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 23:16 | 7/May/2008 |
| Echoes of the Past | |
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| By Sanjeev VermaCinema—and I usually say this when the wife is out of earshot—is my first love. For me it’s cinema. Or films. Never movies. I painstakingly—and I am sure gratingly—object to even my nine-year-old son calling them movies. Why, he asks? Aren’t they synonyms—films, cinema, movies, et al? No they most certainly aren't. Movies, I maintai...
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| 08:29 | 3/May/2008 |
| Cheerleaders, tut, tut, we're Indian | |
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| A storm is brewing. There is nary any doubt that before long it will become a raging controversy. At the heart of the controversy are pretty teenaged girls from US and Europe who are here in India, visiting major cities as cheerleaders for the Indian Premier League. The Maharashtra minister of state for home has described their performance as “abso...
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| 18:32 | 4/Apr/2008 |
| Indian Media: Obsessing over the Trivial | |
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| Apocalypse NowYou can scarcely open a newspaper these days, or turn on the television, without despairing at the trivialization of news and views. You are not even safe in your car while driving to work as motor mouth RJs feast on trivia and further assault your senses. Indeed, media’s obsession with trivia is assuming gargantuan proportions. Let m...
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| 13:27 | 4/Apr/2008 |
| Karan Johar: Mr. Regressive | |
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| A tearful and regressive filmEvery time Karan Johar's name comes up somehow it causes sudden activity in my dental region. It makes me grit my teeth in part anger, part dismay. He is everything I dislike in a film-maker. When I fulminate against Johar, I am often told that if I dislike the bloke so much, I should just stay from him and his films an...
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| 14:23 | 31/Jul/2007 |
| Why Style Matters | |
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| By Sanjeev Verma A few years ago I put together a style guide gleaned from all that I have learnt and read in a long and abiding affair with English language. Quite a voluminous guide it turned out to be too and, while I didn't particularly want to inflict that guide on you, I thought this sneak preview to what the guide contains might get some of ...
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| 23:02 | 11/Jun/2007 |
| So, what on earth is Bollywood? | |
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| LAST year, an American friend, a film scholar, knowing of my interest in the subject of film, asked me to help him understand Bollywood. I found the prospect interesting and I put down this essay for him. I recently revisited what I wrote and thought after updating it a wee bit, it would make for an interesting post on my blog. Your feedback will ...
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| 14:36 | 26/May/2007 |
| Art of Reviewing Films | |
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| The Art of Film Reviewing Conducting a workshop for aspiring film critics in Cambridge, England, I had made these points. I was having a look at my notes recently and I thought there were some interesting points and it would be nice to put them on my Iland. Here it is"· Film is possibly the most dynamic art form of all. It is the newest as ...
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| 22:55 | 16/Jul/2006 |
| Best loved melodies | |
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| These are some of the greatest melodies ever composed. My fascination with them continues to grow as time goes by. They fascinate me. Haunt me. Make me experience ecstasy and agony, both at once. They are cathartic and sensual. Intriguing and eloquent. Genuine lovers of classical music would perhaps call them lightweight but that doesn't worry me. ...
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| 23:19 | 23/Jun/2006 |
| Tramp as Dictator | |
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| The tramp as dictator By Sanjeev Verma The first time I saw The Great Dictator was at the Film and Television Institute of India during a short-term film appreciation course that I was attending. Fascinated as I already was by the art of cinema, I had still to make my acquaintance with many masters of cinema, among them the likes of Vittorio De Sic...
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| 19:09 | 23/Jun/2006 |
| English Language | |
| Had this infuriating discussion in the office today about whether it should be color and program, or colour and programme. I react to that sort of discussion a little more passionately than most others would. So, color and program is obnoxious, I said, and there's no way I was going to let misspelt words creep into any communication within the comp...
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| vijayaram reddy | 12:11 | 16/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (540)
| City: Bangalore
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| నువ్వĺ 3;నా ! ఎలా వున్నĹ 4;వ్ ? నన్ను తలుచుĵ 3;ోటాని 093;ి కూడా వీలు కాన...
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| fozia aziz | 14:29 | 10/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (141)
| City: Delhi
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| Rapunzel(part 2) The enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: 'If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, a...
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| Lean Lover | 05:15 | 8/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (28)
| City: Raipur
| Interests: Music
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| Smart Ass |
| n 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. "Officer: "I see...
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| AJAYRAJ | 12:16 | 12/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (22)
| City: Hyderabad
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| LEGAL ENQUIRIES WELCOME |
| I AM HAPPY IF THERE IS NO ENQUIRIES FROM THIS BLOG. I PRESUME IT THAT MY FRIENDS HAVE NO LEGAL PROBLEMS. BUT REMEMBER I AM ALWAYS READY TO GIVE YOU ADVISE ON LEGAL PROBLEMS WHEN YOU FACE.
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| hasu | 16:00 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (64)
| City: Surat
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| વરસોથી સળગતો એક પ્રશ્ન પુછુ તો તારો જવાબ શું હશે? પ્રેમથી ની&#...
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| Ashk | 13:06 | 5/Jul/2008 |
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| THE LEGACY OF A LOST FRIEND |
| I lost a friend……Don’t feel so sober,ain’t dead……But yes,i have lost my friend.It’s been some time now,and i dun wanna cry over it again.But, istill can’t stop myself.Its strange,you know,in life we meet so manypeople.Some are true,some are good friends to talk to,some can shareyour joy,others your fears,but so few of them hurt so much when th...
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| sadaf | 14:53 | 12/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (193)
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| 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 ...
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| Piyush | 09:37 | 25/Jun/2008 |
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| Thnx For Being Friendly |
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| Hello, Thnx frnds, well i was thinking whn to start n how to start wriing blogs... i was having perception that i have to write it in effective way so that people could pay attention to that... But some of my new frnds which i must say r the exceptional blogers adviced me that wtevr u write here write from the bottom of ur heart... thn i re...
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| Saurabh Mahajan | 11:11 | 15/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (20)
| City: NOIDA
| Interests: movies sports
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| THE AMAR MAYA OF NUCLEAR DEAL |
| imagine the joint photograph of bush manmohan singh exchanging files of nuclear deal and mayawati or amar singh posing next to them ,can u imagine it its not fiction ......... this is indian politics inevitable has happened ,mayawati and amar singh are clutches on which the either government will walk and for what, either for the nuclear deal or ag...
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| venmonybimal... | 18:23 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| Thanks for the rediff team for selecting my blog for rediffmail home page, and all friends who joined me for congragulating and commenting. special thanks to all those who were not ilanders....here is few line for all loving friends in the world.... FOR YOU.......... FOR YOU..........You were waiting for me at the road end when I was late,I saw...
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| nomenzone | 19:36 | 24/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (137)
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| it was raining hard..Last Part |
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| “….And then what hppnd…?? …..ya, I kno u are eager to kno that……but may be I m not the right person to tell u that….!!... how wud u like to hear it frm Adi himself…?? ….”….“…Hi frnds…I m Aditya….I know that u all know me well by now….coz this stupid lill bird of mine has been troubling u a lot for quite a while….!!! Its her big time habit to stretc...
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| RAGHUPAT | 17:07 | 11/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (102)
| City: Hyderabad
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| be yourself! |
| Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with what you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everythin...
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| cathy | 16:09 | 17/May/2008 |
| Friends: (119)
| City: philippines
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| FOREVER |
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| We've come so far To leave it all behind I wonder why Why did you go away You left me all alone No words can say My love please stay You and I We have moments left to share You and I We can make it anywhere You and I We belong in each other's arms There can be no other love Now I know we can have it all... Forever Each night I pray That we can be t...
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| Charu Govil | 07:17 | 23/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (261)
| City: Delhi
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| On the Path of Genocide… |
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| A religion is a guideline or discipline for a serene life in this world. God is a fear to limit us to follow the right path, and be afraid of an external power that rewards or punishes you, as per your deeds.Hinduism is one of the oldest religions, evolved after covering one of the most tortuous paths of reforms and varied civilizations. The cult i...
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| simi | 16:16 | 20/Mar/2008 |
| Friends: (239)
| City: Delhi
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| GR8Gang |
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| Hey u all join me Join me on Gr8Gang http://www.gr8gang.com/gangs/azaljeetsin gh
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| vibhor | 12:26 | 26/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (12)
| City: Delhi
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| DETERMINATION |
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| In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done ...
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| PUNIT KAPADIA | 10:17 | 17/Apr/2008 |
| Friends: (39)
| City: Singapore
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| Where do we stand? |
| Its been a never-ending saga these days in the Indian newspapers, of peoples viewpoint on the Reservation policy. It’s been debated hugely everyday. I have seen shows on the television where the ‘intellectual’ beings portray how irresponsible and selfish has been the Indian Bureaucracy been while devising the policy. I specifically use the word ‘bu...
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| chandrakant ... | 10:40 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| hybride life |
| kal rat me office se ghar paidal paidal ja raha tha, petrol bahot mehnag ho gaya hai . aur paidal chalna sehat ke liye achha hota hai .ye petrol mehnga hone bad samaz me aaya , mehangai kya kya gyan de deti hai, traffik itana adheek ki paidal bhi aaram se na chala jaye, chhoti badi gadio ke horn baje ja rahe hai ,roj hi bajte hoge parntu kal jyada ...
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| Tanishka | 15:45 | 14/Jun/2008 |
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| YOUR LOVE IS MY happiness |
| What became my sweet life when the distant reality surpassed the intimate fantasy in an act of true love. Only I just remember your kisses to re-flavor as butterflies revolote all over my body. Do not feel again your hands and anxious sleepers if both pleasure and joy I rose to the sky. Still hear your laughter of children such laughter that fascin...
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| asha wilson | 11:40 | 21/May/2008 |
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| City: Cochin
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| Poor Wall Clock |
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| Yesterday My Dad repaired our Old Wall Clock.Actually when it started ringin',den only I just remembered of it.!Poor Clock.I wondered Y we didn't noticed the poor clock for so many years...Coz when I was a child my routine was based on dat clock....Means its ringin'...It rememberd each moments of our life with its gentle tic-tic..& hourly 'dindong'...
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| ANWESHA | 20:48 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| .......the fisher girl......after the tsunamirika woke up that morning, the 26th of december, to the sound of people screaming. her thin ragged ten year old arms rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she ran outside to see what had happened. she could not hear the sea waves comfortingly spashing next to her house. the silence of the water worried her. ...
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| Madhuri Chab... | 13:08 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| PLEASE READ IT |
| A MUST READ....... Dear Editors of HT, TOI, IndianExpress and The Hindu, I got the mail below from a friend of mine and followingthe unwritten code of conduct, I am forwarding it to my friends but all effortsof people who have been forwarding this mail would go waste if this maildoesn't reachYOU...... Some thing to think about..!Shame onIndian Medi...
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| Shweta | 09:57 | 11/Feb/2008 |
| Friends: (52)
| City: Pune
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| Insane Suicide |
| I am unable to accept the fact "Death" as and when I hear that someone has died i keep on thinking on the same fact for days together . I know that where there is Life there is Death, still I am unable to accept.Yesterday I heard the death of 8year old girl who committed suicide yes suicide . Isnt it Hurting. In our parental Village their was a lad...
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| Anulekha Muk... | 09:21 | 31/May/2008 |
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| Hi |
| I can only thank all of you for being so patient and kind with all the glitches that went with my post. The painting is nothing earth shattering, it's only the words that are so inspiring which prompted me to write the post. And Di, you are so right...both of them need a eyebrow job very urgently...LOL. Thank you all once again.
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| manisha sharma | 11:43 | 22/Apr/2008 |
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| How To Catch/Kill a LION |
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| Newton 's Method Let, the lion catch you. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Implies you caught lion. Einstein Method Run in the direction opposite to that of the lion. Due to higher relative velocity, the lion will also run faster and will get tired soon. Now you can trap it easily. Software Engineer Method Catch a cat ...
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| ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007 |
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| why |
| There are no moonlight, no sunlight The earth is so dark… No wind to take breath. There are no flowers No color The earth is colorless There are no bird, no butterfly No song, no color, no light… No love, no humanity The earth is so dark…so… Why life?
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| sangeetha | 18:18 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| SECRET OF WEDDING RING? |
| Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger? There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese…… Thumb represents your parentsSecond (index) finger represents your siblingsMiddle finger represents your selfFourth (ring) finger represents your life partnerAnd the last (little) finger represents your children Firstly...
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| medha N | 19:29 | 23/Apr/2008 |
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| I, Me, Mine! Why? |
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| My dad always told-"there is just a hairline difference between a genius and a mad" and both of them actually never realized that they were one of these. The best part is that all others out their thought themselves either to be a genius or a mad. Now if they really realize that they are either of these then I bet they are actually nothing.I am wri...
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| shalinitandon | 21:47 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Perplexity |
| I am upset and aggravated as of now. Why the hell things can’t be easy in life. You try and do something good to the best of your extent and this society and people around will make sure to bring down your morale. A big emotional decision is equally tough for me too, even I am a human why the hell people can’t accept or take things straight? Why do...
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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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| Manasee Mishra | 11:58 | 23/Jul/2007 |
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| Find... Who R You ! |
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| Hi frnz...Here'z somethin 4 u , which describes - "WAT SORT OF PERSONALITY DO YE POSSESS..." 1.)- Me First AN EGOISTUr attitude to life is simple, direct, and aboveboard - every decision u make is based on the answer to one question : "What's in it for me?" If ur selfishness, greed, and ruthless desire for self-advancement hurt other ppl, t...
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| seema shaikh | 13:30 | 9/Dec/2006 |
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| A tribute.......... |
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| On October 27, 1980 Kalpana Chawla wrote a poem to her friend, which she titled 'Toward the Goal'............. D ive deep down An aim awaits Pearls peep For your hands to reach Just yours For years, decades and ages A door lies locked A pearl in the shell A secret in the brain Open it Break it Reveal it Fly high
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| aprajita laroia | 16:21 | 10/Jun/2008 |
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| An UnTOld FeELnG..!! |
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| Well..I've written Somethng Any Guy Wud HAv Written WHile GoINg THru aN UntOlD fEelnG..ALtHouGH m A gURL..bT i;Ve WrItteN tHIS StoRY bY d POiNT oF a Guy HUZ lOST hIS evErYtHNg There was nothing for me to do now except to fall on my knees and cry my heart out….. When I was a kid, I had a girlfriend. She also happened to be my classma...
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| Lissome Lady | 05:48 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| THE MEDIA FREAK SHOW |
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| Rajesh Talwar will be released today for lack of evidence. After the lull in the spate of murder stories, the press now has fresh fodder for a few more days with a new angle. And the Talwars will witness the brunt of the collective hypocrisy of our media. Suddenly, overflowing tributes will be paid to their stoicism; their tragedy will be highlig...
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