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 05:48 | 12/Jul/2008 |
| THE MEDIA FREAK SHOW | |
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| 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...
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| 15:52 | 1/Jul/2008 |
| WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ATHEIST | |
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| I never thought I would one day explain my atheism. But here I am gathering my thoughts together to find out what makes me an atheist. To do that, I would first have to define God – that what I believe does not exist - and then give my reasons why I believe God does not exist. After all atheism is just that – the belief that God does not exist. Peo...
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| 23:10 | 17/Jun/2008 |
| ARRESTING THE LAW | |
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| Crime and law are partners bound by vigorous handcuffs. They are two sides of the same coin – opposites, linked so inextricably, that the boundaries seem to blur and like Orwell’s pig and man one cannot tell which is which. Nowhere is this seamless blending more true than in India where the seats of administration and thereby law are densely occu...
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| 23:02 | 8/Jun/2008 |
| DENUDING NUDITY | |
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| Man is born nude and is everywhere in a state of shame over it just as the Rosseauvian man who is born free, is everywhere in chains. This post was inspired by the Lady Godiva blog posted by my friend hardhitter (hardhitter.rediffiland.com), which set me thinking on the subject of nudity. Lady Godiva rode through the crowded marketplace in the n...
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| 23:40 | 30/May/2008 |
| THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL | |
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| Opposites have always fascinated me. William Blake’s (1757 – 1827) influential work “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” written more than 250 years ago manifests a vision that is astonishing in clarity, wisdom and insights. A dynamic relationship between a stable "Heaven" and an energized "Hell" has fascinated theologians, aestheticians and psycho...
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| 15:08 | 30/Apr/2008 |
| THE BLESSING OF FRIENDS. | |
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| With this bubbly I salute all of you - my amazing friends on this Iland. Guys I love you all. Totally blessed to know you all and to interact with you at length on so many wonderful issues. For me it is not so much a record of 400 but the evidence that blogging as a medium is rich, thought provoking and cerebrally engaging. If I were to ...
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| 11:01 | 3/Apr/2008 |
| LAKSHMAN | |
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| The human element in our epics calls for so much thought and reflection.So few writers and poets engage with this aspect. It's a pity. They never form any part of a student's repertoire and we talk of westernisation as if it were a disease. Do we have anyone to blame but ourselves? Sita is fascinating and very complex. Toru Dutt a lesser known poet...
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| 07:21 | 21/Mar/2008 |
| MANAGING CHANGE | |
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| “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man,” said wise old Heraclitus, Greek philosopher from 500 B.C. He was, ofcourse, talking of time and its flow and the inevitable changes wrought by the movements in growth. If water is the medium for analogies, the one more suitable to change, is Char...
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| 20:47 | 25/Feb/2008 |
| FREE AND ME | |
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| Freedom, my dear friend, has written an emotional piece, his very own, and it was a pleasure reading it. I could not respond to the number of pertinent issues he had raised by responding on his comments page and therefore this blog is an extended response. Freedom’s words are in red and my responses are in black. Free:We ought to realize that th...
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| 01:03 | 18/Feb/2008 |
| THE KRISHNA MYTHS | |
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| This blog is dedicated to my friend Freedom Unbound who truly loves me despite my idiosyncrasies, my sharp tongue and my derision of what I perceive to be his frailties. This, Free is not a criticism of you, so don’t come at me with hammer and tongs. This is perhaps an autobiographical account of some things that shaped me. And an interpretation of...
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| DIBYA | 22:53 | 7/Jul/2008 |
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| A KISS OF LOVE |
| feelings have no boundaries...every being has a heart that feels the emotions...caste, creed, colour don't obstruct feelings...language is not a hurdle for love...affection clings on care and trust...feel the feelings of the being... they would reciprocate in the same manner... respect the being an not the colour...care for the being and for the ...
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| chiranjib shaw | 17:53 | 12/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (61)
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| And we gonna miss the darjeeling tea. |
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| And there is unrest in the Darjeeling hills again.dunno how many are going to get hurt and how many (god forbid) are going to be killed if this agitation goes on this way.The situation is spinning out of control as our brothers from the hills demand a separate state for themselves.And during the time of Subhash Ghishing a hill council was to look a...
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| RAMESH | 21:32 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| THREE THINGS TO HAPPY LIFE.......!! |
| TO LEAD A HAPPY LIFE-- THREE THINGS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL................. to keep brain as ice factory........ tounge as sugar factory........ and heart as wax factory.... TRY IT........
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| Bharath Kumar | 10:11 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| The Praying Hands |
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| Below is a touching story about DURERS Praying Hands that is circulated widely. It tells of DURER doing his creation in appreciation of a brother who went to work in the mines to support Albrecht's education. Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep foo...
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| krishna agarwal | 07:34 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| General Knowledge |
| Can You Give You Woman A Deeper Orgasm?Author: Jerry LeungAs a man, you will probably want to learn more ways to give your lady deeper orgasms. Yet, the fact is that no many people can really do that. In fact, there are some methods you can use in order to give your lady a deeper orgasm. Here are some tips for you to do so.At this point, some of th...
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| krishna veni | 08:05 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| Do u think ur fat? |
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| Now-a-days due to the changing lifestyle, and people trying to imitate the western culture it has become an obsession for people especially women to look slim.Media, heroines and models did have a major impact in this aspect on many. It is really sad to see the supermodels who are as thin as the people in the poverty stricken countries third world ...
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| Trochee | 13:03 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Things that resemble your colorsights that remind your fervori have affixed themwith torturous nailson the arch of my wristand your Elysian mindagonizing yetlucid-sweet remembranceand darling when the sound of torn fabricsand hissing mattressesarouse youin your empty gaze:take your handand blow a breath of my voiceon your most convinced fingertouch...
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| amrut patil | 09:39 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| Professor Moradian.... |
| Professor Moradian...Just chk the video above while going through the blog....Thanks to my current College I am able to meet some of Genious people including my Freinds.Some of them highly sucessful in life,some of them working hard towards success and some of them at the stage of retirement,but the zeal to study is still makes them come to class ...
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| JustAnotherC... | 20:02 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| Beginning My Journey Of Life |
| Beginning My Journey Of Life I wake up every morning with a hopeA hope which reinforcesMy confidence to actAnd furnishes me To act with new endeavor.Streams of joy to me it bringsGives my life a profound meaning. My hopes, or rather my dreamsLead me to walk throughout the futureAnd forward me the ladderTo rise higher and higher. But I’ve heard – D...
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| KESHAV DAYAL | 19:39 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Another Way to Acknowledge God |
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| Have you ever looked on the lines of your palm and capillaries or ridges on thumb and fingers of your hand? They are unique. Some of us are well educated today and are capable of putting our signatures in different ways but, at several places we are asked to give our fingerprints or thumb impressions. Even passport issuing authorities obtain thumb ...
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| Dr.Anil Verma | 16:25 | 10/Jul/2008 |
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| SELF IDENTITY |
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| देखो, स 379;चो, समझो, सुनो, गुनो, और जानो ! dekho, socho, samjho, suno, guno, or jano ! इसको, उ 360;को, संभव ह...
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| Philip Malayil | 22:35 | 20/Jun/2008 |
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| Are we an accident? |
| For those of the Dire Straits era; there's a song which goes; `Why worry; there'll be sunshine after rain; there'll be laughter after pain'...the universality of this thought- how often we comfort; more often ourselves than others saying `things will get better'...isn't this a fall-back on a presence of justice?Somehow we can never accept the `rand...
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| Sarath Chandra | 07:45 | 8/Jul/2008 |
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| Theory and Practice |
| “Stranded! Please help. Have to get to California” We passed by the board. There was a girl of around 20-25 under it, relatively clean for a person usually found under such boards. We were talking something else and though I told Santhi immediately, we walked around 30 yards by the time she understood what I was saying. We decided to help. We walke...
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| bimal raj | 21:03 | 18/Jun/2008 |
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| A DEATH STORY |
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| I visited the house of death,the day before I died,I saw foot prints left by you all, gone before,They were wet of tears, somebody poured in waste.But the house was bright and happy filled, I found. Death was not there, smiled- when he came, hold my hands,Cool it was, freezing my blood, streaked and stuffed it ,Blocking my heart, closing my nas...
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| sanjay | 14:53 | 22/Jun/2008 |
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| BLAME GAME – THEORY!! |
| BLAME GAME – THEORY!! I wonder how many of you know this theory? But it certainly is thought provoking. It was told to me by one of my ‘instructor’, during a study/course I was doing at our ‘Alma mater’. ‘Blame game’ is - incase something (anything) goes wrong or is not going correctly, as envisaged or as per your expectations, just simply blame it...
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| vijayaram reddy | 15:49 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| HEART BREAKING STORY |
| I was walking around in a BigBazar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll. Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll l , my dear.'' The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much . Iwanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.' Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?'' 'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money. The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him. Please DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE. Now you have 2 choices: 1) Forward this message, or 2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart. For those who prefer to think that God is not watching over us.... go ahead and delete this. For the rest of us... pass this on. The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what they are capable of receiving.
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| sheik maideen | 10:59 | 24/Jun/2008 |
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| It's very easy to keep a woman happy....... |
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| 1) How to Keep a Woman Happy:It's not difficult… Just a few things…!!!All you have to do is to be:1. A friend2. A companion3. A lover4. A brother5. A father6. A master7. A chef8. An electrician9. A carpenter10. A plumber11. A mechanic12. A decorator13. A stylist14. A sexologist15. A gynecologist16. A psychologist17. A pest exterminator18. A psych...
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| Sami Ahmed | 09:59 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| Rediff Iland is a School |
| Though my frineds on iland told me my story would make it to home page, I was pleasntly surprised when I saw my second home page appearance. Earlier it was for Little Hearts. Now it is for A Tale of Love. I thank all my friends and ilanders who read my stories regularly and give me enormous encouragement to write better and better. A Tale of Love i...
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| deadly_arms | 14:01 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Uncomplete but true"Love" |
| There was a 16 yrs. boy & he saw a girl and falle in love at first sight.He didn't think that sometimes she would be mine.Few years later or within a year God play a game now that girl fell in love with same boy who loved her first sight.
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| parthasarath... | 00:45 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| How do I forget you ! |
| How do I forget youI want to forget you!I want to stop my breathe!Life earlier and beyond!They are not the same! Not the same!Sun will not rise again!Moon will not light up the sky!There will be no sound or cry!Do I mean to live my life!Sun will burn the days!Moon will soothe the burn!Stars will wink again and again!How can I! How can I! ...
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| balu krishnan | 05:54 | 6/Jun/2008 |
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| World Environment Day on 5 Jun 2008: Kic... |
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| "What we need is action to slow, stop and then to reverse the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions. A transition to a low carbon economy is essential to achieving this," World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June each year to increase environmental awareness and action. This year’s focus is on climate change, with the theme, Kick the Habit!...
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| Lovely Views | 11:12 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Fun Stuff - 3!!! Really Really Funny!!!!... |
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| I found it truly hilarious and laughed uncontrollably on seeing it!!!! Is it only funny or is their some truth also in it....................:))...... Any comments friends!!!!! Enjoy!!!!
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| Arpit A | 20:12 | 17/May/2008 |
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| Nice Experince |
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| Hey Friends, Long time since I scribbled something here. Was way too busy with my own office chores but I regularly used to visit most of ur blogs and commented to them too frequently. Well , had a real nice experience abt 10 days back. The main power supply of our office had some problem that day and somehow huge flames of fire started coming out...
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| Monalisa Smile | 10:35 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| So long.... |
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| Hello All, A very good day to all who visit my iLand, read some of the boring stuff I write,To top it up, write some excellent comments and some great GB entries...I am away for few weeks..well not literally away from my lappy...but there are certainpersonal commitments because of which my activity on the iLand will be prettyerratic. I may not be r...
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| RAGHUPAT | 17:07 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| be yourself! |
| Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with what you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everythin...
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| Mukund K | 11:24 | 17/May/2008 |
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| Adam Smith on the China tragedy - Selfis... |
| An article by Adam Smith. Examines the inner motives of us and the reason behind our selfishness... wonderful read..Let us suppose that the great empire of China, with all its myriads of inhabitants, was suddenly swallowed up by an earthquake, and let us consider how a man of humanity in Europe, who had no sort of connexion with that part of the wo...
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| Charu Govil | 07:17 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| On the Path of Genocide… |
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| A religion is a guideline or discipline for a serene life in this world. God is a fear to limit us to follow the right path, and be afraid of an external power that rewards or punishes you, as per your deeds.Hinduism is one of the oldest religions, evolved after covering one of the most tortuous paths of reforms and varied civilizations. The cult i...
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| reader | 21:05 | 28/Jun/2008 |
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| Sharing 5 Words! |
| WordMeaningAntonym (If any)SourceimpregnateSoak , drench , imbue , saturate Shivani narulacharadePretense , fake ,sham ,facade Vidushi chaudharydemureModest , shy Tumble weeddroneBuzz , hum Tumble weedFretFuss , worry Tumble weed Fill in the missing columns , those who are interested...!Keep smiling and put your thoughts continuing with all nice b...
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| Jigar Mehta | 21:46 | 6/Jun/2008 |
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| In Line for Revenge |
| This young lad is walking down the sidewalk dragging a flattened frog on a string behind him. He walked up to a house of ill repute and knocked on the door. When the Madam answered it, she saw the young fella and asked what he wanted. He said, "I want to have sex with one of the women inside. I have the money and I'm not leaving until I do." The Ma...
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| hardhitter h... | 22:07 | 10/Jul/2008 |
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| Everybody Cheats-V “Her” head lay on my stomach. Looking at the ceiling, I was having that heavenly cigarette ‘after’. She had long hair. Black. It was spread over my stomach and down wards. Till my knees. I am ticklish there, but never told her. Looked like a bucket of black paint poured over my lower body. She was holding her diary in one hand. ...
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| A M Daniel | 17:35 | 21/May/2008 |
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| BE A RIGHT PERSON |
| When the Person Is RightOne rainy Sunday afternoon, a little boy was bored and his father was sleepy. The father decided to create an activity to keep the kid busy. So, he found in the morning newspaper a large map of the world. He took scissors and cut it into a good many irregular shapes like a jigsaw puzzle. Then he said to his son, "See if you ...
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| vidushi chau... | 18:24 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Solace |
| SolaceOmnipresent, ever- potent,You lie before me- majestic, strong.The skies darken, and your wild is free,The wicked streak ensnares as it slays.Mesmerized eyes follow, lives falter,You stay You, fiercely You.The clouds sail in- puffy, white, innocent, against a clear blue sky,And you murmur in approval like someone’s benign grandfather.Charming ...
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| m a | 13:28 | 26/Jun/2008 |
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