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 12:41 | 26/May/2007
Rust In Peace
Experimentation continued...till...I got busted .For folk's, at home it was blasphemy...needed to move into a fresher pasture...Better late then never...Herby had no qualms ...his escapades got wilder...Manali...Arangal....Rave parties...Moolah was never an issue for him as he was very well off......I got domesticated with marriage and the perspect... more...
 13:36 | 23/May/2007
Born to be wild
Met him for the first time......fully blown on a cock-tail of Hash & Mary...local slang those days was Ganga Jamuna...He was Devil re-incarnated...........Scars all over his body...5 rings on his left ear-lobes...Aura around him was too over-powering...He was like Lord Shiva....the Destroyer himself...Saw him gulping 5 shots in 30 mins and rolling ... more...
 13:48 | 8/May/2007
Desert Rose
I close my eyesOnly for a moment and the moments ..gone..All my dreams pass before my eyes ..a  Curiosity....Dust in the Wind....All we are is ......Dust in the WindSource-KansasWahiba Sands-Sultanate of Oman.Cruising @ 160 km per hour.....passing by...hamlets like Rawdah, Samad Ash Shan, Al Akdhar & Lizq..Sandy Landscape all around ......humbles y... more...
 15:19 | 24/Mar/2007
Wall Flowers
Tin Roof...with Black Vinyl sheets as wall...held together by Fragmented Wooden blocks was my divinely abode....All of 10 sq. m....sheltered the family.Took a spin ...around last week....to touch base with my roots....down in the Shanties...ZL, 4000 88...Sounds like a classy pad in uptown....NY... ZL stands for Zopad patti Land...No guts to stop...... more...
 13:52 | 11/Nov/2006
Soul Asylum
Manama, Bahrain- 06/11/06Land Mark Suites- on the Exhibition road, Bahrain ...Decent place..away for the Weekend Saudi revellers....was my head-quarters...Checked in early with my better half and two lil' ones....Last minute addition...could n't leave my younger one behind...Very painful...First night was relaxing ... getting used to the slow letha... more...
 14:48 | 12/Oct/2006
Dyxtionery- Mean Meanings !!!
Dyslexia is an ailment whereby a person has severe difficulties in spelling words. With no malice to the sufferer's...let us try to take this in a lighter vein....Many a times, even the Spell-Check leads to a comical situation....with right grammatic words replacing...the wrong ones....But due to over-sight...We cannot generalise this as Typo error... more...
 12:15 | 11/Oct/2006
Travelog
Jet lag takes a heavy toll of me-Invariably leads to stuffed nose or Blocked ears...Feel like a cursed one...Blame it on my .....God damn Chronic Sinus problems..The only thing which keeps me going is the nuggets of memories...which gets lodged and get embedded into my DNA ..leaving an indelible stamp on my mind....Every town/country has it's magic... more...
 17:06 | 8/Oct/2006
Retail Boom in India
Based in Dubai, I had a proud feeling that I am based in the most dynamic part of the world....economic hotspot...with an affinity for the superlatives..Last 4 years has been an unbelievable boom in the Retail Market with Shopping Malls....arcades...mushrooming every nooks and corners !!!My participation in the recent Retail Forum in Rennaissance, ... more...
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 Anitha kaveri | 13:34 | 23/Sep/2007
Friends: (276)  | City: calicut  | Interests: talking talking a...
MY WISHESIf I could have my wishesAnd if wishes did come trueI would ask for nothing elseBut to see a genuine smileWhich would make my heart soar If I could have my wishesAnd if wishes did come trueI would ask for just a dayWhere love would not just beMerely Bits and BytesAnd signals that threaten to break away If I could have my wishesAnd if wishe...  more...
 Jasir Alavi | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (188)  | City: lazibonia  | Interests: interests?? darn!...
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the epitaph    more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1459)  | 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...
 JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (847)  | City: Ever heard of Nadir ?  | Interests: blogging ...and t...
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...  more...
 bronzegoddes... | 07:38 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (94)  | City: Chennai(Madras)  | Interests: Wham!!Bham!! I gi...
Hey!! Wassup?
“Hey! Wassup?”“Hey! How’s it going?”These are the most common questions that are asked to us and these are the most questions that we ask people every other day.Analyzing these, they are the most meaningless questions and we give such bullshit as replies.And even when we ask these questions how many times do we really mean it from our bottom of our...  more...
 Mainak Mazumder | 01:36 | 9/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: GREEN PLANET  | Interests: Disaster Manageme...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Climate Change and Its Impacts Our personal perception of Climate Change is largely developed through experience and interpretation of records compiled by our ancestors. People who grow up in the warmer temperate regions and tropics are in awe at the first sight of snow, no matter what they have read or visualized from film and television. It is al...  more...
 bushra ali | 21:31 | 15/Jun/2007
Friends: (135)  | City: meerut  | Interests: reading, observing
terii Khushbuu kaa pataa karatii hai
terii Khushbuu kaa pataa karatii hai mujh pe ehasaan havaa karatii hai shab kii tanhaa_ii me.n ab to aksar guftaguu tujh se rahaa karatii hai dil ko us raah pe chalanaa hii nahii.n jo mujhe tujh se judaa karatii hai zindagii merii thii lekin ab to tere kahane me.n rahaa karatii hai us ne dekhaa hii nahii.n varnaa ye aa.Nkh dil kaa ehavaal kahaa kar...  more...
 Pavement Freud | 22:19 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (249)  | City: Vasai, Maharashtra.  | Interests: Bollywood kitsch...
A Lovely Song from Mouna Raagam
Full marks to the sheer genius of Illaiyaraja. The tune was used for the title track of Cheeni Kum. The movie"s story seems to have "inspired" Bhansali"s Hum dil de chuke whateva...  more...
 a ifsa | 00:00 | 7/Oct/2006
Friends: (15)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Blogging, Travell...
Whispers in confusion
Confusion - it seems chases me everywhere.Nothing seems in black and white to me.Dont know - its an asset / liability.From personal experience - hiding confusion is always required, in many a interpersonal contacts and dealings..In fact, while chasing day to day small successes - an important thing to me, hiding confusion has become an art.I kind o...  more...
 arshad ahamad | 18:46 | 13/Nov/2006
Friends: (39)  | Interests: Book Reading, Bro...
history repeats
Dear friends Introduce myself as this world,I came across the History since from my birth.,The big planets have their domination in Universe., and they are gelous on my achievement about "life" on me.,The Animals started to rule me., and fittest is survived.,I saw the distruction of Dynosaurs and many species as the time passes.,The People started ...  more...
 Rahul Roy | 16:49 | 19/Jun/2007
Friends: (59)  | City: Gwalior  | Interests: music,meetalways ...
                                      AAJ  SUM  AAPKI   NAAMHAR   KOI   AAPKI   PASS   FARIDH  LAKY  AATA   HAIHAR   KOI   AAPKI   PASS   DAMON  FLAKY  BOTHAY  ROHTE  HAIHUM  TO    AAPKI    SALAMOTI   KI  DOUA  MONGANE   CHOLA  AATI  HAI.AAPNE   HAMRA   AACHOL  CHIN  LIYAPHIR  BHI  HUM  AAPSE  BEY  INTHA  MOHOBOT  KORTE  HAIAAJ    AAPSE  EK    DUA ...  more...
 Siddharth Arora | 11:33 | 4/Dec/2007
Friends: (237)  | City: Indore  | Interests: Meeting new peopl...
Prashna Chinha
Kaun hoon mein, kya naam hai meraKya astitva hai mera, kya pehchaan hai meriKya hoon mein bas ek kshanbhangur heeMit jana hai jiski niyatiBujh jana hai jiska parinaamKya manzil hai meri, kaunsa rasta hai meraKyun hai zindagi ek prashna chinha see lagtiKyun hai har nazar jaise mujhe hi ghoortiSamay jaise alp viraam sa ruk gaya haiEeshwar bhi jaise p...  more...
 ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (228)  | City: dhaka  | Interests: blog ,book reading
why
There are no moonlight, no sunlight The earth is so dark… No wind to take breath.   There are no flowers No color The earth is colorless   There are no bird, no butterfly No song, no color, no light… No love, no humanity   The earth is so dark…so… Why  life?   more...
 Farag Afify | 13:59 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (267)  | City: Kuwait  | Interests: Poetry, Photograp...
Family Friend
Family FriendFor the sake of your family And safety of their future Must live in a safe valley Faraway of dirty culture Be aware of your friends If you allow them to share Lock the door, secure the windows Keep family safe and care The family friend damages The structure of the home Used to have harming packages Just to pollute every room (Watching...  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...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
NRI's & NANDIGRAM
74 NRIs, belonging to a diverse group of academics, professionals, lawyers, activists and students, many of them volunteers and supporters of the organization - Association for India's Development  – have filed a collective Right to Information application at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. The Questions raised are the following:ü       Have d...  more...
 Dalia Mallick | 09:59 | 5/Jul/2007
Friends: (17)  | Interests: travelling, music...
CORPORATE LESSON #3:
A young executive was leaving the office at 6 PM when He found The CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece Of paper In his hand.       "Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and Important Document and my secretary has left. Can you make this Thing Work?"       "Certainly, Sir" said the young executive. He turned The machine On, ...  more...
 Vinay choubey | 14:20 | 24/Oct/2007
Friends: (105)  | Interests: Blogging
Earthquake resistant Buildings in Seismi...
Earthquakes occur due to movements along faults that have evolved through geological and tectonic processes.  Often they occur without any prior warning and are, therefore, unpredictable. The large area of India is prone to earthquake. The construction of earthquake resistant building is the only solution for safeguarding our urban centres from the...  more...
 javed bux | 10:17 | 7/Sep/2007
Friends: (45)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Story, Making fri...
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written...
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)>>You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like>sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the>chips and dip coming.>-- Alan, age 10>>No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry.>God decides it all way before, and you get to...  more...
 bharat khairnar | 00:34 | 14/May/2007
Friends: (38)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: music
Ghost rider
A lot of people don't like it, mostly everyone who I know who has seen it found it mildly entertaining at the very best. Most just straight up hated it and think it's a poor attempt at making what could have been an incredible film. I, on the other hand rather enjoyed it. If you can get to grips with the fact that its about a man who change's into ...  more...
 Bad Angel | 13:30 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (0)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: :|
Words Fiesta - A compilation of my favou...
Words Fiesta! A compilation of my favourite poems on iLand. “Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.  Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable.  Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.” - Carl Sandburg   To My LoveIf ...  more...
 rahat sayyad | 20:30 | 13/Jun/2007
Friends: (59)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music,religious,p...
WHAT U WISH HAD KNOWN SOONER.....
                                                         1} Alwayz stay after class or work becoz thas where connections r made2}while driving a car thru a gate,always,ALWAYS,make sure the gate is open ! the consequences may be fatal to ur car3}just b'coz some one flirt's with u incessantly doesn't necessarily mean he or she  likes you4}don't ever ...  more...
 Tinkerbell | 14:49 | 5/Dec/2007
Friends: (202)  | Interests: Saying it with so...
Ay ay ay... ay ay mi amor
Antonio Banderas sings the famous Mariachi song from the movie Desperado! Need I say more? ;) Smoking hot AB and Salma Hayek and the music it takes you to Latin land straight away! Note: Translation on the left of each line! Antonio croons with the Los Lobos band of La bamba fame! Soy un hombre muy honrado -I’m an honest manQue me gusta lo major … ...  more...
 News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (946)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
please income
SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...  more...