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 18:11 | 6/Jul/2008 |
| The Communists Have Their Uses | |
| Having been caught like the proverbial monkey in a cleft on their threat to pull down the government on the nuclear deal, the Communists are now crying foul. Should we shed tears for our red comrades? I have listened to some of the arguments put forth by men of standing and eminence in favour of the communist case on the nuclear deal. There appea...
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| 13:44 | 5/May/2008 |
| No Woman No Cry | |
| I am letting you into no secret when I say that that this world suffers from several forms of deprivation. But the deprivation of the mind that causes suffering to women is among the worst. I have been troubled by two incidents that I read over the last few weeks. One of them is about the Nobel Laureate, V S Naipaul; the other about the alleged ra...
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| 14:21 | 17/Feb/2008 |
| Control Systems - Going Down the Memory ... | |
| Last week I saw my son's Control Systems book lying on the dining table. I picked it up and started running through it over a cup of coffee.I was flooded with memories of several years before, when I studied Control Systems Engineering under Prof. MAL Thathachar and Prof I G Sarma at IISc. Equivalent systems, Laplace Transforms, PID controls, Stabi...
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| 04:56 | 11/Feb/2008 |
| Two Questions on Vedic Astrology | |
| Like many people, I started off as a fanatical believer in God, and then became an atheist, an agnostic, and then a believer, but no longer fanatic. Somewhere in these phases, I was convinced that astrology was fallacy. However, I decided to learn astrology to prove to myself that astrology was just a lot of hot air. The rest is history in that fa...
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| 15:03 | 3/Feb/2008 |
| O Captain, my Captain | |
| In this world of conflict and chaos, it is only too easy to flow with the crowd, or be inactive. As we say in Electrical Engineering, take the path of least resistance. The world, however, brings in leaders from time to time, who sense what should be the correct path, use the force of their innate qualities and being, to overcome the resistance tha...
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| 14:51 | 13/Jan/2008 |
| Oliver Goldsmith : The Angelic Parrot | |
| We had a guest for dinner last week. (I mean dinner as in an evening meal - not dinner as used by many to mean lunch). We talked about her cat, and my recent conversion into a vegan, and we landed on the topic of dogs. From there, somehow we landed on 'Elegy Written on the Death of a Mad Dog' by Goldsmith, a poem that I studied in fair detail way b...
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| 22:19 | 31/Dec/2007 |
| The Bhutto Family Continuum | |
| The PPP has done what comes naturally to a dynasty mindset - appointed Benazir's inexperienced 19-year old son as the dejure Chairman, and her widower as the defacto Chairman. The similarities to our Gandhi family and the Congress are only too obvious. Why? Are our countries so devoid of leadership material, that only a family gene can guarantee ta...
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| 14:11 | 31/Dec/2007 |
| Walking in the Winter | |
| The frost on the ground is no deterrent, nor is the biting cold. The shoes that I wear, and my thermal underwear are adequate defence against the winter cold. It is the warmth of my bed and frost on the window pane that pull me back.But once I have dragged my unwilling flesh out on to the cold road, things change. I cannot wait to walk, and the mil...
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| vijayaram reddy | 15:49 | 5/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (414)
| City: Bangalore
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| HEART BREAKING STORY |
| I was walking around in a BigBazar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll. Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll l , my dear.'' The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much . Iwanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.' Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?'' 'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money. The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him. Please DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE. Now you have 2 choices: 1) Forward this message, or 2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart. For those who prefer to think that God is not watching over us.... go ahead and delete this. For the rest of us... pass this on. The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what they are capable of receiving.
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| RAGHUPAT | 17:42 | 6/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (94)
| City: Hyderabad
| Interests: "I dare to dream"...
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| Immoral Desire |
| responce required:: hi friends plz respond to this post.Immoral DesireI Know I Can't Have You,I Know It Is Impossible,Yet The Smile On Your Lips,Makes Me Wicked.I Look At You Once Again And Burn With Desire,I Want To Scream At The Top Of My Voice ThatI Want You,I Need You,I Lust You.I Know You Lust for Me Too, Yet You Resist,Your Morals Restrain Y...
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| ardhendu | 16:07 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Siliguri
| Interests: Love and Peace
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| IN ONE UNIVERSE ZERO IS CONSTANT, BUT IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE ALTHOUGH IT IS CONSTANT IT MAY NOT BE EQUAL TO THE VALUE OF ZERO OF THE OTHER UNIVERSE.THEREFORE TO SHRI BHAGWAN OR GOD ZERO IS NOT CONSTANT AND CREATION OF DIFFERENCE IN ZERO IS THE SECRET OF HIS CREATION OF DIVERSITY OF INFINITE NUMBER OF UNIVERSES.EACH UNIVERSE HAS A DIFFERENT ZERO AND A...
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| Divyani | 05:27 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| Key Events in Indian Cinema- PART TWO: |
| (MY) Key Events in Indian Cinema- PART TWO: Quoting from S.C’s latest blog:Cinema in India is the most effective mass message carrier. It promises to retain it’s pre-eminence for a few decades longer. Here I list what I consider are the significant events in Indian cinema in my years of cinema watching. Of course, this is a subjective list. Range...
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| Suvas Dutt | 00:35 | 16/May/2008 |
| Friends: (409)
| City: Guwahati
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| "Bias" |
| Harabhajan Sing got punishment again by the BCCI being debarred from five ODI. At the first instance, he has already been punished by the IPL Committee on the basis of video graphic evidence adduced by the match referee. Enquiry Commission was held, but unfortunately, the said Committee merely enquired about his fault. He was sl...
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| Chirag Kothari | 10:56 | 24/May/2008 |
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| City: Mumbai
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| || Amisha Patel - Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic... |
| Saif & Amisha ka tashanhttp://full2fun. com/viewPhoto. php?fileID= 13255Wet & Wildhttp://full2fun. com/viewPhoto. php?fileID= 13254Hai Hai ye majboorihttp://full2fun. com/viewPhoto. php?fileID= 13253Black & White - Rani & Amishahttp://full2fun. com/viewPhoto. php?fileID= 13256Meri chunari mein laga daag hai..isliye amisha hi tumhare liye saif hai.....
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| yogesh jadon | 15:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Kanpur
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| एक विश... |
| एक विश्वास के साथरोज खोलता हूं अखबारकि कोई तो होगी खबरजब लग...
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| daniel ribero | 18:42 | 5/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (531)
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| Easy Ways To Make Money |
| Easy Ways To Make MoneyToday, there are umpteen easy ways to make money effortlessly. These avenues may be legitimate or illegitimate, but they share the common trend of providing easy money. However, it must be said right now that "easy money" is just a euphemism for a way to make money in a non-traditional way. There is no such thing is truly eas...
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| shivraj dhumal | 09:50 | 18/Jan/2008 |
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| WHO DRIVES YOU? |
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| Have you ever started your day waking up late and then thinking that 'today's day is going to be unlucky'. Then going throughout the day and coming home back and then remember all that happened on the entire day. You might have noticed that the day happened to be just as you thought it to be.I would like you to follow this experiment. I would like ...
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| Jus Curious | 16:02 | 27/Apr/2008 |
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| A BRIEF INTRODUCTION |
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| "Give me to learn each secret cause;Let number's, figure's motion's lawsRevealed before me stand;These to great Nature's scene apply,And round the Globe,and through the sky,Disclose her working hand."- Mark Akenside 1721-1770 ( Hymn to Science in works of the English Poets, ed S Johnson 1779)Hi all ! If anything that can be singly unique to humans,...
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| Padmanabhan | 16:47 | 4/Jun/2008 |
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| City: Mumbai
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| SPLURGE |
| SPLURGEVery often we hear about people pouring money down the drain. I am sure you would have heard about that famous politician who literally did so for her foster son’s wedding. Or that diamond merchant who chartered an aircraft and solemnized the ceremony midair. What about that steel tycoon who bought a “French castle” as gift for his wife. The...
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| azaa g | 21:51 | 8/May/2008 |
| Friends: (193)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: Dreaming
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| A walk in da rain |
| When the world has taken its tollAnd I feel so out of controlEverything I do or sayBecomes a big disarrayThe rain begins to fallCreating a dark wallBrings a grin to my faceI grab my shoes and raceInto the wet wall of tearsAll at once letting go of my fearsNow I don’t have to be shyBehind the wet wall I can cryWith every falling drop The pain begins...
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| Seena Vincent | 21:26 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| Interests: Internet Money
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| Dating Sites and Matrimonial Sites a Com... |
| The dating sites are yet to get popular in India.But still reports are there several metropolitan youngsters areregistering with dating sites and other matrimonial sites. Their mainintention is to make good friendships with other parts of the world. Inspite of several unhealthy reports and fraudulent behaviors thisservice is getting more and more p...
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| Madhavan PK | 16:15 | 21/Jun/2008 |
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| Scarlet Sins |
| “When I am dead, I hope it may be saidHis sins were scarlet, but his books were read.” 1. “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man” wrote Francis Bacon. He was a renowned English author, courtier and philosopher (1561 – 1626). Later, may be after his death, there were reports that he had the bottom pinchi...
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| Vish Iyer | 09:28 | 5/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (203)
| City: Mumbai
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| 11 things you won't learn in school |
| Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world...
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| Manu Nair | 19:02 | 3/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Bangalore
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| Cabinet Berths |
| What would be the SP’s (Samajwadi Party's) demand if the party decides to join hands with the Congress if the CPI (M) pulls out? Would it be only Cabinet berths?
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| Sudhir Virulkar | 17:07 | 14/Apr/2008 |
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| JAB WE MET |
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| It was about 10 AM,a chilly summer morning at Leh. My PS came with the daily mail.He said with a smile "Sir, there is an admiration letter from a lady for you." I opened the letter; it was from Calcuttafrom some Sapna Mukherjee.She appreciated my interview telecast on DD. Letter was written three weeks ago & since she did not know our address, it r...
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| ekta | 12:22 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| CONFIDENCE CONQUERS |
| WINNING BEFORE U WIN WITH CONFIDENCE,YOU HAVE WON B4 U HAVE STARTE
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| usha setty | 16:19 | 4/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (66)
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| The girl child |
| Is the number of the girl child in India started to dwindle?A relative of mine has a son who is 'ready for marriage' as the saying goes! But he is not getting a suitable match. He seems to have mellowed down a little considering that he was always an outgoing boy. The enthusiasm with which they started the bride hunt has slowed down. They think...
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| Ganesan VG | 21:49 | 25/Jan/2008 |
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| City: Chennai(Madras)
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| R - DAY WISHES - 2008 |
| R - DAY WISHES - 2008DEAR ILAND FRNDS;LET US ALL SALUTE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND THE NATION ON THIS AUSPICIOUS DAYSMALL REQUEST - IF TIME PERMITS, TRY TO ATTEND A SMALL GATHERING OF FLAG HOISTING CEREMONY (AS I USED TO IN THE PARK IN OUR COLONY IN CHENNAI/WATCH IN TV/ATTEND IN OFFICES)THANKS & REGARDSYOUR LOVING ILAND FRND...
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| Beyond horizons | 00:06 | 12/May/2008 |
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| Be a Man....... |
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| I am glad to share with you all.......very intresting, wise and thought provoking words even though they are not mine.....These wonderful lines are penned by Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt youBut make allowance for their doubting too,If ...
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| vira | 15:13 | 27/Jun/2008 |
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| City: Nagpur
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| Moola MantraOm Sharavana-bhavaya Namaha !GYaanashaktidhara skanda valliikalyaaNa sundaradevasenaa manaH kaanta kaartikeya namo.astuteOM subrahmaNyaaya namaH 
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