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 10:05 | 21/Apr/2008
The Landlady: Concluding Episode
For Fountainahas the night before Good Friday was a watershed in its rather uneventful history; many years after that fateful night, women in the neighborhood would habitually use it as a point of reference to establish facts: so-and-so’s age for example. ‘Oh! Don’t you remember? She was almost knee high that Good Friday!’ That night as Maggie lay ... more...
 21:46 | 7/Apr/2008
The Landlady: Part 2
As Lawrence’s chapped lips moved from the hollow between her collar toward her budding breast, Mia threw her head back in the crisp afternoon air. She briefly opened her eyes only to catch sight of the mishmash of green and orange and red of the flame tree  carelessly strewn across the cloudless sky. She felt vulnerable--like a fragile butterfly—ca... more...
 08:16 | 23/Mar/2008
The Landlady: Part 1
Maggie moved her upturned palm carefully along an invisible arc against the morning sun. Her narrowed eyes, pursed lips, twitching eyebrows—her very being—followed the painfully labored and awkward trajectory: as if her life depended on it. Only when her palm bridged the gap between the window and her hazel eyes did she breathe easy. The object of... more...
 22:19 | 14/Dec/2007
A Lovely Song from Mouna Raagam
Full marks to the sheer genius of Illaiyaraja. The tune was used for the title track of Cheeni Kum. The movie"s story seems to have "inspired" Bhansali"s Hum dil de chuke whateva... more...
 14:48 | 22/Sep/2007
The Sunday Paper (Complete Version)
As Sorabjee made his way down the wooden stairs, he took extreme care to do it as noiselessly as possible.  With his left palm firmly on the banister, he placed his feet very carefully on the rungs, much like one blows softly into a lover’s eye. He descended the stairs in steps of ones and twos, halting after every six rungs to catch some breath, a... more...
 21:15 | 14/Sep/2007
The Sunday Paper: Edited
As Sorabjee made his way down the wooden stairs, he took extreme care to do it asnoiselessly as possible.  With his left palm firmly on the banister, he placed his feet very carefully on the rungs, much like one blows softly into a lover’s eye. He descended the stairs in steps of ones and twos, halting after every six rungs to catch some breath, al... more...
 20:30 | 8/Sep/2007
Celebrating A Year on iLand
As I celebrate a year of blogging on iLand, I invite you to my picturesque world. The world  of PF (sheesh this sounds so sounds corny). Seen here are collages designed using personal pictures (yesh...PF unmasked), and pictures I"ve used for my stories over the months. Hope you like the them. I wish to thank each one of you for all the love, bouque... more...
 20:30 | 8/Sep/2007
Celebrating A Year on iLand
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 18:39 | 2/Sep/2007
The Sunday Paper
एडीटीæ 6;ग साठी  हा पोस्ट सध्या काढलाë 1;.कृपया क्षमा करावे. एडीट &#... more...
 17:57 | 28/Jul/2007
The Virtuoso
I walked quietly on the unmade path littered with a zillion fallen leaves. There was a slight drizzle, and the only sound I could hear was the one my shoes made: a peculiar swooshing sound unknown to those used to walking on lifeless gravel. I turned to see a blanket of mist behind me; lithe charcoal-black tree trunks swayed in the cool mountain ai... more...
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 Mira Iyer | 09:53 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (19)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Music,books
Depth
She was a thoughtful young girl of 10.She looked silent and observant from outside. But the colours in her mind were so vivid and deep. The smells so strongly registered and the sights so distinctly lodged in her memory…she would not forget them for years to come. She was on her way to school that day with her grandpa. They were in an auto and she ...  more...
 vinodini prabha | 23:40 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: poetry writing,pl...
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 JAYDIP DAS | 01:04 | 7/Mar/2008
Friends: (68)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: networking, busin...
Jobquest International Jobs the No.1 int...
Jobquest International Jobs, termed as Jobquest the No. 1 international online magazine for overseas recruitment and study abroad opportunities from all over the world.This is the only paid international recruitment magazine in the world. which is you need to subscribe first to apply jobs using Jobquest. Subscription rates are US$70 to US$110 and t...  more...
 Suvas Dutt | 21:33 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (119)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: Social matters,Sp...
Internet Money Making
Dear Friends, Please visit my website www.subhasdutta.cash2all.com   and try for reaching to your goal.  more...
 devashankerd... | 22:16 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (1)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: jokes,music,debat...
Interesting Wait
Every body in the world is waiting for someone you can imagine in this words that he's waiting for her GF or BF but my dear freinds Its not only upto the above metioned personalities . every body is waiting sho should come in One's life and change his life. He may be anybody who wants to get success . When we wait for a freind in a Bus Stand if he'...  more...
 navieen | 17:10 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (9)  | City: karur  | Interests: Music and Songs
Friend for ever
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 warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008
Friends: (133)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books,music,movie...
JUST A GRAIN OF SAND
As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...  more...
 kamalesh | 07:42 | 12/Feb/2008
Friends: (343)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: chatting
online earnings only for indians
Dear friends,                    All of you listen me. easy way online earning business in india for indians only. my earning growth starts from January.Rs.140/=only is your investment it gives life long income.If you like visit:www.skamarajan.cash2all.com    more...
 Sameera Nandi | 12:30 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (210)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Movies, music, re...
Yesterday was better  I know, I have been on the “blues” mode from the last week. And believe you me, I do not like it one bit. I have been thinking this and thinking that. Implementing very little. Getting all the more frustrated. That is when today happened. I woke up earlier than usual. Didn’t feel groggy and thought, wow! Looks like I might jus...  more...
 velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (371)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music,Sports, Che...
How Heavy is a Glass of Water
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...  more...
 Winnie Love | 15:16 | 5/Feb/2008
Friends: (20)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music, writing, r...
I loved you so
In today’s world, the meaning of existence is synonymous to conquering and achieving; be it work or interpersonal associations, the same theory applies to both subconsciously.  Possession equivalent to power is what our society makes us understand.  The more you possess the more affluent you are.  In relationships, in our quest to conquer Love we c...  more...
 A M Daniel | 22:46 | 18/Apr/2008
Friends: (369)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: reading, viewing ...
thought for the day
Like an eagle which soars high in the sky far above the storms, people who have an unflinching faith in the divine providence, rise above their problems with exhilarating confidence.                                              A M DANIEL    more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (297)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 sohamswami | 15:35 | 8/Apr/2008
Friends: (612)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO SEARCH THE ETE...
SEARCHING FOR MIE MIE
Ratul was worried.He saw it on T.V. Next day, the Newspaper also mentioned it.The Military Junta in Myanmar cracked down heavily on civilian peaceful demonstration lead by Buddhist Monks.Many are injured and some are killed.Figures are difficult to know.Why it happened?Why it happens to hapless people around the world?Sometimes or other?Why some pe...  more...
 angel | 12:02 | 1/Apr/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Vizag  | Interests: music,browsing,fa...
lost!!!!
nthing new in ma life...nthing special goin on....mayb missing smthing in ma life....d fun.....frenz...missing evrything.....smtimes i feel....running wid time...i hav lost myself smwher...n i dnt evn hav time 2 search for..........xams....again!!! god........watz dis life!!!! jst hope 2 get sm time 2 b wid myself..njoi d loneliness....find solace ...  more...
 raghav | 14:25 | 26/Dec/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Alwar  | Interests: blogging,music,
indian culture : Continuity in Change
Indian culture is both ancient and diverse and stretches back in an unbroken sweep over 5000 years. It has been enriched by successive waves of migration which were absorbed into the Indian way of life. It is this variety which is a special hallmark of India. Its physical, religious and racial variety is as immense as its linguistic diversity. Unde...  more...
 Make Money | 09:12 | 15/Mar/2008
Friends: (356) 
Free Calls to India
Free Calls to IndiaA good news for all NRIs (Non Resident Indians) who are looking for free VoIPcalls to India. Rebtel is offering free VoIP calls to India on everytime you call. Registration is free and easy. Try this one. I haveopened this site today but remember to visit my blog everyday because Iwill keep it updated with new softwares to call f...  more...
 Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (312)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: everything that m...
Most Honourable OCCUPATION !!!
IF SANITATION work in India brings with it untouchability, disease and death, why then do the Dalits not just give it up? At the least, why can’t they go on strike and ask for better working conditions? It is not that they did not try. In Delhi’s Balmiki Bara in Aryapura, Rajinder Kumar, a Delhi Jal Board sewer worker, offers us some non-textbook h...  more...
 vatsala joshi | 11:59 | 11/Apr/2008
Friends: (123)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: guess...
GOTTU
Back in those days when I was still a pucca child,in other words,a primary-schooler, there roamed in the bylanes encircling our school, a madman we all called Gottu. “Gottu” in Kannada means “I know”.A peculiar name to give,I agree,but certainly in keeping with the time-honoured tradition of rechristening the mentally ill in view of their personal ...  more...
 mr sn | 20:18 | 3/Apr/2008
Friends: (1196)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, makin...
Is it possible ?
Hi Friends,There are couple of Utopian ideas that keep taking twists and turns in my mind so very oftenI must admit these may sound totally outlandish or plain silly, specially to those of you with special bent of mind towards all things ScientificFirst of these is :-    Is it possible for man to develop some sort of wings, of course mechanically a...  more...
 EVS Murthy | 21:25 | 11/Nov/2007
Friends: (7)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: Music, Reading Books
My first blog !!!!!?
Hello ......Hi everybody.  this is my first serious attempt at expressing myself after a long gap.  seriously i now understand that i cannot write what with all the lousy administrative jobs that i've been busy doing all these years.  i've enjoyed reading a lot of what people have written.  one day i too will find words to be able to write my thoug...  more...
 ekantapadhika | 15:36 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (146)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: sab kuchh aur kuc...
Lochinvar
     In school, we used to have elocution competitions. Our headmistresses, Mother Gabrielle, selected poems for each individual participant , in the different classes. Such was her love for poetry and for perfect diction that she would spend hours with us, making us recite them again and again and again, making us bite our lips when uttering a wor...  more...
 Devi | 18:27 | 13/Mar/2008
Friends: (203)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: bus yu he
Feminism
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...  more...
 Bhavana S | 16:10 | 9/Feb/2008
Friends: (259)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,music,net...
ek baar
So now I am here with my first post in devnagari..that has been typed by me, as u know the last one was sent by someone else..the credit of this work goes to ORKUTconfused?? wat ORKUT has to do with my post…actually I am using the scrap book of ORKUT as it offers an automatic transliteration option in the scrapbook that converts Roman characters to...  more...
 govind Tidake | 00:22 | 3/Mar/2008
Friends: (12)  | City: Thane  | Interests: browsing online i...
Truth Of Life
http://quotes-bhagwatgita.blogspot.com/Q uotes From BhagwatGitaWhatever happened, it happened for good.Whatever is happening, is happening for good.Whatever that will happen, it will be for good.What have you lost for which you cry?What did you bring with you, which you have lost?What did you produce, which has destroyed?You did not bring anything w...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 16:22 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (699)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
CAN WE STOP RAPE?
Can we stop RAPE ?We know that time & again unlawful miscreants keep on making a mockery of the law & its so called guardians.The problem is that our much boasted cultural values have deteriorated & the rot has now seeped so deep that even the young generation of today is not afraid of playing around with the life & dignity of a helpless being. Str...  more...
 kishor Jagirdar | 11:13 | 22/Feb/2008
Friends: (124)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: adventure sports,...
Analyse your leadership attitude
Anaylsing Your StyleHow do you lead your group? What is your attitude to both them and the task at hand? Impoverished Management (low concern for the task, low concern for people). This style is characterised by minimal effort on your part, just enough to get the job done and maintain the group structure. "I'll just let them get on with it, I'm sur...  more...
 Mohammed Saquib | 06:53 | 17/Feb/2007
Friends: (6)  | City: malegaon  | Interests: sports, riding
Valentine's Day
VALENTINE DAY! (Benchmark of love and care)..must read!... dear friend,"Valentine Vine"(name of the comm) is a tribute to all those people who believe in the existence aNd importance of this gr8 day in our lifes anddare to do things out of the way for the person they love!Join in only:->If u have given unconditional love to anyone in life or u inte...  more...
 Prashant Awate | 15:12 | 19/Sep/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading
Ganesh Chaturthi ani Utsav
are tumhala ganpati utsav baddal kay vatate ???    more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (556)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE
Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...  more...
 Alok Ranjan ... | 15:24 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (480)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: News Reporting,Ma...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008
Dear Rediffland Bloggers   BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008. ALOK RANJAN PRADHAN.  more...
 Payal Mehra | 18:10 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (679)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading, Bollywoo...
Yesterday Today & Tomorrow
There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in theworld cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act wepe...  more...
 Umesh Viswan... | 12:07 | 28/Nov/2007
Friends: (33)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: cricket, books, m...
IM BACK...!!!
HEY...HI THERE...IM BACK...SORRY 4 THE DELAY..I AM IN MUSCAT NOW WITH A NEW JOB..I'LL REGULARLY POST BLOGS EVERY WEEK...SO BE SURE TO CHECK MY POSTS....SEE U NEXT WEEK...TAKE CARE....KEEP SMILING...!!  more...
 Lissome Lady | 11:01 | 3/Apr/2008
Friends: (242)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Life, people, lit...
LAKSHMAN
The human element in our epics calls for so much thought and reflection.So few writers and poets engage with this aspect. It's a pity. They never form any part of a student's repertoire and we talk of westernisation as if it were a disease. Do we have anyone to blame but ourselves? Sita is fascinating and very complex. Toru Dutt a lesser known poet...  more...
 usharani | 00:36 | 9/Feb/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: My aim is to educ...
Super AdSense Sites - My Game Plan To Ma...
I have a website that is out there in cyberspace idly wasting time and space. I am willing to bet that you too have one of these. I am going to change that today. I am going to make millions with AdSense, and I am going to start right there.The first thing that I am going to do is to completely revamp my site. Currently it is a hodge-podge of thing...  more...
 Annmary | 21:44 | 12/Aug/2007
Friends: (21)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: books,sandals,fas...
i lived closed till now,i never opened up.i was afraid of all.i never knew how much helpful friends can be,what it means to share.i admit i may be wrong.but only from mistakes we learn,it wont be too late to learn.  more...
 Harish Sharma | 11:23 | 12/Oct/2007
Friends: (97)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading, cricket,...
23 Brilliant Doubts - Unanswered
Forwarded by one of the freind ..........1.If all the nations in the world are in debt(am not joking. even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird) 2.When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? (to be give a thought) 3.What is the speed of darkness? (absurd)4.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a pl...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 09:46 | 13/Apr/2008
Friends: (1298)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
The Resignation
"Apparently an actual letter of resignation from an employee at Zantex Computers, USA, to his boss. His boss apparently resigned very soon afterwards!" Dear Mr. Baker,As an employee of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an intellect that ranges above the commo...  more...
 Binu Abraham | 17:24 | 9/Apr/2008
Friends: (791)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
106 year old Web surfer
She is 106 years old and is learning how to use computers  more...