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 17:19 | 18/Feb/2008
Miracles of Technology
All through the year we use so much technology to do our everyday work that we sometimes don’t stop to think of the cool gizmos that we use to make our liveable. There are more an more people who are being converted to technological geeks than we would like…but its for sure that technology is here to stay. With every passing year the trends of tech... more...
 15:43 | 19/Dec/2007
Speedy Recovery
This is really touching and every now and then we need to be reminded about crossing the limit. This is about a short story that was sent to me by a good friend. Thought I'd share this with you all. Sanjay, a rich guy, loved fast cars and he did have a few in his possession. He loved to speed and could not be bothered about breaking speed limits. M... more...
 10:09 | 1/Dec/2007
Marriage Jitters
Well the marriage thing is almost there... While I am happy that I am getting married to this lady, yet there seems to be a little reluctance... Mainly worries... will I be able to be a good husband in all spheres.. will I be able to do stuff for her that will make her happy... what if i screw up... and such worries. Well... not that I am overtly w... more...
 11:12 | 29/Oct/2007
On Friendships
Few days back I received an comment on my guestbook from a very old friend. Marta Therese Henriksen. During my stay in the US, we got to know each other quite well... and even we decided to get married so that I could apply for a US Working permit. Well... sometimes things don't always pan out the way we all want it and suffice to say that we had t... more...
 10:27 | 1/Oct/2007
Eyes of the World
Mainly inspired by Indigo Iris, there is another song that I like ... the lyrics are very neat. Eyes of the World ... Robert HunterRight outside this lazy summer homeyou don't have time to call your soul a critic, no Right outside the lazy gate of winter's summer homewondering where the nuthatch wintersWings a mile long just carried the bird awayWa... more...
 10:16 | 28/Sep/2007
Love & Marriage
It’s been quite awhile since the last post. Been a little busy. Got engaged to a person who I think is the right person, and hopefully life will be more exciting from now on. Apart from the engagement, we have been having a tumultuous coming to terms with the prospect of getting married and many promises from both sides are being committed… and it ... more...
 20:41 | 24/Aug/2007
Rats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I borrowed this from http://soloman.rediffiland.com without asking the person. I hope you don’t mind. But I liked the joke very much.   Chinese laundry:A woman was unhappy with the way her laundry was done at the local Chinese laundry, so she wrote a note and put it in the bag with the next collection of soiled clothes: "USE MORE SOAP ON PANTIES!" ... more...
 10:51 | 14/Aug/2007
Arranged Marriage
There was this guy, who was mostly lonely and tried to keep a cheerful face when interacting with all kinds of people. As years went by with two failed marriages and umpteenth number of mistakes along the way, there seems no hope. Yes, his mother and father were very worried, advertising on the newspaper for a suitable match. Even there were some r... more...
 12:33 | 26/Jul/2007
Girls
I was going through this blog about how we as intelligent and progressive human beings look upon other similar brethren with disdain. I mean ... I am talking about how women ... especially elderly women ... precisely mother-in-laws.. look at the birth of a girl child with disdain. I wonder sometimes what happened to the girl that they gave birth to... more...
 09:56 | 28/Jun/2007
Top 20 Insults - Movies
I came across this website www.torrentspy.com . The site had 20 insults from the movies. I have taken the liberty to post them. Hope you like it and be warned that .... just like insults... they may not be pleasant at all. Here it goes. 20. DODGEBALL (2004)The insulter: Patches O’Houlihan (Rip Torn)The situation: The eccentric Dodgeball coach gives... more...
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 Binu Abraham | 08:23 | 10/Feb/2008
Friends: (760)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
Reliance Power Listing
Reliance IPO, the biggest IPO in the indian capital market history is getting listed on 11 the feb.During the issue time, experts were expecting the premium for ReliancePower nearly Rs 400-450. Everyone was very optimistic about thislisting. But as the market's turmoil has been started post issue, thepremium also start declining. It reduced to Rs 1...  more...
 aarthilal | 12:57 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Surat  | Interests: paulo coelho, books
Paulo Coelho turns tables on Harper Coll...
The best-selling author Paulo Coelho has managed to turn tables on his publishing house Harper Collins. Indeed, the New York Times released an article (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/business/media/11har per.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin) saying how Harper Collinsis enabling the online reading of Coelho"s book The Witch of Portobelloin its w...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 10:53 | 15/Feb/2008
Friends: (675)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
YSR reddy's Christian subsidies !!
The Andhra Government on Monday the 11th of Feb 2008 announced subsidies to the Christians in the state who wish to visit their holy sites in Israel.  Why only Christians ? Why not all religions then ? After all we already have had it for the Muslims for “the Haj” for ages. In fact preferential treatments like these for a particular community or a ...  more...
 Harry Singh | 10:45 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (1264)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Religion and Business
One day many years ago at a school in South London a teacher said to the class of 5-year-olds, "I'll give $20 to the child who can tell me who was the most respected man, whom people consider God, who ever lived." An Irish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Patrick." The teacher said, "Sorry Alan, that's not correct." Then a Scottish boy put...  more...
 karunakaran ... | 14:14 | 4/Oct/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: singapore  | Interests: on line business,...
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 Ashish Verma | 01:26 | 23/Jan/2008
Friends: (34)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Helping Overweigh...
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I was in the meeting. Herbalife Opportunity Meeting. HOM this is the shortform. In HOM we present the opportunity to earn RS 10000/- onwards as part time income without affecting the present profession of yours. My mobile was switched off. Later , after the meeting when I went through the messages there was one from my home, my wife, which asked me...  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (721)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 ecr | 15:36 | 17/Apr/2007
Friends: (69)  | Interests: Watching movies, ...
World Wide Web Email Directory
WORLD WIDE WEB EMAIL DIRECTORY***************************************HELLO FRIENDS,Welcome to World Wide Web Email Directory.Please insert your email address & website address in this World Wide Web Email Directory.Please join immediately. You will get various information,advertisements,discount offers, and special offers through your email address...  more...
 Namrata Hari... | 09:26 | 28/Jan/2008
Friends: (412)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: JILL OF ALL TRADE...
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...
 dilip krishnan | 12:36 | 21/Jan/2008
Friends: (232)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Headline Hunters II: Today’s NewsI am a bad leader…I will not quit politics even though things haven’t been easy for me: Govinda [Whoever quits politics! Govinda is certainly not a bad actor, nor for that matter a bad politico: see how well he learned the tricks of the trade!]One striking feature of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi is that unlike most Indian poli...  more...
 aravind das | 16:52 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (657)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
MY ON-LINE VALENTINE
I was quite exited thinking about "valentineday". I withdrew 12000|- from bank just to spend on the surprisegift & party for my sweet heart valentine..." my wife".I  kept the budget like this.small diamond pendant or ring --6000\-saree or dress---4000/-flower & cake & dinner- 2000/-After reaching home i told her that i  have go to market for some w...  more...
 dee vine | 12:45 | 5/Aug/2007
Friends: (145)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: eat out, go out, ...
;-) a friend with weed is a friend indeed .... and a friend in need is a pest ... LOL ....   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8      more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008
Friends: (558)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
'Away From Her' - A Review
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...  more...
 Indigo Iris | 13:56 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (70)  | City: terra firma  | Interests: poems,country mus...
Lend Me Some...
Give me a few wordsfrom the treasure that you ownLet me make them all minelike pure love divineOn the pages of my soulI'll have them fondly adornThose floodgates of thoughtssee then gently flowMeandering as they chimeLofty notions in rhymeHear your heartbeats raceawashed in a pinky glowYes, lend me some wordsI'll not let them astraySuch like they h...  more...
 L Kini | 07:10 | 16/Feb/2008
Friends: (824)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
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 Puja Priyada... | 17:44 | 9/Aug/2007
Friends: (138)  | Interests: Reading books esp...
Is Jammu & Kashmir doesn't exist in Indi...
IF YOU ARE a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, then Microsoft owned Hotmail.com does not recognise you as an Indian. Surprised! What can be the reason behind the absence of Jammu and Kashmir from this list? Is it an inadvertent mistake or a sad reminder of the cold war legacy that MSN owned Hotmail.com does not recognise Jammu and Kashmir as part of I...  more...
 TUHIN DUTTA | 13:16 | 21/Jan/2007
Friends: (8)  | City: Chittranjan  | Interests: M.A.D and Technotogy
Love Everyone
Why People Dont Love EachOther Why this world is full of hate! Mother Earth is dying because of the Hate in the Hearts of the people. Boys murdering their girlfriends as they loose terir love or Devorce taking place between husband and wife. Where Has the Love Gone. Dont they remember love is to give not take ,Dont parents think a child wants both ...  more...
 Tushar A | 15:49 | 7/Dec/2006
Friends: (23)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Movies, Co...
Jokes Galore
Here are some jokes. WARNING: Some of them are explicit so please dont proceed if you can not take them ******************************************************* *One day a man calls his wife from his IDEA mobile his call gets cross connected to some other lady.They still keep on talking..they start liking each other..and finally they get married. wha...  more...
 Beautiful Life | 14:33 | 24/Nov/2006
Friends: (60)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Life is Beautiful...
Search is ON.....
What is it that I am here for? For quite some time now, I have been thinking about my purpose of life. I am a very practical and scientific person. Because of that, my rational thinking brain (hope it is somewhere there and still working) says that I can search provided I know what I am looking for. Alice asked the Cat, “Which door should I take?”....  more...
 Siddhartha G... | 08:04 | 1/Jan/2008
Friends: (58)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,watching ...
Happy New Year
A very happy New Year to all the members of Rediffiland. Let the New Year bring loads of happiness and bliss in your lives. I have been inactive for the past few months. But will soon start blogging in fullfledged way.                                       -Thank You.  more...
 charu charu | 12:03 | 4/Dec/2007
Friends: (87)  | City: everywhere  | Interests: hmmmmm
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 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...
 Swati NitinG... | 17:33 | 4/Nov/2007
Friends: (224)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing, Reading ...
Emergency or Marshall Law in Pakistan
It seems that its time Gen Mush has realised that until and unless hedeclares emergency or Marshall law in the country his position is indanger. However I would I like to ask the fellow bloggers what do theythink about this emergency? Is there some hidden motive behind theemergency? Does the Prez has some other Ace in his sleeves? Please dowrite in...  more...
 Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007
Friends: (446)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: relationship, bei...
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...  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1462)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 Bole Toh | 17:06 | 9/Jan/2008
Friends: (291)  | City: alien city  | Interests: kabhi haddi todna...
Symo, Bhajji and Lee..... A Triangular L...
Happy New Year!!!One more theory of reason of discontent between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan singh and why it all started.Caution: The article below is reproduced from another site. If it seems too offensive for your taste, you can always watch Aastha Channel.The Inside Story The following in an account of the disturbing events that transpired in ...  more...
 A S | 19:18 | 6/Feb/2008
Friends: (374)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Food, Books, Movi...
Ash Wenesday
Its Ash Wednesday today – the day that marks the beginning of lent.  This day reminds us of three things 1)      Dust you are and to dust you shall return – I am a mortal creature and no matter how rich or powerful I am on this earth, when I die I will become dust and be judged only by the good deeds I have done while here.2)      This day is the s...  more...
 Edwin g | 14:49 | 23/Mar/2007
Friends: (59)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Guitar, photograp...
My inadequacies & GOD's Love & fullness.
Every day morning I send my son to play school, since my wife leaves early for work. While I bathe him, he always wants to play in water. Sometimes I pull the mug out of his hand, but he looks at me with a smiling face, he points to the mug (his looks tell me : please pa!! let me have the mug for some more time). Though I don't want him to play ...  more...
 hira kadlabju | 16:33 | 17/Oct/2007
Friends: (581)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
Badalte Rang
Dekhte rahe pal pal jeevan bharDuniya ke badalte rang roopAur dekh dekh kar itne nazaareAankhen bhi thakk gayeen bojh dho dho kar. Sunay itne meethe nagme aur bolAur itni dard bhari kahaniyan bhiHansi, kahkahe bhi,rona-dhona bhi,Sun sun kar abh kaan bhi haar gayey. Bole itna aur bol bol karNa jaane kitnon ko pareshan kiyaAb yaad say sharaminda hein...  more...