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| Museum buildings, ideally, should reflect what they muse about. They should relate to the content and blend with it. Some do, most dont. One of the most incongruous museum buildings i have seen is the Luxor Museum. Its a swank building with a very modern display; many love it, i hate it. The Egyptian Museum of Antiquity looks more like a godown- mu...
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| 11:41 | 21/Apr/2008 |
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| I was visitng London after almost 6 years, and since this was purely a social visit without any work or regimented sight seeing, I was a bit excited. My excitement was not due to the prospects of watching a football game, as buying 4 tickets at 80 pounds each was not my definition of fan madness; or visitng the Lords and Oval, Wimbledon or Wembley,...
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| 12:45 | 10/Apr/2008 |
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| Few have made an impact on ideas, thoughts and liberty as Voltaire did.‘Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities’ ’ I disagree with every word you say, but will defend till my end your right to say it.’ ’ In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to giv...
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| 02:45 | 26/Mar/2008 |
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| Of those who did so much but are remembered only for a fraction of their achievments the one who stnds out is Galileo. Galileo’s most famous invention was the telescope. With this telescope, he was able to look at the moon, discover the four satellites of Jupiter, observe a supernova, verify the phases of Venus, and discover sunspots. His discover...
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| 22:53 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| Who says that Reality Shows have no reality and are only for entertainment! South Korea recently selected its first astronauts from a televised reality show where 36000 participated. The first stage was a Marathon, where 26000 were discarded. The remaining 10000 underwent a series of physical- and later- mental tests- all of them televised- before ...
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| 17:43 | 8/Mar/2008 |
| Yeh Duniya ! | |
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| More than 2 million have been killed in the wars between Hutu and Tutsi, 2 tribes in Central Africa. A 14 year old sees her parents killed, and is left to raise her 5 younger siblings. She is raped, humiliated, destroyed, and forced to take shelter as a menial hand on a farmhouse. Here she is raped again and again, and finds she is pregnant. As sh...
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| 01:14 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| Globalisation ? | |
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| (Reproduced in the general interest from the BBC Site) In the narrow back alleys of Lucknow city's Vikas Nagar area, a group of women sit on a rooftop soaking in the winter sun. It's a weekday February afternoon, the men folk have gone to work and small children are asleep in this north Indian city. The older ones have just returned from school, th...
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| 02:46 | 26/Feb/2008 |
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| To me this movie is a struggle between Screwwalla (The Producer) and Gowarikar (The Director) Such magnificience could come only from the former, less from the latter. It looks to be more about elephants and horses than about Jodha and Akbar.I found it funny that credit should be given to the great AB and Shotgun Sinha., Truly a tribute to our cult...
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| 05:01 | 12/Feb/2008 |
| Paris Dakar Rally- Now a Memory | |
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| A sign of our times, where news of various kinds affects everyday life and events is the shifting of the Paris- Dakar Rally to South America. Perhaps the most grueling motor sports, the Dakar Rally has sections for Motorcycles, Cars and Trucks competing in different sections. The race originated in 1978, after a racer got lost in the African desert...
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| 15:03 | 1/Feb/2008 |
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| There has been a lot of comment on technology and how it will shape our future life. Whenever we talk futuristic, the two books that stand out are BRAVE NEW WORLD and 1984- Classics not only of our time, but of all times.One of the better analysis of these two is by Francis Fukuyama in his 'Our Posthuman Futire' Relevant passsages from this are ver...
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| Tammanna | 22:37 | 14/May/2008 |
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| A moment of illusion |
| A moment of illusion Remember the nightOf velvet feelingsAnd creamy emotionsWe lost each otherUnder the starlit canopyBalmy moonlit eveningThe highlights in my hairShone faintly now and thenCatching the twinkleIn your bright eyesCrystal cup flowedWith wine of loveCherry red lipsParting to sighPerfect and properUntil you poppedThe decisive queryYou ...
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| Sameera Nandi | 14:48 | 15/May/2008 |
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| Sapnay aur bhi hain |
| I am definitely feeling better today. Perhaps it has something to do with the call I got from a placement consultant. I am not redundant yet. That’s a very heartening thought. It was rather foolish of me to think that I would end up without a job. Sometimes, the state of your mind is such that you tend to make mountains out of molehills. Even, with...
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| amalendu upa... | 13:40 | 14/May/2008 |
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| Jaipur Blasts |
| Gulabi Shahr kal Khoon se lal ho gaya. Kuchh sirfire logon ne khoon ki holi kheli.Ham sabko is ghatna ki khule dil aur dimag se majammat[Ninda] karni chahiye.Nischiy roop se marne wale na Hindu the na musalman woh sirf aur sirf hindustani the.Jabki Yeh hatyakand ravhne wale ek adad wahshi darinde.Yeh hindustaniyat ka takaza hai ki is sankat ki ghad...
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| V T | 15:00 | 17/Apr/2008 |
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| Significant Names |
| The other day, one of wifey’s female friends had come visiting and the two women were giggling away to glory, cracking girlie jokes that the male of species is singularly incapable of understanding. Wifey’s friend had a son too; a real cute little bloke who was trying all his stunts to impress my 5 year old daughter. I asked his mom what the littl...
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| ankur vishnoi | 11:41 | 2/May/2008 |
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| Free Downloads |
| FREEDOWNLOADSChat Rooms, Enjoy FM Radio On computer, Chat, get freewallpapers, ringtones,software, Games, messaging, chat, money earninglinks and much more visit www.itool.co.cc Just ForYouFreeDownloads, Games, ring tones, Wallpapers, FM Radio, google Search,Messaging, Feeds, Jokes, Quotes and much more www.avishnoi.tkFREE PASSWORDMANAGER Automated...
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| Vish Iyer | 22:01 | 4/May/2008 |
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| Stories we tell ourselves |
| The stories we tell ourselves daily affect our quality of life. Play close attention to these stories – question them to see if you feel like a victim and someone else is a villain. These stories can unleash of chain of thoughts that cause serious harm to your mental balance. Have made a list of such stories that run my mind everyday - T...
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| ice candy | 23:57 | 11/May/2008 |
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| One Word |
| I was playing a game with myself, its not supposed to be played alone but I had no one around to play with.The game is pretty simple, one has to think of one word associated with the word given to you.I took the words India, Bharat, Parliament, Politicians, Media, North India, South India, Yoga, Agriculture, Industry, Defence, BPO, Temple, Mosque a...
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| Sarath Chandra | 17:40 | 12/May/2008 |
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| Infinity and Eternity |
| One day I and God were talking. I: Does the universe have a boundary? God: Sure. It does. I: Really?? Everybody keeps saying that the universe is infinite and eternal. God: (laughs) Do you really understand the words infinite and eternal? I: Of course, infinite space is a space so big that it is not finite; similarly, eternal time. God: It is funny...
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| Indigo Iris | 11:17 | 7/May/2008 |
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| Mute Stones... |
| Mute Stones,What tales you hidein your chasmfrom days bygone?Ever so calmEver so graveDoes it pain youto treasure thusthe secrets untold?In your deep marrowwhat intrigues grow?The cracks that open your sideWhat painful miseries do they hide?Muffled though you soundyet I hear the distant heart poundThose images you arouse, bedazzle my sensesThey tel...
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| Dheeraj Khanna | 21:15 | 19/Aug/2007 |
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| The Bourne Series...... download now!! |
| The Bourne Ultimatum has turn out to be huge this summer in Hollywood. So I thought, why not give a tribute to that great spy-master Robert Ludlum who created Bourne and made him a delicious character, an anti-thesis of James Bond.So I give you the The Bourne Trilogy. Now available for download.Go ahead, get ready for a thrilling ride.Downloand the...
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| Seena Vincent | 07:57 | 8/May/2008 |
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| Stock Market for Beginners |
| Stock Market for BeginnersHere come a new blog that talk about stock market, sharetrading and online share marketing etc. You can become master of the trade infew days. Her we give some guidance to get help from the internet. So keepreading the blog Stock Market for Beginners.Some articles that already have posted in this bloghowdo mutual funds wor...
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| Subodh Deshp... | 16:28 | 21/Mar/2008 |
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| Holika Dahan... |
| Best wishes of holi Purnima ..(Purnima means the day on which you see a full moon in the sky) and holika dahan..!Today is the last festival of the year on which we burn all our bad things in us..this is why holi and holika dahan is important festival...Those who wanted to know much about todays festival may browse following link...http://www.thecol...
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| Divyani | 18:27 | 13/Mar/2008 |
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| About my hip, unconventional friend:My friend S.C wrote in another of my friend’s blog:why woman’s day , why not humans day so that we learn to be more humane towards everybody . the talks of woman liberation , empowerment etc etc etc has been stretched a bit too far now . if woman are getting burnt , killed so also are the men , maybe in diffe...
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| yellowflower | 14:14 | 25/Apr/2008 |
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| My Garden |
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| A year passed by since i had been on iland and i had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people here.......abundantly talented and blessed ones........varied interests....who made my garden so colorful and full of different fragrances!!!!!!They are "My treasures on iland" and my life........... Aameen: A wonderful romantic poet....whenever i...
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| Mainak Mazumder | 20:11 | 2/Mar/2008 |
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| Relief and Discrimination: In any emergency, the response by Governments and Aid organizations can only said to be successful when it reaches everyone in need. But in disaster zones worldwide, despite the best efforts of many, a great need remains. The main things that happen in the disaster areas are: 1) Importance shifting to other emergen...
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| vaibhav nikam | 15:09 | 30/Jan/2008 |
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| blackhole |
| Missing Black Holes Found By Robert Roy BrittSenior Science Writerposted: 28 May 200406:00 a.m. ETEuropean researchers have found 30 previously hidden supermassive black holes anchoring faraway galaxies, which suggests there at least twice as many of the colossal gravity wells as thought.Supermassive black holes hold as much matter as millions or b...
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| Anuja Goel | 16:02 | 18/Apr/2008 |
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| A Child in Jaipur |
| This is something I had written a few years back, dont remember exactly when in my diary. Since I am feeling too lazy to write anything new, I thought Id keep my posting active by adding some old stuff:) A child in JaipurSince the only thing I have done enough to write home about is travel, I am t...
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| laffitoff@re... | 15:25 | 7/Feb/2008 |
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| Phir Subah Hogi |
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| Though Phir Subah Hogi is loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment published in 1866, the film is actually more of an emotional plea for social justice in 'Nehruite' India and is a fine example of political comment combined with humanitarian compassion.The years following Indian Independence saw the entire socio-political system un...
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| Navita | 08:50 | 25/Mar/2008 |
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| In Hong Kong Part I |
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| There is a tussle going on between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing as they are all keenly vying for the title of most exciting city in Asia, the destination for shopping, dining and style. But these cities still have a way to go before they steal Hong Kong’s limelight. Hong Kong has managed to bounce back from the upheaval of the handover, the Asia...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...
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| Madeye | 16:44 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| The Planet earth & The Man I |
| The Planet Earth & The Man Now so much is happening globally, on Global Warming and so much is being talked about on this subject and I had 2 – 3 e mail exchanges with FG (Krish) on his post “HOOKED ON TO GROWTH”…….and this was going on in my mind for some time. When ever this subject is being raked up, people have the tendency, to say that this is...
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| The Phoenix | 23:06 | 8/May/2008 |
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| the wind...... |
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| She lay on the grass List less Lost A gust of winded blew inIt brought sweet soundsSoft awakeningsHaunted momentsShe closed her eyes and whisperedIs it you my love?’The wind engulfed herWrapped so softlySeductivelyFilled every creviceEvery curveShe was aliveTo the touchSoftSeductiveSizzling Unknown desires awakened.A sensuous world awakened...
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| ajay rana | 21:37 | 29/Jan/2008 |
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| Are the contents ofconscious perception tied to individual brain cells? Can we use singleneurons to determine someone’s subjective experience? A recent studiespublished in PNASsuggests otherwise: there are no specialized neuronsthat carry information about what enters awareness and what not. If oneholds the picture of a butterfly in front of one ey...
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| Ramesh Menon | 18:17 | 6/May/2008 |
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| Innathe Chintavishayaam (Point to Think) |
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| Dear all, A different way - Kandathum Kettathum - it is a malayalam term for What you hear and what you see. And innathe chinthavishayam is Point to think today. Enjoy reading the contents. http://team1dubai.blogspot.com/2008/05/p oints-to-think.html Why very little interactions these days? Regards, Ramesh Menon
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| Tinkerbell | 12:36 | 5/May/2008 |
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| boomp3.comRaindrops keep fallin' on my headAnd just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bedNothin' seems to fitThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'So I just did me some talkin' to the sunAnd I said I didn't like the way he got things doneSleepin' on the jobThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'But the...
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| Tarun Giribuwa | 11:24 | 23/Mar/2008 |
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| This is awesome!! |
| I have been spending the last few days soaking up this wealth. Do click on the link below to read about the migration of humans and various sects across the human history https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/globe.h tml#/index/
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| silversulfur | 18:50 | 21/Feb/2008 |
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| A CUP OF MY LOVE |
| A Cup of My Love When you're sad And feeling down, Don't you cry Or even frown. I'm here for you Now and forever. I'll care for you always And leave you never. So when you're lonely, Know it's you I'm thinking of. And if I could, I'd send to you A huge cup of my love!
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| Ramesh R | 15:15 | 12/May/2008 |
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| Looking for work |
| An interesting forward I received by email some days ago.....A Japanese doctor said, 'Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.' A German doctor said, 'That's nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking f...
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| ekantapadhika | 09:38 | 29/Apr/2008 |
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| Yeh Duniya Agar Mil bhi jaaye tho kya ha... |
| Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniyaYeh insaan ke dushman samajon ke duniyaYeh daulat ke bhookhen rivajon ke duniyaYeh duniya agar mul bhi jaayen tho kya hai? Har ek jism hai ghayal, hare ek rooh pyaasiNigahon me uljhan, dilon me udaasiYeh duniya hai ya aalam-badhawaasiYeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye tho kya hai? Jahan ek khilona hai insaan...
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| Earth Spirit | 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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| Jolly Jacob | 14:56 | 6/May/2008 |
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| Starry, starry night |
| At Eka suggestion, I post the online version of the Don Mclean song I got as an email :)Don McLean wrote Vincent in 1971 after reading a book about the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the 1970s, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam played the song daily and a copy of the sheet music, together with a set of Van Gogh's paint brushes, is buried in a t...
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| Kush A | 12:39 | 15/May/2008 |
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| I thoroughly believe that the Times of India newspaper has propaganda, an agenda for furthering their own cause viz. their profit and is also part of a ‘grand global conspiracy’. Very often you see the colourful box headlined ‘celebrate with The Times’ where ‘the times’ has a double meaning. They also have another line viz. ‘move with The Times’ or...
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| KARBOSED | 19:53 | 9/Oct/2007 |
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| EXISTENCE |
| Hello people, About my Blog on living your 24 hrs. here's the answer I found on web, and I agree on it completely. Meet Ayn Rand....PLAYBOY: Miss Rand, your novels and essays, especially your controversial best seller, Atlas Shrugged, present a carefully engineered, internally consistent world view. They are, in effect, the expression of an all-en...
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| Prabod kumar | 14:08 | 1/May/2008 |
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| OF DAMSELS AND CRICKET |
| Cricket is a passion that drives our nation. Wise men behave like completely askew screws, enemies turn friends over a shared monitor, the femmes mostly resign themselves to a period of interactions with their males whose mental state range from the idiotic to the fanatic.... and what not.I have come across various takes on Cricket.However, recent...
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| Shivaja V | 12:43 | 11/May/2008 |
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| Reward…....... Venue: Vadodara Central MallDate : 12th April 2008 HE, SHE and ME walk around the mall, loitering, window shopping. Suddenly SHE comes to ME, all excited and with a twinkle in her eyes. SHE: Ammaaaaa…. (Mom) ME : Yes, what is it, Molley (daughter)? SHE : Oh, come here I have found out something suitable for you. ME (to HE): SHE wa...
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| PGR NAIR | 17:57 | 15/May/2008 |
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| POETRY OF PONGE |
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| The Crate (Le Cageot) Halfway between cage (Cage) and Cachot (Prison cell) the French language has cageot (Crate), a simple openwork container for transporting fruits that is sure to sicken at the slightest hint of suffocation.Constructed so as to be easily demolished after use, it can’t serve twice. So it doesn’t last even as long as its highly pe...
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| Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007 |
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| This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its | | |
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