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 21:53 | 19/Aug/2008
do not depend on others to help somebody
this year we all remembered him..missed him. the team of doctors participating in carrom tournament remembered the champion of the game . i played with him 2 years back in the finals of the championship tournament. he was not a member of the association and even did not belong to the city , he was specially invited for that year only, going out of ... more...
 23:30 | 14/Aug/2008
independance?
on the eve of independance day , i read an article in the newspaper that the recent ahmedabad toll has reached 57(????crazy guy me, writing about blast on an eve of independance day,,,,,can't i write about some good stuff). Sunil Kakde , a rickshaw driver, who helped victims of blast to reach hospital ,and himself got 80% burns in the process , suc... more...
 19:46 | 11/Aug/2008
my medal
i felt happy today for two reasons . one , obviously for the first gold medal of india and the other for a personal medal....actually for the first time in my life somebody said 'i pay u my respects' ..till now i have been saying that to my elders and to the people who deserve it . but my own internal jubilition made me think whether i really deser... more...
 17:10 | 7/Aug/2008
choice part ii
it was 2.30 am in the night when the servant woke me up in the emrgency department. there was an emergency, a lady in her mid thirties was brought unconscious . her pulse was feeble , blood pressure barely measurable and the body swollen. she was started medical treatment immediately by our team of doctors and blood samples taken . she was in a sta... more...
 22:56 | 4/Aug/2008
CHOICE??
there was a question asked by a female on an fm show today ......if u have a situation where there are two persons in the river drowning ....one of them is the one whom 'u' love  ---   and the other is the one .....who loves 'u'. u have the chance to save only one of them . whom would u save and why? i wondered for a while andcame up with my own an... more...
 07:37 | 1/Aug/2008
Mummy, please give me water
''Mummy, mane please paani aap ne. mane bahu taras laagi che[ mummy please give me water,i am very thirsty]. Mummy, khavanu kem nathiaapti, mane bahu bhookh laagi che[ Mummy, why aren't you giving me food, i am very hungry].''As these plaintive wails of 9 year old Yash and his 12 year old brother Rohan pierce through the special G-I burns ward , th... more...
 07:34 | 28/Jul/2008
some hope
as i openend news channel today , there were images of muslim community condemning the killings and terrorism and praying for the end of this violence. Now , it is high time that they own up the fact , analyse the truth that the young educated muslim is getting swayed by the hatred towards humanity. the reasons must be explored by all people of dif... more...
 22:16 | 26/Jul/2008
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha .....
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...........hans le bahiya , jitna chahe utna pet bhar ke hans le....na jaane kal tu ho na no......na jaane kal teri geenti bomb blast me badne wali mauto ke number me ho........aaj to tu ek doctor hai, vakil hai, kissi ka bhai ya beta /beti hai , kal sirf ek count ki jaane wali laash ho. h... more...
 23:00 | 25/Jul/2008
Rahul and Kalavati
just as i was returning home from the 'HAVMOUR' parlour , i saw scores of people sleeping on the pavement. though i found them sleeping peacefully , i am totally aware of the difficulty they go through in earning a meal for themselves and their childrens and the widening gap between the sections of the society . i know i think , My friends at workp... more...
 15:09 | 19/Jul/2008
phir wahi sawaal
......from nowhere she sprang to the windshield of my car and started wiping the glass. i tried hard to ignore at first but couldnot. i looked at her and my hand searched for some thing to give to her instantly but i was not able to find anything to give to her . time was running out as the traffic signal seconds read 9,8,7.....then i got hold of a... more...
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 samir gajjar | 18:07 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (8)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Chat
Are you really Proud of being INDIAN??
Atleast today all will say yes.. but think deeply..Does being an INDIAN really mean anything to you?As such the country is not giving us the basic essentials of life. No i am not talking about non-avaibility of adequate Food, Clothing, Shelter and water to majority of the population. I am talking about basic necessities of life which a well to do p...  more...
 amit goel | 17:21 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (20)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: BBC (blah, boo, ...
Man, Science and Nature
Man, Science and Nature are often seen to be pitted against each other, and represent some sort of a love triangle where two sides are working against the third, and that third side appears to be the sacrificial goat.  It is the integration of all three that results in achievement and knowledge that has led to all the advances in history and all th...  more...
 t k | 07:05 | 15/Aug/2008
Friends: (7)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Almost Everything.
Good thoughts are never Late...
Dear Friends, I think that "Good Thoughts Are Never Late". On the day of our 61st Independence Day, let us resolve that we will effortfully try to give new colours to India. We will try to do, what we think is in the benefit of our country. Jai Hind.  more...
 Rama Bulussu | 15:26 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (111)  | City: Secunderabad  | Interests: Internet,communic...
Happy Independence Day !
Dear AllValentines Day, new year, friendship day . Every one celebrates and send msgs !  Celebrates the independence day also !                                                                Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling! Let's be proud to feel the Freedom! Let all of us get to-gather & Let's Celebrate Our Freedom! It is our duty to preserve ...  more...
 swarnima | 18:19 | 30/Mar/2008
Friends: (25)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: blogging, reading,
Nothing helps...
Its been two months since that unfortunate day..but the pain is absolutely the same, infact growing everyday..nothing helps...I still am not able to accept it...seems i'll open my eyes and whatever i am going through would turn out to be a nightmare...life is like a living hell these daysi dont know if whatever i am doing is right..i am so disguste...  more...
 bidisha mahanta | 18:42 | 15/Aug/2008
Friends: (13)  | City: .  | Interests: Quest for Truth...
FREEDOM
 Freedom has so many meanings – Liberty, Autonomy, Lack of restrictions, Free will, Independence, Sovereignty and many more definitions and explanations. To me at an elementary and individual level, “Freedom” is having  Faith in the self while treading on the Road called life, Enjoying the beauty of the creation to derive that divine Energy require...  more...
 visheshwar gaba | 14:22 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (8)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Naturopathy, anal...
Any Help - Prostrate Problem
Dear Friends, One of my dear friends is having PSA of 4.40 which is considered to be abnormal for a man of 50. I remember earlier having read some wonderful homeopathy medicine as a treatment of prostrate disorder. Will some one come forward with help? Visheshwar  more...
 Saurabh Mahajan | 02:11 | 27/Jul/2008
Friends: (22)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: movies sports
merciful jehadis and lame duck leaders
thanks all the jehadis mercenaries for letting me to write this piece and for u to read this........i am alive just today because of them, its  their greatness that i havent been chosen the next target of death ,but our fellow brothers were not so lucky, they have been killed and are being on regular basis . years have passed since we are facing th...  more...
 Zebunissa | 14:11 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (94)  | City: Pune  | Interests: physocology
WORDS
LoveEnchantedMysticalMagicalSereneEnigmaOceanicSome of the beautiful words... words have a power of their own…A negative word breaks heartA broken heart a broken soulA broken soul a broken life Gloom all around!!A beautiful wordA smileA new hopeA fresh vigor A lease of optimismHappiness all round!!Such is the power of words that we use everyday…The...  more...
 Sami Ahmed | 09:04 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (606)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Writing, Reading ...
When They Got Married
When they got married, both of them brought in their dreams into their marriage.After the engagement and before the marriage, which is naughtily called as probation period by some people, Sujit, during one of those meetings at restaurents, had asked his fiancee, “How do you want me to be after our marriage? Do I have to change myself in any manner?...  more...
 rahul deb | 18:15 | 7/Aug/2008
Friends: (196)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: wild thoughts
intelligent and lazy
i am pasting a paragraph ...........  this may not be palatable to many .............i would like to have  your views and valuable comments please.............  its in a management best seller ..... the 80/20 principle by richard koch............  he is one of my fav.......... as he had a profound influence on my life... there are only four types o...  more...
 gman | 16:13 | 19/Jun/2008
Friends: (29)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading Music Lon...
THE PERFUME
THE PERFUMEAs she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.  However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.  Mrs. Thompson...  more...
 kesavdatt | 15:55 | 28/Jul/2008
Friends: (79)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Music, Book readi...
Back
Hello Frd. Iam back kesavdatt  more...
 Aria | 11:49 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (68)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: poetry
metaphorical death..
Late summer and fall lie ahead, but will they be full of ghosts? That is the trouble with long summer evenings and the sparkling monsoon days, they are haunted. The question is, if worst comes to worst, what is the prospects of a new life in a new dead world, with this that or whoever. I struggle constantly with a rebellious spirit, my mind in a co...  more...
 Kamal Nuhiwal | 03:51 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (125)  | City: Siliguri  | Interests: writing, travelli...
FREEDOM
I love to fly free Between the clouds - White, grey and excitinglyThe farthest with a veil of rainbowOn its headI love to fly – like a birdSpreading colors, all sevenAnd a piece of peaceI love to fly free….. My freedom flows like a riverThrough the greenMy river takes all the dirt The human-sinI love to run freeOn the earth-Through the grass, sand ...  more...
 Keshav Dayal | 12:20 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (54)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: Peace, Co-existen...
VEGETARIANISM vs. NON-VEGETARIANISM: THE...
The article to follow is not religion specific because of the simple reason that I believe in peace and co-existence of all religions. Any reference to any religion has been made to support the logic given in the article. I request readers of this article for applying their logic. I don’t want to thrust upon them my own decision. Therefore, I, de...  more...
 The Princess | 23:11 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (227)  | City: Mother Earth  | Interests: When we just obse...
HUNG BY THE TONGUE
Some people just have a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. They are being, "Hung By the Tongue!"A state trooper pulled a man over for speeding on a deserted road. Since the road was clear and the weather fine, the trooper had indicated that he may not give the man a ticket, and let them off with a warning. He even complemented both...  more...
 sasmita | 16:51 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (50)  | City: INdia  | Interests: reading,writing,s...
quotes
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. "  more...
 anil verma | 21:40 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (796)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: wrighting, readin...
Terror
बड़ी फितरत से गढ़े जाते हैं सिमी के माडयूë 4;देश को हर दूसरे- 40;ीस&#...  more...
 Sarath Chandra | 00:07 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (67)  | Interests: Physics, philosop...
The End of the Beginning
I wanted to have a Coke. It was 3 months since I had one. I never wanted it till then. I guess such gaps kindle desires one never expects to have. I did not buy it; I fought the temptation for 10 minutes pacing outside the shop displaying it. I would not have it for 3 more months. My reason in a friend’s words, “If my parents left me 50000, and van...  more...
 kavita | 21:05 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (217)  | Interests: duhhhh
THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES
THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLESokk..guess i"m blogging wit alarming regularitymust b to do with d fact tht my bday is next week...9th of july n me being a true blue cancerian im getting intensely crabbyor just mebbe..it has to do with d fact tht im throwing a party for a bunch of frnds on wednesday n wednesday is a skool day..okkkk, so whts d hitch??d ...  more...
 wwwlooseweig... | 00:10 | 26/Jul/2008
Friends: (43)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Helping Overweigh...
health myths
Medical Myths You Can Do Without Myth #1: Dieting Will Help You Lose Weight and Make You Healthy By Tim Reynolds, MD Everyday we are bombarded with medical garbage. It comes from all sources --maybe even your doctor. There are also medical myths that have beenpassed on...  more...
 Ananta Khakh... | 19:26 | 13/Aug/2008
Friends: (250)  | City: Balacharah  | Interests: Football , Cricke...
Indenpendance Day pledge
My dear ilander , Greetings to you all on this day of national celebration of 61stanniversary of our independence. Let ussalute our beloved tricolor with special pride , patriotism and remember� the great sacrifice of our freedom fighters,whose undying love for India secured us our freedom. On this occasion please join me to bow our head in memor...  more...
 keshav singhal | 20:51 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (460)  | City: Ajmer  | Interests: Learning, Reading...
samajh aataa naheen ....
समझ आत 66; नहीं .....&# 2360;मझ आता ; नहीं – दिल के  361;ाल की च ;र्चा क 381;या करू ँ …  मन द...  more...
 nitin bhatnagar | 19:01 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (252)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: listening music, ...
"NEVER ARGUE WITH A CHILD"
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher Please click here to read the full post  more...
 vijaya jyothi | 00:53 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (23)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: reading, blogging...
Mirabai married outside her religion and refused to change. When her husband died after a few years of marriage, she refused to join him on the funeral pyre, a practice at the time that was expected of high caste Rajput widows, and instead proclaimed that now it was time for her to devote herself to Krishna. Mirabai was reviled for this choice by b...  more...
 vijayaram reddy | 14:52 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (728)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Music, Poetry, ma...
సరిగ్ĵ...
సరిగ్ĵ 5;ా చూడు ప్రాణ రహిత జీవాలĺ 9;లా తిరుగĹ 7;తోంది - ఈ ప్రజా గుం...  more...
 Suman Das | 20:32 | 16/Jul/2008
Friends: (15)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Research, Busines...
Nanotechnology: Today's Science, Tomorro...
Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the molecular level in scales smaller than 1 micrometre, normally 1 to 100 nanometers, and the fabrication of devices within that size range. It is a highly multidisciplinary field, drawing from fields such as applied physics,...  more...
 Sahaja | 02:20 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Music, Books, Tra...
Thoughtssss
You Know what?? Livingalone in a foreign land teaches you a lot!! Yesterday, I was just thinking what did I observe living in a different country??Immediately I did not get anyanswers, through the day, there were many instances where I thought ya this isnot the same back in India.......shayad, its true ki we see what we want!!!Well, What did I real...  more...
 raja | 22:08 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: everything the wo...
LISTEN TO ME
LISTENTO ME (A short story)                                                     Tick tock…ticktock, everything around me happens just like clock work. It is yet anotherbeautiful morning; I don’t know how many of you admire the beauty of themorning, the sun, the birds and the colours of twilight. I am surrounded bybeauty and I do wish the smell will ...  more...
 vidushi chau... | 20:31 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (65)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Books, kids, conv...
Michael Phelps- The underdog
Publication:Times Of India Delhi; Date:Aug 14, 2008; Section:Times Sport; Page Number:28Mom ensured it’s no splash in the pan Michael Winerip     Deborah Phelps’ third baby and only son was larger than life from Day 1. 9 pounds, 6 ounces and 23 inches long. As a little boy, said the mother, he asked 25 zillion questions, always wanting to be the ce...  more...
 praveen sharma | 15:26 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (944)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: To love is to suf...
THE LOVE
"The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real," . So, if you focus on the name, then you are likely to lose the actual substance and essence of it.Basically “LOVE” is a unique feeling that can’t be defined if we really live it. On the contrary it can be defined with all its technicalities for all other pur...  more...
 venmonybimal... | 15:37 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (201)  | City: Chengannur  | Interests: writing,painting,...
SMILES TO REMEMBER
The first smile I remember is my mother’s, when I was two, too young,That was the day, all celebrated my second birthday, she was very happy,I remember her face, a happy mother’s face, with a smile of satisfaction, likeEvery mother’s smile, when she watches and feels happy of their kids. The second smile I remember is father’s smile when I called h...  more...
 ranjit singh | 20:27 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (250)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing, Music, T...
Kartavya Path
[Photo:by my bro. Raj Rup ji;Tourists enjoying boating in Nakki Lake, Mount Abu] Dear Ilander friends, Here is a poem from my diary. It is dated 29th May, 1978 when I was a college student . It feels nice when I read it now…and to think� what were our thoughts at that time….Please do tell me how you find this poem.                --Ranjit ***...  more...
 so lilia | 17:09 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (202)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music
for a special friend
i am writing this for a special friendthe one that makes me feel alive againthe one that gives me the meaning of a new lifea new start...a new hope...and the one who made me realizethat life is brighter again....but sad to say...really good things never meant to lastbut ill be leaving him with a happy heartand a sad one tooi had always been true to...  more...
 StudentOf VIHE | 13:40 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (130)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Reading Inspirati...
We Love You Mother
We love you Motherland, for the kind of Values you stood for, for the Enlightened souls, Spiritual Giants you have produced from the time immemorial, for the path of Universal tolerance and Acceptance you have shown, for the highest Ideals of Peace, Non-Violence, Universal well-being, Motherhood, Unselfishness, Forgiveness, purity, Universal Brothe...  more...
 indal kumar | 13:46 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (263)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Friendship, Shaya...
WISHES (2008)
My Dear All Friend,         I wish you a very Happy & Prosperous New Year 2008.                   wishing you a great time with good things          happening, every moment glowing         with joy and laughter, and may each          fresh dawn bring good loock for all my friend                                        with best compliments          ...  more...
 shalini tandon | 14:08 | 7/Aug/2008
Friends: (209)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: writing, reading,...
Papa take me home