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| Presenting manners | |
| Having lived in both India and the US, I have observed the following differences when people present gifts to one another.1. No "thank you" notes. In India this concept doesn't seem to exist.2. People open presents only after the occasion is over. In the US, the person to whom the gift is presented opens it almost immedaitely, in front of everyone ...
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| 21:46 | 19/Jun/2007 |
| Of Meena and Maya attacks | |
| The other day, as I started my day with a cup of coffee, I couldn't help but notice the headline of the paper lying at the front door. The headline screamed "Army fends off Meena attack". It was a reference to the retaliation of the Meenas against the Gujjars in the wake of the latter's demand to have ST status.It instantly reminded me of Maya atta...
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| 20:39 | 23/May/2007 |
| Two cultures, two perspectives | |
| The average Indian doesn't give much thought to child beggars on the streets. He/she doesn't care that they are abused by their own parents (including given drugs to suppress appetite, leading to stunted growth), and not having a future other than begging. To an Indian, they are just a nuisance at traffic signals. However when an Indian comes acros...
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| 14:17 | 19/Mar/2007 |
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| When Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the man who planned 9/11 and other international acts of terrorism was captured some four years ago, and his picture got splashed in papers throughout the world, it lead to a different sort of reaction. Look at the picture accompanying this post. To Indians, what he is wearing is nothing strange. Every Indian worth his ...
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| 21:56 | 2/Feb/2007 |
| Belief in God | |
| When people are asked whether they believe in God or not, one can expect predictable responses. If one were to ask a teenager in a city (or any famous celebrity), for instance, you would get a reply like "Yes, I do. But I see God in nature, not in temples, churches, mosques, etc." A typical new-age, non-commital attitude.If you ask someone from the...
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| 13:38 | 14/Jan/2007 |
| The Great Indian Divide | |
| The recent case of serial killings in Noida has resulted in the sharp criticism of the local police. While in the case of a high profile kidnapping of the son of an MNC executive, the Noida police took extraordinary efforts in securing his release, in the case of the serial killings, the police essentially looked the other way and failed to investi...
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| 22:35 | 29/Dec/2006 |
| Why the West is against multiculturalism | |
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| In the US, as well as most other Western countries, there is a growing resistance to multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is the resistance to get assimilated into the local culture and continue to have a separate ethnic identity long after living in the adopted land.The US has traditionally been called the "melting pot", since many immigrants (chief...
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| 17:15 | 19/Dec/2006 |
| Indian TV brands | |
| Does anyone here remember all the TV brands that existing back in the 70s when TV was introduced in India? I came up with the following list, if you could add on, please post in a comment.BigstonBinatoneCrownDolphinarDyanoraECKonarkKri shNelcoScanarSolidaireTeleradTeleramaTelevijayTelevista WestonIt is interesting to note that Krish TV was owned by R...
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| 20:18 | 4/Dec/2006 |
| Culture and religion- boon or bane? | |
| It is a common tendency for immigrants to the US (especially from India) to criticize the US for its "lack of culture" and hold the view that other countries (especially the third world ones) are "superior" to the US in that regard.In order to see whether this view is justified, let us look at what "culture" has done to many countries, including In...
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| 22:46 | 25/Sep/2006 |
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| Hinduism has its foundations in the Vedas. Some would argue that later developments are a distortion, if not corruption, of their essence. In fact, Swami Dayanand Saraswati wanted all Hindus to go back to the Vedas as the true source of enlightenment. I could empathise with his viewpoint. For example, there is no mention of Lord Ayyappa (and his ma...
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| Vikas Vij | 02:38 | 24/Nov/2007 |
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| Har shaakh pey ulloo baithha hai... |
| About four years ago, the then Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes, who was on an official visit to Washington, was "strip-searched" by the U.S. security at the airport. In response, the usually thunderous Fernandes behaved like a scared puppy, and stomached his humiliation quietly without telling a soul. A year later, Strobe Talbott, the f...
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| ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| The corner shop that serves us teaAnd houses all furore.From rising price to falling starsIn voices shrill and sore.A pair of eyes does follow themLook askance at their dinWhen closing shop with little handsOr washing strainers clean.A simple riddle troubles her,At times, does make her smileHow grown up men have silly fightsKnowing all the whileTha...
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| chitra priya... | 19:58 | 21/Oct/2007 |
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| School memories Last bench chatting… silly fights Under bench munching Those yawned teachers Naughty pranks … out stood classes School uniforms … school trees Deep friendship … game period Lunch time … special classes Your lab galattas … b’ day treats Exam hall … beating from teachers Those never written postponed tests Last minute preparations …Fi...
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| SENGATHIR SE... | 17:38 | 27/Dec/2006 |
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| Mother's Love |
| There were some scrap papers which carried my scribblings. while studying at 8th std,around 12 years back.,I claimed them to kavithaigal or shayaris or poems..only to score few points for my school groups ( i thing our group name was Red).. Last month my mom brought me those torn papers, which she preserved as precisous things..but now reading them...
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| shimrose bakshi | 08:32 | 2/Feb/2007 |
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| GO WITH THE FLOW |
| LIFE IS A SERIOUR OF EVENTS..BOTH GOOD AND BAD.THERE IS ALWAYS LIFE INFLUENCING FACTORS OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL..ITS LIKE SURFING..WE CANT ORGANIZE THE WAVES..IF WE KEEP WAITING FOR THE PERFECT WAVE ..JUST GOT TO FOGET ABOUT SURFING.THAT DOES MEAN WE DONT PLAN ..WHEN THINGS COME UP THAT ARENT EXACTLY IN OUR PLAN,WE JUST GOT TO WORK AROUND THE...
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| deepti bhat | 20:30 | 21/Dec/2006 |
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| Innocence |
| I want… To run away from the Cosmo sex tips And the frantic jiggling of the item girls The dead eyes of the model in the perfume ad And those of the girl in the porn movie….. I want… To walk together with you, naked, through a green field Make love beneath the shadow of a tree Till the grass and the sun and your skin Melt into gold inside of me.
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| P Srinivasan | 22:58 | 17/Nov/2007 |
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| Thanks to the General |
| A thousand speeches, articles and andolans could not have achieved what Mushraff achieved in one single stroke. By charging Imran Khan with terrorism he has reduced the anti terrorism laws to their truthful state - a new tool for the powerful to oppress people who dissent or disagree. Thank you General. You have made people realise that anybody ...
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| suvasis pradhan | 10:36 | 3/Dec/2007 |
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| InLove |
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| Fast and deepersinks my heartgaze extending miles of lonely pathDry and dusty my lipstrees half deadgreen no more I could see death Shadow so darkstronger than lifeready to stab backno easy escapeLovers mock death ... and rebornSlow and steadyfostered insidedreams unfulfilledand wishes aboundLove eventuallynever so greenso alive for youmoistened m...
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| Madhavan PK | 19:30 | 27/Nov/2007 |
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| The lure of the land |
| I was traveling in a chartered bus in Delhi, when a young thing, a girl distinctly Delhi bred sitting next to me was talking to her friend beside her about a fabulous place, her native place, she had visited in the summer. I couldn’t help eavesdropping on the conversation. She was waxing eloquent about the greenery, the rivers, the food, the peopl...
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| Chethna Shenoy | 11:18 | 21/Feb/2007 |
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| Raah mein kaante bichein,par nahi rukta yeh dil,pair cheel jayein sahi, par nahi jukta yeh dil|Ghaav khakaar bhi use,Aaage badana jo pasand hai|Raah mein nadiyan milein,ya mile sagar sahi,is dil mein hai hosala, ki par kar jaye vahi|Doob kar bhi teranais dil ko jo pasand hai|Raah mein parvat kayi,par paar jana hai use,pair yeh dagamaga rahe, par di...
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| Purnima | 15:32 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Bollywood on the globe |
| Every Next Weekend here in Switzerland and also in Germany everyone gather in front of the Television to watch a fantastic movie. It is a much sought after Movie. Everyone has been talking and telling others to watch it! The actor in the Movie is the favorite and so is the actress. Almost every next weekend it is the same actors movie. They all ad...
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| sunanda kunzru | 12:23 | 30/Aug/2006 |
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| sab chalta hai...! |
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| I really wonder how many of us come across this same line in our daily life...Autowallah bhaiya refusing to give u changes of 2-3 bucks out of crispy 500!!....explaining...chalta hai na, kya madam!People coming late to the office on pretext of a traffic jam...chalta hai..sir!(ahem)your precious jamnabai not turning up and ditching you on your son's...
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| Sudaman TM | 15:16 | 25/Apr/2007 |
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| sing the state of penniless momentssing the world of abysmal miseriesjob is lost sing itmoney is lost sing itlove is lost sing ityou are lost sing itsit in the corner sing ityou are young and you lost your fathersing ityou are old and you lost your sonsing ityou are one and you are nothingsing ityou are lone and you need someonesing itthe light in ...
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| madhu varun | 13:32 | 31/Oct/2006 |
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| Freedom is breathe and soul of free software movement and its founder Dr.Richard M Stallman. Whose presence is felt in the Osmania University on 20th of October evening. the free software foundation is credited with developing the GNU ( a recursive acronym for GNU is Not Unix) operating system which is rapidly gaining acceptance acceptance of the p...
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| Dwaipayan Adhya | 17:15 | 19/Aug/2007 |
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| ROI V: TramThe Exteriors: A slick rendition of the modern-day train fit for Indian roads. Full-metal body covering the two compartments. On the nose is a 60W lamp of headlight. Very airy and has low ground clearance.The Interiors: Passengers travel in retro-style is the theme of the interiors with moulded wooden seats, D.C. fans adorning th...
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| Priya | 19:32 | 23/Jul/2007 |
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| Law protecting the Elderly |
| A society is known by the way it treats the helpless. As I glanced through today's edition of the Hindustan Times, this piece of news caught my attention. In the monsoon session of the Parliament there are plans to introduce a Bill protecting the rights of the Elderly. Wow! I am sure a much awaited Bill. The law would be applicable throughout the c...
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| Meenal Johari | 18:17 | 12/Mar/2007 |
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| Email To My Loving Wife |
| A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail. Meanwhile....Somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral.The widow decided to check her e-mail, expectin...
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| Akanksha Verma | 15:11 | 3/Oct/2007 |
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| Procrastination for exams |
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| I have done my graduation and contuinuing with my job one year hence. I feel increasingly to do something else except my job to built my career.This is because there are sometimes stand byes in my job where i dont have anything major to do for days. This is very frustrating.I have left studies and so didnt feel like studying most of the time. I som...
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| RAVI GOVINDA... | 10:05 | 6/Dec/2007 |
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| My arranged marriage - 3 (final sequel) |
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| My middle class mentality had always prevented me from encountering love. Love was too costly a business for me to meddle with and I also lacked the personality to bowl over a girl with my average look. But I was an optimist to the core and allowed one-sided Platonic love to prevail which sustained me during all my failed years. Both arrang...
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| lakshmi iyer | 15:56 | 1/Aug/2006 |
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| JOBLESS BAR GIRLS |
| Am surprised to see lady home guards protesting that they will not work if the now jobless bar girls are offered jobs as home guards depending on their abilities. Just when I thought that our Maharashtra Govt. (read RRPatil) has come out with a novel idea for once, there it was, these ladies protesting and saying that they would not like to work al...
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| Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007 |
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| This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI... |
| This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m. Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth). If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...
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| Gagandeep Kaur | 18:53 | 1/Mar/2007 |
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| Herez My Message to the Men in Power Blue : Be a team person and a leader I want in each one of you...........Full of that dash and drive that makes the opponent shivers……………Have that fire ….that zeal in you………..search for it inside you and search until you find it………..Project on the dynamism…...believe that you have the potential…… and also gain t...
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| Aparna Bagwe | 04:01 | 29/Nov/2007 |
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| Serendipity |
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| Midnight Starlight Myriad stars twinkling bright Evening star A pulsating beacon In the starry milky way Crescent moon Quite like a loon Adding its bit to the night sky Oh such madness Entwined bodies in deep slumber Tired minds catching up on dreams What is this Life or serendipity Or a universe of senseless matter?
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| Anonymous Me | 11:16 | 1/Aug/2006 |
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| Coffee anyone? |
| Friday was a funny day. I went to meet up with a friend and the venue chosen for the joyous reunion was a popular coffee shop. I walk in and this friend of mine's waiting for me. After a colorful exchange of words, he being the perpetrator of the verbiage while I merely listened and nodded and of course, objected to. (I was late. Again. For the ump...
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| poornima k | 15:21 | 13/Dec/2007 |
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| I HAVE ALWAYS been fascinated by the phrase "the Lord make his face shine upon you." God's blessing, God's protection, God's peace, God's grace all part of that same benediction - are great goods, and if I had to choose between them and God's shining face, I might well opt for them. But God's shining face outdoes them all. For God's blessing, prote...
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| Trishna Mumbai | 18:36 | 21/Nov/2007 |
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| She stirs lazily in bed as the sun creeps from between the curtains to wake her up… Rays dodge the stray locks on her face to light up her face… Thoughts of him lay strewn by her pillow… The memory of his divine kisses brings a rush of colour to her cheeks and her heart beats a tad faster… She curls up on the satin sheet, her pillow held close to h...
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| amrinder tiwana | 09:38 | 23/Jun/2007 |
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| spiritual tips |
| Spiritual Tips Having a sharp tongue can cut your own throat.If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.Of all the things you wear, your _expression is the most important.The best vitamin for making friends.... B1.The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.The happiness of...
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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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| fiona jose | 11:20 | 12/Dec/2006 |
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| Rakhi Sawant in Big Boss!! |
| i am an avid watcher of Big Boss which is currently showing in Sony Tv.For those who are not familiar its a reality show where a group stars are brought to live together..where they are not allowed to have any contact with the other world!!One of the stars were Rakhi Sawant!!! .i have been hearing about Rakhi since the mika episode!! .Rakhi has the...
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| dilnaz boga | 11:46 | 16/Oct/2007 |
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| Armenian Genocide |
| Dear Friends, Hi, this is imp. I know people who have survived this horror. Please vote. Dilnaz MSNBC has started a new survey "Should the United States formally recognize the World War I-era killing of Armenians as genocide?" Click below and vote : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21253084 Please vote and forward this message to everyone on your e-mail list !
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| Parvati Shivam | 12:23 | 26/Dec/2006 |
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| Merry Christmas |
| Merry Christmas AllChristmas is herebut wait a moment beforewe splurge ourself in festivalHave we been what it truly takesto be able to celebrate christmas?Have we unto our fellow humansAlright, maybe not the less privilegedBut even to our own kith been Kind?Have we looked back to thank our parents who kept aside their joySent us to schools and bou...
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| priya patankar | 00:42 | 23/Oct/2006 |
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| Family time |
| I am at my parent's place vacationing (for the past 2 weeks) and it is time for meeting and greeting my family. The close scrutiny and comments I am subjected to during my annual holiday make me flashback to my teenage years (which seem like a few decades away for me but not for my parents.) Here are some exchanges with the family captured in vers...
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| dee vine | 12:45 | 5/Aug/2007 |
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| ;-) a friend with weed is a friend indeed .... and a friend in need is a pest ... LOL .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8
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| Sharmishtha ... | 20:50 | 22/Oct/2007 |
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| Yeh, ya woh? |
| Honestly, I hate decision making. I’ve been good at it over the past years (well, mostly at least), but that’s mostly due to two reasons – a) pure luck and b) making the most of all my decisions. But somehow, I notice that decisions get more and more complex as you grow older. Like when you’re four, and you need to choose between chocolate and ice-...
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| shree n | 22:49 | 9/Jan/2007 |
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| my new year resolution....... |
| Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are .A majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. This year I challenge myself to a new resolution.I challenge myself to just be "MYSELF"I know this is gonna be tough as heart beats are the biggest hypocrites in the world....as th...
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| Sudee Rao | 07:19 | 5/Jun/2007 |
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| Missing you a lot !!! |
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| It has been 6 months since I tied a knot around ur neck. Already I feel like we have been ages together. Now, came a month back when I had to seperate from you for what was supposed to be short 1 month period at that time. I was brain-washed, attracted by my boss's offer to take this trip to our corporate office. I had accepted it with a little bit...
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