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 12:09 | 23/Jul/2008
A few of my cartoon characters...
Friends, what follows is a series of pics... They are the pics of the cartoon characters I created for a story that my son 'wrote' when he was in kinder garten. I am putting up a post after a long time and hopefully that will make you guys a little less angry with me...  Here is the first one, the Pup.... more...
 19:23 | 31/May/2008
Nepal....
Yeah, Devi, Nepal and recent developments there do trouble me. It speaks volumes about the inaptitude, lack of vision and the sheer lethargy as well as the greed for power on the part of our UPA government. I want to express my thoughts about this issue for quite some time now, but I have not been able to find time... So soon there will be a post h... more...
 12:44 | 15/May/2008
And now Jaipur....
And now Jaipur... Then may be Indore and then may be Vadodara, Pune, Allahabad, Bangalore, Chandigadh, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Patna.... and God only knows where. And our politicians will keep repeating the same gheesa pita 'terror has no religion' bull shit. At least some one needs to do something about this. I don't care about who they are, and how p... more...
 17:34 | 5/May/2008
Our Escapades With Mr Bell's Instrument!
Friends, I have become quite irregular in posting my stuff, though I read yours and enjoy it too.... Here's a leaf out of my life's book, a rare silver lining that stands out among the otherwise dull and dreary residency period... As we say,  andhon mein kana raja! (A one eyed person is a king among totally blind people!) During residency we had to... more...
 18:29 | 9/Apr/2008
Why this oversight?
This year our national conference will be held at Benaras. The venue is Benaras Hindu University. I was going through the mailer announcing the forthcoming event, to be held in November this year, comemorating the Golden Jubilee of our association. Suddenly I sat up bolt upright in my bed (it was close to midnight...) I was possessed by an idea... ... more...
 14:54 | 1/Apr/2008
It is still VVS...
OK, so Virender Sehwag has two tripple tons against his name. No other Indian has ever done even one. He has the stamina and the audacity to play like that. I doubt if any other Indian batter can better Veeru's record. At least not in the coming few years. And it won't surprise me if Veeru ends up being the only batter having either three or even f... more...
 10:17 | 25/Mar/2008
A snag...
Friends, in the run-up to my last post  ( The article by Mr PVR Shenoy) I had printed 'agreeing with' . I realised later that it should have been 'agreeing to' . I tried to edit the same but somehow it is not working. So please note that I have noted it too and it is there because I am unable to rectify my mistake! more...
 18:06 | 24/Mar/2008
China China: another, more educated view...
Friends, after a long time I have found something on Rediff news board that I feel like agreeing with whole-heartedly. So much so that I find the article almost an expansion, an elaboration of my last post. So, for the benefit of my fellow iLanders, I am copy-pasting the article by Mr Shenoy. I find that my own sentiments (read criticism of Nehru's... more...
 17:51 | 16/Mar/2008
China China
China is acting up, once again, using brute force to smother the voice of the people of Tibet. And the rest of the world is watching impotently. Not a word will be said by the powers that use arm wringing techniques against lesser criminals. Shame on the world. Shame on the Western big wig powers. As for our own country, the less we say the better:... more...
 11:51 | 8/Mar/2008
Ian Healy is going senile....
The  Indian cricket team is back after playing some very good competitive cricket down under. We won the tri series, beating the Kangaroos comprehensively. That too on their own soil. One thing is certin: we were certainly the better side in the contest. The blend of youth and  experience worked perfectly for us under some shrewd and inspired leade... more...
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 subhashish c... | 18:04 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (83)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: music ( bruce spr...
witty woman
    My wife sent me this joke ....................... suppose she sent me a message too ...... all u helpless married men go ahead and sympathise .                            Lesson for Men - Women gotta love this one A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and  shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her f...  more...
 Solidus | 16:40 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (283)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: http://openmedia....
Dont miss - Alarming Inflation
चूहे को हल्दी की गांठ मिली तो वो खुद को पंसारी समझ बैठाWe got FII and began to fly on the 7t...  more...
 ajay rana | 21:37 | 29/Jan/2008
Friends: (238)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Reading, swimming...
Consciousness in the Single Neuron
Are the contents ofconscious perception tied to individual brain cells? Can we use singleneurons to determine someone’s subjective experience? A recent studiespublished in PNASsuggests otherwise: there are no specialized neuronsthat carry information about what enters awareness and what not. If oneholds the picture of a butterfly in front of one ey...  more...
 vivek keserwani | 02:45 | 28/Mar/2008
Friends: (153)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: music, meditation...
how was your HOLI friends
Hi Friends, Nobody told me howz their HOLI? What masti you did and How did you clebrate it. Some of you might have remained inside of your house in fear of colours while some of you might have played a very colourful and wet Holi. To tell you the truth, I love playing holi but only when it is played in decency. In my locality people are so bad that...  more...
 Divyani | 16:22 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (233)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: bus yu he
Tall, dark and Handsome
From God’s own country and God’s own creation, introducing India’s most handsome and   eligible bachelor, Febin Joy. Tall, dark and handsome. Elizabeth calls him Stallone of India and I totally agree, even though I gave him tough time for wearing that cap J. A prize winning photgrapher, biker and computer pro. In the previous post some people point...  more...
 vira | 14:06 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (1646)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: music,photography...
  Ready for taxing timesBaljit BainsTHE north-western region is all set to benefit from the rich and varied experience of an Indian Revenue Service woman officer. The lady in question is the highly competent Mrs Baljit Bains. She has taken over as the new Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, North-West region, at Chandigarh. Mrs Bains is not new to th...  more...
 anam shayar | 20:26 | 20/Dec/2007
Friends: (60)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: d do jism ik jaan...
आज सुबह उठहते ही यह गाना गुनगुनाय ;ा....किस के लिए? तुम सोचो और बत...  more...
 surendra prasad | 13:23 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (208)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: writing, painting...
JITBO RE
CRICKET  KA  JALWA SAR CHARH KE  BOLTA  HAI.. HAR GEND PE ,HAR  CHHAKKE  PE   APNAA  BHI  DIL  DOLTAA HAI..   CRICKET  THA  PER  AISA  N  THA; IPL  KA  NASHAA  CHAA  GAYA HAI SAARI  DUNIYAA  KA  KHUMAR APNE  AANGAN  ME  AA GAYAA  HAI   KAMAAL  KAR  RAHE   HAIN KOLKATA  KNIGHT  RIDERS  KE GHORE.. NARE  LAGAA   LAGAA  KE... KORBO,  LORBO, JITBO RE....     more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 22:47 | 16/Oct/2007
Friends: (182)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Writing
Dream Weave Walk
Dream Weave Walk is the brand of Kainaat Creations. Kainaat Creations has several blogs on different topics. Dream Weave Walk provides resource links to all the Kainaat Creation websites.How to use the links:The links lead to all the sites on the topic.The RSS/Atom feeds from those sites are linked on these pages, as a result the content is contino...  more...
 Lissome Lady | 05:48 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (282)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Life, people, lit...
THE MEDIA FREAK SHOW
 Rajesh Talwar will be released today for lack of evidence.  After the lull in the spate of murder stories, the press now has fresh fodder for a few more days with a new angle. And the Talwars will witness the brunt of the collective hypocrisy of our media. Suddenly, overflowing tributes will be paid to their stoicism; their tragedy will be highlig...  more...
 ARUN JOSHI | 08:24 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (333)  | City: KOTA  | Interests: Reading,watching ...
Nuclear Agreement between India - USA :M...
Pls find glimpse of the 123 agreement which has led to the political instability in the nation. Nuclear Agreement between India - USA :MUST READ BY EVERY INDIAN   There are lot of talks about 1 2 3 Agreement between India & USA and it almost led to the topple of Central Government. In this mail I am trying  to explain the commercial & technical  sp...  more...
 Prudent Indian | 21:57 | 8/May/2008
Friends: (218)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fighting 'politic...
My Last Post .
Announcement : Comments are disabled, and this blog is  suspended for time being. To contact please do some Google search. Many many thanks for your love and attention. PI.  more...
 Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (468)  | 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...
 K B | 12:34 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: ...  | Interests: chili or chilly?
To Someone Else
To Someone Else Why do you always begin-Re-arranging my lifeWhen everything was in flowYou kissAnd tryTo change sidesOn that love seatMay be the wait is to be long,The back rest between usWon’t melt tonightSo let’s moveInto a foxtrotAnd may beFind that warmthIn the steps,Walking youAs you stand on my toesClose, closer than whatBegan with the kiss,A...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 09:16 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (1399)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Why are you paid more?
A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted a famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.The mechanic shouted across the garage,'Hello Doctor!! Please come over here for a minute.'The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, wal...  more...
 ashok tiwari | 15:11 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (309)  | 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...
 Current Boll... | 18:20 | 24/Apr/2008
Friends: (436)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: blogging,making f...
How Kareena Kapoor toiled for 'Tashan'!
For the first time in her acting career Kareena Kapoor had to train for eight to nine months for her role in a movie.And that movie is Yashraj Films presentation Tashan which is set to hit the theatres on coming Friday.The film has Kareena in a full-on action role for the first time. Before the shooting began, producer Aditya Chopra , director Vija...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 14:41 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (528)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
Of a Happy Life
[Written in context of the various criticisms that Amitabh Bachchan has been facing ever since he became a fellow-blogger.]OF A HAPPY LIFEFacing personal vilification and condemnation is the exclusive privilege of men of eminence. They thrive on it, and it only makes their positions stronger.  Whether it is the timeless heroes like Socrates or Jesu...  more...
 kavita ganguly | 01:00 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (329)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: Reading, Net Surf...
A Virtuo-Real Love Story
She could not quite wipe out the smile on her face. ‘Happy in my heart, Dil Dance Maare Re’, this silly song from the equally silly film Tashan kept playing over & over again in her head. He had said that he loved her, not the exact phrase, nor a romantic dialogue delivery more of an angry declaration. Yes! It sounded sweet indeed! Years of insecur...  more...
 PGR NAIR | 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (177)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Literature, Cinem...
HALF A DAY
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...  more...
 AdityaDas Menon | 19:37 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (1207)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Romantic Yogi
HANDS OF LOVE - PART -20-"TERELIYE"
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...  more...
 anjali gupta | 10:26 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (88)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: reading,dreaming,...
some proverbs
Tell me and i'll forget, show me and i may remember, involve me and i'll unnderstand.     The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after after the problem is solved.     Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.     The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.  more...
 Dr Namrata | 12:37 | 10/Dec/2007
Friends: (31)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: with you....for y...
The "DATE RAPE"
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault(WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: The readers are advised to apply their common sense after reading this article and behave responsibly. However, I am not responsible if someone picks a tip from the article and uses it with criminal intentions. Care has been taken to keep some portions and the names of the drugs ambiguous, to ...  more...
 Tej Buch | 02:34 | 20/Jul/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: junagadh  | Interests: Books,movies
The World is Flat ---- Part 2
..........from where I last left.We the huge lake and thousands of people sitting around its banks. We could here some music coming from some place nearby. Following the sounds and the people , we saw a large open air amphitheater totally packed with people watching a symphony concert being played out since 3 in the evening. There were makeshift st...  more...
 sunshine | 11:43 | 19/Jul/2008
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DIRTY LEGAL EXPRESSIONS
DIRTY LEGAL ExpressionS ]] 10. Have you looked through her briefs?  ] ]  9. He's one hard judge!  ] ] 8. Counselor, let's do it in chambers. ] ] 7. His attorney withdrew at the last minute.  ] ] 6. Is it a penal offense?  ] ] 5. Better leave the handcuffs on.  ] ] 4. For $200 an hour, she better be good!  ] ] 3. Can you get him to drop his suit?  ]...  more...
 chaitali rai | 22:18 | 25/Apr/2008
Friends: (630)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
                       Modern Panchtantra Story [ IT HUMOR ]             Once upon a time , there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his             Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He  used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday  market.             One day, while he was working...  more...
 Indigo Iris | 21:34 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (63)  | City: terra firma  | Interests: poems,country mus...
Evolve Ye Man...
Evolve ye manfrom your petty waysMend the mindthat forever slightsBreak freefrom thoughts, so mean and lowBe like the sunof eternal heightsSo oft you've crushedthe man withinA beast is all that isleft of youAwaken before the moment is lostLittle use ifthis life passes by youIn the inky darknessof your wintry dayslet none snigger awayat this shadow ...  more...
 Mari Vin | 12:20 | 17/Jul/2007
Friends: (50)  | City: iland  | Interests: writing,music, w...
ECLIPSE
                      E C L I P S E                 This   to   my   50   friends  …                                   ’ THANK  YOU ‘ Thanks   specially  to  my  30  friends  for  your    comments on my posts… Thanks in particular  to  my faithful  friends who commented in appreciation on  all my  posts from the beginning  till the end.   E .P, E B...  more...
 greengrass | 16:00 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (545)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Swimming, Dance, ...
சேச்சĬ...
From www.manakkudiyan.com : From Ananda Vikatan, By Amarar Sujatha:சேச் 70;ாஆர்.ச& #3015;ஷாத்ர ;ிநாதன 21; என்ற பெயர் எஸ்.எஸ 21;.எல...  more...
 amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007
Friends: (359)  | City: Goa  | Interests: understanding mys...
Success in Life
  The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.”     Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.  more...
 friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008
Friends: (351)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Our economists & ...
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 ...  more...
 bronzegoddes... | 15:19 | 14/Jul/2008
Friends: (98)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: I love being the ...
Mazala Salza - Introducing Anil Thekepar...
 ANIL THEKEPARAMBIL, 39Anil Thekeparambil woke up with a start. He could not remember the name of the woman whom he had brought home last night. The woman had left early and that brought over him a sense of relief. He didn’t have to put up an act of “how great last night was or that they should get back real soon.” She was a lousy fuck anyway. Mich...  more...
 Jissy Thomas | 18:23 | 16/Jul/2008
Friends: (116)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Looking at the po...
The Ball Is In Your Court
Parents' and teachers' meeting in school can be a volatile affair. So when I was told that this meeting was to be held, I was a bit nervous, more so because I was teaching a subject like Social Studies for the first time in my teaching career. The syllabus of this subject was very wide. And I have a habit of giving some points from outside the text...  more...
 meena sundar | 16:05 | 14/Jul/2008
Friends: (604)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Life
Thank you god for your kindness at last!
  Losing someone is not that easySeeing them sufferingSeeing them cryAll makes our heart tear apart  We feel uselessWe feel desperateTrying our hands on every possible wayTo keep them comfortable  We know they are going to dieBut we careAnd we pray, For two things….  Let them live peacefullyOn the other hand, take them immediatelyBcoz we can’t stan...  more...
 V T | 11:10 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (169)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
Oh Rajni!
Sorry folks, a bit tied up these days; work, travel and all. Nothing new to post, just an old mail forward. It’s a humble tribute to the great Rajnikant. Hats off the true Rajni fan who complied this list of His achievements.• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.• Outer space exists because it's a...  more...
 aravind das | 10:37 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (722)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
TRUST VOTE
Today manmohan singh's govt will seek trust vote in the LOKSABHA. After 4-1/2 years of rule manmohan will be little sceptical about the vote;no matter what equation, permotation & combination would have done before the D-DAY.I think he will win the TRUST vote & govt will survive.But the big question is, whether the allies with UPA are trustworthy ?...  more...
 Pavement Freud | 10:05 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (285)  | City: Vasai, Maharashtra.  | Interests: Bollywood kitsch...
The Landlady: Concluding Episode
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 ...  more...
 Kush A | 20:50 | 19/Jul/2008
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A bit of me!