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 23:18 | 29/Jul/2008
Terminator- 34
Ok ok, thats the training batch ID to which I belonged T34. No there were not 34 of us from whichever end or middle you might count. I was off to the other end of India for the training. The executive hostel where we stayed had no wi-fi so after a long break of 19 days amback to civilisation. From initial furtive steps to Charlie"s Angels, Chomu an... more...
 17:11 | 12/May/2008
Of bikini babes and being a good friend ...
Location: Bournemouth, a famous beach south of LondonCharacters: MeDivya, Saurabh and CP: friends from LondonManish and Akansha: husband and wife staying at Bournemouth due to Akansha"sofficial work. Manish is CP"s friend for the past 10 years, they were together in engineering. We all were sitting on the beach surrounded by women and bikinis in va... more...
 22:31 | 3/Apr/2008
Juno is refreshingly sweet ;)
Juno walks the thin line between being light or ridiculous, between being frank or vulgar and comes out on tops. Despite knowing that this is a run of the mill movie about teenage pregnancy, you not only enjoy it but also find the characters endearing. I expect Juno to be a major hit as and when it hits the multiplexes in India. In a nutshell this ... more...
 17:11 | 30/Mar/2008
KRace is slick!
Statutory warning: Any resemblance with the work done by Jumaani siblings is highly coincidental. I have been forced by this great movie to do some rechristenings:Race as KRace:Bipasha is Saif's girlfriend but Saif's step brother Akshaye loves her.So Saif convinces Bipasha to marry Akshay. Akshay despite Saif'srepeated warnings becomes an alcohol... more...
 16:56 | 24/Mar/2008
change in sports: talent is not enough
In the movie Chak De Shahrukh Khan tells his team to drop manners and play as rough as the opponent team: woh ek maare, tum do maaro, woh do maare, tum chaar maaro........(they hit you once, you hit twice, they hit you twice, you hit four times.....). Dhoni gives free rein to his boys to handle sledging the way they wish to. Aus... more...
 18:00 | 17/Mar/2008
Hey, IAS prep material for sale ;)
hey everonejust helping out a friend who wants to sell of her old stuff when she wrote civil services examination. the stuff is LOTS- on political science, anthropology and General Studies- books, notes and material from various coaching classes. Considering that most of it is in excellent condition, even if old, this would be very useful for any s... more...
 00:01 | 13/Mar/2008
Review (s) of 10,000 BC!!
Confession#1: I have not seen the movieConfession#2: The routine check of reviews to decide about watching the movie left me rolling in laughter. critics have gone out of the way to lambast the movie. Here are some irresistible gems: A visually impressive but narratively flimsy epic. I cheered for the villains who were building a coloss... more...
 22:01 | 8/Mar/2008
Edge of seat thriller- Vantage Point
The first few scenes and you are ready for the cliched the-american-president-is-shot-and-the-world-is-in-dang er movie. Vantage point is a  thriller from start to finsih. The movie has a strong script, good performances and a wonderful director. Even if some portions are half baked you are too absorbed in the story to notice. Dennis Quaid looks jad... more...
 17:33 | 25/Feb/2008
Mosqui-tales!!
At first I couldnt believe my ears. But then the mosquito sitting on the tip of my nose folded his wings and pleaded: O lady please allow me to have  a few drops of your blood so that my line can continue.Mosquitos require a kind of protein found in human blood for their eggs but I was too angry about all the previous unpermitted collections of blo... more...
 00:02 | 22/Feb/2008
Status quo??
hi!!The way messengers have invaded our lives it has become the essential meeting ground. Status messages are taglines against your name which were used to inform : stepped out, out for lunch, not at desk etc etc. Some of the interesting ones:Golden rule: he who has gold, rules. I want to die sleeping peacefully like my grandfather and not screamin... more...
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 rahul XYZ | 15:10 | 12/Aug/2008
Friends: (7)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Writing, Music, R...
Restlessness
Another day has come and soon it will pass also. I am feeling a lot of restlessness for past few days. A very good friend of mine is getting married. And I am having problem because of that. No no its not the case of “Mere yaar ki shaadi hai”. We used to talk a lot earlier, share a lot things (I would do more than she). And now all of a sudden she ...  more...
 ashley sahni | 10:30 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (27)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: many but to be ho...
what is true love
what is true love? is it to have someone for life? or to stay away from that person?this is from someone"s life and is true. for privacy reason i wont be using their names here.this all goes back to almost 5 good years that by mistake one girl who was just 17 then landed a msg to a guy's mobile who was 25 at that time..... and both of them were sta...  more...
 Ankush Korday | 18:04 | 10/Aug/2008
Friends: (22)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Badminton, Movies...
No Night Shift for Women.
In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old woman, working as a customer care executive at the International Business Machines' (IBM) call centre at Pune, was allegedly gangraped and killed by 8 to 10 people. The suspected, to be cab drivers. This was the second incident for the month. It seems the employee named “Jyoti Kumari Chaudhary” an IT profession...  more...
 Marissa Mayer | 16:38 | 5/Aug/2008
Friends: (8)  | City: The Valley  | Interests: Google
or you all female engineers out there
Marissa Mayer joined Google in 1999 as employee number 12th when Google was just taking off. Today, she is VP of Google's User Experience and Products and thanks to Google's soaring stock price, she is also the richest female engineer in the world. She takes critical decisions: from changes to the Google search algorithm to the introduction of new ...  more...
 Asif Dabir | 16:49 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (42)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Travelling, Makin...
JAI HIND
ALL INDIANS MUST SEE IT IT WILL JUST TAKE YOUR 2 MINS. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND ALL INDIAN.. Copy the link & Paste it in the browser http://worldoftimepass.com/general/jai-hind or click right button on your mouse and click on "Open the link in New Window". PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO ALL INDIANS.. From : Asif Dabir (Mumbai)    more...
 ujjwal gangele | 11:59 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (155)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: music,photography...
new search engine - CUIL
Cuil search engine takes on GoogleThe Cuil search engine has been brought into existence by Anna Patterson and her husband Tom Costello on 28th July, 2008. But why has Cuil attracted so much attention? This is because; its founders have claimed that this search engine is capable of performing better and more comprehensive job of indexing online inf...  more...
 aishvarya ti... | 15:29 | 28/Jul/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: dancing
LIFE
RISING    SUN    RISING      LIFE  more...
 Alex Gomes | 15:39 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (395)  | Interests: Sports,Philosophy...
Abhinav - You Are A Real CHAMP
Abhinav Bindra becomes the First Indian to win an Individual Gold Medal in Indian Olympics History and makes India and the Indian People Proud.  A Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Recipient and a World Champion has proved his mettle and has made known the world that Indians are no flukes but this is a result of exceptional talent, Super Focus, Hard wo...  more...
 LAUGHING HUMAN | 18:03 | 6/Aug/2008
Friends: (66)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: music trekking re...
BYE FRIENDS
my dear iland friends i will be gone now for a long time i dont know when i will be able to write again anyway i dont write much. I will be reading your blogs whenever i can specially Frozy your bolgs  more...
 swift swift | 21:18 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Simply to say...,...
Rules For Life
Rules for life As we know this world is a stage where everybody has his role to play. Life is a struggle to fight. Life is game to win. Life is a play to enjoy. But one should follow certain rule to achieve his ultimate goal, although the opinion may differ from person to person regarding the priority or substance of the rules. Any how, here are my...  more...
 sanjay tayal | 11:38 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (6)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: news
MAHNGAI
IS GOVT. IS ABLE TO CONTROL THE INFLATION  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (620)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution
Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 12:52 | 7/Jul/2008
Friends: (293)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
searching....
Somebody told me on my Jo Hari window exercise that I am searching! (Jo Hari window is a behavioral model to help one figure out the perception of others about them)Someone's blog says that their interests are "Googling" :)So I thought that I will write some gibberish on this.Why are we searching?Why are we searching so often? (Indians do billions ...  more...
 shruthi srin... | 10:25 | 30/Nov/2005
Friends: (10)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: travelling,music,...
oof... this weather is hurting me.i've got this horrendous cold. plz................give me solution   more...
 Nischal Thapa | 02:09 | 5/Aug/2008
Friends: (384)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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no offense... q: enjoy | nischal (:  more...
 praveen soma | 18:19 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (53)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Beautiful interio...
Dear Architects
Please Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ associatearchitectshyd   Please Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ associatearchitectshyd  more...
 janus janus | 17:16 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (326)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Yoga, music, cook...
Weekend laughs
It suddenly dawned on me today that I have not been doing something that's an intrinsic part of my nature -- share the jokes I know. I just love jokes, and can be counted upon to rattle them off in sleep. So here goes my latest instalment of jokes, unfortunately none that I can lay intellectual ownershp of...*****"Guess what I heard today?" a man s...  more...
 ahsan ghori | 15:11 | 27/Jan/2008
Friends: (390)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Tennis my passion...
Jay Walkers
Educate them first 25 January 2008I THINK the best way to create awareness about the dangers of jaywalking is to first educate the people about its consequences. Jaywalkers endanger their own life as well as those of others, especially surprised motorists.Once awareness is created then fines and penalties can be imposed if people continue breaking ...  more...
 Jasir Alavi | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (201)  | City: lazibonia  | Interests: interests?? darn!...
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the epitaph    more...
 vishal rathod | 03:10 | 16/May/2008
Friends: (67)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Football cooking ...
Tom Riddle
Ijust cant write now-a-days.Its tough to put the thoughts on paper.I was readinga book but couldnt read more than five pages again and again.I tried to write abook instead.I did better.I wrote ten pages.Then i gave up.Life seems to movein 10 second ads.The movie has just begun...   “ What do people do when they dont know what to do?” I stareout of ...  more...
 steve thomas | 19:17 | 10/Aug/2006
Friends: (81)  | City: Kottayam  | Interests: music,reading,bro...
Volcanic Eruptions
Eruptions Mayon Volcano overlooking Legazpi AirportMayon is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Matutum, Musuan, Mount Parker, Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, ...  more...
 Peram Rao | 14:24 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: Movies,SAP Forms,...
Bench
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 kishore gupta | 10:09 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (264)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: hell...Nothing
Software engineer and his wife  Husband - hey dear, I am logged in.Wife - would you like to have some snacks?Husband - hard disk full.Wife - have you brought the saree.Husband - Bad command or file name.Wife - but I told you about it in morningHusband - erroneous syntax, abort, retry, cancel.Wife - hae bhagwan !forget it where's your salary.Husband...  more...
 Kamalasekara... | 09:08 | 8/Feb/2006
Friends: (12)  | Interests: chatting,writing ...
A Bloggers' Code of Ethics Be Honest and Fair Bloggers should be honest and fair in gathering, reporting and interpreting information. Bloggers should: • Never plagiarize. • Identify and link to sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources' reliability. • Make certain that Weblog entries, quotation...  more...
 vivek jakkal | 15:25 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (50)  | City: tikamgarh  | Interests: chatting , travll...
mother father
नींद अपनी भुला कर सुलाया हम को, आँसू गिरा कर हसाया हमको दर्द क...  more...
 sameer chaudhry | 13:05 | 3/Jan/2006
Friends: (3)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: music, travelling
Goa  by mobile phone  more...
 febin joy | 08:37 | 30/Jul/2008
Friends: (463)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
It's me
Hey friends, It's me... with my new gear.. Nikon D80 and Sigma 70-300mm tele lens. Photo by my friend Suresh KG(aka "My exposure", his flickr id). He grabbed this wen I was taking the previous picture of that spidy....  have a nice time.. take care.... Febz  more...
 Rajesh iyer | 21:07 | 12/Feb/2006
Friends: (120)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: cricket,batminton...
Prayer 2006
Oh God Almighty!!May my password get acceptedAnd my explorer get connectedHelp me upload my data foreverNot let a hanged out serverKeep my floppies working in their driveGive me place to back up hard driveHelp send my emails fasterShield me from virus disasterScan my folders without failAnd filter out all junk mailGive my entire download a surgeSto...  more...
 shishir bhate | 19:52 | 21/Mar/2006
Friends: (161)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Are more H-1B visas good for India?
By the end of this month, if will be clear if the US Senate Immigration Reform Bill introduced to decide whether H-1B visa limit should be increased from 65,000 to 115,000 has been defeated or allowed to sail through successfully. Everyone says an increase in the H-1B visa limit will help Indians the most. Will it, really? But more on that in just ...  more...
 nishant ticku | 20:33 | 23/Jan/2006
Friends: (2)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Art... movies... ...
Life Sucks
Going through tough times... Have been working ( I wont say my 'ass-off' ) for past 3 years.. hardly any achievements there... Wanted to brush everything aside and start afresh with an MBA degeree from a reputed college.. But... Scored a 98%tile... but.. have work ex to rpove... but...  have loads of extra-curcullar activities...but... but but NO C...  more...
 harsh kulkarni | 13:25 | 18/Jan/2006
Friends: (7)  | City: gulbarga  | Interests: Music,books,books...
Past n future
Throughout our life we meet a lot of people, some we get on with some we don’t. It’s not possible to keep in touch with everybody you have met. But no matter what’s happening in your life, wheather you are in the dump or soaring high, there are some people you always keep in touch with, and these are friends. I am blessed with few but great friends...  more...
 vikram barthwal | 16:08 | 9/Jun/2006
Friends: (40)  | Interests: Computers, Cricke...
Myth of Aryan Invasion Theory
According to the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT), India was invaded and conquered by nomadic light-skinned Indo-European tribes from Central Asia around 1500-100BC, who overthrew an earlier and more advanced dark-skinned Dravidian civilization from which they took most of what later became Hindu culture. This idea totally foreign to the history of Indi...  more...
 Arun Bhardwaj | 15:06 | 27/Jan/2006
Friends: (1)  | Interests: Rock is what we'r...
Myself or someone like me
Listenin in...shoutin out...things that make you go hmm. Music that doesn't suck....guitar that gently weeps. Bouleward of broken dreams.... what do you want from me??  more...
 Arindam Chat... | 11:19 | 1/Feb/2007
Friends: (65)  | City: Serampore  | Interests: Life in itself.
Confessions - II
Raju … is an old friend. If I can recall it right - I remember him from my days in a Nursery School called Sishu Aakash somewhere in South Calcutta. Hence, he was the person there whom I had known for the maximum numbers of years now. Not that we were the best of friends but somewhere we both were proud to know each other for such a long time now. ...  more...
 Siddarth-The... | 17:43 | 17/Jul/2008
Friends: (142)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Anything under th...
SuperHero
I am a superhero but I cannot flyI am a superhero but I cannot act slyI am a superhero but I am not muscularI am a superhero but I am not popularI am a superhero but I am not the ghost who walksI am a superhero but I am not the one who stalksI am a superhero because I made someone happyI am a superhero because I made someone smileI am a superhero b...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 16:54 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (182)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
Dismal state of Bollywood
What is happening in Bollywood?  I am unable to understand. What is happening to the film quality and the duration? Earlier, almost all the films used to be of 3 hrs duration or even more. Now all the films are being chopped off to earn big bucks in quick time. As a result, you have not even come to understanding the film and its characters when yo...  more...
 Krishna Reddy | 16:30 | 17/Jul/2008
Friends: (322)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
Happy Guru Purnima
Today is Guru Purnima .Wish you all a wonderful Guru Purnima. See my earlier article on Guru Purnima . Also see Guru Purnima at about.com . http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm  more...
 S K | 22:51 | 6/Mar/2006
Friends: (12)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music Composing &...
Sanjoo Sings.......
Hi Friends, http://rapidshare.de/files/14753828/Sanjoo-Sings.wav.ht ml Download this file, listen to the song and give me a feed back please. Give me your frankest opinion...... Regards, Sanjoo  more...
 Bari Kokani | 00:11 | 25/Mar/2007
Friends: (30)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Camping, Trekking...
Please Fix Bangladesh & Bermuda Match
I am sincerely requesting Bookies to please fix the match between Bangladesh and Bermuda. Let Bermuda win and give India one last chance to face the world cup.Bookies,please fix this at the larger interest of the Indian public, there are 1 Billion Indians behind you. You guys can involve the BCCI to get some financial help, even the Indian players ...  more...
 anjuli dhiman | 11:06 | 25/Jul/2006
Friends: (96)  | City: dehradun  | Interests: Music, Reading
Ishq ne tere Ishq ne...
Hey guys, check out the song Ishq ne tere Ishq ne ... from the movie Ahista Ahista , Jayesh Gandhi and KK have done a wonderful job, I have actually fallen in love with the song. I have been a die hard fan of KK but who is this new kid on the block ...Jayesh Gandhi ....really sings well...  more...
 chandra mohan | 19:28 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (205)  | City: Atlanta  | Interests: Nethin X-treme, B...
Very addictive songs
Kinda like these songs ....very easy on the ear    more...
 shahid akhtar | 23:45 | 13/Jul/2006
Friends: (106)  | City: Gaya  | Interests: Book Reading, exc...
MY DEAR FRIEND...HERE ARE SOME THINGS EVEN U DONT KNOW ABOUT URSELFFacts of life:1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would dieforyou.2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, e...  more...
 Killer Instinct | 10:22 | 4/Jun/2006
Friends: (26)  | Interests: Sports,Bikes,babes
BE A REBEL!!!!
"Say hoi ho oh hoi ho (x2) Loose Control Be A Rebel Verse 1: To the mahal of the Taj To the Minar of Qutub To the Kumari of Kanya