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| Sowing the seeds of a future society | |
| By Ken Whitehead, Growth is MadnessCivilisation as we know it will no longer exist within 30 years. This bleak conclusion is not one I have arrived at lightly. However, wherever I look the evidence suggests that we are heading towards a major ecological breakdown which the majority of us are unlikely to survive. A number of critical environmental p...
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| 16:41 | 16/Jan/2008 |
| Some ideas on how to seek Economic Susta... | |
| 1) Individual consumers need to consciously consume less of whatever it is that they consume. The government or NGOs should incentivate families to benchmark their current levels of consumption on various fronts, then reduce them. Consuming fewer air-miles each successive year should be high on our list of priorities, considering their huge additio...
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| 20:27 | 2/Jan/2008 |
| How to prevent Big Businesses from Passi... | |
| Let us Stop Big Businesses Passing on Hidden Costs to Consumers, Society & Environment Dear fellow-citizens,There is an important social principle currently being violated by many manufacturing activities: While engaged in a profit-making activity, one must not leave a mess behind for the rest of society to clean up. This principle can easily be u...
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| 18:43 | 25/Dec/2007 |
| Synopsis of a Street Play | |
| Synopsis of a Street PlayThis is the sketch of a 15-minute Hindi street play that we are hoping to stage on 1st January before a Rotary audience, and later present before several other audiences. This is written for targetting slum audiences, municipal school children etc. in mind. However, we hope to strike a chord in sophisticated, urbane audien...
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| 16:37 | 20/Dec/2007 |
| Al Gore's Acceptance speech for the Nobe... | |
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| Amazing, inspiring, informative, insightful... Definitely a must-read! -- FG SPEECH BY AL GORE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZEDECEMBER 10, 2007, OSLO, NORWAYYour Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honorable members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen.I have a purpose here today. It is a purpose I h...
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| 12:48 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| The End of Economic Growth: The Limits o... | |
| The End of Economic Growth:The Limits of Human Needsby Charles Siegel, Earth Island InstituteUntil the industrial revolution, 200 years ago, the typical standard of living had changed little throughout history. Today, the United States and the other developed nations have affluent economies, with only a small fraction of their output devoted to sub...
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| 07:57 | 30/Nov/2007 |
| Shall We Fail Ourselves? | |
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| Shall We Fail Ourselves?[I dedicate this blog to two guys with whom I connect -- one on the iLand one offline. The iLander is Sunshine, with whom I disagree on a number of issues including his dislike of stray dogs. But I connect with the genuineness and essential gentleness that shines through his writings as well as his comments to othe people...
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| 10:29 | 23/Nov/2007 |
| Common People Enjoy More Luxuries Than K... | |
| Common People Today Enjoy More Luxuries Than Kings 60 Years Ago “There is enough on Earth to satisfy every man’s need, but not enough to satisfy even one man’s greed.” We need to keep this thought at the centre-pinning – the hub around which we build our lives. We are historically in a period when wants and comforts are confused with needs. Thanks ...
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| 21:31 | 21/Nov/2007 |
| Slow Down Economic Growth says UN Enviro... | |
| The Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO4) report from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reckons that a much lower rate of economic growth -- the so-called Hindu rate of growth -- seems to be the only sustainable option.Check it out!-- Friendly Ghost UNEP GEO4 report says...Only Hindu way of life can save the earthBy Aditya PradhanThe UNEP ...
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| 14:44 | 7/Nov/2007 |
| Bicycle: Charkha of Anti-Global Warming ... | |
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| Bicycle: the Charkha of Climate Conservation A fairly large proportion of us agree that taking concrete measures to combat global warming is an idea whose time has come. I feel public opinion on this issue is currently like a super-saturated solution where crystallization is eminently possible, but is not happening for want of exciting thought-lead...
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| Poornima k | 15:46 | 22/Jan/2008 |
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| On Human Bondage.. |
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| Have you ever wondered why superstition and scientific knowledge increase and flourish together? Here we live in the most science-oriented, technologically saturated society in the history of the world, yet false beliefs, pseudofacts, and nonsensical stories proliferate. Think of how those well-educated people staked their lives on the unfounded be...
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| hari kumar | 10:31 | 11/Jan/2008 |
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| Tribute to an adventurer par excellence |
| Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who stood along with Mr. Tenzing Norgay at the highest point on earth is no more. The legendary adventurer died yesterday in New Zealand. Truly he was the first real life hero of our childhood. The first man to conquer Mt. Eversest. Even though there are claims that another British team under George Mallory climbed the p...
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| Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007 |
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| 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...
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| Amit Agrawal | 23:19 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| ek dua phir nikli |
| dosti ki koi inteha hee nahinkisi mod bhi chalekisi mod par ruketumse chaahe kitne dinonkuch kaha hee nahinpar ek dua phir nikliaaj mere dil sekyunki aye dosttu kabhi mere dil se gaya hee nahinbade paimaane hote hainjisme tera ehsaas hota haizindagi ke har lamhe meinsirf dost hee saath hota haikhushnuma dil ho jaata haijab tu meri yaad ban mere saa...
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| Nischal Thapa | 14:57 | 24/Dec/2007 |
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| i swore that next time i post, i"ll do it from home... but it took a while for my "net connection" to arrive and well... it went off!anyway, merry christmas to everyone! q:love | nischal q:p.s. and if the image doesnot load "on time" it"s just a card where yak, yeti and nix are wishing you merry christmas. and oh.. it looks cute. q:p.s.: i"m upload...
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| Wise Donkey | 12:08 | 6/Nov/2007 |
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| Until we meet again |
| He stood in the blazing sun, looked at the stone and read what had been inscribed on it."May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face;the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,may God hold you in the palm of His hand."In the last seven years that would be the upmteenth...
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| Poornima K | 13:13 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| Wish |
| Hello Everyone, Wish you all a very very happy and prosperous new year........ May all your wishes come true this year. Poorni
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| vikram barthwal | 16:08 | 9/Jun/2006 |
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| 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...
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| Krishna Reddy | 02:06 | 8/Jan/2008 |
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| Some kewl Art of Living links!!!! |
| Here are some cool links (in big block letters!!!!) given by Harshal Jadhav, an active Art of Living volunteer from Switzerland. SANGAM - All India NGO Summit for Environment Sri Sri Ravishankar"s Knowledge Sheets Enjoy Q & A with Sri Sri!! Artofliving Projects Art of Living website Harshal, happy now? :)))) We miss you a lot! Love, Krishna
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| Sonu Katha | 18:15 | 28/Oct/2007 |
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| 'Talking too much' is top job-interview ... |
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| Talking too much is the most common interview mistake that job candidates make,according to 36 percent of recruiters who completed the ninth edition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released by Korn/Ferry International, the premier global provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting andleadership development solutions. Other commo...
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| Shweta Iyengar | 15:40 | 20/Feb/2007 |
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| to give or not to give |
| Psychology says people choose to be sick (this sure is not the same as pretend to be sick)...they hold on or attract certain sicknesses because if offers them preferential treatment...even logic and evidence based medicine recognises "psychosomatic illness"(the origin of the illness in the mind)Now which parent would yell at a sick child for low gr...
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| rajesh doshi | 09:30 | 20/Jun/2006 |
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| keep watch and join reliance pregress |
| yes I mean business this time,as the new captions goes reliance is heading toward two major construction,rather,massive infrastrucural projects,1st is at maha mumbai and 2nd at harayana special economic zone this alert is for future visionaries who want planned and organised surroundings and similar growth oriented people surrouded,just plan to res...
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| Sunny V | 15:24 | 7/Nov/2006 |
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| WISE WORDS TO LIVE BY |
| Two friends were traveling together through the desert, and at one moment in their journey, they quarreled over a foolish issue. One turned around and slapped his partner on his face. The other, quite offended, without uttering a word sat down and wrote on the sand:"Today my best friend slapped me on the face!"They kept their travels and finally ar...
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| warm sunshine | 11:35 | 5/Jan/2008 |
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| A FEW GOOD MEN |
| What is it with men, mobs and molestation in our country? The recent Mumbai incident has not only exposed the moral depravity but also the desperation and cowardly nature of men in our urban, super fast metros. I don’t wish to generalize as there are decent men around also. Men like the guy in the red t-shirt who, by the victims own admission jumpe...
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| sumita bhatn... | 11:28 | 16/Apr/2007 |
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| Few Definitions |
| School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays. Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich. ...
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| Baldeo Pandey | 22:59 | 20/Jan/2008 |
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| हाशियí... |
| आदमी जब जानवर बन जाए,सबकुé 1; जानकर भी अनजान बन जाए,रोज - रोज मरे æ...
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| Dhee Kar | 14:36 | 30/Jun/2007 |
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| INSPIRATIONS |
| "Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal."Give to yourself the highest of expectations. And all the while, be patient with yourself as well. Know for certain that you are surely born to do great things. And know also that real value takes time a...
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| Vidhya Balaji | 08:12 | 12/Sep/2007 |
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| Love you Nalini Attai |
| On an eventless Sunday noon, my voicemail informed me that my aunt (Father’s first cousin) had finally succumbed to cancer. News of the death of a close one always numbs me at first and this one numbed me more than ever. This is for you Nalini Attai to tell you that you are always going to be with me in my thoughts and actions. I was besotted with ...
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| Anil Goel | 11:59 | 15/Jan/2008 |
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| Everyone has talent |
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| "Everyone has talent. What is rare is to have courage to follow it to the dark places that it leads." - Erica Jong
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| cajetan vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008 |
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| how far back can you remember? |
| 13:27 | 15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s) How far back can you remember? Some of my oldest memories - Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery - My first day...
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| Gurmeetsingh... | 13:19 | 26/Aug/2007 |
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| Success in Interviews - II |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2007Success in Interviews - part II Friends,Thank you for your kind words. I feel motivated to keep sharing. I also feel fortunate that at this young age of 36, I can devote so much of my time for the benefit of deserving people. Do share the messages to your other friends, as well, so that they also benefit. I shall also past...
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| Amberish Kat... | 23:21 | 3/Jul/2006 |
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| Why one game at a time? |
| Time to move this blog beyond reservations. For all those of us who love sports, there is a problem: why is that India manages to do well only in one game at a time? We are good at cricket, but that is about it. In hockey, we are history, in football, at the bottom. Why is this so? Is it an Indian characteristic that the vast majority of us follow ...
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| uma krishnan | 19:23 | 7/May/2007 |
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| How people change |
| After about 12 years, I got to speak to the girl who was my best friend in school days. I was extremely excited with the anticipation of the call from her end. But when the call did come, i was stumped beyond description. She was no longer the girl, I knew and was extremely close to. Her attitude, thinking and even style of talking had changed beyo...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Smirk |
| Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...
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| sunil varma | 17:54 | 11/Oct/2006 |
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| The Search |
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| For long time it seemed to me That life is yet to beLife I would Say…..Just ‘round the corner, it layBut for this small, Debt to payThere is no more traverse en-way.Blissful Gloss.. amorous wayBright and Shining, no cold dayLife is like the leafy swayNo more tempests, just the breezy bayLife would begin I would say,Just around the corner it lay,But...
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| Pooja Verma | 13:25 | 6/Jun/2006 |
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| Living up my profession |
| Doesn’t the title sound little strange to the ears? As I read it time and again it starts making sense to me. How many of us live our professions? Do you? Well I have always done that and still do it. Many of us have been working for over a month now – day and night and no weekends either. Though Saturday and Sunday I go for studio pottery classes ...
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| Sudipta Sarkar | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007 |
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| Separation and Travel |
| Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...
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| zen tao | 15:44 | 26/Dec/2007 |
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| The Escapism |
| This being the last week of December, one gets to see lot of promotions around. Resorts and Event Managers are inviting people to come out of their homes and celebrate the New Year in a grand style. They package their events with everything the Mind craves for - Music, Songs, Celebrities, perverted Stand-up Comedy, so on. On the other side, there a...
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| mukesh Vijay... | 20:14 | 15/Jul/2006 |
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| The train of death - who is the culprit |
| The recent blasts in Mumbai local trains and the continuous state of unrest in Kashmir, North Eastern areas and other parts of India has challenged our ability to depend ourselves. Such incidents make a mockery of our system and speak volume of the corruption in the entire system. 200 people died in a single day and God knows how many get killed e...
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| Manisha Bane... | 22:57 | 11/Apr/2007 |
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| Aftermath |
| The night has a neat hole to let you slip through As I'm left to lie by the tracks The hangman's canvas speaks of candles of ashes terminating butterflies I seek a friend A very clean face in the Galaxy
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| Friendly Ghost | 10:13 | 22/Jan/2008 |
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| Be a Citizen. Don’t Be a Consumer |
| By Rob Deitz, Steady State BlogIn the movie “Say Anything” (apologies to those who haven’t seen this film, one of the funniest from the lost decade of the 1980s), there is a telling exchange between Lloyd Dobler and his closest friends, D.C. and Corey. Lloyd is talking to his friends about trying to win back his former girlfriend and how he’s call...
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| Venkitachalam K | 16:36 | 2/Jul/2006 |
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| Ramayana Times again. |
| Again another 45 days to remember the great Rama of India from 17th july onwards. In Kerala, it is all Ram Ram everywhere during the period. The good news is, even if you don't want, Ram comes to you. The bad news is - immediately after 45 days, it is all Ravan Ravan again. Habits die hard-said somebody, is it not?
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| Why Name | 19:42 | 1/Aug/2006 |
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| Hi |
| Guys Due to some reason ....... I had to create a new blog. I wont be blogging here anymore. I will try to send my new blog URL to everyone. Let s do it this way, I will give you a chance to locate me, If you cant then ask me. Thanks for being with me Why do I need a name.
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| Anup nair | 15:55 | 13/Feb/2007 |
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| What a Shame !!!!!!!!!! |
| By the time you read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels ‘Sanjay Dutt relieved by court’. ‘Sirf Munna not a bhai’ ‘13 saal ka vanvaas khatam’ ’although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay c...
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| Madhavan PK | 17:28 | 14/Jan/2008 |
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| The Great Indian Dream |
| First of all, I want to thank all my iland friends for sharing their views on Indianness. My friends Dilip Krishnan and Budhoose Kanjoose have separate posts on the topic, both must-reads. The common thread in defining the indefinable is the ‘unity in diversity’ theme. Like some of you have said, the concept of Indianness is so imbibed and internal...
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| Magnum Opus | 10:49 | 4/Oct/2007 |
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| The Bridges to Someplace Else |
| This has been triggered by The Bridges of Madison County. The movie had been recommended by two close friends and, one workday afternoon, I decided that even if caused the collapse of my empire I must watch it.The movie is about a middle-aged houswife and an itinerant photographer finding love during their four day tryst. The meeting does not last ...
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| dilnaz boga | 22:01 | 7/Jan/2008 |
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| Spittin' in Sydney |
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| Haven't been writing for lack of time, but today's my day off and this cricket controversy has compelled me to share a few insights with you guys.Are Aussies racist? Some are and others aren't. Is the Aussie team racist? Same answer. During my stint in Australia (slightly over a year), I observed the following (and also got spat upon by an Aussie (...
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| A S | 10:11 | 5/Nov/2007 |
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| Why God allows pain |
| This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen... A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barb...
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| meena sundar | 07:54 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Personality development by Swami Vivekan... |
| Hi friends, recently I read this book Personality development by Swami Vivekananda and I find it very interesting and useful. Therefore, I am going to post every Monday one chapter from this book(some excerpts). May be the introduction is toooooooo long (may be introduction needs two post), other than that all chapters are small and crispy. I hope ...
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| V T | 13:23 | 10/Jan/2008 |
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| Gardaniya Passport |
| Just a chotu tit-bit post about something I have been told. [Authentication required, I am not sure how far the Indo-Bangla border fencing work has progressed.] Have you folks ever heard of a thing called a Gardaniya Passport? Okay, here are the clues: (1) Gardan is the Hindi word for neck (the rear of the neck, to be more precise). The back of t...
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| Jolly Jacob | 14:57 | 15/Jan/2008 |
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