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 10:20 | 6/Mar/2008
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...
 09:26 | 28/Jan/2008
I KNOW YOU ARE MY VALENTINE
Hi Friends...Valentine's day is round the corner.....HAR DIL JO PYAR KAREGA WOH GANA GAYEGA.....what I consider - more than Valentine"s Day , for we indians, it is BALLAM TIME DEY, means give more and more time to me...and yeah...it"s very important that you give some time to your beloved. Few momemts here and there from your busy schedule to say I... more...
 11:09 | 18/Jan/2008
I MISS YOU
           Last few months I missed missing youAnd I forgot the pleasureI used to getOf missing and longing for you-For you are with me All the times these days!!!... U are present so intimatelyWoven around me so tightlyJust like a worm in its cocoonThat I could never get a chanceTo miss you - again-like before… The pain of separationIs always bles... more...
 09:51 | 19/Dec/2007
Dreams
                        Yeah…This is how dreams take shape…. It’s not always          That chasing stars are only dreamsIt’s not always          That happiness is where money isIt’s not always          That you are blessed only if you are richIt’s not always          That love means ‘staying together forever’… You can shape your dreams          Som... more...
 09:16 | 11/Dec/2007
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...
 11:35 | 22/Oct/2007
Good for nothing 14
...And then I suddenly thought my life has began taking a newturn…the way I wanted it to be…….but man proposes God disposes… One fine day, on the last day of July, I got a letter ofintimation- from state govt of Orissa- to appear for an interview for the postof medical officer. The news brought a ‘list of dreams come true’ for me inmany ways. The j... more...
 12:06 | 19/Jul/2007
a stroll down the memory lane...
   There is a cloud around meCloud of a body scentThat got transferredFrom your bodyinto mine- last nightInto my skin, mind, nostrils, and soul…Making me mad of courseJust like musk…I don’t want toRun behind itNeither do I wantTo separate from itCan I feel it forever…???I don’t want to close my eyesAs I only seeYour face in darknessAnd the very tho... more...
 12:58 | 2/Jul/2007
good for nothing
                                      Good for Nothing-13(this part is the sequel to Good for nothing -12)Kolkata-The city of joy- gifted a morning of joy to me as Pawwa’s phone call woke me up first thing in the morning and I could guess well before picking up the phone what he wanted to say. But there was much more than I expected.            “Ge... more...
 11:36 | 18/Jun/2007
A Dialogue
  Of Doubts and their clarifations - conversation with a fellow iland Friend via E-mailMy friend: hi nimmo, well, m starting wid a new story, a bit complicated till now...but i need to have some info b4 dat...like, if suppose a girl gets to know she's pregnant, somewhere between 2-3 months (i know there r many stages within dat too), and she gets i... more...
 11:17 | 11/Jun/2007
good for nothing
                                              Good for Nothing-12“Hey pawwa! What are you doing there with that Firangi (the Foreigner) ?”             I shouted at him, in our mother tongue Oriya obviously. We were on our way to Calcutta to buy Medical Books at a concessional price from College Street. It was an overnight train journey and we both ... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 Kumar Ahuja | 11:09 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (255)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: I luv Making Frndz..
Some more humor
Long back, a person who sacrificed his sleep,forgot his family, forgot his food,forgot laughter were called "Saints"But now they are called.."IT professionals" ------------------------------------------------------- ----- ---------------An interesting line written at the back of a Biker's T Shirt:"If you are able to see this, Please tell me that my ...  more...
 kiran naik | 12:07 | 17/Jan/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: singing
काय सांगू माझ्यì 6; बद्दल मलाच काही कळत नाही बोलायé 0; खुप असत मल...  more...
 GAUTAM SINGH | 14:37 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (10)  | City: thailand  | Interests: listening music, ...
SAYARI
"DIL BHUL NAHI SAKTA TUMHE, DHARKANO KI JARURAT HO TUM,  HUM KAISE RAHENGE TUMSE BICHUR KAR,   HAMARI PEHLI MOHABBAT HO TUM"  more...
 lonely | 22:21 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (122)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: sharing,observing...
when my eyes get wet
Sunday night I went to bed a little bit early.. I think.. at 3’o clock suddenly I wake up from my sleep. I tried somuch..but I didn’t get sleep again.. I switched on TV. No mood to watch any channel. Just surfing the channels...Suddenly I struck at one channel, where they are telecasting a documentary on Prostitutes..  I started watching...”There a...  more...
 Kute Engineer | 13:00 | 6/Apr/2008
Friends: (23)  | City: koderma  | Interests: Adventure Sex - F...
BiharUrban Development
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 M R | 16:08 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (51)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Current affairs,B...
SURVEY : MYSTICISM
Do you believe in Astrology, palmistry, tarot cards and the like? Why/Why not? I think we should see what the bharatiya janta feels. Post your comment here.  more...
 Adesh Guru | 12:07 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (54)  | City: Agra  | Interests: Playing, singing,...
A LOVE STORY
One day, I woked early in the morning to watch the sunrise.As the beauty of God's creation is beyond description.As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work. As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me. He asked me,.. "Do you love me?" I ans...  more...
 Pink Petals | 23:45 | 11/Apr/2008
Friends: (29)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: nothing__________...
വിഷു
ഒരു നല്ല വിഷു ആശംസിŎ 9;്കുന് 368;ു  കണികാ! 63;ും നേരം (പി.ലീല, രേണുക) (12 )ക!...  more...
 BEST FRIEND | 00:03 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (334)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: meeting new, inte...
Transform your life
Transform Your Life By Becoming More AwareSwami SukhabodhanandaA man with eight doctorate degrees met a monk. He was proud of his achievement. The monk asked him: “Why have you been so foolish in life?” The man said, “But... you don’t understand! I have eight PhDs”. The monk said: “I have understood you; it is foolish to spend the best part of life...  more...
 mohan | 22:02 | 6/Apr/2008
Friends: (46)  | City: Trissur  | Interests: friendship, paint...
Reflections!!
Reflections!!I was immature in my character, butBelieved you have the poise,And hold the reliance in me,To wish for a life within,I was not convinced that its youWho came so frequent  fascinating  me?So possessed and weak to express my love.Dogged to regain my identity, from where I lost,A life that unreal as the skin of dawns or desks…I wished to ...  more...
 Mithilesh Kumar | 15:03 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (154)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: Music, Reading.
Perhaps I need you ...............
If one day you feel like crying ....................Call me .........I don’t promise you that .............I will make you laughBut I can cry with you..... If  one day you want to run away –Don’t be afraid to call me.I don’t promise to ask you to stop,But I can run with you. If one day you don’t want to listen toAnybody;Call me and .........I promi...  more...
 tarun goel | 10:08 | 12/Apr/2008
Friends: (78)  | City: Ghaziabad  | Interests: trying hard to fi...
See What Was India At 1835
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 Sameera Nandi | 12:30 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (211)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Movies, music, re...
Yesterday was better  I know, I have been on the “blues” mode from the last week. And believe you me, I do not like it one bit. I have been thinking this and thinking that. Implementing very little. Getting all the more frustrated. That is when today happened. I woke up earlier than usual. Didn’t feel groggy and thought, wow! Looks like I might jus...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 15:25 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (372)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
A test of love
She liked many things about him. She couldn’t wait to be with him be it sms, email, or in person. She would hate to admit it, but he was one person she liked better than anyone else and as much as she liked herself (to be truthful a little less than herself). He was cool. He loved her. He said he loved her more than anyone else in the wide whole wo...  more...
 avinash | 03:01 | 30/Mar/2008
Friends: (208)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music,playing sno...
VERY RARE PHOTO OF BALAJI INSIDE TIRUPAT...
THIS IS A VERY RARE PHOTOGRAPH OF BALAJI - TAKEN INSIDE THE TEMPLE MANY YEARS AGO.IN THE HISTORY OF THE TIRUPATHI TIRUMALA TEMPLE, THERE'S ONLY TWICE PHOTOS WERE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN.HERE IS ONE OF THEM.PASS THIS PHOTO OR MAKE YOUR FRIENDS SEE THIS.BEST WISHES.  more...
 Vish Iyer | 01:10 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (176)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, Sports, ...
Do we know how to be more creative?
We are moving from an information age to innovation age. Knowledge and information has become a commodity, whose value is going down with time. In this new age the value of creativity is going up and application and monetization of knowledge is becoming key. Every country, business and individuals are being forced to think differently in this fast ...  more...
 rahulrohilla | 17:45 | 9/Apr/2008
Friends: (51)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: playing cricket,r...
TAJ
Ga to skta hun......... Per aavaj bewfa h............. Bja to skta hun....... per saaj bewfa h....... TAJ to hum bhi bnawa dete A DOST........ pr hamari MUMTAJ bewfa h...............  more...
 sunil patel | 13:35 | 1/Feb/2008
Friends: (6)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music photography...
The fact that every day is different, that every day brings with it new experiences. hey im a completely mad person...if im gud im really gud..if im bad then god help u...i get major mood swings.. MAJOR i mean n i get senti a lot...i rave n i rant about d stupidist things in da world.... but thats only to a few ppl... ((who tell me 2 shut up n chil...  more...
 Gaurav Saxena | 15:52 | 4/Apr/2008
Friends: (31)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: Music,net surfing...
Mera gunah kya hai ye to Bata dijiye
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 medha N | 12:30 | 11/Apr/2008
Friends: (186)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Love music, paint...
Life and death! or Question and Answer??...
Here are some questions which came to my mind after reading a news paper article. What is life?What is death?Is life itself death?Are we living or are we dieing?Are we living to die or are we dieing to live?Why do we live as if we will never die and why is that we die as if we never lived?The biggest question is-Does these questions really have an ...  more...
 SmartMind Fr... | 12:50 | 4/Apr/2008
Friends: (67)  | Interests: writing!!..sleepi...
Challenges!!
She kept her eyes wide open and stared at me. She didn’t blink even once in the 5-6 minutes staring session that we had…finally I had to smile back.Her tongue was sticking out, her eyes were wide open…she had a peculiar hair do…and she was somewhere around 2-3 years old.The minute she saw me smiling, she smiled back and started clapping her hands.S...  more...
 Ashwin Unni | 15:57 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (138)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Football,rock muz...
ROADIES !!!!!!!
THIS IS GR8....ONLY  7 ROADIES LEFT  OUT OF 13......WHO'S IT GONNA BE??????????????I HATE TO REVEAL THIS BUT....................................A SHUTOSH  HAS WON!!!!(check out his orkut profile)NIHAL HAS COME 2nd........AND THE CUTE SHAMBHAVI HAS COME 5th...........-------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------all data is ...  more...
 Sanjeev Pai | 22:03 | 23/Feb/2008
Friends: (3)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading
 I Ordered NEW 256MB MP3 PLAYER+USB PEN DRIVE+VOICE RECORDER (Order No4359248) & Blackberry 7100V  for 4990/-on 29 Jan 2008. I received the parcel by TNT only on 08 Feb 2008 the MP# player stopped working in Four days. My calls to Customer Care drew a Blank. Then I was replied by one Veemish Jani that we entertain complaints only in seven days and ...  more...
 rajeev singh | 23:11 | 13/Apr/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: jaunpur  | Interests: photography,readi...
Fire
Again Fire Blown By Raj ThackerayOnes again MNS leader Raj Thackeray picked up the matter of ''BHUMIPUTRA''(those who born in Maharashtra) as a political gimmick.This time they targate the privatre companies,who provide jobs to nort Indian.This kind of letter is written to more than 45,ooo companies to reserve 80% of jobs for ''BHUMIPUTRA'',other w...  more...
 chamakeri pr... | 17:42 | 11/Mar/2008
Friends: (28)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading, sports, ...
FOUR WIVES AND OUR LIFE
Read this without fail.Once upon a time.... There was a rich King who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one d...  more...
 Rakshita Verma | 20:23 | 23/Mar/2008
Friends: (503)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: jokes, poetry, pu...
Time...
 The sun sets and risesAmidst this grindThere are answers That I do not findTime has stolenMy peace of mindThe honest personThat I was once Am seeking childhood In its virtual absence Time has stolen My innocence  My love nest isNothing but wilderness  I have lots of energy That I cannot harnessTime has stolen My hopefulness  From far off I get A w...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (514)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Stewed Tomatoes A guy isgoing on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worry about gettingseasick.The doctor suggests, ''Eat two pounds of stewedtomatoes before you leave the dock.''The guy replies, ''Would that keep me fromgetting sick, Doc?''The doctor says, ''No, but it'll look realpretty in the water.''Respectfully Cheating Jack an...  more...
 monu g | 10:18 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (181)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
MCP
 “You didn’t bring along Sandhya” Ritu asked“No, I didn’t” Sachin replied“Why?” “I left her back home.”“Com’on you couldn’t be doing this.. Where is she?” Ritu sounded unconvinced“Why can't?.. I m the husband.. I can do what I want. Call me an MCP but I didn’t bring her along” Sachin teased her“Whats MCP?” she asked innocently“You don’t know that!”...  more...
 sahil banga | 15:21 | 3/Apr/2008
Friends: (236)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Kalingini, the Story.
No one knows what lies ahead, and because curiosity is greater than fear, and truth is stranger than fiction, we all are searching, like our predecessors. Actually trying hard to face the future. Just like buying an umbrella on the onset of black clouds hovering upon the mauve sky like the ghosts of the 18th century. 18th century. What a period in ...  more...
 Kanchan Bhat... | 22:11 | 28/Feb/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: ...  | Interests: gone!
Women!
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 Deepa | 17:54 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (81)  | Interests: reading, being wi...
Acchi
“How much did you pay for the coriander?”, squinted acchi, as she peered into the coins that Guru, my cousin, had handed over to her.“Let me give you the full account. You will never let me rest in peace, otherwise”, frowned Guru.“You better do that”, retorted Acchi.Guru drew a deep breath. He knew he had no escape. I smiled behind the newspaper. “...  more...
 rajesh vora | 15:19 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (42)  | City: duh?  | Interests: ICICI - 9% ...
iLand's Twelve
You sure must be wondering at this title and what it is supposed to mean. Well, similar to the movie, Ocean’s Twelve, a group of twelve iLanders decided to meet up. The only difference was that we were not going to pull off any heist. Instead we were going to have great fun meeting each other and knowing each other in a much better way apart from w...  more...
 Vish R | 01:31 | 31/Mar/2008
Friends: (62)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Football cooking ...
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...
 amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007
Friends: (359)  | City: Goa  | Interests: understanding mys...
Success in Life
  The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.”     Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.  more...
 Ajit Lakshmi... | 20:16 | 2/Oct/2007
Friends: (71)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing, Public S...
GANDHIGIRI ON GANDHI JAYANTI
GANDHIGIRI EXPERIENCE Of course, Gandhism or Gandhigiri as it is now better known works even if it does not have anything to do with values!! (Thanks to Munnabhai)  My experience with Gandhigiri relates to chaotic traffic and driving on Bangalore roads especially on the IT Corridor. I travel from my home near Brooke Fields to office in Nrupathunga ...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 22:46 | 11/Mar/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
An entirely different way to travel
Hi Guyz, If you have still not traveled in Delhi Metro feeder buses, you are missingsomething. Believe me! Traveling in Delhi Metro feeder buses is a uniqueexperience. It is very different from the experience that you get whiletraveling in rickety RTVs.Some of the good points about Delhi Metro feeder buses are:They are operated by Delhi Metro. ...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:25 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (517)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
The most important relationship you can ...
One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleague...  more...
 A dreamer | 10:08 | 29/Jun/2007
Friends: (6)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Reading,Watching ...
Bullshit
Curse on politicians who makes crores on the pretext of party funding, worse still they divide us on the name of cast, creed and religion, Bad on our part we choose them and make head of state, Pity on media who every day highlights the saddest & worst realities and we start our day reading all those gloomy news, Good on our apathetic attitude that...  more...
 RAGHU IYER | 06:12 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (86)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: wwwwwooooossssshh...
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Om Shri Ganeshay Namah                Om Shri Gurubhyo Namah                Om Shri Hayagreevaay Namah 33 I got touchy and very personal with mine and some rather closer thoughts today, and I had to pen this at the very morning of my ever new day!! All of you have a nice and happy day! Good Morning to all!  “I drop in &I drop out,I think,I better d...