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 10:32 | 15/Jan/2008
A Complete Man
Friends , I am back after a long time . I have undergone a difficult surgery and as I am sitting at home, recuperating, I saw on TV  Mr. Ratan Tata presenting his 'Nana'.My mind took me back immediately till about a couple of years ago when I used to frequent the United Services Club at Colaba , Mumbai- of which I am still a member - where Mr. Tata... more...
 15:44 | 29/Oct/2007
Winter
Hi Everyone,I am back to Mumbai after my vacation. It is extremely hot out here, in the afternoon one would think we are in the middle of May. On the other hand in Delhi , where I have just been, the weather is absolutely marvellous. We don't sweat. The air is nippy in the evenings and the chrysanthemum plants are all ready with their buds. You can... more...
 23:56 | 5/Oct/2007
Going Home !!!!
Hi Everyone,After seeing Nilima Dahat's message in my guestbook in which she said my train had got stuck in Pune I realized that it was time to contribute something to my blog. Well folks it is that time of the year again when Bengalis get into the annual festival mood. Maa Durga is coming , she will soon be here with us and there is no time left.I... more...
 15:27 | 19/Sep/2007
Pune's Deccan Gymkhana
Hello Everybody,I am writing this piece from Pune. I am here on a short working visit . However the purpose of this short text is not about my work but about this beautiful and historical place where we are staying. Firstly the area is called Deccan Gymkhana and those of you who are familiar with this part of the world will know its historical impo... more...
 16:17 | 16/Sep/2007
Mumbai Local
Hello Everyone,I am back with more news from 'Amchi Mumbai'. Today I would like to share with you all one of the most charcteristic and peculiar features of this metropolis  . The local train . I know there will be howls of protest. Mumbai is not the only city in India to have local trains. True. But is there any city in India that carries so many ... more...
 23:27 | 10/Sep/2007
Ganpati Chaturthi
Hi Everyone,Mumbai's rainy season finally seems to be over for this year at least and we commuters can heave a sigh of relief.  Once the blue skies return it is time to rejoice because then come the festivals in a row which means holidays in a row . This weekend we begin with Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayak Chaturthi. Mumbai and Maharashtra's favourite... more...
 00:01 | 9/Sep/2007
Hello
Hello Everybody,I have just joined. I live in Mumbai. I hope to read some intersting ideas and viewpoints here on various topics and hope to contribute my bit too. Happy blogging, Joyoti more...
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 ranjit singh | 19:51 | 14/Jan/2008
Friends: (120)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Writing,Reading, ...
sagar aur mann ka uphaan-Hindi Poem
 देखा करता हूँ खड़ा हो सागर तट पर दूर उठती लहरों को सुनता उनका...  more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (712)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (548)  | 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...
 saurabh upad... | 02:31 | 25/Dec/2007
Friends: (421)  | City: dream land  | Interests: photography,sport...
Dear All,         I would like to wish you    A Wonderful, Happy , Healthy & Properous Year Ahead ….. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008      May God Bless You !  more...
 debashri ban... | 17:05 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (17)  | City: Ghaziabad  | Interests: writing, lots of ...
going blue
Hi!!!!!!!!!!!Well, why is it so i write terrific on my paper and god knows wat goes wrong when i come to write a blog. Wud any body just suggesst me exactly wat to write. I seriously love writing but this time when i m at office, its like completly deserted with no brains. Its like seriously i'll go nuts where do u all guys get those concepts, plz ...  more...
 subhashish c... | 17:38 | 14/Jan/2008
Friends: (46)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: music ( bruce spr...
RACISM IN INDIA
  The other day we had this  controversy surrounding the indian cricket team and the australian counterparts . Every man or woman worth his or her salt was lambasting the aussies for being a crybaby . Every news channel and news papers gave them very poor ratings for their behaviour .it was a great win for the indians that the aussies and the ICC b...  more...
 Amiya Lahiri | 11:57 | 13/Jan/2008
Friends: (218)  | City: Pune  | Interests: reading,surfing n...
UNIT TEST
I feel the student was pretty intelligent and got a raw deal............    more...
 Noanee Kapadia | 21:02 | 1/Jan/2008
Friends: (673)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: mountains,art and...
Important in Life ---Food
New Year , New Ideas , New Goals  ------------------------------------same old Goals folks ,Food for thought ,food for soul ,no it is food where it belongs , to good old stomach to reduce the pound of flesh ,so then back to diet fads ,sweating out gyms ------------------no no no----------------------------- this year it is going to be change of phi...  more...
 nilima dahat | 00:40 | 18/Oct/2007
Friends: (442)  | City: notime  | Interests: music movies
priorities
"WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?"While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide."He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."Then, looking at his watch, he cal...  more...
 priyanka dutta | 12:59 | 17/Nov/2007
Friends: (37)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: music,singing,rea...
dil se..............
"Sitaron ki chamak madham hui kyo............tere janib se chahat kam hui kyo...............             mai tujhko bhoolne ki soach me thi             achanak aankh meri nam hui kyotamanna ek jo dil me basi thi................batau kya supurde gum hui kyo...............              tumhari yaad ki shama jali thi              hawaein dard y braham...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 14:23 | 26/Dec/2007
Friends: (167)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
The Changing Winter in Delhi
Neeraj Jain, December 26, 2007Hey friends,It feels great to write on rediffiland after such a loooooooong time. Well, now December is about to end and winter has not really set its foot in Delhi. The season of winter has changed a lot in Delhi. Around 4-5 years back winter used to arrive in the middle of November. There used to be a really dense fo...  more...
 kishore gupta | 11:12 | 30/Dec/2007
Friends: (195)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: Dancing in the na...
Farewell 2007-Welcome 2008 !!!
Dear all Ilander Friends,   Wishing with you Good Bye 2007!   Let the coming year be the Harbinger of more HAPPINESS and better HEALTH & Harvest promising HOPE and path-breaking HAPPENINGS for all.   Wishing you a Great Bliss 2008!   SMILE a little bit more in 2008 than 2007…a resolution I recommend???   Cheers Kishore  more...
 shefa | 14:11 | 7/Jan/2008
Friends: (255)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dancing in rain,H...
Shhhhhhhhh
While returning from new year party around 3:30 we saw one drunk driver ran his car over street dog.We felt sorry for dog but at the same time thanked god that atleast he didn’t killed any innocent man.Inspite of so much awareness people drunk n drive.And yesterday I watched news,about horrifying incident where mob of nearly 70 men harassed woman o...  more...
 sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1028)  | 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...
 Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (464)  | City: Gerrards Cross  | Interests: Writing
Contemporary Indian Art from Raja Ravi V...
This is the first part of the three articles to be published on this subject.What is contemporary Indian art? This is a question that has gnawed at the global literary consciousness time and again. Indian art has its roots in myriad folk styles and traditions and has also fed on the social and political ethos of not only India but also of the world...  more...
 santosh mahato | 18:43 | 25/Dec/2007
Friends: (52)  | City: Binnaguri (Jalpaiguri)  | Interests: Photography, List...
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 j nitin | 19:18 | 1/Jul/2007
Friends: (11)  | City: Indore  | Interests: friendship
Never Discourage
Never Discourage It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; each tool being marked with its sale price. They were a treacherous lot of implements.. . Hatred, Envy, Jealousy, Deceit, Lying, Pride, and so on.Laid apart from the rest was a harmless look...  more...
 Alok Ranjan ... | 15:24 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (371)  | 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...
 prannath | 17:21 | 16/Sep/2007
Friends: (82)  | City: 00966560819860 KSA  | Interests: friendship,music,
Tic Tac Love
I had little game today,the words danced in my head,instead of using letter twoI USED THREE WORDS INSTEAD;I and Love and You. Love        I         YouI           Love      You  You             I            LoveWhicjever way I put themthey all come out the same,And so you see thatLove has won,but so have you,and so have Ibecause you havewon my Hear...  more...
 amar snh | 06:41 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1127)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling, makin...
Hi Friends,Today I am trying to express my views about an interesting topic.I keep wondering whether makeup is necessary for all ladies to look good.There are millions of ladies who look much better sans any type of makeup. They look extremely pretty, charming and attractive just if they wash their face with plain water and leave hair flowing, may ...  more...
 Sukamal Chau... | 14:03 | 14/Aug/2007
Friends: (22)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Music,new friends
Kolkata, i love you
Water logging during rain, specially in Kolkata where I stay has become a problem of every year. Can we not divert the money being invested by Kolkata corporation more to this problem , so that we live with better civic condition the next year. Do the authorities feel that it is not being solved for darth of money? If so, we the citizen of Kolkata ...  more...