|
|
|
|
calcuttan.rediffiland.com/
|
|
| | |
| Today
| |
|
| | |
|
| Updated on
Sat 22mar08 | |
|
| | |
|
| Friends
91 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 20:38 | 2/Nov/2007 |
| Happiness is a choice | |
| Are we all messed up inside? The older I get the more convinced I am that there is nothing termed as a "normal" person. "Normal" should be deleted from all languages. Normal is such a vague term, I grew up thinking that the journey of life would be just so, but I found out that the road was so convoluted and there were so many exits, so many crazy ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 16:52 | 27/Oct/2007 |
| Just a moment | |
|
|
| When I started blogging, I was quite regular at adding posts and following up on reading the posts of my friends. I was pretty much hooked you may say. In between there was a long lull. I was out of town and busy with different projects. Also, I have to add, that I was a little frightened and cautious. Some of the attention I was getting was not al...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 18:13 | 15/Oct/2007 |
| The meaning of life according to me | |
|
|
| The season of Goodwill is here and celebrations are in every part of India. We enjoy these festivities despite another year of terrorist attacks, bad crops, corruption, inflation and farmer suicides. It is a celebration of life, another harvest, another year of surviving. Life goes on...There is a special unmistakable smell in the air. A smell of i...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 08:20 | 7/Sep/2007 |
| Feel Good Film | |
| I guess most of you have already seen the film "Chak De..." but I still would like to share some views on it. I feel Hindi cinema has really matured of late. It was such a pleasant surprise that the lead actor had no romantic interest in the film and that the subject was so unusual and yet interesting. This film has dealt with so many issues but wi...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 13:10 | 19/Jul/2007 |
| Bong Connection | |
|
|
| I saw "Bong Connection" over the weekend and it was truly hilarious. It was such a spot-on image of Bongo-desh and for that matter Houston, Texas (and the American Nightmare) that I was laughing out aloud through most of the silly bits, and trying to pretend not to cry during the "sentu" bits. Kudos to all those people who gamble on making these un...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 19:11 | 13/Jul/2007 |
| PLASTIC MENACE | |
|
|
| PLASTIC MENACEI live in a city which was under water a week ago. Exams were postponed. People got electrocuted. Everyone knows the story. Now we are facing the repercussions: skyrocketting prices for vegetables and other perishables, disease and malaise. But, I am still shocked that we are being offered plastic bags at every vendor???? Are these sa...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 21:11 | 28/Jun/2007 |
| Feeling blue | |
| Hey guys as you can see by this font I am feeling blue, for many reasons. I have not written in ages - been busy and kinda low. Take care and keep smiling!!!!
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 18:09 | 14/May/2007 |
| Happier times | |
|
|
| Presently my biggest enemies are my phone and a laptop that is sitting idle in my wardrobe. The laptop eyes me sullenly when I open the door and I try my best to avoid eye contact. I am technologically challenged, and require help. My new gizmo phone is so full of s--t that it is like the top brass management, all flash and brash but still trash. ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 21:36 | 11/May/2007 |
| Race to escape | |
| Never get friendly with anyone on an International flight. Especially if they are Indian.Not so long ago I was on my way to Singapore, and as (bad) luck would have it I met up with an acquaintance at the airport lounge. This lady was a Bong like me, but of my mom's generation having a grown boy, married to a white girl in US of A. She was on her wa...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| 16:55 | 9/May/2007 |
| That lovin' feeling | |
|
|
| Today I want to write about good things. I am sometimes compelled to write about the weirdos all around me forgetting I myself (horror of horrors) might be one of them. Like the person trying to escape being bitten by a vampire but finding that he/she has no reflection!!!!!! I am a music fanatic, and when I listen to music or see a really good movi...
more... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| BEST FRIEND | 17:12 | 21/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (246)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: meeting new, inte...
|
|
| A simple problem |
| Hi Friends Try to solve this simple problem Don"t give it up so easily. Best of Luck ...................... IF 1 = 5 2 = 25 3 = 125 4 = 625 5 = ? Think.......Please use ur mathematical and analytical skills but dont forget your logics.............. If you wish to check whether your answer is right you can mail me.
more... |
|
|
|
|
| sohamswami | 11:36 | 21/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (584)
| City: HIMALAYAS
| Interests: TO SEARCH THE ETE...
|
|
| A JOURNEY,SEA,LOVE AND LIFE |
| Sometimes in life,whatever you try or plan to do, fails invariably.I was going through such a phase.The biggest setback was that I though cleared my Civil services Prelims.Exam ,my application for the Main Exam was rejected by UPSC.It was heart breaking but fault was mine.I made a mistake in filling up the form.So, the dream of becoming an IAS offi...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| itika ganguly | 13:26 | 12/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (15)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: travelling,movies...
|
|
| working mothers |
| hi i am back after a long time. feel like writing something and what immediately comes to my mind is the struggle of working mothers.personally i am one such example.after working through the day ,i am naturally tired and feel like relaxing at home.its been ages that i have watched a movie or had a hearty meal or read a book. but then my son takes ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Anish Vohra | 15:04 | 29/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (14)
| City: Bangalore
| Interests: living, reading, ...
|
|
| Memories are final? |
| Is there something like a shifting memory? Or, are all memories the stuff that life is made of? Maybe it is the other way around. And, by the way - are memories final? Why else does he remember only what he remembers and nothing else? Memories should be the stuff that dreams are made of, not reality. There is enough of reality as it is, living, and...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| vira | 15:38 | 21/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (1534)
| City: Nagpur
| Interests: music,photography...
|
|
|
| Holi Hai........ Holi - The most colorful of the Hindu festivals will be celebrated this year on March 3rd and 4th. There are various legends to explain the meaning of this word. Some of them are that of demon king Hiranyakashyap, Legend of Lord Krishna and the legend of Shiva and Kaamadeva . All depict triumph of good over evil. Happy Holi !
more... |
|
|
|
|
| amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007 |
| Friends: (359)
| City: Goa
| Interests: understanding mys...
|
|
| Success in Life |
| The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.” Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Jeetu | 08:38 | 25/May/2007 |
| Friends: (238)
|
|
| 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 | 00:34 | 17/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (1204)
| City: Chandigarh
| Interests: Trust ...
|
|
| Tibetan Lions and Monday’s Ultimatum |
| By Baldeo Pandey What will happen to Tibetan freedom fighters today?Monday…….Yes! Today is Monday……..Dragons can not coerce the Tibetan consciousness,Hundreds of sacrifices,Now they are awakened fighters,Roaring lions,Such days rarely come in to one’s life…..Vowed to get back Fatherland…..Spiritualism of Free Tibet,Free Soul…..Lhasa, no more a ‘Lan...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Caje | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (1139)
| City: Goa
| Interests: silence
|
|
| how far back can you remember? |
| 13:27 | 15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s) How far back can you remember? Some of my oldest memories - Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery - My first day...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (1463)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Social upliftment
|
|
| 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...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| AdityaDas Menon | 17:54 | 20/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (1180)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Romantic Yogi
|
|
| Prefce to HOL-20 |
| Again somewhere down the line of memory, I smell the " sougandhika" , flowing through the air and touching my own romantic soul.........I could well hear the feeble vibes reverbarating from with in .....Am I poised to scribble another episode of HOL? Hol-20? a blog, blends romance with missing?........ adityadasmenon.............
more... |
|
|
|
|
| sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (1041)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: theatre, journali...
|
|
| ‘Eating the Earth’! |
| Eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet.You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, not 'grow' meat. So eating meat adds to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides - and climate change. "By 2050 the world's livestock will be consuming as m...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Amitava Kar | 14:13 | 3/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (57)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: .
|
|
| STOP me Forever.... !!! |
|
|
| Blog together with your friends! Become a contributor to your friend's blog or vice-versa and get your posts featured on each others Blog. Share your thoughts views on issues together. "what to say abt this msg.... but, it not both either.... just ignore this. some freedom, some non-sense, some sad, so much liberation on her writings........." The...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Dwaipayan Adhya | 17:43 | 22/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (88)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: Share with us wha...
|
|
| Child |
| Little son and daddy went to the mountainTo search for sparkling water of the fountainThe fountain lies across the valley, hiddenTo be trot along the path beaten.But the path is hard and lonely tooThe land is cold grey, the sky deep blueDaddy doesn’t want to leave his son aloneTo bear the dark hardship all on his own.The darkness is so deep that da...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| shiv bhargava | 13:55 | 29/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (21)
| City: Kanpur
| Interests: travelling,photog...
|
|
| maa vindyavasini |
|
|
| VINDHYACHAL-With the grace of maa I got the chance to visit the ma vindhyavasini, vindhya chal , mirzapur.I lot of people visit this religious place round the year. It is a place , eighty kms from Varanasi and 10 kms from Mirzapur rly station. During 12-1.00 in the noon the temple remains closed. There are lots of pandas , who offer you a Darshan o...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Guru | 12:50 | 2/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (212)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Meeting people, F...
|
|
| Fish TRAP..... |
|
|
| A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort. The husband liked to fish at the crack of dawn; his wife preferred to read. One morning the husband returned after several hours of fishing and decided to take a nap. The wife, to escape her snoring husband,decided to take the boat out. Since she was not familiar with the lake,she rowed out to the midd...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| V T | 11:42 | 19/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (152)
| City: Delhi
| Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
|
|
| Public Service Announcement |
| To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine (or beer, tequila, rum, whisky, etc.) and those who don't. As Benjamin Franklin said, “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Virender Aga... | 09:21 | 7/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (172)
| City: SONIPAT
| Interests: Computers, Social...
|
|
| HAPPY DIWALI |
|
|
| The Festival of Lights is upon us again, and I wish my all friends a joyous Happy Deepavali. May the light shines brightly over you and may you be blessed with all that is good and wonderful throughout the new year.According to the History, Deepavali or Diwali is a major Indian festival/celebration. Known as the Festival of Lights, it symbolises th...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| arvind mukul | 19:25 | 30/Oct/2006 |
| Friends: (27)
|
|
| Designer Green Homes |
|
|
| Designer Green Homes: Designing Dreams-----Arvind Kumar Mukul ----Freelance Financial Journalist & Columnist Chairman , Profit Eye Research L.F.27. S.K.Puri , Patna – 800 001 Mobile : 09334601789 Email: mukul.arvind @gmail.com arvindmukul@yahoo.co.inarvindmukul@redif fmail.comarvindmukul@sify.comarvindmukul @infinite.indiatimes.com Patna is undergoin...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Sandeep Ohri | 04:33 | 12/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (377)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Reading non-ficti...
|
|
| REL changes its name to Reliance Infrast... |
| Don"t know how many of you saw the small news item .. but our good friends at REL have decided on another name change!So now the Mumbai Distribution License which didn"t get formally transfered to BSES Ltd .. and then which didn"t get formally transfered to REL .. will now (I guess) also NOT get formally transfered to Reliance Infrastructure... th...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (563)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: nothing. absolute...
|
|
| 'Away From Her' - A Review |
|
|
| An aged wife tells her husband,“You could have just driven away without a care in the worldfor me, and forsaken me”With a pause pregnant with unsaid emotions he whispers,“Not a chance.”Inthese two lines which appear to be so unambiguously banal in content at first glance there might lay the ultimate test and triumph of an alliance forged over a li...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| SOVAN BANDYO... | 11:34 | 6/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (128)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: Making friends, R...
|
|
| The Healing Power Of Love |
|
|
| Today I got a fantastic writing on Love in my mail box which was an enjoyable reading. I thought to share the same with my friends in iland. The piece goes like this,-"In praise of love, lift your gaze and open your heart.In service to love, open your hands and let go of your burden.In a world that lives by the motto, “Seeing is believing,” how do ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Shree Sharma | 09:38 | 25/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (467)
| City: Bangalore
| Interests: reading
|
|
| Whose dreams? |
|
|
| Whose life and dream we are living?From childhood person lives up a dream of becoming somethingThis original dream gets modified by parental pressure, peer pressure, money, good life, compromises............Person grows up loves somebody but doesn't decide to live forever together/marriage because in comparsion to someone else this person is not go...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Sincere Citizen | 14:23 | 20/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (124)
| City: Earth
| Interests: Yeah baby ! Shagwar
|
|
| Where Eagles Dare |
| Its not the power, neither the force,nor the guns nor swords, neither weapons of any sort.Courage lies in the heart,when you just stand upfor what you feel is rightfor the causes that you believeagainst the worlds might.Nor the king, nor the ministernot the general nor the priestno one has prerogative or a default claim on courageit comes to the ho...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| P Nayak | 15:37 | 20/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (72)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Listening, readin...
|
|
| Wanderings of my mind |
| Today I read an interesting peice in TOI. The writer says we begin by blaming the others for any problems. i.e. "You" are responsible. Then as we grow spiritually we start saying "I" am responsible and as we evolve we say "No one is to blame" ! Interesting, right? I am sure it must be right, there must be a deeper meaning of the self, ego et al. My...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Vijit Vivek | 13:57 | 17/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (422)
| City: Patna
| Interests: Bio Medical Engin...
|
|
| You could save a life |
|
|
| STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R . If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a party , a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) They got her c...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| arshad arif | 16:30 | 15/Oct/2006 |
| Friends: (5)
| City: srinagar
| Interests: reading,making de...
|
|
| with love from kashmir |
| lets all be friends,lets work for betterment of human race,lets all reject violence and hatred and terrorism in any form
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Binu Abraham | 12:09 | 26/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (785)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Reading
|
|
| Beware of Ants.... |
| Incident One:A little boy died because surgeons found ants in his brain! Apparently this boy fell asleep with some sweets in his mouth or with some sweet stuff beside him. Ants soon got to him and some ants in fact crawled into his ear which somehow managed to go to his brain. When he woke up, he did not realize that ants had gone to his head. Afte...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| vasanth kumar | 14:55 | 21/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (9)
| City: Chennai
| Interests: movies, chatting
|
|
| The gr8ness of women |
| I firm believe in the equality of gender and I respect the differences too. I can see the gr8ness of women in so many aspects that words wont be enough to describe their gr8ness.Women have the natural ability to stay loving and caring. Men can make an effort to be as caring but they usually fail. So in this aspect, women are gr8.The endurance of a ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Soumyasanto Sen | 17:22 | 9/Jan/2007 |
| Friends: (11)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: IT, Friends
|
|
| UR Cell Phone |
|
|
| Features u need !!! (Mine Sony Ericsson W700. Find in d pic)1)Candy bar-style phones are often sturdier and, for many users, easier to deal with.2)PerformanceIf you plan on using your cell phone as your primary phone, then you would want a handset with strong battery life -- more than three hours of continuous talk time and five days of standby tim...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Dinesh Patekar | 10:21 | 2/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (136)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Cricket,fashion,m...
|
|
| SOMEONE.... |
|
|
| Someone I can talk toSomeone I can trust.Someone who will be thereWhen my relationships rust.Someone who wil save me,When everything goes wrong.Someone who wil comfort meAnd help me to be strong.Someone who listensAt any time of day.Someone who wil brightenAny sky that’s gray.Someone who will alwaysWant to be my friend.Someone who wil fight for me,...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Thohe Pou | 21:30 | 1/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (815)
| City: Pune
| Interests: Reading philosoph...
|
|
| Free and Fair Election in Nagaland |
| The time has come for the Nagas to decide whom to elect. It is the high time for the Nagas to vote for the right party in Nagaland. If the people vote for the wrong party, the Naga people will suffer for a long period of five years. When you enjoy your life with peace and prosperity, you do not know how the year passes. But in suffering, one year ...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Ramesh chordia | 23:07 | 5/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (381)
| City: Chennai
| Interests: Badminton
|
|
| Male or Female? |
| You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples: FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective repro...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| L KINI | 05:55 | 19/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (861)
| City: Hyderabad
| Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
|
|
| Finger Prints |
|
|
| Finger Prints It is already an accepted fact that every single person in the world has a different set of fingerprints. The Chinese have devised a way to read personality & destiny traits by studying the waves and the circles that appear at the tips of everyone's fingers – indeed so convinced are they that in the old days the fingers o...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Think Tank | 12:39 | 23/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (486)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Reading and writing.
|
|
| Reap as you sow |
|
|
| Books The Zahir Zahir means: Someone or something which once we have come into contact with, gradually occupies our every thought, until we can think of nothing else. This can be considered either as a state of holiness, or madness. As I started reading this book, I started hating Paulo Coelho. Why? You will know as we move on. The main characte...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Amiya Lahiri | 17:21 | 22/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (249)
| City: Pune
| Interests: reading,surfing n...
|
|
| SHIP WRECK |
|
|
| !! Gr8 Indian Culture !! A ship sank in high seas and the following people got stranded on a beautiful deserted island in the middle of nowhere:A. 2 Italian men and 1 Italian womanB. 2 French men and 1 French womanC. 2 German men and 1 German womanD. 2 Greek men and 1 Greek womanE. 2 Polish men and 1 Polish womanF. 2 Mexican men and 1 Mexican w...
more... |
|
|
|
|
| prabu metha | 19:24 | 2/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (117)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: poetry, sports, m...
|
|
| alive |
| friends......i am very sorry for not posting anything for long time..... i am too busy..... i never forget to read your posts....... keep going... keep smiling.. with you...prabu me
more... |
|
|
|
|
| om gupta | 21:00 | 4/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (10)
| City: bokaro
| Interests: chemical engg.
|
|
| chemical engg. |
| send me question bank in chemical engineering &metallurgical engg.
more... |
|
|
|
|
| Anirban Chou... | 15:12 | 9/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (42)
| City: Purnea
| Interests: Listening Music, ...
|
|
| | | | |
Kolkata
