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 14:32 | 30/Jan/2007
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... more...
 18:37 | 22/Jan/2007
The Swan Song!
The Swan Song! After a hiatus of over 2 years I came back into the world of blogging.   One month down the line, I am forced to quit the blogdom - again!   The reasons are many, but I shall not bother you with those! I just wanted to write and say thank you to the wonderful people who are part of this beautiful ilanders group, who made my day with ... more...
 09:30 | 22/Jan/2007
The green mound of grass.
(This is the fourth posting in the series relating to my childhood.)When your brain hasn’t yet reached the adult stage it tends to have a fancy of its own. It assumes gigantic proportions where there is none! In most cases thereafter, learning becomes a trial and error method. Age 5 is almost always the most suitable for this method! My summer holi... more...
 20:28 | 21/Jan/2007
Hope you are all safe and sound
To all those in Bangalore, I hope all of you are back home safe, or safe in your work place  or with friends and that the riots have not affected you in anyway. Take care. Dolz more...
 07:54 | 21/Jan/2007
truthful employee
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 08:28 | 20/Jan/2007
My (tor)mentor
Another recollection of my childhood  days..........for those of you who had the patience to go through the previous blog..."An Ode to my Young Master"!When you are 4 years old and you have only one cousin brother (4 years your senior) living in the same city as you (Bombay) whatever he says, is the law! Those were the days when summer holidays mea... more...
 18:37 | 19/Jan/2007
Ode to my Young Master!
Recollection of the past is like the sudden release of water from the sluice gates. Memories flood the very senses and you drown in them. Madan was my Guru. Whatever I have learnt very early in life, it is courtesy, him. If I didn’t want to take a step more than what I had already walked, I learnt to sit down in the middle of the road and refuse to... more...
 10:28 | 19/Jan/2007
Not bad!
Not bad at all! the dreamspace pic got approved in less than 3 hours! And for those of you who cant see the wording cos it isnt clear...the lil chick says....... 'Jerry! Answer me please!" way to go!! :) Thanks moderator! more...
 06:40 | 19/Jan/2007
Who are you chatting with????
I  came across this.........many of you may have too! This is for those who haven't!I do not claim to have written this!Our hero chatting with some Heroine on chat. Both are s/w engrs by the way and both work for real big MNC's Hero: Hey...GM (Good Morning)... How's u doing today? Heroine: VGM...Day is going good and it got better having found u on... more...
 16:31 | 18/Jan/2007
To the moderators approving pics on ilan...
Sir, I do blv that the time taken for the moderator to approve any given pic posted by the ilanders takes more than 9 hours or so.....if this were to continue, ppl would stop posting pics! I for one have already made up my mind that i do  not intend to post any more pics as part of my blogs hereafter.  For one the write up loses its charm and secon... more...
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 Anjali shahi | 09:47 | 28/Mar/2007
Friends: (698)  | 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...
 sajita krishnan | 11:46 | 11/Sep/2007
Friends: (27)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading, dogs of ...
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...  more...
 Chitra Venka... | 14:49 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (176)  | City: India  | Interests: Nature, philosoph...
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...  more...
 nancylili sw... | 13:25 | 5/Jan/2007
Friends: (18)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music
new to this zone
hi m nancy a new friend in this lovely world. as i m new i would like to kow sum of u there n even like 2 know more abt your'll n even like 2 share.   m  a very private prsn bt like 2 enjoy myself 2 fullist as its only 1 n its very precious 1,isnt it. i enjoy talks which many girls shy 2.... can i get sum new friend here n have a good time n know t...  more...
 Shailesh Man... | 11:39 | 15/Feb/2007
Friends: (1)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading ,Movies ,...
Great Books Part I -Arms and The Man
“Arms and the Man” is a drama by G.B Shaw the doyen of English literature. Now let me tell you the best thing about this is that it is a drama where the interaction between the different characters is brought out splendidly. The drama brings out beautifully that looks and social standing are not the ingredients of true love. For two people to come ...  more...
 vidya kurup | 21:09 | 21/Jan/2007
Friends: (38)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: reading,singing,h...
celebration
celebration means a winter evening,four friends,one rain,four glasses of tea.celebration meanshundred bucks of petrol,a rusty bike and an open road.celebration meansmaggi noodles,a hostel room, 4:25 am .celebration means 3 old friends,3 separate cities,3 coffee mugs,1 internet messenger.celebration means rain on a hot tin roof,pakoras deep frying, ...  more...
 Friendly Ghost | 07:42 | 15/Dec/2007
Friends: (327)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Our economists & ...
Quick update on What I'm upto
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...  more...
 nishant shah | 03:43 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (516)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music Rock Meta...
Remember the days
Remember the DaysRemember the days when,We played at the beachside shed,Cloning the villas of sand and clayAnd when the oceans touched our feetWe would gleefully gaze the sun in crimson redRemember the days when,We used to hide candies from Mums eyesAnd our grandpas narrated the fables of the timberland.We swirled in the wind to catch the butterfly...  more...
 Namrata Hari... | 09:16 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (351)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: JILL OF ALL TRADE...
The "DATE -RAPE"
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault(WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: The readers are advised to apply their common sense after reading this article and behave responsibly. However, I am not responsible if someone picks a tip from the article and uses it with criminal intentions. Care has been taken to keep some portions and the names of the drugs ambiguous, to ...  more...
 Star Trekker | 19:10 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (266)  | City: galaxy  | Interests: Dancing in the cl...
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...  more...
 B Chatterjee | 18:54 | 10/Mar/2007
Friends: (67)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Movies, cricket,r...
Object of desire
Muscled, grey with steel green eye,Crouching behind the showcase glass,Heart a-flutterI circle the quarry,Gazing at this touch of class.She is armed to the teeth.'Touch me not!' I hear her say.'I got wi fi & bluetooth,motion eye cameraand a multi function docking bay!''I got assets, check'em out!'she tells me with a hiss.1 GB RAM,2 GHz duo processo...  more...
 Kush A | 19:51 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (185)  | City: Mysore  | Interests: Football, books, ...
Was 9/11 an inside job?
False flag operations: Covert operations conducted by governments, corporations or other organizations which are designed to appear as though they were carried out by other entities. The term is derived from the military practice of flying flags of nations not their own in order to mislead. As an example, in 1939, when Hitler had under control Czec...  more...
 aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (641)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA
Three cheers for ANIL " THE JUMBO"  & his men in blue.By defeating pak in the opening test anil kumble has opened his account on a winning note & pushed  vigour into the team to aim for 3-0 win.Another person to be congratulated is our 10dulkar...By surpassing allan border's runs he is now standing next to LARA.Hope he will be numero-uno by next ye...  more...
 meena sundar | 23:15 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (508)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Life
Current … Wind….Life !?
  Every time a word is utteredIt creates a specific meaning!                                                      Life is a boat, it swaysBecause of current- current due to wind.                   Current moves along with the Wind’s direction.That is the nature of current.  We also move with the words of airLike the boat.  Surviving everything…That ...  more...
 V T | 17:59 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (126)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
Laal Salaam
लाल सलामएक ज़माना थाबहुत गुस्सा आता थादिल करता था के धूआँ उ...  more...
 Subir Sen | 17:42 | 27/Oct/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Driving, friends,...
Buzz words 1
Work life balance ... I had written about this some time ago... but this word keeps coming back to me ever so oten that one can't help think... just whats the whole "Rocket science" bit in this absolute fact of life... or work...We are human beings and life or time does not have compartments which say ... "From Today you shall be fat!""From Today y...  more...
 The Princess | 12:17 | 4/Nov/2007
Friends: (201)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Nature , life , f...
Sex....
 Teenage sex on the sly; Indians concerned!By: Barsha Nag Bhowmick.Copyright : www.broadband.indiatimes.com" Sex no longer is a taboo amongst today's teenagers. According to a recent survey, teenagers across urban India are getting into physical relationships, which are dragging them and their partners at health risks. A cross section of the Indian...  more...
 DURING REM | 13:54 | 4/Jun/2007
Friends: (33)  | Interests: writing, graffiti...
Got this thing in the mail... i know most of you would have read this thing before... but who just missed this part can read it here:A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his po...  more...
 alpana | 22:10 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (240)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: painting, reading...
 its a plea! please respect and love ur elders always! Aaj shaam thi ajeeb si na thi chiyoan ki chehak na thi phooloan mey mehak aisa laga ki pavan ney dhoond ki chaadarchaaroan aur li thi lapet! na tha mausam garmi ka na hua sardi ka ehsaasbas lag raha tha kuch rokh raha hai mera saansaaj shaam thi ajeeb siaur mein thi shayad bheetar mann key thod...  more...
 Haritha Reddy | 19:36 | 27/Mar/2007
Friends: (84)  | City: London  | Interests: Books, Music, Fri...
Story of an Ant and the Grasshopper
CLASSIC VERSION... The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. -----------------------...  more...
 Anand Chatte... | 11:59 | 15/Jan/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading,Music
Inefficient Governement of Bangalore
I was reading a news article about why bangalore was experiencing the power cuts (load shedding). It talked about the financial constraints of buying power from the central grid to overcome the shortage of power. I wonder how come Bangalore which has one of the highest tax rates in the country in most of the things like, petrol (including other fue...  more...
 vasudev behere | 14:43 | 28/Nov/2007
Friends: (75)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Reading and chatt...
Goal
Goal The worst thing about your work is wrong resultAll hard work is not counted and you get insultWork objectively, have a missionResult is what senior sees. Those suffered today for lack of this visionWorked hard but with no clear goalSometimes things look very trivialYou overlook these in hurryThese are things that land us up in worry. Days come...  more...
 j m | 13:57 | 8/Nov/2007
Friends: (80)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading
Cheeni Kum / Happy Diwali
I hope everyone of you had seen CHEENI KUM , if not then here is a chance of you all people to have the visual treat of it. WISHING EVERYONE HERE A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS , SPARKLING, FRUITFUL DIWALI. DDHHHHHOOOMMMMMMMM!    more...
 Trishna Mumbai | 18:36 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: ...
With you always..
She stirs lazily in bed as the sun creeps from between the curtains to wake her up… Rays dodge the stray locks on her face to light up her face… Thoughts of him lay strewn by her pillow… The memory of his divine kisses brings a rush of colour to her cheeks and her heart beats a tad faster… She curls up on the satin sheet, her pillow held close to h...  more...
 sunkesala gh... | 14:24 | 11/Jan/2007
Friends: (28)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: reading ,music, t...
tea without milk
TEA SANS MILK IS A HEALTHY DRINK(Excerpts from Indian Express dated 09.01.07)Tea is known to have many health benefits- but only if it is drunk with out milk. Tea relaxes the aorta the largest artery in the human body by producing nitric acid, which promotes the dilation of blood vessels but the effect was blocked by milk, reported the online editi...  more...
 Giftson SJ | 18:13 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (128)  | City: Tirunelveli (stationed: Lagos, NIGERIA)  | Interests: Being Naughty.......
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Hiee Buddies.....         The Battle continues...................................,   Love you all.....!!!!!  Cheers.....:-) ~:gift:~  more...
 Saakshee I | 19:28 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (649)  | City: I live close 2 u!  | Interests: This is the real ...
There's a minefield out there...
I'm surfing Iland these days incognito  - no new post and not enough time to comment, so I’m busy favoriting Ilands, intending to go back to comment! However, I am incognito mainly becasue of them err... Youtubers! Oh yes you've seen them - Iland is being taken over by them Youtubers! You must be blind if you did not notice them song-and-dance post...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (216)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
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...  more...
 sudhir khurad | 10:49 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (47)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: releationship&fri...
waqt nahi
" WAQT NAHI "Har khushi Hai Logon Ke Daman Mein,Par Ek Hansi Ke Liye Waqt Nahi. Din Raat Daurti Duniya Mein,Zindagi Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi. Maa Ki Loree Ka Ehsaas To Hai,Par Maa Ko Maa Kehne Ka Waqt Nahi. Saare Rishton Ko To Hum Maar Chuke, Ab Unhe Dafnane Ka Bhi Waqt Nahi.Saare Naam Mobile Mein Hain, Par Dosti Ke Liye Waqt Nahi.Gairon Ki Kiya Baat K...  more...
 Lethal Weapon | 17:35 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (64)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading, writing,...
Her & His Diary
Another one from my mail box :+) *HER DIARY *Day night, I thought he was actingweird. We had madeplans to meet at acafe to have some coffee. I wasshopping with my friendsall day long, so  Ithought he was upset at the fact that Iwasa bitlate,but he made nocomment. Conversation wasn't flowing soI suggested   thatwe go somewherequiet so we could talk,...  more...
 Indigo Iris | 17:04 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (71)  | City: terra firma  | Interests: poems,country mus...
The Maker's Will...
Faces unknown stare at youWhat do they say, you wonder anewEyes that tell many a taleTake me home, some sadly bewailOft they plea, hear me outYou're left to cringe, shudder and doubtOf God's mysteries, old as rockSome to cradle, some to mockOthers left to dusty trailFull of woes, and oh, so frailNone ever to bail them outOn their own must fight the...  more...
 vuppala gopi... | 19:08 | 7/Jul/2007
Friends: (53)  | City: singapore  | Interests: chatting,net-surfing
WOMENS LANGUAGE TRANSLATED
Yes = No No = Yes Maybe = No I m sorry. = You'll be sorry. We need... = I want It's your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now. Do what you want... = You'll pay for this later....... . We need to talk... = I need to complain Sure...go ahead = I don't want you to. I m not upset = Of course I m upset, you moron! You're so manly = Y...  more...
 Bole Toh | 16:42 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (289)  | City: alien city  | Interests: kabhi haddi todna...
Munna..... Kidhar se wapas tapka?
Kya mamu log..... maze mein? Kya aanti log......... kaisa chal rahela hai? Blog-giri mast chal rahela hai ki nahi?Ae Circuit, tu kya udhar-ich ko-ne mein khada rahega? Arre! kam se kam haal-chaal toh poochna mangta hai na!Circuit: "Bhai, apun ko sharam aa rahela hai. idhar ladki log bahut aati hai na..... apun ki toh ladki log ke saamne ek-dum tigh...  more...
 TheGeetha Fa... | 09:29 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (227)  | Interests: Bhagavat Geetha
The field and the knower of field in ken...
This is priliminary info about kenopanishad from wiki..About KenopanishadKenopanishad derives its name from the first word Kena , meaning ‘by whom’. It belongs to the Talavakara Brahmana of Sama Veda and is therefore also referred to as Talavakara Upanishad. It has four sections, the first two in verse and the other two in prose. Adi Shankara who h...  more...
 Indu Vohra | 11:26 | 22/Jan/2007
Friends: (81)  | Interests: reading, travelli...
How to beat the blues
Most of us suffer from Monday blues for the first half of the day, including me. As the sunday night approaches, I cannot but help wishing if the day was a little longer I could do a bit more, no no no a lot more!Well we all will have 24 hours always and will always try to pack in as much as possible. So the fight is eternal. I have started a few s...  more...
 Pramathesh B... | 22:00 | 15/Sep/2007
Friends: (148)  | City: Jorhat  | Interests: Computers,Politic...
Friction 2
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 Caje onYOURmind | 22:44 | 27/Mar/2007
Friends: (1122)  | City: Goa  | Interests: silence
The End
A new sunrise follows every sunset.  more...
 NoName Forme | 10:44 | 12/Jan/2007
Friends: (11)  | City: Pune  | Interests: dreaming and thin...
Dont waste Food
I came across this email and happened to read one of the blogs of mz friend here in Iland, so thought of posting this information here.Lets not waste food and feel lucky that we get food good to eat while some people die of hunger.Friends, If you have a function at home and food gets wasted. Don't hesitate to call 1098 - child helpline. They will c...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (552)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
The Tea-shop girl
The corner shop that serves us teaAnd houses all furore.From rising price to falling starsIn voices shrill and sore.A pair of eyes does follow themLook askance at their dinWhen closing shop with little handsOr washing strainers clean.A simple riddle troubles her,At times, does make her smileHow grown up men have silly fightsKnowing all the whileTha...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1459)  | 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...
 amusing muse | 02:20 | 30/Oct/2007
Friends: (150)  | City: Los Angeles  | Interests: People, Books, Mu...
Seva Ram!
“I don’t want it short; I want to make a ponytail” the little girl declared. I watched with interest as the six something girl explained to her mother and the hair dresser just how long she wanted her hair to be and how much hair she wanted in the front. Reminded me of Seva Ram…Seva Ram, in his loose white pajamas, a dull coloured shi