy the book transmitted to your soul... it was like ... like... the flight being t...  more...
 shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007
Friends: (1446)  | 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: (906)  | 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...
 amishi bharty | 09:19 | 27/Dec/2007
Friends: (31)  | City: Goa  | Interests: reading,singing,d...
finally.. m back!!!
So finally m back... ages since i wrote my last blog. Recently i ran into one of my best friends.. just like other days.. v had our usual round of gossip After sometime, the conversation took a serious turn and she asked me.. "amishi, what is the most important thing in a relationship?". I thought for a while and i said, "feelings?!". She replied, ...  more...
 Namrata Hari... | 10:20 | 6/Mar/2008
Friends: (468)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: JILL OF ALL TRADE...
Good For Nothing
                                        GOOD FOR NOTHING-15              That was an unusual quiet day in terms of workload.I was on night duty with ‘my’ staff busy in their respective duties. I had a rather unwritten agreement with the hospital management to provide me with my chosen set of nurses, ward boys and other paramedics during my night du...  more...
 Mainak Mazumder | 12:55 | 10/Aug/2008
Friends: (666)  | City: GREEN PLANET  | Interests: Disaster Manageme...
Lord Krishna is ready for us; Meet your ...
Religion is for those who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for those who have already been there. – Bonnie Raltt"I would believe in a God who could dance", said German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. During his time, God was generally portrayed as a frozen perfection, remote, static, and wholly unsociable. No wonder he was disillusioned b...  more...
 PRIYABRATA M... | 10:38 | 13/Aug/2007
Friends: (83)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Surfing Net & Enj...
Aluminium India 2008
The Indian market for Aluminium is booming and is forecasting furthergrowth in coming years. With Indian producers expanding theircapacities, new players entering and the current increasing demand forhigh quality products the Indian industry is gearing up to adopt stateof the art technology & latest equipments to meet qualitychallenges. Alcastek & ...  more...
 black dronser | 11:17 | 18/Oct/2006
Friends: (233)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: programing ,sport...
best wishes
Khushi bhi doston se haiGam bhi doston se haiTakraar bhi doston se haiPyar bhi doston se haiRoothna bhi doston se haiManana bhi doston se haiBaat bhi doston se haiMisaal bhi doston se haiNasha bhi doston se haiShaam bhi doston se haiZindagi ki shuruvaat bhi doston se haiZindagi main mulakaat bhi doston se haiMohabbat bhi doston se haiInaayat bhi do...  more...
 Angel Eyez | 12:39 | 18/Apr/2007
Friends: (99)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: POETRY n MUSIC
To my alarm clock
Every morning I lie there innocently sleepingWhen the peace is ruptured by a horrible beeping.My serenity ripped asunder, sudden and drasticBy this evil, demonic, red-eyed piece of plastic.I roll over in pain and pound on the snooze,Groaning, moaning, thinking 'What's there to lose?''Don't make me get up, just nine minutes more.'The same thing I've...  more...
 namrata sriv... | 20:58 | 11/Aug/2007
Friends: (47)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: My interests lies...
errrrrrrr!!
mein zinda hun...lolz!!     sorry fer the absence...will be back soon!!   if anyone still care to read my stuff! ;)   ciao!  more...
 rajesh vora | 17:09 | 10/Jun/2008
Friends: (43)  | City: in the middle of no man's land  | Interests: ICICI - 9% ...
Artificial Intelligence
 TheYear : 2020 AD Iam a 30-something old guy. (yes, I will be 30 then too and I will be 30 in 2030and thereafter too….). Coming back to the year 2020, a lot has changed in thisworld. Web 2.0 has become passé. The world has advanced much more than whatpeople had envisaged in the year 2008. Internet too has evolved so much thatbroadband, wi fi, wi m...  more...
 gaurav atri | 16:05 | 13/Apr/2007
Friends: (267)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Art, History, Rea...
Photos
Its not a laughing matter, after all we are standing at the highest point in Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra).  more...
 SmartMind Fr... | 19:17 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (76)  | Interests: writing!!..sleepi...
Those Wrong times in Life...
Whenever I feel my life is taking the right turn.......Things go wrong!Wherever I feel my life is gonna blossom........All the flowers wilt!Whenever I feel that I am gonna smile..........The curve turns upside down! Whenever I feel that god is with me....... .......I can see only  my shadow! Whenever I decide that ‘I will’… ......It turns into ‘I M...  more...
 JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (860)  | City: Ever heard of Nadir ?  | Interests: blogging ...and t...
Sleepless in ......
I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...  more...
 warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008
Friends: (138)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books,music,movie...
JUST A GRAIN OF SAND
As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...  more...
 Chethna Shenoy | 11:18 | 21/Feb/2007
Friends: (163)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Watching movies. ...
Mera Dil
Raah mein kaante bichein,par nahi rukta yeh dil,pair cheel jayein sahi, par nahi jukta yeh dil|Ghaav khakaar bhi use,Aaage badana jo pasand hai|Raah mein nadiyan milein,ya mile sagar sahi,is dil mein hai hosala, ki par kar jaye vahi|Doob kar bhi teranais dil ko jo pasand hai|Raah mein parvat kayi,par paar jana hai use,pair yeh dagamaga rahe, par di...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1468)  | 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...
 Common Man | 11:18 | 15/Aug/2006
Friends: (88)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: A Common Life, Si...
Happy Independence Day
The Comman Man wishes everyone a very Happy Independence Day!  more...
 swati rohatgi | 23:18 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (457)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: to have fun, shar...
Terminator- 34
Ok ok, thats the training batch ID to which I belonged T34. No there were not 34 of us from whichever end or middle you might count. I was off to the other end of India for the training. The executive hostel where we stayed had no wi-fi so after a long break of 19 days amback to civilisation. From initial furtive steps to Charlie"s Angels, Chomu an...