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 10:19 | 12/Sep/2007
A Voice Stilled
In memory of my aunt...we know as Nithya AthaiA Voice Stilled (Athai)A face, a voice, a portrait on profileStilled by life’s treacherous wheel of death,It is a moment of truth we fearAdmirable source of power endearedFor Athai to me is a word gone amissFrom this last Monday this family shall also miss. A picture of gloom captured in a frameSo harsh... more...
 08:47 | 7/Sep/2007
Reflections
 A face, no voice, a portrait on profileSadness etched on canvassA picture of gloom captured in a frameColourless yet full of lifeIt’s a story of my heart’s pain. My life’s sadness is a part of meNone to share it as none can beFor the soul is where my heart can beHera my pet cared more for meIt’s her story that I say hark, to thee. Born with a coat... more...
 13:44 | 16/Aug/2007
Taj Mahal
 This is the way the saga unfoldsA short distance from Delhi untoldAgra the city, that one wouldn’t goBut for the grandeur of the Taj you know. The execution of the Taj Mahal is not the work of oneIt had the very best of 37 men that included architects, sculptors, mosaicists, calligraphers and masons that compared to none,Twenty Thousand work force... more...
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 prodigal son | 07:39 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (132)  | City: devilz' land  | Interests: to scare you all ...
Wooooman
 Nine words women use(1) Fine!: This is the word women use to end an argument when they think they are right and you need to shut up!(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an  hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.(3) Nothing!: ...  more...
 Tammanna | 18:32 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (222)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music and reading
A night of romance
A night of romance A night of romance is all I desireCradling creamy moon in my lapThe twinkle of stars in my eyesSweet smell of wine in our sighsSitting beside you on the grassUnder the clear black open skiesYour fingers moving hesitantlySlowly trying to touch mineDistant music floating in the air Rhythm of heart-beats deep insideSending shivers d...  more...
 Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (461)  | City: Gerrards Cross  | Interests: Writing
Contemporary Indian Art from Raja Ravi V...
This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its roots in myriad folk styles and traditions and has also fed on the social and political ethos of not only India but also of the world...  more...
 Pramathesh G... | 14:14 | 27/Sep/2007
Friends: (105)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music~~Movies~~Na...
Clever Lady
A woman and a man are involved ina car accident. It's a bad one. Both oftheir cars are totally demolished butamazingly neither of them are hurt.After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man,that's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There'snothing left but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign fromG...  more...
 Karuna sanghvi | 07:52 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (112)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, browsing...
Daily Affirmation
Daily Affirmation                               September 13, 2007     "I'm never down; I am either up or getting up."     To practice your affirmation, release your thought patterns. Go beyond what you have been thinking for years.  more...
 Nitin Nawar | 12:58 | 15/Dec/2007
Friends: (41)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Loves to travel.....
"You Can Call It Gratitude"-- by Sudha M...
 There are two photographs that hang on my office wall. Everyday when I enter my office, I look at them before starting my day. They are pictures of two old people. One is of a gentleman in a blue suit and the other is a black and white image of a man with dreamy eyes and a white beard.People have often asked me if the people in the photographs are...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 17:18 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (1229)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Marry with care
Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives dutiesThe first man had married a Bengali girl, and bragged that he had told his wife she was going to do all the dishes and house cleaning. He said it took a couple days but on the third day he came home to a clean house and the dishes were done. The second man had m...  more...
 ashok tiwari | 15:11 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (292)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: I am having keen ...
Morning Dew
Dear Islanders, Namaskaar! Bracing for the ensuing New Year, Great. Wish You all a very Happy and vibrant New Year, 2008. Friends , I , distinctly remember my tiny tot days when I used to play in a nearby playground in the morning. The playground was covered with a carpet of lush green grass and had majestic trees all over and a cobbled path surrou...  more...
 greengrass | 15:12 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (473)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Swimming, Dance, ...
Are you ready to parent a Mahatma Gandhi...
From www.manakkudiyan.com : Page from ” Frozen Thoughts” an inspiration and growth oriented international magazine.     : Category - “ Thoughts Unlimited ”    | www.manakkudiyan.com     Previous entries of “Thoughts Unlimited” column … Back to Main Page       more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (541)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE
Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...  more...
 Amal Surve | 17:51 | 10/Nov/2006
Friends: (30)  | Interests: reading,chatting,...
Good Sentences... Read It...
1)Call People by Name. The sweetest music to anyone's ears is the sound of his/her own name.2)Be Alert to give Service..... What we do for others counts most in life... 3)If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours!4)Learn to understand first and to be understood second.5)Don't underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word...  more...
 kishore gupta | 22:55 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (186)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Dancing in the na...
funny
Bill Gates and Laloo's Meeting  Conversation between Bill Gates and our very own Laloo of Bihar   Gates : Namaskar! you must have heard of Windows.Laloo : Oh yes! most govt. offices we have the single window clearance  concept. Gates : At home have u installed Windows?Laloo : I have removed all windows due to increased burgalaries in our  house. Ga...  more...
 lallita | 13:34 | 11/Oct/2007
Friends: (31)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading blogs, re...
"HAPPY NAVRATRA" MAY GODDESS DURGA BLESS U NOT JUST  THREE DAYS OF PURITY THREE DAYS OF WEALTH N' THREE DAYS OF WISDOM BUT A LIFE FULL OF ABOVE THREE N'MORE    more...
 Eva Braun | 11:25 | 25/Nov/2007
Friends: (113)  | Interests: Just U
Fried Fish
   Imagine an iceberg the size of your neighborhood.  Imagine a smaller iceberg the size of your apartment.  Now look at the ice cube that you just popped into your whisky and soda or your cola.  Where did the ice go! Huh! Walk down by the seaside and watch the waves ripple down the sand and on to your feet.  Feels nice isn’t it.  Now do you know w...  more...
 Saakshee I | 19:28 | 7/Nov/2007
Friends: (649)  | City: I live close 2 u!  | Interests: This is the real ...
There's a minefield out there...
I'm surfing Iland these days incognito  - no new post and not enough time to comment, so I’m busy favoriting Ilands, intending to go back to comment! However, I am incognito mainly becasue of them err... Youtubers! Oh yes you've seen them - Iland is being taken over by them Youtubers! You must be blind if you did not notice them song-and-dance post...  more...
 Harish Sharma | 11:23 | 12/Oct/2007
Friends: (94)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading, cricket,...
23 Brilliant Doubts - Unanswered
Forwarded by one of the freind ..........1.If all the nations in the world are in debt(am not joking. even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird) 2.When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? (to be give a thought) 3.What is the speed of darkness? (absurd)4.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a pl...  more...
 shivani narula | 15:43 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (95)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: READING
THE RAPTUROUS TIFF....
He had just freshly shaved and was sitting in the balcony sipping his tea with the aroma of his after shave mingling with those of the tea leaves.When he heard the noises from inside the bedroom and he called, Hi sweetheart what’s up? And then the noises settled, probably she had gone for a bath. He could hear now the faint humming and a smile danc...  more...