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 13:08 | 7/Nov/2007 |
| Chronicles of a reluctant shopper | |
| I recently went shopping to get newclothes for Diwali.For starters let me tellya that I hate shopping.Iabsolutely HATE shopping,especially for clothes.And whenever itsfestival time I try and avoid getting asked to "come and pick some newclothes".Sometimes I successfully manage to avoid it and tell mydad(who strangely is a shopping junkie) to pick u...
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| 14:32 | 19/Oct/2007 |
| Bohemian Wanderer | |
| Did you go chasing after wild horses?you Bohemian wanderer,you lone rangerthe land of Giants beckons,with its forcesAre you welcome,you awkward stranger?Or did you go swimming in turbulent waters?in search of an island paradise,seeking the hands of King's daughtersAre you awake now,are you wise?Did you try flying among eagles?were you trying to rea...
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| 15:02 | 20/Sep/2007 |
| Lingua Franca | |
| Have you realized that you thinkin a particular language?I know I do.I 'think' in English and when Italk to myself aloud(yes, I do) its in English too,with various accentsthrown in for good measure.Well that's just me and my various alteregos at my regular schizophrenic convention but I have always found itcurious if this applies for everyone.The o...
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| 16:59 | 9/Jul/2007 |
| Black and Light | |
| The solitary flame’s flicker has gone outhere I stand, shrouded in silent darkness,the blind man no more,I think see much better nowdoesn’t it sound absurd,this ironic prowess?The burning embers of the past settle softly on the floorforming a black carpet silhouetting buried memories,the acrid air around me burns my eyes ever moreI feel a stream of...
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| 22:24 | 25/Jun/2007 |
| Requiem for a Dream | |
| Does it ever make you wonderwhy some people are just passing throughthose that you long to hold on to, just for a lifetime longerchoose to engulf you in their cloak of warmth, only to bid adieuYou marvel at the magic they’ve weaved over youleaving you enthralled and entwined in its magnificent splendorbut only to turn all that golden brilliance to ...
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| 23:18 | 11/Jun/2007 |
| At world's end (pirates 3 - review) | |
| "Do you think he plans it all out or just makes it up as he goes along? " asks one of the officers of the British naval fleet to his commander,Lord Beckett,when Captain Jack Sparrow has made yet another spectacular getaway from their clutches.I guess we could pose the same question to Mr.Verbinski and his writers.First they take an obscure theme pa...
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| 23:03 | 31/May/2007 |
| Until you speak | |
| Until you speak,my heart will waitalong this silent creekfor the flow of words,innate?until you speak,I will refrainfrom sharing dreams I seek,dormant,its seeds shall remainuntil you speak,the truth won't brandishif its mighty or weak,to feed a soul,famisheduntil you speak,hope's dove will stay cagedan olive branch on its beak,craving for peace to ...
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| 18:25 | 25/May/2007 |
| Deja Woo-Hoo / T-Whee | |
| Zee cafe (formerly Zee english) certainly knows how to woo back its audience.Its new trump cards,(well,actually I should say old trump cards) are 3 TV shows that captured the imagination of millions over the world.Well I am talking about The Wonder years,Doogie Howser and The X Files as part of its venture called Old School.And now I find myself in...
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| 14:31 | 17/May/2007 |
| Robes of silence | |
| The lady’s wrapped in robes of silenceI can see her ring finger’s barethe words from her lips are raremystic metaphors lace her parlanceI’m learnin’,I’m still learnin’to find out what her cryptic words meanmy patience is being stretched leanbut the flame of hope it keeps on burnin’she’s got hair of auburn,blazingshe’s got eyes as black as coalwhen ...
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| 22:18 | 11/May/2007 |
| Wages of fear (Le Salaire de la peur -mo... | |
| A few minutes after I saw this french movie an amusing thought struck me.Remember Nintendo's most popular game console 'super mario brothers'?The 2 lead game characers-Mario and Luigi,brothers in arms, must travel through various zones,every second step laced with peril, and death looming just around the corner.Their goal is to cross all the zones ...
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| saurabh upad... | 01:31 | 11/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (410)
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| BEST FRIEND |
| Will you walk with me?My friend could you always be?Will you take my hand ?When times are tough,can you take command? Will you laugh with me, And share in my glee?Will you be at my side at every turn,Teaching me the things I need to learn? Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall,Will you be with me to share it all?As we walk together year after...
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| Kainaat Crea... | 22:47 | 16/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (177)
| City: Mumbai
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| Dream Weave Walk |
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| Dream Weave Walk is the brand of Kainaat Creations. Kainaat Creations has several blogs on different topics. Dream Weave Walk provides resource links to all the Kainaat Creation websites.How to use the links:The links lead to all the sites on the topic.The RSS/Atom feeds from those sites are linked on these pages, as a result the content is contino...
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| kartik shriv... | 11:02 | 5/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (389)
| City: Bhopal
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| वो बचपन के दीन जब याद आते हैं,ये पल ये लम्हे मासूम से हो जाते ह...
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| Elisabeth | 04:14 | 12/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (214)
| City: Amsterdam
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| Bollywood The Show |
| in December in The Netherlands. Fabulous Indian musicalshow for the whole family Bollywood - The Show is the new music and dance sensation! Looking back over 80 years of Indian cinema on the basis of beautiful images, known choreographies and successful soundtracks. A fascinating introduction to the glamourwereld of the world's largest film ...
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| Harry Singh | 20:29 | 11/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (1227)
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| Very Hot |
| A Zen master visiting London City goes up to a hot dog vendor (Indian of course) and says, "Make me one with everything."The hot dog vendor fixes a hot dog and hands it to the Zen master, who pays with a €20 note.The vendor puts the bill in the cashbox and closes it. "Excuse me, but where’s my change?" asks the Zen master.The vendor responds, "Chan...
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| Current Boll... | 19:48 | 20/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (419)
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| Aaja Nachle Title Track EXCLUSIVE |
| Hey guys this is the exclusive song from the movie AAJA NACHLE This movie marks the comeback of great actress MADHURI DIXIT So this song is for all her fans desperately waiting for the release of her movie ENJOY !!!!
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| ratul banerjee | 07:52 | 9/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (79)
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| THE VOYAGE-ALL THE WAY TO DEATH |
| Her ship would sail amidst the tamultous waves Of unknown seas Sailing steadily like a buoyant feather Drifting in the clear blue skies Her ship, a boat of gold that it was That carried her values in life And made her feel triumphant in her life Many an unknown frontier that her ship pervaded Many a galactic wa...
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| Uday Sodhi | 10:16 | 22/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (206)
| City: Mumbai
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| Letter to Bill Gates |
| Dear Mr. Bill Gatesa, This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer forour home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.1. After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account andwhenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ******appears, but in the rest of the fields what...
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| Nischalson C... | 00:02 | 6/Nov/2007 |
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| ah! this one's a bit senti. thought i'll post something nice, specially when i'm celebrating my second year in iLand. q:well..i would like to thank every one in iLand. it's been a great two years!thanks rediff team for providing a great platform. i've certainly metsome really really fabulous people here. ((((((:and happy diwali to everyone! (:love ...
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| Siddarth-The... | 19:59 | 22/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (135)
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| At 10.40 pm |
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| At 10.40 pm are you thinking of me?Or are you thinking of the other person who betrayed you At 10.40 pm are you level headed?has the spirit left you enchantedto leave the bitter taste behind to a sweeter paletteto kill the person who did all the stuff to you with a machette At 10.40 pm are you sane ?Are you attempting to jump out of the window to f...
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| Jahan Bakshi | 12:24 | 13/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (174)
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| Laaga Yashraj Ka Daag |
| [Originally published on PASSIONFORCINEMA.COM]Even the little droplets of hope that one had left after watching the decidedly bizarre promos of Laaga Chunari Main Daag are mercilessly dashed to the ground. The Yashraj stamp (or rather, stain) is so ostentatious and evident in Pradeep Sarkar"s second film that no amount of Surf Excel- or even Lux, w...
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| Susan Fernandes | 10:07 | 24/May/2007 |
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| Our Childhood Dream House |
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| A House of DreamsWasn’t itAt least I as a child grew up fantasizing about such a houseIt was the first house I learnt to drawSurprising all of us had the same house in our drawingsThe house would have triangle shape shelterA pole holding the shelterTwo windows and a doorSometimes there would be four I guess because we loved drawing windows.Let me t...
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| anjeneyan an... | 13:57 | 10/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (61)
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| The silent treatement and others. |
| A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM...
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| Ash K | 18:18 | 20/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (488)
| City: Wonderland - Iland
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| Healthy Contradiction…. |
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| Believing in commitment more than love…Palpable feelings instead of diplomatic smiles…Liking grey over black-o-white….Enjoying silence over garrulous sessions… Listening to Heart more often than the mighty Head…Adjusting rather than whining and retaliating…Taking a step or two to introspect than going full steam…Choosing a silent prayer over mindle...
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| Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (436)
| City: Kolkata
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| Separation and Travel |
| Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...
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| alpana | 22:10 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (240)
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| 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...
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| poornima k | 15:21 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (272)
| City: Bangalore
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| God by any name |
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| I HAVE ALWAYS been fascinated by the phrase "the Lord make his face shine upon you." God's blessing, God's protection, God's peace, God's grace all part of that same benediction - are great goods, and if I had to choose between them and God's shining face, I might well opt for them. But God's shining face outdoes them all. For God's blessing, prote...
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| bronzegoddes... | 07:38 | 5/Dec/2007 |
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| City: Chennai(Madras)
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| Hey!! Wassup? |
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| “Hey! Wassup?”“Hey! How’s it going?”These are the most common questions that are asked to us and these are the most questions that we ask people every other day.Analyzing these, they are the most meaningless questions and we give such bullshit as replies.And even when we ask these questions how many times do we really mean it from our bottom of our...
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| Dwaipayan Adhya | 17:15 | 19/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (84)
| City: Kolkata
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| ROI V: TramThe Exteriors: A slick rendition of the modern-day train fit for Indian roads. Full-metal body covering the two compartments. On the nose is a 60W lamp of headlight. Very airy and has low ground clearance.The Interiors: Passengers travel in retro-style is the theme of the interiors with moulded wooden seats, D.C. fans adorning th...
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| Hellz Angel | 15:40 | 10/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (381)
| City: The other side of heaven
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| naught-ness... ... ... |
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| ek jhalak unki dekhne ko ye dil tarasta hai... talkin.. .eatin... workin... laughin...livin da drama... actin as ppl want me to...betrayin my own slf...lying to wht i feel deep down...am i even LIVIN??? or is tht also a LIE??? ek arsa ho gaya hai muskuraake... aansoo ki tamanna bhi nahi hai ab tho thinkin of y i have to under go ths???brain jus sto...
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| meena sundar | 23:15 | 3/Dec/2007 |
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| 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 ...
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| J G | 22:51 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| This is a forwarded msg. hope worth sharing with you all...If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children. PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, "He...
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| Bud San | 13:33 | 19/Nov/2007 |
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| Ye Nasha |
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| Ye nasha kaisa hai Jo utarta hi nahi Piye hue barso beet gaye Khumari jaye har pal badhti Ye nasha kaisa hai Main jhoom oothi Roke rukte nahi ab ye Badhte kadam har ghadi Ye nasha kaisa hai Pyas bujhi bhi aur nahi bhi Kya tumne bhi kiya hai Aisa pyara sa nasha kabhi?
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| Pavement Freud | 14:48 | 22/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (249)
| City: Vasai, Maharashtra.
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| The Sunday Paper (Complete Version) |
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| As Sorabjee made his way down the wooden stairs, he took extreme care to do it as noiselessly as possible. With his left palm firmly on the banister, he placed his feet very carefully on the rungs, much like one blows softly into a lover’s eye. He descended the stairs in steps of ones and twos, halting after every six rungs to catch some breath, a...
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| john sudhakar | 18:58 | 10/Dec/2007 |
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| YOUR TIME STARTS NOW! |
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| Quiz mountainYOUR TIME STARTS NOW! recently,…as recent as october 2007,I was the man-of-the-match….errr…QUIZMASTER at a pan-indian?! inter-collegiate STEM CELL quiz at chennai at the savera and i’m lookin’ back and forth….. One of the loveable and delicate avatars I don is the role of an all- knowing,all-pervading quizmaster….and it gives me a...
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| Kush A | 20:53 | 12/Dec/2007 |
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| Poetry at the iLand |
| My fave poems at the iland. Poems by: Indigo Iris, Friendly Ghost, ZEUS ZEUS and one by yours truly. Maya By Friendly Ghost1. Two PoemsMayaIt is half filledAnd it remains only half filledNo matter what I achieveOr acquire. It is half emptyAnd it remains only half emptyNo matter what I fail at doingOr what I lose. (Ah! But this cup feels fuller whe...
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| Sincere Citizen | 12:52 | 12/Dec/2007 |
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| City: Earth
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| Ownership of Indian Media |
| I received this in a mail from a group. If this information is correct its extremely scary for the Indian society and the democracy.I wish even internet news groups disclose their owners names so that we can be more cautious about the validity of reported news, this would include rediff too. Anyone aware of rediff ownership ?Who owns the media in I...
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| savi savi | 19:58 | 13/Dec/2007 |
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| am i a coward??????? |
| I got a threat in my GB that 'we will not stop at words "and I buckled under. I spose I am a coward The threat comes from a dear friend.So it hurt a lot anyway....no point in running away or living behind closed doors! Jo hoga dekhenge !! so on with the blogs and a challenge to the person to harm me if he has the guts! I refuse to bow before anyon...
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| Saakshee I | 19:28 | 7/Nov/2007 |
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| 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...
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| Binu Abraham | 17:54 | 9/Nov/2007 |
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| This is what True Love is all about: |
| It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 a.m., when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him look at his ...
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| Keya | 12:15 | 24/Sep/2007 |
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| Make a difference |
| Hi friends,After long break I am here again with some of my thoughts. We all have read/hear this thought and somewhat way we appreciated it also…“Measuring our life by, what others do for us, may disappoint us. But if measured by, what we do for others, will add meaning to it. Make difference in others life.”Have we ever think more than our expecta...
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| Gloria Aurora | 16:52 | 28/May/2007 |
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| Run.....the race of life |
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| Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the fastest lion. If he cannot, then he will be eaten. Every morning in Africa a lion awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the slowest gazelle. If he cannot, he will die of hunger. Whether you choose ...
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| umesh chhikara | 12:07 | 30/Nov/2007 |
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| The famous kiss |
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| It was one of those moments which get a reminiscent smile on my face when I think about it! I, Neel and his mom went to watch this movie Dhoom 2 and one thing which I was very sure about was that neel will not buzz for 3 hours. I wouldn’t have mind getting up in between but then I was waiting for that famous kiss scene and did not want to miss it. ...
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| Abhiroop Bha... | 20:39 | 10/Dec/2007 |
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| RODEO DRIVE PLASTIC SURGERY |
| Are you looking for plastic surgery in Los Angeles forslimming waistlines or trimming over sized breasts. Are they undermining yourconfidence? It may be due to pregnancy, illness or simply ageing. The fataccumulation in some part of body; changes the shape, make you overweight. Thisinvites many other complicacies too. Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery ce...
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| Indigo Iris | 17:04 | 27/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (71)
| City: terra firma
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| 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...
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| Ganesan VG | 12:42 | 19/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (300)
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| FESTIVAL WISHES |
| FESTIVAL WISHES DEAR ILAND FRNDS(BYE FOR U ALL 4 THE TIME BEING) WISH U ALL A HAPPY FESTIVAL OCCASIONS (LIKE, DURGA POOJA, DEEPAVALI,CHIRSTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVE) AND A NICE WEEKEND AS I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BROWSE ALL YOUR VALUABLE POSTS DUE TO SOME WORK PRESSURE;HOPE OUR LORDS’ BE WITH US DURING OUR CRISIS TIME AND SHOWER HIS BLESSINGS DURING TH...
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| Pulak Mandal | 23:28 | 15/Jul/2007 |
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| Rainy Day |
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| This picture is dedicated to my rain-loving friend Jayalakshmi Srinivasan. Though I too have affection for rain, I am not that spirited to get drenched like her. So I took this photo from the comfort of the inside of a car.
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| nishant shah | 03:43 | 1/Dec/2007 |
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| 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...
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