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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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 Veena Hari | 13:34 | 25/Aug/2008
Friends: (265)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: writing
Chapter Three MEET KAYLA
Kayla held the ends of her dress down against the destructive wind. Her hair flew unattended. She enjoyed the liberating feeling only the sea could give her. She grabbed a glimpse of the perpetual and reached the finality of no ends.  One peek into Kayla’s eyes and her innocence was clearly visible. Kayla meant purity in Greek. Her name was her onl...  more...
 jith | 16:27 | 25/Aug/2008
Friends: (45)  | City: Thrissur  | Interests: music,watching cr...
Olympics Closing Ceremony
Bye Bye Beijing ]               ]                                                            [                                                  [                                                                  Next London  more...
 vidushi chau... | 20:31 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (74)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Books, kids, conv...
Michael Phelps- The underdog
Publication:Times Of India Delhi; Date:Aug 14, 2008; Section:Times Sport; Page Number:28Mom ensured it’s no splash in the pan Michael Winerip     Deborah Phelps’ third baby and only son was larger than life from Day 1. 9 pounds, 6 ounces and 23 inches long. As a little boy, said the mother, he asked 25 zillion questions, always wanting to be the ce...  more...
 Bollywood Music | 11:19 | 24/Aug/2008
Friends: (169)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Bringing Smile on...
Sri Krishn Bhagwan - Photo Gallery
Click here to see the photo gallery of Sri Krishan Bhagwan  more...
 amrut patil | 17:07 | 26/Jul/2008
Friends: (110)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: singing
BILLO BARBER
BILLO BARBERActually i never thought that I would be writing on the topic like this....(Females pls excuse me as they dont have the luxury to keep a beard and they wont like to keep one..!!!!So they wont understand the parody of  to shave or not to shave.!!Alaa...Shavesphere!)As I am sporting a french beard now a days not because I am stylo types b...  more...
 Shweta Singh | 20:32 | 22/Aug/2008
Friends: (83)  | City: Gwalior  | Interests: Hell.......Pure H...
How to be a Famous Writer...
How to be a Famous Writer…A charity blog to guide you all how to become a famous writer (I didn’t write “great” because that would be an insult to many). There are certain points to be kept in mind while one aspires to be a writer. Points are discussed below (courtesy: a book and a blog I recently happened to read. Book was rubbish and Blog was wor...  more...
 Dr.Anil Verma | 18:33 | 21/Aug/2008
Friends: (821)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: wrighting, readin...
ADWANI KI AMARNATH YATRA KI TAYAARI
आडवाणì 8; जी की अमरनाê 1; यात्रì 6; की घोसणा RATH YATRA DECLAIRED BY ADWAANIजब लिया था राम नाम क...  more...
 Charu Govil | 18:34 | 5/Aug/2008
Friends: (279)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: writing, listenin...
I AM BACK
Hi! Thanks for all the messages posted in the last week. The reason of my absence from blogging since last 10 days has been  that I am in India (Delhi) now, and I got access to internet only today after a week's haul to set back the connection and home, which was closed for a year. It is nice to be back home, a sense of relaxation and fun meeting f...  more...
 sadaf | 14:53 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (199)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: reading,music,pai...
Tell Me Whom You LoveJohn Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a ...  more...
 RAGHUPAT | 22:18 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (146)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: "I dare to dream"...
where there is love
~ Where There Is Love ~Where there is lovethe heart is lightwhere there is lovethe day is brightWhere there is lovethere is laughteras that of childrenin the joy of being togetherWhere there is lovethere is a songto right things thathave gone wrongWhere there is lovethere always a smileto get you through a daywhich makes all things worthwhileWhere ...  more...
 Monalisa Smile | 18:46 | 6/Aug/2008
Friends: (165)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Taking pleasure i...
Monalisa Angry !!
Carpathian Bashi-bazouk! Dictatorial duck billed diplodocus! Miserable blundering barbecued blister . . . Anamorphic aardvark! Dunder-headed Ethelred! Addle-pated lump of anthracite! Nitwitted ninepin! Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!Ten Thousand Thundering Typhoons! Ahem....Lassies and lassas...no no, Captain Haddock has not taken ov...  more...
 shirin grover | 14:51 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (130)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading, going fo...
Smart Old Woman
An older lady gets pulled over for speeding.......... Older Woman: "Is there a problem, Officer?" Officer: "Ma'am, you were speeding."  Older Woman: "Oh, I see." Officer: "Can I see your license please?" Older Woman: "I'd give it to you but I don't have one." Officer: "Don't have one? " Older Woman: "Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving. " Office...  more...
 vijayaram reddy | 17:41 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (790)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Music, Poetry, ma...
IIT
IIT-PATNAMost recently I went to Patna (Bihar) to join my friend’s son in IIT. We went to IIT Administration Office to complete the registration formalities. They told us to adjust for 2 or 3 days for mess facilities as it is a newly started IIT.  The facilities are naturally less when you compare with the existing IITs like Kanpur, Kharagpur, Bomb...  more...
 raj phad | 13:10 | 28/Jul/2008
Friends: (140)  | City: Pune  | Interests: music literature....
no words
no words................................... ..., my heart is crying for the innocent people ,those who are injured or dead in current bomb blast series  for those  sufferers who  are not at all concerned .  the fight for existance{?} continue within the masses, communities, and then u and me. when it is going to stop?    more...
 jai pansari | 14:19 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (4)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: in games , sing ,
the knightmare
Sriyesh sat on the Sofa holding his drink with the left hand while sifting through the Magazine casually with the right. He was listless. The total silence in the house added a gloomy ambiance to the scary night. Priya and kids were off to Kerala on the yearly sojourn. Sriyesh could not make the trip because of his preoccupation with the work. He h...  more...
 Solidus | 12:46 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (303)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: http://openmedia....
Private Banks ki naak mein nakel
A Letter to Reserve Bank of IndiaDear Sir / Ma'am, This is to request your kind attention towards my complaint no. 2801 lodged with The Banking Ombudsman during the financial year 2006-07, against ICICI Bank. The complaint was closed neither with a resolution nor a consent from me. But I have not closed the complaint. I had been regularly following...  more...
 Mira Iyer | 22:11 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (205)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Music,books
Waiting for you
Let me first give a small intro about this work.At the age of 25 I have already come across multiple extra marital relationships...friends,friends of friends. What could be the root cause of all this?Unhappy marriages? The after effect of an ill-fit "arranged" marriage?Or that people just get plain bored with their boring old lives and want some fu...  more...
 vinodini prabha | 23:40 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (11)  | City: Varanasi  | Interests: poetry writing,pl...
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 RAJEEV GARG | 06:18 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (858)  | City: HARYANA  | Interests: LISTENING MUSIC,O...
RAKSHABANDHAN
                                                            RAKSHABANDHAN                  RAKSHA BANDHAN IS A HINDU FESTIVALWHICH IS MEANT FOR SISTERS AND BROTHERS.BUTI FEEL DISAPPOINTED ON THIS DAY  BECAUSE NEITHER I HAVE ANY REAL SISTERS ,NOR I HAVE ANY REAL DAUGHTERS,SO MY TWO SON`S ALSO FEEL BAD ON THIS DAY.         SOME OF THE RELATIVES,FRIEND...  more...
 JAYDIP DAS | 00:24 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (68)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: networking, busin...
Tiger Safaris at Jim Corbett National Pa...
Jim Corbett! a foot ball player? no the legendry hunter. You will not find anyone not knowing him. Still today you will find his books in popular internet book sellers like amazon.com likeMan-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks) (Paperback)by Jim Corbett (Author) "I WAS shooting with Eddie Knowles in Malani when I first heard of the tiger whi...  more...
 Suvas Dutt | 22:22 | 15/Aug/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: Social matters,Sp...
Compliments
Dear Friends,              Wish you all,                            "Happy Independence Day"                                                               JAI  HIND                                                                JAI  HIND                                                               JAI  HIND  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: (138)  | 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: (351)  | 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 | 21:15 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (537)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Its raining! I am...
Mumbai Meri Jaan
I am back in iland (never really left it :-)). Much sooner than expected. The thing is that in the first week of all that cultural activity , I was so overwhelmed and swamped that I thought its is going to be a proper break from blogging. But now, 3 weeks into it , I have finally managed to (hopefully) gain some perspective. Equanimity. I am trying...  more...
 velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (379)  | 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 | 21:02 | 10/Jun/2008
Friends: (22)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music, writing, r...
Small little world
Beautiful mountains caped with snowOr a gushing stream forced to flowEvery picture we create Yet its always called as fate… A tender bud blooming shyOr a busy bee humming byEvery moment we createYet its always called as fate… Viscous dreams captured by the eyeEvery day passing byA small world we createYet its always called as fate…Our thoughts beco...  more...
 A M Daniel | 17:35 | 21/May/2008
Friends: (488)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: reading, viewing ...
BE A RIGHT PERSON
When the Person Is RightOne rainy Sunday afternoon, a little boy was bored and his father was sleepy. The father decided to create an activity to keep the kid busy. So, he found in the morning newspaper a large map of the world. He took scissors and cut it into a good many irregular shapes like a jigsaw puzzle. Then he said to his son, "See if you ...  more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (322)  | 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 | 08:29 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (777)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO OPEN THE EYES ...
MY FRIENDS ,MY LIFE-PART 2
One of my friends thought that this tribute to my friends are because I may be leaving I land.Well, I am not planning to leave all of you so soon.Once earlier I had to leave temporarily but it was painfull. I then had to change my identity and come back again. My old friends here know that. I simply cannot live without I land now. It is very person...  more...
 angel | 23:17 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Vizag  | Interests: music,browsing,fa...
m happpeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I am happy...... :) ....dis is my 2nd blog 2day....nt cuz m bored....bt coz m happy tht my faith is strong enuff 2 keep me from breaking down!!!!I dunno...if i really hav d will power i need....but having faith sometimes really helps.....from d past 1 week i was sooo disturbed....for things i hav done...for sufferings from things i have'nt done.......  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 | 22:39 | 25/Aug/2008
Friends: (389) 
Work at Home Data Entry
Online data entry is an excellent career to consider if you want to work at home. The equipment needed for this type of job is very minimal. You only need a computer with an Internet connection, a table and a comfortable chair. Data entry duties include the inputting of correspondence, reports, and spreadsheets into a home computer and then transmi...  more...
 Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (322)  | 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: (137)  | 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 | 17:54 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (1244)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, makin...
seeking divine help
Fellow IlandersI seek divine help as well as blessings and best wishes from all of you. A very important task is getting roadblocks for quite a while.And time is running out !Would it be successful??Only time will tell !!It reminds me of a 'doha' from Sant Kabir-Dukh mein sumiran sab karein, sukh mein karey na koey  Jo sukh mein sumiran karein to d...  more...
 Raaj Borah | 17:19 | 30/Jun/2008
Friends: (272)  | City: Indore  | Interests: Reading, Travelin...
To :All of You.
I am ready to live with a girl-even ready to marry her,if she respect & trust me. She has to know the whole story from the very begining and help me to write a book on last three  & half years life under this situatiion. Tapan Borah 9993023785  more...