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 12:41 | 22/May/2009 |
| Trivialising cricket | |
| I can understand the compulsions behind lingerie cricket, but I always believed that the game will be supreme after cutting through the crap like cheerleaders, assorted telly babes prancing about the stadium and other ‘innovations’ that at times do rankle. My teenage daughter, who used to display a healthy disdain for the game earlier, has been sit...
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| 17:22 | 17/May/2009 |
| Gandhian in victory | |
| The text of what I wrote on rediff.com today:Sometimes there is no shame in eating one’s words, and this is one of those moments. For years I have ranted against the Congress party and its dynastic moorings, even while acknowledging the price in blood the family has paid for the pre-eminence it occupies in our polity. I have railed against the Cong...
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| 17:21 | 17/May/2009 |
| On the road | |
| I didn’t travel as much as I would have liked to during the election campaign – one of the drawbacks of being a backroom boy – but I did go to Mayiladuthurai where Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was contesting (he subsequently lost, as he feared) and managed to file these: Text On the campaign trail with Mani Shankar Aiyarhttp://election.rediff...
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| 17:11 | 16/May/2009 |
| It is Rahul Gandhi’s win, make no mistak... | |
| So L K Advani’s dream of becoming prime minister has been laid to rest. Unlikely he will lead the party in the next election which, thank god, will only be held in 2014 and not before. Has the BJP learnt its lessons from the rout, will be seen from who leads it into battle next time round. In 2009, the party cannot deny that Rahul Gandhi made all t...
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| 20:08 | 13/May/2009 |
| Kudos! | |
| 714 million voters, gosh, that’s more than the population of many nations put together! 8,28,804 polling stations across the country, 13,68,430 electronic voting machines pressed into service! The figures simply boggle the mind! To reach out to 714 million voters, to grant them the vote, to get them to the polling stations, to ensure that the whole...
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| 15:39 | 29/Apr/2009 |
| Vote in anger, hope, despair, whatever. ... | |
| The figures say it all.In 2004 Mumbai South saw 44.22 per cent voter turnout.Mumbai South Central saw 49.4 pc turnout.Mumbai North Central saw 46.05 pc.In Mumbai North East it was 46.88.In Mumbai North West it was 49.33.And in Mumbai North it was 47.07 pc.The city’s voting average in 2004: 46.6, against Maharashtra’s 54 pc turnout.Adversity, it is ...
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| 15:50 | 7/Apr/2009 |
| It’s all about money, honey | |
| I have no delusions whatsoever that politicians are in it for serving the people. Their prime motive in being in politics is personal aggrandizement, be it in material terms or otherwise. If the politico’s constituents are fortunate, some work also gets done for them and we don’t mind voting them in again. Still, I am quite amazed at how our politi...
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| 12:12 | 25/Mar/2009 |
| Sonia @ Davangere: The numbers mean litt... | |
| See the article on rediff.com here:Have the Election Commission and the Special Protection Group, between them, willy-nilly robbed the Indian election of its famed tamasha value and reduced it to an antiseptic exercise? Search my brain as I might, I could think of no other discernible reason for Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s flat Election 2009 ...
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| 17:50 | 19/Mar/2009 |
| If I were Sonia Gandhi… | |
| You can call me old-fashioned, for I grew up watching one national party and several regional parties. When the two were in alliance, the lines were very clear: the national party took care of the Lok Sabha poll, leaving the state elections to the regional partner. Where there was no alliance, of course, it was the national party that was dominant....
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| 18:50 | 16/Mar/2009 |
| Who will be the next prime minister? | |
| OK, I have been watching the antics of our political class over becoming prime minister after the 15th Lok Sabha elections, and it makes me wonder if these johnnies are for real. I mean, there’s still a government in place, the elections results are two full months away and these blokes behave as if they have a hotline to God and have been told tha...
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| nomenzone | 19:36 | 24/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (197)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: blogging
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| it was raining hard..Last Part |
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| “….And then what hppnd…?? …..ya, I kno u are eager to kno that……but may be I m not the right person to tell u that….!!... how wud u like to hear it frm Adi himself…?? ….”….“…Hi frnds…I m Aditya….I know that u all know me well by now….coz this stupid lill bird of mine has been troubling u a lot for quite a while….!!! Its her big time habit to stretc...
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| Rita | 17:55 | 19/May/2009 |
| Friends: (1237)
| City: Mumbai
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| Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. |
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| "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.""Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.""Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment ar...
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| Lissome Lady | 22:24 | 8/Apr/2009 |
| Friends: (331)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Life, people, lit...
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| A FEW HOME TRUTHS |
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| Politicians have discovered technology. They have begun using sms es and emails to touch base with the electorate. I have been getting letters for a while from party workers of various candidates, wooing me with their claims. But this it was from the young man himself- the sitting MP as they call them. Therefore, I couldn’t resist taking...
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| Insiyah Vaha... | 12:24 | 17/Apr/2009 |
| Friends: (3)
| City: Mumbai
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| Are you going to vote? |
| With the elections beckoning around the corner, the most commonly asked question is, “Are you going to vote?” While many of us feel it’s our moral duty this time more than any other, others are so disillusioned that they couldn’t care less. However, this election is seeing more young people than ever before, eager and willing to vote for candidates...
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| sanchari bha... | 03:21 | 12/Feb/2009 |
| Friends: (2)
| City: Mumbai
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| This Valentine’s Day, stay at home and d... |
| Have you made plans for Valentine’s Day? Well, don’t, because the Ram Sena and its band of men, dedicated to the tough task of saving our culture, will be ‘on the prowl’ in Karnataka, looking out for dating couples.And in non-Karnataka states, the arduous task of preserving our culture is being performed by the Shiv Sena, the Bajrang Dal and many s...
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| supriya singh | 21:50 | 16/Mar/2009 |
| Friends: (183)
| City: Delhi
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| NIGHT AFTER NIGHT |
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| Night after night I look at the sky And ask why you are not here.Night after night I listen to the Overwhelming sound of my heartNight after night I look around and see That you are not hereNight after night I sit here and feel The emptinessThat you have left behindNight after night I pray to the sky That where ever you might beYou have found happi...
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| Meenakshi Anand | 10:57 | 4/Mar/2009 |
| Friends: (46)
| City: Chennai
| Interests: travel, music
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| Pakistan - A terror State |
| Thanks to all those who'd read my previous blog and commented on it. A friend of mine had even posted a question on how so many youngsters could be brainwashed!Imagine a four year old being told that India is an eternal enemy of our country, and constantly imbibing such an information with a lot of misinformation to support one's statement. Wouldn'...
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| Noanee Kapadia | 17:55 | 27/Apr/2009 |
| Friends: (666)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Indian Army,Himal...
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| A Cup That Cheers ,From Soldier |
| They stayed awake so that you could have a good night sleep.Now they come and serve you your morning cup of fresh Darjeeling Tea.You must give them your helping hand because they are the soldiers of Indian Army .They are nomore with guns now ,they have been crippled while seving you and are confined to wheel chair for life .It is your turn today ...
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| Naina | 20:53 | 30/Apr/2009 |
| Friends: (659)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: reading,music
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| Bald and beautiful |
| Do you think being bald is funny? You are not my friend then.Being bald is tragic as tragic can be. It is a bane to a young handsome man who is looking for a girl to marry. Girls do not like bald men; they prefer men with mane even if it extends beyond the normal limits of decency beyond a shoulder length. When I see such men, with long flowing hai...
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| titli k | 13:17 | 28/Oct/2008 |
| Friends: (134)
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| Ants |
| Ants I see ythem everywhereSwarming the marble sillwhere i keep my gas stoveAnts what do i do with themRescuing each with a spoonwould take timeFlooding the sill with waterAnd then gathering each beneath with a sieve is a lot of troublei just wash the marble slabwith the dirty dish washing ragthe marble slab is now spotlessly cleanMy conscience not...
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| archana kumar | 05:56 | 18/May/2009 |
| Friends: (39)
| City: bangalore
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| Aussie Citizen |
| I am an australian citizen now. And u know what, i feel bereft.....cos i am no longer stated as indian citizen..... but then i dont think anyone would even think of changing their citizenship if the indian embassy's overseas are efficient and proficient enough. the amount of money we have to spend and the disgusting service we get is enuf to put an...
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| myna mg | 11:48 | 13/Mar/2009 |
| Friends: (287)
| City: Bangalore
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| "FRIENDS" |
| Friends tell you their secretsFriends are meant to shareFriends are meant to cheer you up,What happens when they’re not there? Is it hard when you don’t haveSomeone to lean upon?When you need a friend to care,but they, your friends, have gone? What if you were splitUp from your best friend?Do you think you’d careIf your friendship ends? Would you s...
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| VirginatThirty | 01:53 | 16/May/2009 |
| Friends: (195)
| City: Urban India
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| South Park finally hits Indian TV Screen... |
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| Just a programming note, Yoo hoo, South Park, the TV serial which has taken the US by storm has finally hit Indian shores. After watching it on DVD, painstakingly downloaded from the net, its at last here. Catch it daily weekdays at 10:30 pm on VH1 India, rerun 10:30 am I think. Preferably watched alone or possibly in the bedroom, lots of cuss wo...
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| Monalisa Smile | 04:53 | 16/May/2009 |
| Friends: (59)
| City: St Elsewhere
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| Reality Show- The drama unfolds. |
| “Bharat ka pehla Indian Idol kaun?? “ The tagline would shout out loud. After many weeks of scripted live drama, friendly judges stooping down to the channel pressures for TRP ratings and making a fool of themselves on national television by engaging each other in rather demeaning and disrespectful manner, giving undeserving standing ovations at ...
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| vijayaram reddy | 10:10 | 10/Oct/2008 |
| Friends: (1089)
| City: Bangalore
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| VIJAYADASAMI |
| VIJAYA DASAMI V ijayam I shtakamyardha siddhi J ayam A bhayam Y bhavam A ishvaryam D hanam A rogyam S neham A drushtam M amakaram I kamathyam……….. Wish you and your family a very happy “Dussera” - V I J A Y A R A M R E D D Y
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| exquisite | 17:49 | 30/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (73)
| City: Lucknow
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| WHY I AM PUNISHED |
| I did say is false what was fancy.I did say is sin what was shabby.I did say is theft what was indecency.I did is lethal what was lethargy.What did I say bad? If I addressed some one’s legacy!How is the way of the lover that it has negligee?Why I am punished?Wherever I see everything is vanquished!I did say is corrupt what was filthy.I did say i...
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| Sandeep Ohri | 07:19 | 4/May/2009 |
| Friends: (640)
| City: Mumbai
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| My presentation at MERC's Tariff hearing |
| Check out this video - its my presentation at MERC's public hearing on Rel Infra's Tariff petition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9E-KdDQ7l0 Though the audio quality is a little low - I hope this encourages more people to make such representations. More details on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bijlee
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| Sandeep Nigam | 21:58 | 29/Oct/2008 |
| Friends: (32)
| City: Lucknow
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| Ai Daag jo batayein may-e-ishq ko haram Aison ke do lagao bhigo ke sharab mein Daag Delhvi
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| Anil Goel | 10:25 | 1/Feb/2009 |
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| Book Review: (For) The Class of 2010 |
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| Class MMX is a handbook for life itself. Al Raines' last book 'Soul Search' Engine takes us to primitive life, journeys through the generations and ends in the current, giving us more than a hint that we are not just what we seem. We are the sum total of all that we have been Till Now. Class MMX takes the baton from Now and makes us look into the f...
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| sandeep koul | 10:06 | 25/Feb/2009 |
| Friends: (318)
| City: Delhi
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| Shaiva Philosophy |
| By Shail Gulati some basics of shiva and shaivism: Who Is Shiva? Transcendent God: Shiva is the timeless God of the universe. Before even the creation of our world, He alone exists; as existence itself, and can be understood as the ultimate transcendence,the supreme being.. Personal God: This supreme being,wants to become something. So, He manifes...
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| Meera Warrier | 18:33 | 9/Nov/2008 |
| Friends: (62)
| City: Mumbai
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| Wish List of Sapna |
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| Anand and Sapna (my friend and his sister) had visited me that evening. Obviously our conversation drifted to marriage as they were looking for a groom for Sapna. She was infact very bold, talkative, fun-loving,working too. So when I got into kitchen to make some hot pakodas, she was with me and naturally, I asked her about her views about her Mr....
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| narendra shah | 23:09 | 15/Feb/2009 |
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| City: Ahmedabad
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| Mental Exercises |
| Mental Exercises for young peopleWhy are young people quick to feel angry ? Generally,we find a youngster who is disturbed is also angry.He is angry with life.He has the passion to achieve,but lacks direction.He is frustrated at others success.He wonders what is missing in him.In such a state,he finds his energy being drained.In his angry s...
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| Narendran | 12:04 | 26/Sep/2008 |
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| Revealing a funny mind - 3 |
| ... Continued from Chapter 2And I joined BIM. It was exactly on my birthday the 7th of July. The chairman of the college started the class on Marketing with these words –Lets all first wish Narendran a very Happy Birthday – It was a delightful start for a MBA program. We were a class of 60 students with around 8 girls. I always liked the number ei...
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| sun comp | 16:53 | 12/May/2008 |
| Friends: (76)
| City: Pune
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| cricket |
| Hi Friends! A journey to thousand miles always begins with the first step and it is this step that is of maximum importance. Cricket is a beautiful game and the chance to play in England is an opportunity of a lifetime. As a part of our development activity, every year our club organizes a cricket tour to England in the months of July & ...
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| Madhavan PK | 18:28 | 10/Apr/2009 |
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| Man's best friend |
| My sister stood still. A Great Dane galloped towards her, barking. It was an open playfield. She had nowhere to hide. She stood still and turned her eyes away from the dog. The screaming owner of the dog was a good hundred feet away. The dog sniffed her, dragged itself back a few yards, barked at her, sniped at her legs and repeated the maneuver th...
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| ganesh nadar | 11:32 | 19/Feb/2009 |
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| City: Panickanadarkudieruppu
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| update |
| The Ganesha temple is there now half complete. they are not allowing any further construction. cops have agreed not to demolish. status quoand as students exams are coming all quiet on the village front. there is water in the river and paddy in the fields. the harvest season will be on us next month, villagers are happiest during harvestand the ele...
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| Shishir Bhate | 19:52 | 21/Mar/2006 |
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| 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 ...
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| Sameera Nandi | 16:05 | 6/May/2009 |
| Friends: (76)
| City: Mumbai
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| I wish it would rain down |
| I wish it would rain down on me. I am reminded of this old Phil Collins song today. Mausam hi kuch aisa hai. It’s been a hot summer so far in Mumbai (and in rest of India I presume). Today it is cloudy and the humidity must be 100%. I wish and I guess most Mumbaikars wish for early rains. I think working in centrally air conditioned environment ha...
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| fantasy | 12:01 | 11/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (97)
| City: Delhi
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| Everyone does it.... |
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| A fantasy….Everyone fantasizesEveryone does but they do it in private. I have had many people asking me about my fantasies…I don’t blame them. With a name like this they expect …Anyway here are my fantasies. 1. Floating on a cloudy magic carpet with soft music and thou beside me… 2. Living off compliments and soft couplets… 3. Winning...
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| janus janus | 14:11 | 17/May/2009 |
| Friends: (365)
| City: Mumbai
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| Laughter in the time of elections |
| A farmer went to the local bank to borrow money for a new bull. The loan was made and Banker Bill, who lent the money, came by a week later to see how the bull was doing. The farmer complained that the bull just ate grass and wouldn't even look at a cow. Banker Bill suggested that he have a veterinarian take a look at the bull. Next week, Banker...
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