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 14:06 | 8/Jul/2008
  Ready for taxing timesBaljit BainsTHE north-western region is all set to benefit from the rich and varied experience of an Indian Revenue Service woman officer. The lady in question is the highly competent Mrs Baljit Bains. She has taken over as the new Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, North-West region, at Chandigarh. Mrs Bains is not new to th... more...
 14:05 | 8/Jul/2008
Career in Indian Army AT INDIA'S SERVICE: Women are inducted for short-service commission of five years in the Indian Army, extendable up to 10 years. I am studying commerce in Class XII. I want to join the Indian Army. But, I wear spectacles. What should I do to join the Army? What course should I do after my Class XII for the purpose? Yagya You ... more...
 14:05 | 8/Jul/2008
  Success for SanginaA beauty pageant contestant may owe her success to a fairness cream, but can the same be said of an Olympic athlete? That’s what will happen if Sangina Vaidya, the first Nepalese athlete to participate in the Olympics officially, wins a medal in Athens next month.Fair and Lovely, Indian corporate house Hindustan Lever’s fairnes... more...
 14:02 | 8/Jul/2008
 making wavesA force to reckon withMeera Chadha BorwankarIF her role model Kiran Bedi could break the glass ceiling for women entering into the police force, Meera Chadha Borwankar, 46, has an equally distinctive record to her credit. She took over as the first ever woman to be posted as Commissioner of Mumbai Crime Branch in its 150-year-long hist... more...
 14:01 | 8/Jul/2008
 Gladrags to richesBibhuti MishraJagi Mangat Panda, model to business womanAT 36, she still looks like a super model with killer looks. The svelte appearance conceals a tough character. Meet Jagi Mangat Panda, co-promoter and Director Ortel Communications Ltd and Chairperson, Orissa State Council Confederation of Indian Industry. "I did not know th... more...
 14:00 | 8/Jul/2008
 AFIs your child stressed ?Is your child stressed ?Any of the following may be symptoms of stress:Acting out: Kids may react to stress by throwing tantrums or having trouble getting along with others.Anger: This can sometimes be a sign of depression in kids, which "doesn't look the same as it does in adults" Increased aggression and slipping grades... more...
 13:56 | 8/Jul/2008
 Stress isn’t child’s playPressure from school, from peers—even from parents—is putting increasing numbers of children under unmanageable stress. Experts say that quiet family time will do your child more good than a dozen extracurricular activities a week. Lisa Lewis reports on the rising stress level among children.PATRICIA L. Brown, a marriage a... more...
 15:13 | 27/Jun/2008
 Moola MantraOm Sharavana-bhavaya Namaha !GYaanashaktidhara skanda valliikalyaaNa sundaradevasenaa manaH kaanta kaartikeya namo.astuteOM subrahmaNyaaya namaH ![Adorations to Lord Subrahmanya!Adoratiosn to Lord Kartikeya who is known as Skanda, Who holds thestaff of wisdom, who is the beautiful beloved of Goddess Vallii, Whois the enchanter of the m... more...
 14:56 | 27/Jun/2008
 History of Vaishno DeviWhenever righteousness and virtue has been under pressure of demoniac forces, the cosmic mother has overpowered such forces by taking different 'Rupas' (Different supernatural forms or shapes) and saved her devotees.  In the beginning of the universe, Maha-Shakti was created out of all supernatural forces (Tejas) of gods uni... more...
 14:37 | 27/Jun/2008
Sarbojanin Durgapuja 2008, Switzerland  Mythological Background of Goddess Durga     There are various versions about the incarnation of Goddess Durga. The most common one goes like this: Once upon a time, a demon by the name of Mahishashur became very powerful because of a boon conferred upon him by God Shiva. As a result he invaded the Heavens an... more...
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 Madhur bid | 10:25 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (164)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: networking; music...
Astro........
Hey!! do you beleive in astrology? Most of us do or atleast admit that we all have the habit of reading astrology posts in some way or other. When I looked at my friends list, I realized that I have friends from all sun signs and thought I will do an experiment. I am posting the prediction for Scorpio [no particular reason why I selected this sign]...  more...
 Data Entry | 13:57 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (12)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Data Entry Jobs,
Data Entry
Data Entry is processing of data into programs that are created with the objective of the output It is a process of getting information into a database, usually done by people working from home by typing it in by way of data entry which is pre designed to simplify the process.Home based data entry j...  more...
 vs unnikrishnan | 14:55 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (62)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: MELODYSONGS,PHOTO...
TELL U LATER
TELL U LATER MY DEAR FRIENDS, TILL THEN READ MY FRIENDS ILANDS, AND THEIIR GOOD CREATIONS  more...
 musu | 23:40 | 3/Jul/2008
Friends: (19)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: reading,poem,list...
Chaho to sahi!!!
हसरते दिल मेहे पर धड़कनí 9; को पता हीं नहीअहì 0;ास तेरे होने का कं&#...  more...
 SHRI UPADDHYAY | 10:40 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (6)  | City: gorakhpur  | Interests: singing,reading,w...
vikran messey-
HI FRIENDSyou  know vikrant massey  is not single.......  ?Aapko vikrant massey to pata hai naa kaun hai?.............. nahikoi baat nahi DHARAM VEER me tittle role means DHARAM  ka role play kar rahe vikrant aaj girls me kafi famous hai. par shayad abhi sabko ye pata na ho ki wo single nahi hai . apani girlfriend ke baare me unhone kuch bhi kahane...  more...
 Aditya Chandok | 10:36 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (39)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Gaming
tokyo drift  more...
 ajit balakri... | 19:35 | 27/Jan/2008
Friends: (47)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: People, history, ...
The Misguided Search for Excellence
For a word that has its origins in 14th century Anglo-French, “excellence” has done very well. One can hardly ever attend a meeting of top policy makers in business or education or science without somebody or the other raising the question, “Are we striving enough to achieve excellence in our field?” For policy makers, “excellence” is one of those ...  more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution
Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...  more...
 Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (252)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Internet, Travel,...
Lonely on an island....
Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (536)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Stewed Tomatoes A guy isgoing on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worry about gettingseasick.The doctor suggests, ''Eat two pounds of stewedtomatoes before you leave the dock.''The guy replies, ''Would that keep me fromgetting sick, Doc?''The doctor says, ''No, but it'll look realpretty in the water.''Respectfully Cheating Jack an...  more...
 ratna rajaiah | 17:31 | 14/Jun/2008
Friends: (371)  | Interests: reading, writing,...
Sheep’s Eyes and Baboon’s Bottoms – Read...
“Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.” Desmond Morris“The power to charm the female has been in some instances more important than the power to conquer other males in battle.” Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man.Saturday night.You are single and so willing to mingle that it hurts but you know that tonight’s ...  more...
 monu g | 17:09 | 19/Jun/2008
Friends: (193)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
Performance Evaluations
On Evaluating Employee Performance (From a Manager to an Employee)I admit it. I have a love/hate attitude about performance evaluations. I love it when you do great work and I get to tell you, and perhaps reward you for your contributions. On the other hand, I hate it when you don’t do great work, and I not only have to tell you, but also deal with...  more...
 surya s | 22:05 | 7/Jul/2008
Friends: (90)  | City: Helsinki  | Interests: ReaDing, MOvies, ...
Mission : Impossible
So I was told that I will finally make my parents proud: I will go to US of A; and that too, New York.Coming from a land full of engineers and doctors, USA is considered as the promised land. There were many who wondered aloud that they have never heard of a state in US called Finland. "Surely you don"t mean Cleaveland?" They queried.If you cannot...  more...
 Nischalson C... | 02:40 | 12/Jun/2008
Friends: (363)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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OOPS! q: Sorry for disappearing... Hope you guys will like this one. enjoy | nischal  more...
 sahil banga | 13:55 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (250)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Gunguna sa khwab hai yeh
Gunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehGunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehJustajoo hai, tamanna hai ismeTanha sa khwab hai yehNeele shab ka intezaar haiKarwato ka silsila haiAdhura chaand hai, sitaron ki tauba hai ismeBechain sa khwab hai yehAnjaan sa ek kaafila haiPhir bhi khamoshi ka aalam haiHosh hai, madhoshi hai ismeBehka s...  more...
 janus janus | 19:28 | 30/Jun/2008
Friends: (313)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Yoga, music, cook...
What’s ‘Indian’ about IIFA!
Oh yes, Star Plus had to yank off SRK’s Paanchvi Paas to run the terribly boring IIFA awards. And like a sucker I had to sit up and watch it. Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh tried to outdo SRK and Saif Ali Khan, and I wished they didn’t. But I must admit their takeoff on Om Can’t be Om, Jab They Left, etc was hilarious. And, since it called itself...  more...
 rahul udare | 22:08 | 9/Feb/2008
Friends: (37)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: LIVE LIFE with al...
Taare Zameen Par
 Taare Zameen Par - Mighty Nice, Aamir!Well...to say Taare Zameen Par - Every Child is Special is a brilliant and magical film would be an understatement. It’s an exceptional and extra-ordinary film in every respect. So Aamir and Team - take a bow!It’s a movie that takes you on a real emotional high. Especially if you are an emotional person, bette...  more...
 K B | 11:10 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: ...  | Interests: do you care at all?
What is in a name?
A NOSE ISA NOSEISA NOSE! My nose takes the cakeFor God’s sakeI have a sharp noseA Roman oneA romantic oneA classic oneNeatly doneBy Mom and DadNot too badI sayTo the mirrorYou have a nice noseAnd pray, I ask her“DearDescribe Your twin holed beautyA diatribe to itAs is your dutyTo wit!And I prompted her“Upturned?”“Ha!” she saidAnd I asked“Like the b...  more...
 ahsan ghori | 15:11 | 27/Jan/2008
Friends: (390)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Tennis my passion...
Jay Walkers
Educate them first 25 January 2008I THINK the best way to create awareness about the dangers of jaywalking is to first educate the people about its consequences. Jaywalkers endanger their own life as well as those of others, especially surprised motorists.Once awareness is created then fines and penalties can be imposed if people continue breaking ...  more...
 swati rohatgi | 17:11 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (419)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: to have fun, shar...
Of bikini babes and being a good friend ...
Location: Bournemouth, a famous beach south of LondonCharacters: MeDivya, Saurabh and CP: friends from LondonManish and Akansha: husband and wife staying at Bournemouth due to Akansha"sofficial work. Manish is CP"s friend for the past 10 years, they were together in engineering. We all were sitting on the beach surrounded by women and bikinis in va...  more...
 ashutosh upa... | 12:40 | 24/Sep/2007
Friends: (117)  | City: Mirzapur  | Interests: Reading, watching...
Today's Quote
Don't Just Quote It. Read It.  more...
 Jasir Alavi | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (201)  | City: lazibonia  | Interests: interests?? darn!...
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the epitaph    more...
 U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (243)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: self-improvement,...
 "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...  more...
 kishore gupta | 09:29 | 13/Jun/2008
Friends: (247)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: hell...Nothing
GIRL
If you kiss her, you are not a gentlemanIf you don't, you are not a manIf you praise her, she thinks you are lyingIf you don't, you are good for nothingIf you agree to all her likes, you are a wimpIf you don't, you do not understandIf you visit her often, she thinks it is boringIf you don't, she accuses you of double-crossingIf you are well dressed...  more...
 krishna veni | 09:10 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (157)  | City: Andhra pradesh  | Interests: Art,Science,natur...
Embalmed "Sleeping Beauty"
           Rosalia Lombardo was an Italian child born in 1918 in Palermo, Sicily. She died on the 6th of December 1920. It is thought that she died from a bronchial infection. She was one of the last corpses to be admitted to the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo in Sicily. Due to a preservation process by Dr. Alfredo Salafia, the child appears as if s...  more...
 MATHEW abraham | 10:54 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (4)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: eating, painting,...
NEW BLOGS
FASHION TV KAREENA KAPOOR VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW BOYZONE MUSICS VIDEOS HOLI LIVE CRICKET SCORE BOARD ADVANTAGES OF FRUITS ADVANTAGES OF INDIAN TRADIITON ASTROLOGY ABC SAY NO TO ACNE ASTROLOGY FOR YOU  more...
 febin joy | 17:32 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (450)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
Hide and seek
Hi friends... Here is one more pic for u all... took this some time back... on a trip to Valparai along with a group of other photographers from a flickr group - "Malayalikootam". The location is near Athirappalli. Keralites must be knowing the place... :) Just thought of sharing with u all....Enjoy the weekend... have a nice time... febz  more...
 Krishnaswamy... | 11:34 | 22/Jan/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Fremont, CA  | Interests: Cricket & Discuss...
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
A true life story, best told by the person himself in his own words: My name is Brian Boyle, and I am living proof that miracles happen.A month after I graduated high school in 2004, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a near fatal car accident with a dump truck. The impact of the crash violently ripped my heart across my chest...  more...
 premraj vaneri | 11:21 | 21/Apr/2008
Friends: (10)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Yoga/philosophy, ...
SAINTS
Saints Guide us to the pinacle of PerfectionIndian philosophy, texts, great masters say onething in common.  One should have the blessings and guidance of a True Saint(Sad Guru)/  great teacher to realize one's own Self .. Nirvana...Moksha...perfection in life.  Does it mean that one has to start hunting for a True Saint .. or embark on a spiritual...  more...
 anil tiwari | 13:15 | 15/Feb/2008
Friends: (46)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Movies,kavita,Gee...
bahgwan ki pratigya
* " मेरे मार्ग पर पैर रख कर तो देख, तेरेसब मार्ग ना खोल दु तो कहनì...  more...
 Krishna Reddy | 00:19 | 30/Jun/2008
Friends: (319)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
My new blog
Friends, I have started a new blog http://krishnareddy-blog.blogspot.com/ , a hotchpotch of everything under the sun.. Me and the doggy-dear at my Mumbai home lobby However,  Krish Wonders will remain my primary blog as always :)  more...
 Jahan Bakshi | 14:02 | 2/Jun/2008
Friends: (193)  | City: Sibsagar  | Interests: Cinema, reading, ...
Review: Woodstock Villa
Hansal Mehta's latest (non) effort is nothing more than a painful choreOriginally published on NOWRUNNING.COMImagine a near-empty movie hall. A few people sat shifting in their seats at the back of the theatre- muttering and sulking, waiting for Woodstock Villa to end. Away in the front rows sat I, howling with laughter. Movies like Woodstock Villa...  more...
 Subodhkumar das | 13:49 | 19/Oct/2007
Friends: (107)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling and ph...
Boss First- Moral storyJunior Software engineer, a senior Software engineerand their Project Manager are on their way to a meeting. On their way througha park,they come across a wonder lamp.They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each". So the eager Jun...  more...
 Ajay Sattikar | 12:00 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (127)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, sports, ou...
Love and Maths
( when maths teacher writes love letter )My Dear SweetHeart, Yesterday, I was passing by your rectangular house in trigonometric lane. There I saw you with our cute circular face,conical nose and spherical eyes,standing in your triangular garden.  Before seeing you my heart was a null set, but when a vector of magnitude (likeness) from your eyes at...  more...
 RAGHU IYER | 00:40 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (111)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Mind...
1976 to 2008
1976 to 2008   Happy Birthday to Me!   J God Bless You J                         08.07.2008  more...
 myna mg | 10:44 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (142)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading and Music..
HAPPY?
Happiness Is Not Comforts ‘Does Happiness depend upon comfort? ’ Happiness lies in not comforts alone! Happiness is not a static quality of the human mind, body and soul. All can’t remain happy all the time. It would be foolishness to wish for a life, filled with happiness alone; Happiness is more when woes come in-between. Happiness is just a feel...  more...
 Balaji R | 10:59 | 26/Feb/2008
Friends: (71)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Sports,Movies
Award Winning Joke
 This particular joke won an award>>for the best joke competition Organized in Britain:>>>>A man walks into a bar in London and ordered 3-glasses of beer>and sits in the backyard of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in>turn.>>When he finishes, he comes back to the bar counter and orders 3 more.>The bartender asks him, "You know, beer goes fl...  more...
 Licensed Pirate | 10:30 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (337)  | City: kuala lumpur  | Interests: Blogging.surfing ...
Theater Mayhem
A man was sprawled across three entire seats in a theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "Sorry sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The man groaned but didn't budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir," the usher said, "if you don't get up from there, I'm going to have to call the manager." Again, the man j...  more...
 Kiran Raivad... | 10:58 | 26/Dec/2007
Friends: (179)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: journalism, liter...
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART...FOR THE HEART. (Posting it as it may be useful/kr)  A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart? Ans:1. Diet - Less ...  more...
 aprajita laroia | 16:21 | 10/Jun/2008
Friends: (34)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dancing...Readin ...
An UnTOld FeELnG..!!
Well..I've written Somethng Any Guy Wud HAv Written WHile GoINg THru aN UntOlD fEelnG..ALtHouGH m A gURL..bT i;Ve WrItteN tHIS StoRY bY d POiNT oF a Guy HUZ lOST hIS evErYtHNg There was nothing for me to do now except to fall on my knees and cry my heart out…..                When I was a kid, I had a girlfriend.  She also happened to be my classma...  more...
 Jeetu | 08:38 | 25/May/2007
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Some Problem with ILAND
Hi friends........ there is something wrong with my iland... its not allowing anyone to comment, write in my GB etc... i dont know how it is happening..m not even able to chane da settings..... tell me if u r also facing da same problem on my e mail id dynamicajit@rediffmail.com waiting 4 ur replies......... ur fr jeetu  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 00:47 | 14/Apr/2008
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Bhod Gyalo!
At Jantar Mantar….Rising fists…. Bhod Gyalo! Bhod Gyalo!Manju Ka Tila…..Dreaming eyes….. Rangzen! Rangzen!Fort Kochi...‘Torch of Shame without flame’,Hey! Sino Monsters! Bodies could be butchered,Not souls….Frightened sinners,Blood licking beasts…Frustrated to see…Sons and daughters of soil committed for ultimate sacrifices…In Amdo, Kham, Machu, Pa...  more...
 Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008
Friends: (110)  | City: --  | Interests: Reading, Food, Mo...
Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar...
The novel has an honest attempt - to make you laugh till your sides ache. The book is replete with humor, laughter and funny one-liners which keep you on the edgeto the last word read. Certainly this one tickles your funny bone. The novel's protagonist Samrat Ratan, son of second generation US immigrantschooses to leave hot shot investment banking,...  more...
 Anil Goel | 23:13 | 3/Jul/2008
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R2 Book Tour - NOIDA