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 23:08 | 20/Oct/2008 |
| OF safety issues, Men & Women | |
| The Sunday newspaper had a special edition on the security scenario for the working women. There was specific mention about the TV journalist who got killed on the Delhi road at midnight few days back . The write-up was almost like a reaction to the Delhi CM’s comment saying something about women being adventurous. I was feeling sad about the whol...
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| 23:06 | 18/Oct/2008 |
| F , NF & O | |
| Friends & Not so Friends and Others,I have been inactive on the iland and hence thought it would not be appropriate to have any of my old , very old posts here. But then , i just cant delete them and it would be better to have atleast the old one than nothing atall. Hence i get them back.All my old F, NF & O would have already read and commente...
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| 09:58 | 29/Jan/2008 |
| The bird flu and Me | |
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| There is news about avian flue in West Bengal every day. There are pictures with the news – of men and women carrying the dead and alive birds and taking them away for “Disposal”. I have not even the vague idea of how this “culling” is being done exactly. There were pictures all over, of even live birds being thrown to pits and covered alive....
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| 11:25 | 21/Dec/2007 |
| expectations?! | |
| (I am- no writer - not authorised to make any conclusions - this is just some kind of thoughts that flow thru my very less exposed mind - this has no validity or may not hold true for other fellow readers.) We all try to share / care and discuss/debate issues and expect something from the people who live with and around us or interact with as p...
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| 22:31 | 23/Nov/2007 |
| jab THEY met !!! | |
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| phoolan devi (one and only one), rekha ( filmi) and medha patkar (Narmada) going for a picnic to chambal “gardens”! the following lead to the above unimaginable episode of their lives…. Phoolan was as usual roaming on the outskirts ( not in skirts but in a salwar )of her garden , hunting for some deer, she was scared of leopards …..but had her gu...
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| 21:14 | 28/Sep/2007 |
| the danger ! on the road | |
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| This is something that had come to my mind from the daily ritual of travelling to office on the scooter.During the 13 kms ride on the good old ( 97 model !!!) scooter , rain and dirt and all kinds of dust and dirt land on the face . But there are worser things - Beside an auto , I am more conscious of the head that may suddenly peep out and S...
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| 17:39 | 16/Sep/2007 |
| The aftermath | |
| I have read many post on sexual abuse of children / women /men ( I include them too!!!).Every one seems to be concentrating on prevention, as prevention is better than cure – no doubt. But none of us seems to think or discuss or address the aftermath of the abuse – if it ever happens - and how to deal with the persons effected in such cases. Ev...
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| 22:40 | 30/Aug/2007 |
| The Stranger who knows me !? | |
| 27th August 2007 :- I was busy cleaning the house , to “utilize” the leave I had taken in the name of Onam. I had cooked some food the previous day to allow myself some free time as- well- as good food, so as to enjoy the day .All my schedule was fixed and I was not expecting any guest. I was even reluctant to drop my girl at college and was tr...
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| 12:47 | 22/Aug/2007 |
| Dr. Magnified & Col. Superman | |
| This is not aimed particularly at anyone. I am helpless if it happens to hurt anyone’s sentiments – it is not my intention. I have no enemies with such titles , to aim up-on . All kinds of comments are welcome. Why do doctors prefix Dr. in their name and Engineers don’t do it ? If it is in a place where it is relevant to be known – then it is diff...
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| 13:49 | 13/Jul/2007 |
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| My Previous Birth !!!! There is this vision about my Previous Birth !There I dream a lot - In the day , in the night -I dream a lot !Then I wished to fly like a kite ,-Oh , I did fly , far and wide -With all vibrant colours -That filled and flew my mindI watched the sun rise and set - watched the rain fall and flow- swam in the river that flows ...
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| venkataramana | 12:46 | 5/Dec/2008 |
| Friends: (392)
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| A 21- GUNS Salute...? |
| 1. Can't a Democratic Nation indulge in counter-terrorism to counter terrorism? 2. Is War the only option? 3. Whither the Anger and angst when it comes to real assertive-action? 4. Can a military-junta ruled country be termed Democratic ? 5. Are India and Pakistan equal? 6. Is USA afraid of Indian ire or Pakista...
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| ramdhari singh | 19:21 | 25/Nov/2008 |
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| www.mtid.in |
| Most useful webside for any trade,industry or service organisation doing business in Mumbai,Navi Mumbai,Thane,Kalamboli to all over India.Regarding following categoriesTransport CompaniesContainer HandlersPackers & MoversCustom House AgentsCrane & Forklift SuppliersBulk CarriersTransport AssocationsTrapaulin DealersRoad DistancePlease visit www.mt...
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| bandra | 15:54 | 4/Dec/2008 |
| Friends: (231)
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| Nokia N97 - Nokia's latest phone |
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| Nokia Just announced the launch of their new flagship cell phone, the Nokia N97.We present the specifications, features and information about the NokiaN97. The new N97 is a 5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel screen, giving you anaspect ratio of 16:9. Did we forget to mention that the display is alsotouchscreen like a lot of new phones coming in the market aft...
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| abhishek bha... | 08:58 | 3/Nov/2008 |
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| my first poem ! |
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| Hi guys! to start with , Once in a coffee shop a guy was sipping coffee with his friend and noticed a cute looking , lovely girl sitting across tables who just took his heart away. The guy fell for her and wrote this to her on the tissue paper. COFFEE SHOP When you touch the glass , lift it up to your lips and touch it,It sighs loud ...
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| AAMEEN KHAN | 12:42 | 5/Dec/2008 |
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| BEST SCHOOL |
| Two days back I read a Press Note in the gujarati news paper that parents are queuing up in front of the school for two days to get t he admission forms.........Hence this poem. प 61;ुँच गये हम भी अपने बच्चे को ì...
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| DIBYA | 21:56 | 29/Nov/2008 |
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| God ! Who am I? |
| As I walked on the sands of time.a few golden patches, a few not worth a dime..I came across a myriad of people,Some were strong of character, some were feeble. At first, my steps were steady & slow.As people in life passed me,I knew time was short to catch their glow,Inexperience was my company.For this, did one need to have maturity ??For, Some b...
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| nivia | 06:18 | 5/Dec/2008 |
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| The best listener is someone who puts himself in the other person"s shoes.
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| velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008 |
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| How Heavy is a Glass of Water |
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| A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...
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| Hemang N.Ver... | 15:43 | 3/Dec/2008 |
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| Mumbai Blasts |
| The November 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks which began across Mumbai (Bombay), the largest city in India and the country's financial capital, on 26 November 2008 and ended on 29 November 2008 when Indian security forces finally regained control of all attack sites.At least 171 people, including at least 31 f...
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| Siddu raj | 21:23 | 30/Nov/2008 |
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| The Post Mortem Report |
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| POST MORTEM OF A HITCH- HIKING DALMATIAN-DINGOCROSSBREED -There are NO Easy Solutions to Problems; in Life...there are No Fevi-kwik, superglue or quick fix solutions… -Problems can arise in relationships, at work, in the family, etc… -Learn to always tackle problems head-on, bravely... Face to face -Don’t ever shirk away from your fe...
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| deepak kumar | 14:03 | 24/Oct/2008 |
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| WHAT IS GOING ON? |
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| What is going on?It is a question which is asked by several people in this present situation.World economy shows negative trends even in India we feel our self in worse situation though we are developing country.Our industries have great fear of recession.Fear has started from Jet Airways,Air India, Tata Motors and so on...........What would happen...
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| pramod mk | 09:46 | 24/Nov/2008 |
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| KODINHI - A WONDER LAND OF TWINS |
| Kodinhi is a sleepy hamlet in Malappuram district of Kerala state, some 15 kms away from our University (University of Calicut).The village, located in Nannambra panchayat, should have remained as one of the rural, backward and Muslim dominated towns here.The village has now caught national and international attention by having a large birth-rate...
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| K Nagesh | 04:46 | 21/Oct/2008 |
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| JEEVAN TARANG |
| A Permanent Life Insurance Plan From LIC That Offers,Life Insurance Coverage Upto 100 Years Of Age For The Full Sum Insured, Bonus Encashment On Completion Of The Policy Term Chosen, Annual Installments @ 5.5% Of The Sum Insured Upto 100 Years Of Age Starting Second Year After Completion Of The Policy Term Chosen, Loan Facility, Accident Benefit Up...
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| Think Tank | 19:51 | 4/Dec/2008 |
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| BCD |
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| (Indian companies) (Management) Baffling Corporate Decisions Business decisions are becoming more and more difficult to interpret. What appears apparent in the beginning is not so in reality and many a time we understand them only by looking beyond the obvious. It seems corporate now a days don’t feel any dilemma in what to keep secret and what to ...
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| Reshma Thakkar | 14:55 | 7/Nov/2008 |
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| NEW VERSIONS OF A QUOTE |
| THE ORIGINAL QUOTE If you love someone, Set her free... If she comes back, she's yours, If she doesn't, she never was.... THE NEW VERSIONS ARE ..... Pessimist: If you love someone, Set her free ... If she ever comes back, she's yours, If she doesn't, as expected, she never was Optimist: If you love someone, Set her free ... Don...
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| ekantapadhika | 23:24 | 29/Nov/2008 |
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| Terrorism |
| Why, why, why ? What goads terrorism , how does it take root, what is the psychology of a suicide bomber , what fuels his animosity…questions galore , that have been troubling minds of concerned people for sometime now. There is no one answer and therein lies the problem, perhaps. I came across this site http://uk....
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| Moe M | 20:31 | 2/Dec/2008 |
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| UNDER-PRESSURE |
| UNDER - PRESSURE The mornings - or rather my morning started like every other morning . Woke up - went through the three S's that men go through - well some go through One, maybe two or none at all - but then I consider myself at least a semi clean freak (Did I say that?)Got dressed and headed out to work. As I was driving - I started feeling a ...
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| Ocimum Sanc | 15:35 | 3/Dec/2008 |
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| The Other Culprit ? |
| The Other Culprit ? It has been late in coming but surely WE as a Nation seem to have woken up!Glad that there is anger everywhere, against politicians, bureaucrats and against the system as a whole. If this collective angst does not have a direction and is not unified enough, we may still lose the battle against what we are fighting for – a just...
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| Shivaja V | 12:52 | 2/Dec/2008 |
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| Was just remembering a few lines of Ruskin Bond “Such moments come to most of us - moments when we feel deeply moved or inspired, and when time seems to stand still so that we may savor and preserve in our minds a glimpse of eternity.They come but rarely, these glimmers - raindrops on a sunflower, or the fragrance of the first summer rain on parch...
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| sahil banga | 15:46 | 26/Nov/2008 |
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| A Ritual |
| We sat there peacefully, content, holding hands like we always did. The women were wailing. Daughter beating her chest like a woman possessed. She was close to her mother. Few men talking about how strong was she, my wife. This was a proud moment for me. I clutched her hands firmly. She doused her face with a warm smile. A distant relative was c...
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| budhoose kan... | 21:21 | 2/Dec/2008 |
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| The Great Indian Security |
| The following was pointed out to me by friend the doc. Remember the guy who shot to fame by winning the Olympic gold medal in shooting? He was given 4 crores by the government.The guys who shot the terrorists and in the process got killed, were given four lakhs as compensation!Mera Bharath Mahan???I do not have much hope in the way of national secu...
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| meena sundar | 19:50 | 30/Nov/2008 |
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| Angry..... |
| AngryAngry at usBcoz we are mute spectators of all. Angry Angry at our politicians,For making everything political. AngryAngry at our government,Which stays calm and aloof all the time.Playing the Gandhigiri mode…When we need action,The real strong actions!!! AngryAngry at the terrorist,Bcoz what makes them think…They can destroy us and win us...
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| Solidus | 12:46 | 24/Jul/2008 |
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| Private Banks ki naak mein nakel |
| A Letter to Reserve Bank of IndiaDear Sir / Ma'am, This is to request your kind attention towards my complaint no. 2801 lodged with The Banking Ombudsman during the financial year 2006-07, against ICICI Bank. The complaint was closed neither with a resolution nor a consent from me. But I have not closed the complaint. I had been regularly following...
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| beena john | 12:29 | 4/Nov/2008 |
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| Jokes |
| A cabbie picks up a nun.She gets into the cab, and notices that the very handsome cab driver won’t stop staring at her.She asks him why he is staring. He replies: “I have a question to ask you, but I don’t want to offend you.”She answers, “My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chan...
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| vijayaram reddy | 10:10 | 10/Oct/2008 |
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| VIJAYADASAMI |
| VIJAYA DASAMI V ijayam I shtakamyardha siddhi J ayam A bhayam Y bhavam A ishvaryam D hanam A rogyam S neham A drushtam M amakaram I kamathyam……….. Wish you and your family a very happy “Dussera” - V I J A Y A R A M R E D D Y
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| sohamswami | 11:05 | 11/Oct/2008 |
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| FLOWING MOMENTS |
| I wanted to unwind, for two days---alone,with peace with myself. The Guest House beside the Bhagirathi river,surrounded by green lawns and colourful flower beds with green hedges, were what I was looking for. I knew this place for long. And Krishnan's food was superb as always.After a heavy lunch of Palak Chicken,Paneer Tikka and Bharwan Bhindi ...
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| soloman will... | 21:02 | 9/Sep/2008 |
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| Azaadi????? |
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| Azaadi ?????Quoting Ms. Arundhati Roy, from The Outlook, "For all these years, the Indian state, known among theknowing, as the Deep state, has done everything to subvert, suppress,represent, misrepresent, discredit, interpret, intimidate, purchase- and simplysnuff out the voices of the Kashmiri people. It has used money (lots of it),violence (lot...
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| jofebin@redi... | 07:48 | 9/Oct/2008 |
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| The Big Empty |
| Thanks everyone for the support u have showered on my posts. Here is another picture from me. I don't think this one needs a description. Enjoy.... Febin
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| mini francis | 11:30 | 17/Apr/2008 |
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| A STORY OF TWO FRIENDSA story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.They kept on walking until they f...
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| Madhavan PK | 14:46 | 10/Nov/2008 |
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| Inheritance of Loss |
| I remember hopping off a bus at Eliyapeta Kettam and walking a kilometer to reach my ancestral home. I liked the winding road, (an occasional vehicle polluting the tranquil environs), the curious onlookers, the shady trees, the rough terrain, well-spaced houses, and a few bunk shops. I also remember two poignant things. The last stretch to our hous...
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| Ramesh Pillai | 23:19 | 23/May/2008 |
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| WHO KILLED MY UNCLE? |
| Preamble:He used tocome home once in a month or so. He has been literally on the roads since 1976.He left home when his son was 10 years old. His son is 42 now. He came back in1986. But by then his family didn’t want him. Well, no blame games, who wouldneed a man who deserts his family and vanishes for 10 long years. The son says.“ I have never kno...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Jab We Met |
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| Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...
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| Kush A | 03:26 | 5/Dec/2008 |
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| Introducing a great lady writer |
| O well, I have been writing poems and all and its depressed the crap out of me. Well, talking of poems, I have a rather interesting theory which I believe you'd be interested to listen. So, here goes...I think that many times ppl write and they just get away with the rhyme and the rhythm and the fillings and the frills, just so that they can hide t...
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| Saakshee I | 17:43 | 5/Aug/2008 |
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| Sensual times beckons... |
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| Guys its been some time now and my life it seems is the most boring one on the planet I meet guys I lose guys, I lose interest they hate my guts. Well that’s about it all now the same charade continues maybe I can shock myself into a new me. I realize that my perfect guy would be as lethargic as me, would love swinging... Hey hey hey lemme put the ...
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| jayaraj s | 15:15 | 3/May/2008 |
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| Another Morning |
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| ‘Will you take us to school today in car, Acha (dad)?’ My elder daughter asked me while brushing her teeth in the morning.Sometimes they like to go to school in car, though their school is just 10 minutes walk away. For a change from usual routine walking. Other occasion in which I have to take them to school is when my wife gets up late disreg...
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| kavita ganguly | 22:52 | 5/Sep/2008 |
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| When u lose a friend |
| Here they come again,Harder than ever beforeTears streaming down my faceMy heart becomes soreThese tears are more than just water They carry more than just hurtThey fill up my eyes,And make my vision a blurMy heart yearns to let its guard fallBut that has become my greatest fear of allFor everyone I once loved and did so much forAre drifting away, ...
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