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 12:09 | 13/Aug/2008 |
| list of NGOs for mentally ill in India | |
| Hi,here's a list of NGOs for rehab of mentally ill in India.Bapu Trust in Pune. 9225520464, 020-26837644647Bapu Trust, Ms. Bhargavi Davar/Puja,bvdavar@gmail.com, www.camh.india.org Andhjan Kalyan TrustBehind Jain Derasar, Station Plot, Dhoraji-Rajkot- 360 410,Fax : 91 2824 22735291 2824 227352website: http://www.aktrust.org Ashadeep - Mr.Mukul Go...
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| 22:01 | 7/Jan/2008 |
| 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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| 11:46 | 16/Oct/2007 |
| 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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| 11:44 | 5/Oct/2007 |
| Still gasping | |
| Vast expanses of an icy, cold desert welcome us as we climb to Ladakh's Tanglangla Pass, 17, 582 feet above sea level, the second highest pass in the world. Our mission is to meet the Chang-pas, the pastoral nomads of Changthang. Changthang, despite its harsh environment, is home to a sizeable livestock population comprising yak, goats and pashmin...
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| 18:37 | 14/Aug/2007 |
| All's not well | |
| If you think, after 60 years of independence, all's well in the country, you are wrong. For all those who want to tom-tom our achievements, go right ahead. But do not fail to look around you and observe that we live in difficult times -- times of threat. Threat from naxals, "terrorists", militants in Assam and Kashmir and not to mention Pakistan-ba...
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| 20:07 | 13/Aug/2007 |
| Living on a prayer: the lives of informe... | |
| Javed Shaikh (name changed), 35, drives an autorickshaw in Srinagarand lives with his wife and three school-going children. But there hasbeen no respite for him despite choosing a "normal life". Being areleased ex-militant, Shaikh has to endure an immense amount of mentalpressure.He lamented, "People like us are often picked up by the security forc...
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| 19:02 | 6/Aug/2007 |
| Fixing faces | |
| Gulnaz Begam Waza is a brave woman despite losing her eye in an acid attack. This 27-year-old mother of three from Kishtwar has done everything she could to put her attackers behind bars but to no avail. Still, from her hospital bed at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Bemina, in Srinagar, she vows never to give up. After several op...
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| 18:59 | 6/Aug/2007 |
| Widowed by army, but no relief | |
| Mumtaza Aktar looks very young but claims to be 30 years old. She spends the beginning of every month scrounging for money to meet her household expenses at local offices and NGOs in Srinagar. This mother of three who hails from Waliwar buried her husband years ago, but the government has failed to award her compensation that she is entitled to. T...
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| 21:02 | 17/Jun/2007 |
| Breaking news | |
| A recent visit to a city hospital left a mark. Luckily, dad has no serious health issues but the surgeon who was standing beside me did not have good news for someone's mom. I was waiting my turn and could not help but overhear the news the doctor was breaking to an old man and his daughter who could well have been my age.The doctor went on to expl...
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| 19:54 | 31/May/2007 |
| Why can't we get along? | |
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| The other day, I saw a tigress playing with chicks. Then a cat takeing care of chicks because the mother hen had died a year ago. Animals that are hardwired to kill are nuturing. I fail to understand why people find it so hard to hate others despite having "free will".All you have to do is read "comments" after each rediff story to see the hate peo...
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| ramnath rajaram | 17:27 | 30/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (1751)
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| Wishing u A Happy & Prosperous Ganesh ... |
| Wishing u A Happy & Prosperous Ganesh Chaturthi- 2008 Shree Ganesha... Ganapati bappa Morya. !!!!!!! Ohm Vighneswaraya Namah ! Vinayakaya Namah ! Ganapathaye Namah ! Gajamughaya Namah ! Parvati nandanaya Namah ! Mushika vahanaya Namah ! Kailasa Putraya Namah !Om Shri Vigneshwaraya Namaha !Lord GaneshaLord Ganesha symbolizes the idea...
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| Cubes 3B | 13:29 | 21/Aug/2008 |
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| Are we really Free ? |
| This thought came to me on the eve of Independance Day while the Nation was busy with the prepratations. Are we really free ? And then lots of thoughts came to my mind, some were filled with rage and anger that caused so much of pain that lead me to depression and sadness. What are we doing after soo many years of independance ? Looking around I do...
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| Ashfaq Frame... | 09:40 | 4/Aug/2008 |
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| Being a father... |
| This May 1st, my family tree extended one more branch, me and my wife got blessed with a cute little baby boy. Several months' waiting period finally got justified. Waiting outside the operation theatre when my wife was delivering, some strange things were happening inside me. I felt as if my stomach and heart are misplaced. And when the nurse came...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| Amba R | 19:20 | 4/Feb/2008 |
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| secteranism |
| I am back on iland after a long time.What brings me back is Raj Thackrey and his antics.What Raj Thackrey and his doing is yet another instance of how low secteranian politics can fall.Mumbai a city represnting the dreams of millions of Indians is being divided.Raj Thackrey while declaring Mumbai for only Maharashtrians is forgetting some simple th...
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| Gopal MS | 17:04 | 20/Feb/2008 |
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| I have moved |
| You will find my pictures here: Which Main? What Cross? Bangalore Street Pics And here: Eye For India Rest of India Pics
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| shreedipta m... | 17:05 | 9/Dec/2006 |
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| Mysteries of the sexes... |
| Last time when i posted my blog about men, it sure created fury amongst many men. But i sure didn't mean to hurt anyone. It was just a dab of fun i wished to share.Here's something i found interesting......Women wonder....1.Why do men think that women are bad drivers even though they have found evidences to the contrary, time and again? 2.Why do ev...
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| gulbir rekhi | 10:02 | 7/Feb/2007 |
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| I/HAVE A DREAM ---MARTIN LUTHER KING ! |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation...
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| KANNAN KANNAN | 22:27 | 15/Dec/2007 |
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| NEW YEAR WISHES 2008 |
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| Hi dear bloggies... after a long stint, I am catching you with my new year wishes well in advance... pl read it and enjoy it and record your comments plz.. catch you later...
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| PRATAP TC | 07:08 | 4/Dec/2006 |
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| A little bit of GK.... |
| Things I never even thought to ask. . .did I need to know it?Alaska :More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.Amazon:The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the rive...
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| A S | 21:53 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| Am off to Bangalore |
| Well folks, i am off to Bangalore tomorrow. I take off at the unearthly hour of 7.50 a.m. which means that i have to leave my house at 6.30, while all of you'll are busy snoozing!! :(I will be in Bangalore all of this week. (Come back on sat morning) and though i already have way too many outstation friends a few more can not hurt. :) so anyone w...
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| vijaysingh t... | 22:33 | 8/Aug/2007 |
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| Appreciation |
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| No matter who we are or what our actions may say, we all want to be recognized and appreciated. I often quote Lou Holtz, the famous Notre Dame Coach, who said, “Why is it that the people who need love, (appreciation), and understanding the most usually deserve it the least?” Jaime Escalante, the teacher on whom the movie Stand and Deliver was base...
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| Murshid Merc... | 16:22 | 3/Aug/2008 |
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| HuMSafar!!! |
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| SUBAH CHUBTI HAI MERI AANKHON MEIN, ANDHERA HUMSAFAR LAGTA HAI.... USKI DI HUI TANHAAI KA ASAR HAI YEH JO, KHUDSE MILTEY HUE BHI AB DAR LAGTA HAI...... KHULOOS PAR TERE INKAAR TO NAHI LEKIN, MAIN KYA KARUN MERA AITBAAR TUT GAYA....
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| Mohammed Nasir | 21:07 | 16/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (5)
| City: Surat
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| Money is Funny |
| I don't know if I am wrong or right, but my experience does allow me tosay this. That, a woman / girl would be more happy with a man who has a lot ofmoney rather than lots of love. because I feel love and comfort cannot make awoman happy but money can make her ecstatic. I said that Ican say this because I have passed through both the phases of life...
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| rooh chowdhury | 01:00 | 15/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (19)
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| Tu meri manzil nahi... |
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| Mai akeli hi bhali thi,Saath chalne ki zid kyo ki tumne?Dosti to na nibhai,Dushmani kyo ki tumne?Kuchh der saath chalke saathi nahi bante,Itni jaldbaazi kyo ki tumne?Jab bhi sunte,ghalat sunte ho,Bohot door ho?kyo samajhte nahi?Dil cheerke rakh diya saamne,Janam ke andhe ho? ya dekhna nahi chahte?Ye kya khel khela mujhse?Mai is khel ki khiladi nahi...
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| Kalyan Chatt... | 20:08 | 24/Mar/2008 |
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| To save the Earth |
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| Dear friends, all we knew about global warming, and it's adverse effects to glaciers, sea lavels, weathers and above all, to us and all the living beings!Now, its time to do something, I'm talking about the least we could do to save our Earth. To start with, you may visit here : http://www.earthhour.org/user/Y32q Also, this is my personal request t...
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| gaurav atri | 16:05 | 13/Apr/2007 |
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| Its not a laughing matter, after all we are standing at the highest point in Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra).
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| A J | 16:10 | 29/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (281)
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| The threesome - 3 (I love her love) |
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| Did you read part 2? Do it firstShe looked at him, sitting next to Swati’s chair, lovingly holding her hands and kissing them. She could see that they loved each other crazy and nothing could ever come in between them. Lavanya was glad that for once her profession had been more than monetarily rewarding. She had met Nakul through a contact at a pa...
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| sahil banga | 12:48 | 30/Jul/2008 |
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| The Derailed Desire |
| Clasping wasn’t passion anymore, but a routine. Carnal needs and desires hitchhiked to a state of arousal, and sunk in an unfamiliar state of eerie silence. The breaths deceived. When pacing, they puffed of someone else’s lovemaking skills. When gasping, they panted of a fulfilled orgasm but unsatiated needs. When hushed, the breathings murmured se...
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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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| udita chaudhary | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007 |
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| "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...
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| anshul banga... | 18:21 | 5/Aug/2007 |
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| the magic of kissing |
| the magic of kissing.........Kissing is one natural ex-pression of humankind which has been there since times immemorial....it could be out of love,out of passion,out of care,out of lust,out of warmth and so on....but i will speak or rather write about the kissing done out of passion and love...Kissing between two opposite sexes is common to all na...
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| Ash K | 00:16 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| Book Review: Keep Off The Grass - By Kar... |
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| 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,...
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| krishna akella | 08:58 | 4/Oct/2006 |
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| travel |
| hi all.... I am again off to Hyderabad today and will be back after 10 days... HAPPY DASSERA TO ALL MY FRIEND...
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| ratna rajaiah | 20:48 | 28/Aug/2008 |
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| A Butterfly in Waiting |
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| Night I lie softly curled In my mosquito-net cocoonWatchingThe shaman-witch windWeaving a shadow playWith the light from the street lampAnd the leaves of the parijata treeOn my soft cobwebbed walls It’s an enthralling taleSung, not told In voices that only I hearOf how it will be To have gaily painted wingsTo flit and floatAnd sip fromFlowersMore g...
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| G S R ... | 14:04 | 9/Nov/2006 |
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| Lessons from The Talking Bird |
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| The Talking BirdThere is a tale of a rare talking bird that could speak five languages. A gentleman heard of this rare talking bird and started a worldwide search. He had a desire to add this bird to his museum-like collection. After an exhausting search of many months, he stopped in an exotic pet store to ask for more information. And there, in ...
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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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| Krishna Reddy | 16:30 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| Happy Guru Purnima |
| Today is Guru Purnima .Wish you all a wonderful Guru Purnima. See my earlier article on Guru Purnima . Also see Guru Purnima at about.com . http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/gurupu rnima.htm
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| Ranjit Nayak | 22:45 | 9/Dec/2006 |
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| Where there is a will there is a way |
| An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work.His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation. Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hat...
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| Amit | 03:15 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| success in life |
| Get a good educationget a good job change to a better job ----do we really understand why job is being done for money most of the time and more often than not we are probably not looking at ways to get rid of money-dependence and its impact on our time pressures? Thoughts/Comments?
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| Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008 |
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| EMOTIONS |
| Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...
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| Suprio Guha | 10:26 | 17/Aug/2006 |
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| On an Island |
| “Remember that night, white steps in the moonlight..sharing a dream, on an island, it felt right..”Listening to David Gilmour’s latest, I was reminded that I live on an island too. Not that it strikes one during the course of an ordinary day. One is very aware of the sea in Mumbai but one really misses the palm trees. People argue that Mumbai is no...
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| zia haq | 22:22 | 9/Aug/2006 |
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| ALL ARE NOT EQUAL |
| i am working in a psychiatric hospital. i happened to see some of my patients today who have been staying in the hospital for past 30-40 years. most of them have been abondoned by their relatives and some are fortunate enough not to have any. i failed to imagine what they must be thinking of the people outside. perhaps the way i relate to them as i...
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| Niraj Makadiya | 23:43 | 22/Aug/2006 |
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| ATM card troubles |
| Thanks a lot for the encouragement and warm support.So, now the second post. Bit annoyinh thing but may be useful to somebody.I had been to Ahmedabad (Ashram Road) on 16.08.06 at 6:00 for filing my student visa application form. So, with ATM cards of SBI (mine and my father's) gone to 2 ATMs of SBI but to my surprise (real surprise was lil away) I ...
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| Divs Rags | 12:39 | 8/Feb/2007 |
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| We're not going down! (Without a fight) |
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| At least I'm moving forward... I stand before, a road that will lead, Into the unknown. At least unknown to me. I want to go, but I'm paralysed with fear. Fear of a choise, where the outcome isn't clear. Nooo, but still I gooo. And I take, the first step of a million more. And I'll make mistakes I've never made before. But at least I'm moving forwa...
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| Krishna Raj | 14:34 | 23/Jan/2008 |
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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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| Karan Das | 00:42 | 30/Dec/2007 |
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| Been Long... |
| Yea well...This post finds me...Half stoned,half woken up,half asleep,half a lot of things...Full time nonsensical babble...Heh heh...Looks like a poorly scripted Sin City Dialogue...Well,what the hell,nobody pays me to write it anyways...The last post was close to New Years.This one's closer.I dunno,just doesn't feel right when a million people ar...
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| nitin purohit | 13:23 | 30/Jul/2007 |
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| To my Lord |
| I Would I Were a Careless Child I would I were a careless child, Still dwelling in my highland cave, Or roaming through the dusky wild, Or bounding o'er the dark blue wave; The cumbrous po | | | | |
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