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 16:43 | 20/Jun/2008 |
| Season of Acceptance | |
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| It’s been a long two months. The vacant look in mum’s eyes is slowly giving way to a twinkle – very slowly but surely. I suppose letting go of 40 years of togetherness is a tall order for anyone. When she reached Mumbai and I saw her, my whole being froze up. A forehead sans the familiar vermillion and the mangalsutra gone, her appearance gave a...
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| 09:44 | 18/Apr/2008 |
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| There are several types of love stories in this world. I had the opportunity to be witness to a simple, strong one - perhaps stuff that legends are made of - the love story of my parents which now remains as a warm memory with the passing away of my father in early April. My dad was 24yrs old when he was married, my mom was 18. He had a salary of R...
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| 15:05 | 18/Mar/2008 |
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| She drew concentric circles with her finger on her palm. Her eyes lowered as she sat before him in his cabin. He was on the phone with a customer. She drew these circles every time she was drawn into a conversation where she just preferred to be quiet. The ringing of his cell, had broken the deep silence that had surrounded them after he had announ...
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| 10:11 | 29/Feb/2008 |
| the light | |
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| I have often found myself agitating over others opinion about me, my work, my words. However, I have found that I have been less critical about myself in my moments of quiet.As I lazily switched channels last evening, the serene face and calm words of a young Brahmakumari sister arrested my attention. This woman had a beautiful, attractive glow and...
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| 11:25 | 23/Feb/2008 |
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| As the train leaves the station the excel sheets that I’ve been working on and all the various financial models that have been usurping my mind-space start to fade to the back of my mind. Hazy pictures of the contents of my fridge and the undone abacus homework of my dear child, begin to form clearer images. The train journey home is literally my t...
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| 16:08 | 26/Jan/2008 |
| Shadows of you | |
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| Shadows of you In my moments of quiet on cold eveningsThoughts of you wrap themselves around my shouldersAnd it feels like it’s the right thingSo I don’t push them awayI bask in the warmth they offer meSuddenly every thought seems to land at your smileThe belonging in your eyes haunts my nightsThe familiarity of your touch lingers on my skinI can’t...
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| 05:59 | 11/Jan/2008 |
| The Darkroom | |
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| "Positive pictures come out from negatives developed in the darkroom. So if you find yourself lonely in the dark, Understand that - Life is working on a beautiful picture for you..." Anon
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| 12:25 | 19/Dec/2007 |
| There is a will of GOD. | |
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| Prior to the quantum advancements in the fields of medicine, people died of kidney failure and heart attacks, with no second lease to life. Today, neo medicine gifts sight, longer life, new kidneys…. It indeed is quite overwhelming. Now lets juxtapose this new lease of life with elderly people. I watched helplessly as my father in law battled Park...
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| 18:36 | 21/Nov/2007 |
| With you always.. | |
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| She stirs lazily in bed as the sun creeps from between the curtains to wake her up… Rays dodge the stray locks on her face to light up her face… Thoughts of him lay strewn by her pillow… The memory of his divine kisses brings a rush of colour to her cheeks and her heart beats a tad faster… She curls up on the satin sheet, her pillow held close to h...
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| 16:17 | 12/Nov/2007 |
| Conformity | |
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| "The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself." - Rita Mae BrownHow often do we hear the words – free your spirit, listen to your heart, follow your “inner voice”? How often do we actually do all of that and how often do we take umbrage in not listening to the voices in our head? Why do we seek shelter in conforming? Why do...
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| vidushi chau... | 15:11 | 30/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (47)
| City: Mumbai
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| Reckless |
| RecklessWith her heart and with hisThoughtlessOf how it hurts him and herBlind To anything but this magic, mad moment.Crazy/ BeautifulLike takng a dive off amountain…. Oh she’s bungeejumping mad.IntensePassionate , red hot ,driving him to theedge of his sanity.DangerousHe won’t realize that its her that takesthem to those forbidden,scary placesnot...
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| Mira Iyer | 07:50 | 4/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (165)
| City: Boston
| Interests: Music,books
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| Take Me Away |
| Relationships kind of stabilise with age.Mellow up and strengthen in such a way that everybody knows where they stand.Love turns to friendship...friendship turns to love...and everything is built to last.Not just for a day or a couple of days...but for an eternity.She saw him online after a long time....They chatted and laughed in mirth for quite s...
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| Vish Iyer | 09:28 | 5/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (202)
| 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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| Cyril Paul | 09:07 | 23/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (27)
| City: Mumbai
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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... |
| 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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| Jolly Jacob | 09:28 | 25/Jun/2008 |
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| City: Planet Earth
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| The third choice |
| "It takes more courage to die than to live", he thinks woefully as he squats beside the tracks, blinking to keep out the already hot, late morning sunlight. He had failed again in his third attempt at flinging himself in front of a train. The first time his courage had abandoned him completely and he had moved away to safety just as the mammoth was...
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| totally insane | 20:22 | 27/Jan/2008 |
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| City: Bangalore
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| HEAVEN and THE ART OF MAKING MUD ICE-CRE... |
| It was in Higher Secondary Classes that I remember,when I was introduced to the amazing concept called "increments" , also known as the amazing "dy/dx " in that big uphill task called Differentiation in Math.Irrespective of the nightmares the rest of its friends gave me,when you take Matrix and his buddies or Integration and his looneypals into co...
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| shivani narula | 17:44 | 28/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (118)
| City: Delhi
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| ROOBAROO…… |
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| Alfaz to wahin haiMehfilein verani hainDayree wahin hainBass ek nai kahani haiDilbar to wahi haiDillagi ki aadat purani haiYaadon ke katghare meinFaisle naye sunane hainToote khawab to wahi hainBas jashan naye manane haiDil ki dhadkanein wahi haiUnke pyar ke mausam begane hainDenewala to de gayaKuch zakham dikhane hainKuch zakham chupane hain….Who...
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| Samprati Me | 13:16 | 23/May/2008 |
| Friends: (240)
| City: Mind n Music!
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| You Said! |
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| Oh My Lord…You said… “Now may every living thing,Young or old, Weak or strong, Living near or far, Known or unknown, Living or departed or yet unborn….May every living thing… Be full of bliss…” Oh Lord….You also lead us towards Freedom… Freedom from Hatred…Freedom from Guilt…Freedom from Slavery… from Illwill… from Vengeance… And You fill our hea...
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| BEST FRIEND | 05:00 | 1/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (473)
| City: Mumbai
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| One Liners |
| 1. Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, not the one in front of you.2. More people are run down by gossip than by automobiles. 3. There is always free cheese in a mouse trap.4. Many people who go on diets find they are poor losers.5. A vacation should be just long enough for your boss to miss you but not long enough for your...
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