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| karkkidakam* The blue darkness unfurled,Wind flew shattering the doors,Trees swayed in the gust,Clouds roared the rageThe rain of Karkkidakam,Its again at my sky The saddles of the skies,The river of heaven,The oceans hid in clouds,The Ganges of Gods,The rain of Karkkidakam,...
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| 14:06 | 10/May/2008 |
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| i saw Doors vanished,Shackles withered,Sky blossomed into the cerulean, I ever loved,When the dusk-sun shed its last petals on the clouds,I saw,the rainbow descending on me.Heavens bloomed,Moonlight gushed,Nightingale sung the song I ever yearnedWhen the flame shivered in the wind,I saw,the clouds climbing down the aisle.Wind strayed,Chi...
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| 18:49 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| BaCk tO tHoSe DaYs..Back to those days! Lying on the bare floor, absorbing the chill out of you; staring at the sky, and sipping you with my thirsty eyes; after years and days. Was in bondage and away from you; cried for you; yearned for you, and dreamt of you; many nights; don’t know how many times.Back to those corners, where I rested my hea...
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| 17:26 | 4/Oct/2007 |
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| TAG POST: Light an EyeI often wonder,What do you see when I say ‘Green’?!,I often cry,When you say that you saw me in your dream,Dear,If I could light those eyes with mine..Like the candle spreading light in the darkness..Burning… one after other!I have been tagged by Cyril Paul. To spread this heavenly message in this beautiful world, and to t...
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| 17:50 | 28/Aug/2007 |
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| n e v e r m i n d never been to thy dale,never knocked thy door, never paused awhile, never turned back,never saw thy world, never loved those eyes,never droned a praise,never read those tales,never saw those streams, never looked into it, never heard thy voice,never touched thy limbs,never stood near you,never said a word,never slept a wink, n...
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| 14:13 | 20/Aug/2007 |
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| Wrecked! Deep within my eyes;Deep within my heart;The pain lingering;Lifting me away from my dark dwelling;Where dreams sowed and loss reaped! Breath devoid of verve;Heart without cadence,Yesterdays staring,Like the sword thrown on my head; and slitting it apart!No pain, no bleed, weighing is my wretched heart! Blaze in my eyes;Fumes in my head;Lik...
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| 19:38 | 1/Aug/2007 |
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| Lifelong LivesThree lives! Three girls! And a mother!Would Pushpa ever have cursed her daughters in her lifetime?!! Would she ever have looked at heaven; with her pleading eyes when three girls flowered in her womb one after one in a respite of fifteen or eighteen months?! Would she ever have cursed her daughters in her life?!I have always seen Pu...
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| 15:06 | 19/Jul/2007 |
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| O Mother,...to die before You!!Nila.. A rich and splendid river that has eventually shrunken into a trickle! She’s a mother.. Mother of a civilization, a language, innumerable poets, myriad writers, divine arts, sages…. and mother of these emotions dripping out of my soul! Mindless sand mining combined with a whole bunch of other anti-ecological ac...
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| 12:08 | 5/Jul/2007 |
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| The breeze, the blue house & the Life thereafter!Books,Pen,Calculator,Logarith m Tables,My Naughty Guruvauyrappan,A pinch of sacred ash, sandal paste, vermilion,The black small radio,My window and the breeze!My study-leave days at the small lone blue house at the banks of the green paddy and the gently flowing Chithrapuzha were largely stolen by the...
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| 12:19 | 3/Jul/2007 |
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| Monsoon knocking!!Monsoon knocking at the door!O, get the pots,O, move out the ewer,Palm leaves are unwoven,Roofs are not laid,Oh God,Can’t you hear?Monsoon is knocking at the door!Trumpets are roaring,Sward of Rain Gods –Glaring at the sky,Sometimes smile, sometimes bark,Oh where gone the children?Where the umbrella?Can’t you hear?Monsoon is knock...
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| alpana | 20:01 | 31/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (298)
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| Rehetey ho tummerey har kahayaal mein merey har khawaab meinmeri har jeeti jaagti saans meinhar meethey ehsaas mein…har zadbaat meinkaash jald phir aa jayey veh din jab rehetey they tum meri bahoan mein… kaisi hai yeh meri mohabbat kaisi hai yeh intezaar mein kashishki laakh karoon mein roz tumhey paaney ki koshish…shabdoan sey shayad kehey sako...
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| cadence | 00:32 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| obscure longings |
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| Comes again the longing -all bacchanalian paraphernaliaplentiful, untouched, disorderly the desire that has no nameit has to do with being both seventeen and seventyWith winter sun striking down the backyard or is it dusk in our garden, you beside me in my arms a child to whom we would later, by the crib, recite our poetry .. Desire has a smell of ...
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| ekantapadhika | 09:50 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| Look up Hannah |
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| I haven’t seen Charlie Chaplin’s film “ The Great Dictator” and I was curious when afl (http://floatingleaf.rediffiland.com) gave a link to his speech in the film , in the comments’ section of Jolly’s post on war(http://blackswan.rediffiland.com) which the comment said, would explain the whole thing. It's quite a beautiful exhortati...
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| surya s | 17:16 | 2/Aug/2008 |
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| Walk in the night |
| I am a huge fan of walks in the night.The roads glow orange. The streets are silent. The pathways show insomniac bunnies hopping away. There are not too many bugs to crowd around your head. The ducks and migratory water birds all sleep, their head tucked in between their wings and floating gently like diyas with the fire put out.In a night walk, yo...
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| Nischalson C... | 02:40 | 12/Jun/2008 |
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| OOPS! q: Sorry for disappearing... Hope you guys will like this one. enjoy | nischal
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| K B | 06:58 | 2/Aug/2008 |
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| A Passing Cloud |
| To The Flower Don’t ask why the rainbow liesAnd clouds drift in moments of need,Don’t seek love, the random rain willEntice and like ether waft overIn transience, with disloyal feelingsIn dreams that lie tooOr like reality that brings deathLove kills small things,Uproots and movesOnce tranquil, now turbulentUnspent in relentless streamsInto the nig...
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| U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007 |
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| "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...
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| jofebin@redi... | 08:37 | 30/Jul/2008 |
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| It's me |
| Hey friends, It's me... with my new gear.. Nikon D80 and Sigma 70-300mm tele lens. Photo by my friend Suresh KG(aka "My exposure", his flickr id). He grabbed this wen I was taking the previous picture of that spidy.... have a nice time.. take care.... Febz
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| Cyril Paul | 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
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| Just Between Friends (Short Story) |
| Pushpa Saxena. Age 23, 5'5 in height, slender built, fair, attractive. I know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. Like her address, for example (#3003, 3rd Floor, Olympian Heights, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai). Or her cell number, both Vodafone as well as Airtel. Or her email address. I really know a lot about Pushpa Saxena. In fact, I think I know a lot more ...
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| Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar... |
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| The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...
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| dee vine | 15:12 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| for old times' sake |
| Visiting my page after months ... have had little time to indulge in leisurely stuff like blogs. Been working hard and partying harder ... ahhh, back to life! Working, Mothering, Travelling, Loving, Facebooking, Orkuting, FlickRing, Housekeeping, Waxing (now waning), Binge-ing (now fasting), Socializing, Drinking, Saving, Spending .... all but bl...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Smirk |
| Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...
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| sunil varma | 17:54 | 11/Oct/2006 |
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| The Search |
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| For long time it seemed to me That life is yet to beLife I would Say…..Just ‘round the corner, it layBut for this small, Debt to payThere is no more traverse en-way.Blissful Gloss.. amorous wayBright and Shining, no cold dayLife is like the leafy swayNo more tempests, just the breezy bayLife would begin I would say,Just around the corner it lay,But...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| Madhavan PK | 15:41 | 30/Jul/2008 |
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| Ending a relationship |
| A young girl came to me and asked, “ How do I end a relationship?” She was not old enough to start one. But then am I surprised by anything these days. I have been bracing myself to two things. 1. Not to have expectations. 2. To expect the unexpected. She looked at me for a quick fix. I looked at her for say two minutes (the maggi noodle time) not...
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| aradhana khanna | 19:07 | 12/Dec/2007 |
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| Dressing Table |
| Dressing table This doesn’t really look good on me Tria thought, catching her reflection on the mahogany dressing mirror. Her reflection paused for a minute, pirouetted around on stilettos to catch a whirl of the flowered skirt with a bow near the waist. The Mirror was ordinary enough, the wood bearing scratches, parenphilia scattered around in...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE" |
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| HANDS OF LOVE - PART - 20 - "TERELIYE"Dedication to : All the readers of my blogs..........., The Majestic performing art - Kathakali“Kamdev,you are the GOD of cores of feelings, and emotions…Can u tell me, among all these, which one is perennial…..?” One day Narada asked his younger brother……… The question prompted Kamadev to think for a while….T...
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| Trishna Mumbai | 22:39 | 25/Jul/2008 |
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| Drench Yourself |
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| "No one else can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
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| Jessica Singh | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007 |
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| City: Ever heard of Nadir ?
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| Sleepless in ...... |
| I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...
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| a b | 17:41 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| And how it POURED today...Last month on this same date, I was lamenting the heat of summer and eagerlyawaiting the onset of the rainy season...Today, I am smiling and humming to myself as I look out of my office window...My very own friendly neighborhood hills are verdant green... lush grass, bushes,and trees with their squeaky clean washed wet loo...
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| meena sundar | 12:03 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| Enlighten me... |
| I want to know the real reason - i want everyone to participate in this wanderings i have been thro for long so long - 1. why are we born here - wat reason2. why education - school - college etc etc etc 3. why all the bragging about rich - poor4. why should we FALL in love and get hurt - to know wat5. why should we go for work6. why should we ea...
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| Jolly Jacob | 02:49 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| What does love mean? |
| Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouths of babes. What does "Love" mean?A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does "love" mean?"The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother ...
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| ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008 |
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| 'Away From Her' - A Review |
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| An aged wife tells her husband,“You could have just driven away without a care in the worldfor me, and forsaken me”With a pause pregnant with unsaid emotions he whispers,“Not a chance.”Inthese two lines which appear to be so unambiguously banal in content at first glance there might lay the ultimate test and triumph of an alliance forged over a li...
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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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| lalitha kris... | 09:04 | 14/Oct/2007 |
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| The Road To Her |
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| The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTorrid deeds, craving needsBurning bright yet to be extinguished. The road to her Begins when all roads to his past endFollies committed, sins buriedStill fluttering yet to be unwinged. The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTarnished heart, unkempt soulShining white yet to be ame...
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| Pavement Freud | 10:05 | 21/Apr/2008 |
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| The Landlady: Concluding Episode |
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| For Fountainahas the night before Good Friday was a watershed in its rather uneventful history; many years after that fateful night, women in the neighborhood would habitually use it as a point of reference to establish facts: so-and-so’s age for example. ‘Oh! Don’t you remember? She was almost knee high that Good Friday!’ That night as Maggie lay ...
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| Kush A | 21:34 | 26/Jul/2008 |
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| Love and Hate... |
| So, here is your latest dose of torture. Here's hoping you enjoy. Please give your comments and feedback so I can finetune my torture techniques :) When we were fifteen,I heard her say in her heart, to me'Will you love me?'Her eyes were clear as the sky...'I am incapable of loving,Will you cure me, mister?For my heart will, inspite of me, love you ...
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| savi savi | 18:23 | 28/Jul/2008 |
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| BOSSES ARE SHIT..........SO ARE A LOT OF... |
| Bosses are shit…pure unadulterated shitHappy birthday ….I wish to be reborn!Having tea with LF (husband) please waitThe world is a bitch….Aailarey aailarey bearish mei aao bheegey rey?Anyone for fried rice and Manchurian? These are not slogans! They are some of the tag messages on my Gtalk. Those who know me or chat with me are familiar with the me...
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| Jaya Raj | 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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| Shyama Menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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| The mallus today are a confused lot! The men in particular are perplexed, dumbfounded even to see their poster boy of aggression, Sreesanth, weep like a baby on the IPL ground. I suspect some of them feel exposed ...a little emasculated collectively, maybe. Now don’t kill me guys I’m nothing but an observer! :D Is this the real macho mallu? A sobbi...
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| dilip krishnan | 13:01 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| The State of the Nation: Some Irreverent Thoughts The nation waits with bated breath,So too Uncle Sam, NSG and the IAEAAs the world's largest functioning anarchyTurns its wheels of democracy.Hastinapura gets ready for another MahabharataBugles are sounded, conches are blown,Flags aflutter, soldiers march on,We shall fight, we shall win.In the corr...
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| Priyan Rebello | 10:47 | 14/Nov/2007 |
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| Anything white..... |
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| The insignia I forgot, In this world whether I exist. Each time I look into my hands. They are white against darkness. I am white and I wish to disappear. But the world is dark and I appear. Anything white can't fade. .......................Priyan...........
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| kanksha p | 14:08 | 12/Jul/2007 |
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| Mumbai Spirit # 2 |
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| The day before yesterday, I was again in a Mumbai local at the declining Rush hour. And was musing about what post should I write next. Few second class passengers were also traveling in the zone, making worse of the crowded situation. A few fellow commuters scared them about TC and got them off. The minute they got off at Jogeshwari, another ave...
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| PGR NAIR | 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| HALF A DAY |
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| Half a Day: Naguib MahfouzIntroductionEvery now and then one encounters a story that leaves an indelible impression long after it is read. I read this short short story written by Naguib Mahfouz shortly after his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. I was enamoured by its rich and ornate style, its narrative technique, universal theme and dramat...
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| Thohe Pou | 18:55 | 17/Feb/2008 |
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| NE students under attack |
| New Delhi, February 16 (MExN): In the latest case of racial discrimination against the northeastern people, a Manipuri girl was molested by six men while three boys from Arunachal Pradesh were severely assaulted in separate incidents in the capital city of India. A graduate girl from Manipur was molested by 6 men on the evening of February 15 at ar...
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| firdaus | 23:58 | 18/Apr/2008 |
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| my life |
| Been a year and a month in this city. Time flew by indeed and I have finally begin to feel I am settled here, only thing I miss is my car. I always wanted to have a car because it gives me a tremendous feeling of independence. As if those are not wheels but wings.I guess I’ll get the car in May when my sister would be finished with her MA classes.A...
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| Sahiti Bhara... | 15:09 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| What does a man fear more, death or life... |
| Lot of people (including yours truly) are struck with a profession which is not their passion. It is not what they love to do. They still do it because it gives "job security" or "good pay" or both.I love kids and i enjoy teaching. Teaching kids would have been my ideal profession or starting a school my dream.What prevents me from going after my d...
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