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 01:07 | 24/Jul/2008
Taboo words
Yesterday morning I overheard my 6 year old son say "Stupid" and immediately my 4 year old daughter said in an almost threatening tone "Ho-ho, you said a bad word. I am going to tell Amma." Yes, "stupid" is a taboo word in my home. Call me "stupid" but I believe that the word is one of the most demoralisng words that can be  used on another person ... more...
 08:08 | 15/Jul/2008
Indian relatives??
Someone sent the following to me. Not meant to be offensive but I am posting it here to see how true the descriptions are. I have not been fortunate to live and taste life in India although I can relate to some of the comments in the "Outside India" column. So, please, folks, what's your take on this? Any truth?? Relation In India Outside India Mot... more...
 06:12 | 11/Jul/2008
To all the men I've loved before (II)
Well, My Man is back (Woo-Hoo!!) and I am in seventh, eighth, ninth...... heaven. A friend forwarded the following and I wanted to share them with all my friends to kick-start a jolly good weekend. To the more sensitive ones, this isn't male-bashing. I love men (many of my bestfriends are men). They are like children. It's just that they never grow... more...
 14:11 | 4/Jul/2008
My Man
I am so absolutely totally utterly head over heels in love with my man. There I said it. This post is for two reasons. One, my man has been traveling so much of late and being away from him is killing me. Aaarrgghh!! Two, this is in response to the countless questions posed to me (including my darling sister who has nightmares about my married life... more...
 12:38 | 12/May/2008
Her Man (II)
HER MAN (II) “Anita? Is everything ok?” Peter was Anita’s good friend from University and was currently a practicing lawyer. After her man’s escapade in Vietnam and the nightmare decision she had made with David, Peter had bumped into her while she was waiting for the train in the morning. Peter could not believe how phased out she looked when appr... more...
 11:34 | 21/Apr/2008
Her Man
“It just excites me to know that you know. I will always come back to you because your are the best. I can sleep with a million women but you are still the best and I can never have enough of you.” These words kept playing on Anita’s mind over and over again for the past five years. She often wondered if it would ever be finally over. That she woul... more...
 06:31 | 4/Apr/2008
What is Love?
What does Love mean?A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:            "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and                             paint her toenails anymor... more...
 11:55 | 26/Mar/2008
To all the men I've loved before!
Some mid-week humour....For all those men who say, "Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free?"Here's an update for you: Nowadays, 80% of women are against marriage, WHY?Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get alittle sausage. Men are like......1. Men are like .. Laxatives ..... They irritate the crap out of you.2. ... more...
 13:45 | 24/Mar/2008
Man's best friend
Dogs have always been a part of my life, including the one I am married to. Heheheh. On a serious note, dogs are truly wonderful companions. My dog went missing on Saturday and we went all over our estate to look for him. We have had him for only 4 months. He is a miniature long-haired Dachshund. I did not realise how much he meant to me until he w... more...
 05:54 | 25/Feb/2008
Married Humour
I discovered from one of my earlier posts "Having a bad day??" that many iLanders are looking for something to lift their moods and bring on a smile. I hope the following snippets will do just the same. If this posts brightens at least one person's day, my mission is accomplished :) Have a great week everyone!!Married humour     Wife: "What are you... more...
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 rakesh rai | 16:24 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (4)  | City: Vapi  | Interests: Music
Beauti of Moon
रात्रì 7; का प्रथम प्रहर मैं बएथा ( सीट) अपने छ्त पर कल्पनì 6; के सा...  more...
 vikrant | 15:52 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (29)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: music,sports
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 neelima | 09:54 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: music, reading tr...
thought of the day
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!   Be a reason for others to smile  more...
 RAJEEV GARG | 18:33 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (217)  | City: HARYANA  | Interests: LISTENING MUSIC,O...
LADY&POLICE
    KABRISTAN    ONCE AN OLD LADY WAS DRIVING  A CAR AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WITH FOUR OTHER LADIES SITTING IN .A POLICEMAN SAW THAT CAR AND STOPPED THAT TO PUNISH AND FINE.LADY DRIVER:-I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT THAN WHY YOU HAVE STOPPED ME?POLICEMAN:-I HAVE STOPPED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE DRIVING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWA...  more...
 neavy | 16:23 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (25)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: music, READING, B...
aur ek bar
aaj bhi aap meri bat samaz nahi rahe ho ? kaise samzau aapko. plz muze samazne ki koshish to karo. hamesha muze hi galat kyo samaz te hai aap? plz ghar jaldi aana . aapse baat karna chahti hu mai, plz ek bar to muze sahi mano....................................  more...
 ratna mani | 12:04 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (31)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Music
                                      NATURE    The Melodious Songs of birds are so attractive, so charming.         The innocent flowers so fragrant and  so soothing. The stars are so bright, twinkling, marvelous, so interesting.        The rivers are clear and life giving. The butterflies so fluttering, graceful, lovely and dashing.       The for...  more...
 nicholas | 13:44 | 15/Jul/2008
Friends: (43)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Freak of Nature..
Power pof Positive
Here are a few actions and tips to help you develop the power of positive thinking- Always use only positive words while thinking and while talking. Use words such as, 'I can', 'I am able', 'it is possible', 'it can be done', etc.- Allow into your awareness only feelings of happiness, strength and success.- Try to disregard and ignore negative thou...  more...
 Pat Grand | 23:05 | 6/Jul/2008
Friends: (48)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: everything under ...
Greys and Browns and all Such Nouns !!
 “when the crunch comes, people show their true colors” … lot of irritations were overflowing with these words in the course of conversation with my pal, vidya and her hubby satish.it was such a nice dinner eve at their residence … and then the talks had slowly turned into relating the not-so-nice experiences … satish was normally quite and smiley ...  more...
 madan sharma | 14:15 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: new thought,music...
Two Prostiutes
  Two Prostitutes   Two prostitutes were riding around town with a sign on top of their car which said: "TWO PROSTITUTES — $50.00."A policeman, seeing the sign, stopped them and told them they'd either have to remove the sign or go to jail.Just at that time, another car passed with a sign saying: "JESUS SAVES."One of the girls asked the cop, "Why d...  more...
 Dharan Doshi | 12:24 | 15/Jul/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music,cricket,pai...
To My Love
I love you more and more witheach day passing. And it eases me to know that as tomorrow approaches, that Iwill love you more than yesterday and tomorrow will be more than today. My lovefor you cannot be measured by words alone as "love" does not fullyexpress my true feelings for you. When I think of our love it reminds me of themiracles of life tha...  more...
 shals | 17:56 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (180)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: writing, reading,...
Politically Ignorant
When it comes to Politics, I don’t mind calling myself as cent percent politically ill-literate. I seriously don’t understand the art of becoming a minister, chief minister or for that matter even PM. From the little I know or what I have observed stronger the criminal background bigger is your chance to get a seat as MLA or MP. Such are the heroes...  more...
 amrut patil | 18:44 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (81)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: singing
Ganeshaya Namah
A great song and Class Performance ....  Pausaaaaaaa? Pausaaaaaa?Gananayaka GanadaivatayaGanadaksha YadhimahiGuna shariraya Guna ManditayaGuneshanay DhimahiGunaditaya Gunadhishaya Gunapravishtaya DhimahaiEkadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahiGajeshanaya Bhalchandraya shree ganeshaya dhimahi{Ekadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahi...  more...
 krishna agarwal | 07:34 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (270)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: travelling,making...
General Knowledge
Can You Give You Woman A Deeper Orgasm?Author: Jerry LeungAs a man, you will probably want to learn more ways to give your lady deeper orgasms. Yet, the fact is that no many people can really do that. In fact, there are some methods you can use in order to give your lady a deeper orgasm. Here are some tips for you to do so.At this point, some of th...  more...
 sareena nafe... | 13:22 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (111)  | City: kannur  | Interests: colours of life
CUPIDS STRINGS
Every year the vacations come as a whiff of cool breeze for rejuvenating  myself .It was that time of the year .....I recollect my most valued treasure....of thoughts and emotions  .......which were mine and only mine!As years pass by,the memory fades or perhaps is replaced by more interesting episodes in the journey of life.Today,I sit by the wind...  more...
 Pradeep | 00:18 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: making frnds, rea...
Something about love
Silly thing about love...when u get a little, u want more...when u get more, U  desire even more.....But when u lose it, you realise 'little' which was lost was infact 'More'.....How far you agree or disagree ???  more...
 Kamal Nuhiwal | 22:43 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (104)  | City: Siliguri  | Interests: writing, travelli...
The Angel
The Angel Kamal Nuhiwal/ July 20, 2008 (Based on a true love story) “NO SMOKING AND NO DRINKING IS ALWAYS THE BRIDGE OF GOOD HEALTH”.  She was careful enough to choose every single word she wrote in this phrase. Rahul still remembers the day; it was 15th day of June 2000. She was returning to her hometown Ahmedabad. As decided on the previous day, ...  more...
 swift swift | 23:51 | 21/Jul/2008
Friends: (15)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Simply to say...,...
Boss is always right...
       ME and MY BOSSWhen I Take a long time to finish,I am slow,When my Boss takes a long time,He is thorough.When I don't do it, I am lazy,When my Boss does not do it, He is busy.When I do something without being told, I am trying tobe smart,When my Boss does the same, He takes the initiative.When I please my boss, I am apple polishing, When my B...  more...
 Madhur bid | 10:44 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (218)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: networking; music...
Memory.........
Memory is often used to recollect bad experiences, feelings rather than using it to recall / remember good expereinces or feelings; In most cases, left to itself, our mind tries to recollect bad experiences/feelings and never, as a rule, recollects experiences that had positive effect on us. I had this experience recently when I casually advised on...  more...
 kavitha nara... | 23:49 | 21/Jul/2008
Friends: (97)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Cooking, Tutoring...
Advice for GRE test prep.
An OverviewThe Graduate Record Examinations(GRE) General Test measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and analytical writing skills. The GRE Subject Tests gauge undergraduate achievement in 8 specific fields of study.The skills measured in Verbal Reasoning include the test taker's ability toanalyze and evaluate writ...  more...
 Sonika Mishra | 15:33 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (29)  | Interests: I love travelling...
Placement Agencies in India
The downslide in the IT segment have meant that the role of placement agencies have become even more critical. These placement agencies work day in and day out in order to fulfill the placement needs of candidates and clients. Placement agencies hence are mushrooming everywhere in the country.Apart from this, the placement agencies take a matter of...  more...
 Vaibhav | 15:16 | 5/Apr/2008
Friends: (52)  | City: Neemuch-M.P.  | Interests: Music, Net Surfin...
Indian National Anthem
Ever wondered who is the " adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata",whose praise we are singing? I thought might be Motherland India ! Ourcurrent National Anthem " Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country.Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't.To begin with, India 's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka,was written...  more...
 Seena Vincent | 19:24 | 21/Jul/2008
Friends: (981)  | Interests: Internet Money
Learn real Estate Business from Real Est...
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> We have seen huge crashes in real estate price recently. Many investors became hurt loosing their valuable dollars. But this recession in price is normal for any commodity or service. An intelligent and experienced investor can still earn money and make a profit out of real estate business. But anybody who wants to try real estate business must be more educated and careful before going ahead with real estate investment. In the same way the real estate agent and real estate broker and share holders can also have to be more careful while going ahead with real estate business.But the information and experience is one thing you won't find easily. Nobody will give you this information in tablet form. You have to work hard and slog for hour to learn considerable authority in real estate business. Again the information you gain from books and websites may not be sufficient to excel in this at of real estate business. Yes this is not a science like mathematics or physics. But you can still be the master of this science by reading, listening, sharing with experts and experimenting. Just one thing you must do it in a professional real estate platform. A platform here experienced people talk and share their experience and wisdom. Yes there are institutions like Nouveau Riche . If you are interested in this sort of business and convinced with my arguments I have a few suggestions for you. There is something like Nouveau Riche available for you. This is a real estate investment college where students can select courses within various curriculum paths. Here students learn how to do real estate investment. They get familiar with real estate strategies, understand the advantages and disadvantages of short-term and long-term real estate investments. The relevance of this school is the education in midst of like minded people, more practical oriented training through case studies, class room discussions, role playing exercises etc. I define a graduate as somebody who had gone through an extra mile of information. Make your information authentic and worthy with professional educations that is offered by professionals like Nouveau Riche . Here you learn things in real world real estate situations. You will be a wise master after this education, I am sure about that. Read more about real estate business at American Real Estate .  more...
 Bharath Kumar | 13:44 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (121)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: Music,Cricket
Dont Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit. Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turnsAs every one of us sometimes learns. And many a failu...  more...
 DIPESH SHARMA | 16:46 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (51)  | City: Gurgaon  | Interests: patriotism
offence is the best defence
Dear Patrons,You will agree that when we used to fight in our childhood, rememer.....The child who used to hit first was the winner and the one who got it first was a loser...remember....your own fight.....One was called a bully and other the victim,That bully used to be elected the class monitor and others his chamche....In my school that bully be...  more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 16:14 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (1399)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
The Bond
Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.''What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.'If I hold you...  more...
 hardhitter h... | 20:42 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (76)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Life
Everybody Cheats-VII
Everybody Cheats-VII ..’ Jalne main kya mazah hai…’ this line of hers still haunts me. To get burnt in her philo was supposed to be divine, kind of bliss. I will come to that later.I have been receiving number of mails, calls, messages from readers of iland that sometimes they do not relate who is who[ I understand this, for obvious reasons, I can ...  more...
 Ananta Khakh... | 18:25 | 3/Jul/2008
Friends: (211)  | City: Balacharah  | Interests: Football , Cricke...
WALKING IN THE MOONSOON RAIN IN DEEP RAI...
I HAVE JUST COME OUT OF OFFICE ON 03.07.08 ON BHARAT BANDH DAY AT 1305 HOURS  TO GO FOR LUNCH. IT WAS AN ORDINARY DAY EXCEPT THE FACT THAT NO OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF TURN UP , INCLUDING THE DRIVERS  . THAT MEENS I HAVE TO WLAK BACK FOR LUNCH IN THE BRIGHT SUNNY SUMMER  MID DAY. AS SOON AS I HAVE CAME OUT OF OFFICE THE RAIN CAME DOWN LASHINGLY FROM NOW...  more...
 bimal raj | 12:20 | 19/Jul/2008
Friends: (183)  | City: Chengannur  | Interests: writing,painting,...
My Visitor..........
These were my special visitors.........she came with family....except hubby, he is on a BT...  more...
 anilairen | 20:43 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (393)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
rays of hope
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 DIBYA | 14:53 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (328)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: MAKING NEW FRIENDS
To be in LOVE
To be in love.....is to be the victim of glamour.Glamour isn't only a flase glow,Its an intoxication.Two dazed minds blinded bytemporary intoxication, enterinto kind of crazily reckless contract.Expecting only good and beautiful to come,of course an act of temprorary insanity.Alas!!!!! only to find that they do not suite each other. Beacuse they no...  more...
 surender lamba | 15:19 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (64)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: making friends,mu...
just4
ANKHO MEIN ANSU AA JATE HAI PHIR BHILABO PE HANSI RAKHNI PADTI HAI...MOHBAT BHI KYA CHIZ HAI YAROJISSE KARTE HAI USI SE CHUPANIPADTI HAI.....  Phulon ki Tareef sab Karte hain, Badi Mushkil se Log Kanton pe Gaur Karte hain. MALI to Sirf Naam ke hote hain, Phulon ki Hifazat to Kante hi Karte hainNa Karte Shikayat Zamane Se Koi, Aagar Maan Jata Manane...  more...
 tarun goel | 22:46 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (165)  | City: Ghaziabad  | Interests: trying hard to fi...
Who have better Friends Men/Women
 Men always have better friends....They will stand by you, no matter what....!!! Here's an example:-Friends of Women:A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband the very next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend's apartment overnight. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirmed that ...  more...
 praveen sharma | 16:20 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (723)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: To love is to suf...
MY LOVE
I love you. I love you. You’re the joy in my heart,The sparkle in my eye,The light in my life.I love you.You’re the wind to my wings,The steps to my dances,The voice to my songs. I love you.You’re the reason for breathing,The purpose for thriving,The cause for living.I love you.You’re the most caring human being,The very generous and gentle,The ...  more...
 Subhransu | 12:51 | 1/Jul/2008
Friends: (182)  | City: Tokyo  | Interests: Computer
Salvage India
Young guns, young mind with a zest to do something different can bring revolutionary change in the system. Believe they only can correct the plunging system. They understand the world better than anybody else. They are the smarter generation, they have the knowledge. They are competitive and have the attitude. Taking as an example in the current in...  more...
 kiran shah | 17:47 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (210)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading Books,Pla...
moral itself is a story
Moral it self is a storyThere was a young boy who used to come for regular practice but always played in thereserves and never made it to the soccer eleven. While he was practicing, his father usedto sit at the far end, waiting for him.The matches had started and for four days, he didn't show up for practice or the quarteror semifinals. All of a su...  more...
 MUTHUSAMY R | 22:40 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (27)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Books, Current Af...
Ramayan: As told by an American NRI to h...
Son : Pop... what is the Ramayan stuff that all my friends in school talk about.. Pop : So, like this dude had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him.  But, like, his step mom, or somethin', was kind of a bitch, and she forced her husband to, like, you know, send this cool dude, he was Ram, to some national forest or reserve or somethin'. S...  more...
 sun comp | 16:53 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Pune  | Interests: cricket
cricket
Hi Friends! A journey to thousand miles always begins with the first step and it is this step that is of maximum importance. Cricket is a beautiful game and the chance to play in England is an opportunity of a lifetime.            As a part of our development activity, every year our club organizes a cricket tour to England in the months of July & ...  more...
 subasis rout | 22:12 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (23)  | City: Bhubaneshwar  | Interests: Intrested for mak...
sayaree
DIL KI DHADKAN KO DIKHAYA NAHI JAATAMOHABAAT ME LAGI AAG KO BUJHAYA NAHIN JATALAKH JUDAI HO PYAR MEIN,PHIR BHI ZINDAGI KA PEHELA PYAR,BHULAYA NAHIN JATA_________________________________________________ P alkon  se utha ke ye khwaab,saja hai kadmo tere,Samhaal ke rakhana kadam,kahi kuchal na jaye khwab ye mera ________________________________________...  more...
 Movie review | 13:05 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (12)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: Movies watching,w...
IRON MAN
Movie Name :               Iron Man Lead cast:                               As                                                             Robert Downey Jr.                 Iron Man(Tony Shark) Terrence Howard                    Rhodey                                                          Gwyneth Paltrow                     Pepper Potts            ...  more...