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 02:54 | 1/Sep/2008 |
| Relax, chill out, just flow ...... | |
| And now, after the sombre mood, time for some humour :) The following clips are from a universally loved movie that was based on a great book, 'The Jungle Book'. So friends, time to pause, take a break and have a dekko again at some innocent light-hearted fun :)I dedicate this to my friend Freedom Unbound for his super-cool attitude towards life :)...
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| 04:08 | 26/Aug/2008 |
| An Afternoon Requiem | |
| (A short, dark story for those who complain about the lengthiness of my stories :)) She's watching the window intently, as the wind picks up the stormy rain and lashes it against the glass. As though Nature is throwing a huge tantrum and flinging the elements about in fury. It soothes her somehow. The chaos inside her subsides in the face of the tu...
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| 03:45 | 19/Aug/2008 |
| The power of dreams | |
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| I was in between jobs and had decided to take a break. I was driving solo up north in the Lake Taupo region looking for interesting things to see when I saw a sign saying "NZ woodcraft and ceramics". On an impulse I took the detour and went into the shop. Inside were a great many fine woodturned bowls and other items in kauri and rimu and other typ...
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| 07:40 | 8/Aug/2008 |
| Gull politics | |
| It is Saturday and Hubby and I are engaged in shopping. We take a break at lunchtime and are eating finger chips sitting on a bench on the beach. Soon we are joined by a lone seagull, orange beak, orange feet and orange lined eyes. Hubby throws bits of chips at him and the gull merrily gorges on junk food. We wonder about the fact that he does not ...
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| 02:49 | 1/Aug/2008 |
| What does love mean? | |
| Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouths of babes. 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 ...
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| 13:25 | 23/Jul/2008 |
| Let life in | |
| On your way to work this morning, did you noticethe beggar child, eyes filled with tears,face pinched by hardship?Or your own beggar-heartstarved for love, for light.In the din of traffic, did you hearthe lonely call of a solitary birdperched high on a light-pole?Or your soul"s desperate pleaTo sing its own song?Juggling deadlines,did you pause to ...
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| 04:38 | 15/Jul/2008 |
| The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the ... | |
| Speech given by J.K.Rowling at the 2008 Harvard University Commencement, June 5, 2008. Copyright of J.K. Rowling, June 2008June 5, 2008 · President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates, The first thing I would like to say is "thank you." Not only has H...
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| 16:13 | 9/Jul/2008 |
| Longing .... 2 | |
| A long time ago, when I was still a teenager, I was reading a D H Lawrence book ("Sons and lovers", I think it was), in which the author describes a scene where this young man deeply in love with a young woman, serenades her every night by playing the violin and singing under her window. His song is filled with love and longing, because, unfortunat...
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| 06:26 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| War - a dialogue | |
| Sarath Chandra and I have been having a dialogue on war, among other things, which you will see started with something else altogether, and with his permission I reproduce our GB conversation so that my other friends can join in and share their viewpoints and that way both Sarath and I can learn from it . Somewhere along the way I started to think ...
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| 09:28 | 25/Jun/2008 |
| The third choice | |
| "It takes more courage to die than to live", he thinks woefully as he squats beside the tracks, blinking to keep out the already hot, late morning sunlight. He had failed again in his third attempt at flinging himself in front of a train. The first time his courage had abandoned him completely and he had moved away to safety just as the mammoth was...
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| Naina | 14:26 | 24/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (576)
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| The twin muses(the full piece) |
| The Twin Muses I am a poor rich boy who writes fiction and poetry and I occasionally paint my fantasies. I also study fashion designing from a reputed institute in the city. I am the only child of my stinking rich parents and I am not wee bit proud of it. My richness is viewed by me as a curse which has kept me cocooned from the realities of life g...
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| veeru | 16:08 | 29/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (12)
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| My doubts |
| 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 given a thought) 3.What is the speed of darkness? (absurd) 4.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplan...
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| Alex Gomes | 10:58 | 4/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (649)
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| Amazing? Huh |
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| Hi BuddiesMostly I don’t blog my personal stuff, office stuff, and family stuff but I blog something “jarahatke” as I want my blog to be a feel good factor place for buddies to enjoyjust like having Tea “cha” we call it in Gujarati at the “Kettly”But some how I felt very strongly about a program I attended recently to share with you’ll. I am a v...
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| venkataramana | 15:43 | 4/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (168)
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| A HEALER'S CODE ...!!! |
| A worrying-mind is the root cause of all forms of illnesses.We all know this truth.Not all are however aware of the fact that 'Manthra (s)'are sound-vibrations which soothe and calm the mind.When worries are silenced by strengthening the mind through the vibrations of the appropriate Manthra ,the mind becomes happy and peaceful.When the mind is hea...
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| vanita desai | 10:48 | 3/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (23)
| City: Goa
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| Brave soldier! |
| The brave soldier, strong hard and erect marches ahead with all vigour moving up and down towards the soft target.The terrain is soft and fertile.the soldier moves ahead and has also to move back overcoming little resistance.The marching to and fro is full of joy and pleasure.The soldier has to penetrate the softness all around but oh! what a trage...
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| Pradeep | 17:23 | 4/Sep/2008 |
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| Life is not all about complaining all th... |
| Before you think of saying an unkind word Think of someone who can't speak Before you complain about the taste of your food Think of someone who has nothing to eat Before you complain about your husband or wife Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion Today before you complain about life Think of someone who went too early to heaven...
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| rajesh | 16:42 | 4/Sep/2008 |
| Friends: (80)
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| UTTHAN - PATTAN .. Rise & Fall |
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| Manushya kokh se janm lene matra seManav manav nahin kahalata,Khal bhar odhne seGeedhad sher nahin banta. Kisi ne sach hi kahaHum insaan nahin, saaye haiGirti manavata, adhomukhi naitikta koSahara kya hum de paye hai ? Samay ke bahav ke saath, prakriti kee badlav ke saathPayee hamne gaganchumbi safalata (bha...
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| vijayaram reddy | 17:41 | 23/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (865)
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| IIT |
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| 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...
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| syndi jisha | 09:04 | 9/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (77)
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| sensation |
| Only lower part of vagina is having sensation, upper part has no sensation. is it so..???
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| DIBYA | 13:11 | 28/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (516)
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| FOR U! |
| WISH TO GIVE MY DEAR !COLLECT A COLOURED OYSTER,FROM THE BASE OF SEA ,AND MIXED THE LOVE OF ME ! PICKED THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE,AND MIXED MY LIGHT TO REFINE ,TO GIVE IT TO LOVE OF MINE ! KEPT A LAMP HIDING IN HEART,TO SHOW THE LIGHT IN DARK ,TO MY CRADLE -SOME IN EARTH ! RELIEVED TIRENESS BATHING IN STREAM,AND MADE THE LIFE AS CREAM ,SO MY LOVER CAN DR...
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| rahul deb | 18:15 | 7/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (203)
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| intelligent and lazy |
| i am pasting a paragraph ........... this may not be palatable to many .............i would like to have your views and valuable comments please............. its in a management best seller ..... the 80/20 principle by richard koch............ he is one of my fav.......... as he had a profound influence on my life... there are only four types o...
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| priya sodhani | 17:50 | 28/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (71)
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| Hey friends, meeting u after so long gap!!!Actually, my parents had gone to the headquarters of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya at Mt. Abu. I hope you all are aware of this Spiritual Institution as well. Are u?Let me tell u. This Godly Institution has numerous branches of itself across the world in a No. of countries. I too go t...
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| dilip krishnan | 15:19 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| The Great Australian Sale!When it comes to competitive selling, it appears as if there is none to beat the quintessential Aussie. And what better medium than the ‘great seller’ e-Bay!Last year, to be precise on 25th January 2007, I had posted “Life on Auction” featuring the enterprising Nicael Holt who put his young soul on sale: e-Bay, naturally, ...
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| JustAnotherC... | 23:17 | 7/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (62)
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| Surprise |
| We get surprises when we expect them least. We plan something only to discover a while later that destiny had a different plan altogether. Now this is what I can say as pure destiny – me appearing on homepage. I was wondering the day I joined the iland as to how a blog features on the home page, and before I could figure it out, lo! here I am. Al...
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| r | 16:13 | 19/Jun/2008 |
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| THE PERFUME |
| THE PERFUMEAs she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson...
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| vidushi chau... | 02:19 | 30/Aug/2008 |
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| The sound of Nothingness |
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| Do you hear it?It’s the sound of nothingness, of the emptiness that has taken over me. I hear it in the dead of the night when its velvety softness engulfs me, swirling with the emotions buried deep within the frenetic activity of day. I hear it in the bridges collapsing and the distance lengthening between once-beloved friends.I hear it when m...
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| RAGHUPAT | 22:18 | 16/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (153)
| City: Hyderabad
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| 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 ...
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| PAULAMI DAM | 12:11 | 10/Aug/2008 |
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| KISIKO VOOLNA ASAN NEHI HOTA |
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| Hello FRIENDS, MAI AUP LOGOSE EK BAHAT JARURI BAT KAH NA CHAHTI HU. Mai jab is Iland pe nai ayithi , tab meri sabse pahli dost thi "KRANTI" Mai inko sabse pahle " Add me as a Friend " request bheji thi. Next din maine dekhi ki bo mujhe ACCEPT karli . Aur uske sath unune mujhe kuchh likhhke vi veja. Mai bo dekhkar bahat kush huyi. Ab meri karib k...
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| Vijit Vivek | 12:45 | 3/Aug/2008 |
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| Once upon a time...... |
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| Once upon a time.... There was a rich King who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for...
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| Jus Curious | 16:02 | 27/Apr/2008 |
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| A BRIEF INTRODUCTION |
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| "Give me to learn each secret cause;Let number's, figure's motion's lawsRevealed before me stand;These to great Nature's scene apply,And round the Globe,and through the sky,Disclose her working hand."- Mark Akenside 1721-1770 ( Hymn to Science in works of the English Poets, ed S Johnson 1779)Hi all ! If anything that can be singly unique to humans,...
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| gulzar | 09:05 | 6/Jul/2008 |
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| teri tasweer |
| ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *******Main ab khayalo mein teri tasweer banau magar kaise,Tu hi bata haal-e- Dil tujhe sunau magar kaise,************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *******Jo mahel banaye the khuwabon mein humne,In mahlo mein Wafa ke deep jalau magar kaise,******...
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| anjali singh | 14:20 | 15/May/2008 |
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| HEY FRIENDS, KEEP IN TOUCH
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| raunek kanth... | 03:17 | 1/Aug/2008 |
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| When the mind is weak,the man is a goner... |
| The truth is of great nature: that the world is a habitat of insignificance and stupidity; that passion, pain, happiness and love are the extremes of mental capability; that the heart is not an excuse for an action's irrationality. Companionship is the adherence of barren souls to negate the void of reality. It is an attempt to entwine cumulative f...
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| Sameera Nandi | 21:15 | 23/Aug/2008 |
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| Mumbai Meri Jaan |
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| 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...
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| cathy | 16:09 | 17/May/2008 |
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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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| Anuja Goel | 16:10 | 30/Aug/2008 |
| Friends: (67)
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| A weird story |
| Again this is something I had written a few years back, I dont remember when exactly.. Since nowadays my inspiraton has totally run dry and am writing posts like the last few ones, have decided to put up past efforts that are atleast acceptable if not good.. She got up in the fairly early in the morning with the sunlight flooding her room with whi...
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| indal kumar | 13:46 | 31/Dec/2007 |
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| WISHES (2008) |
| My Dear All Friend, I wish you a very Happy & Prosperous New Year 2008. wishing you a great time with good things happening, every moment glowing with joy and laughter, and may each fresh dawn bring good loock for all my friend with best compliments ...
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| Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008 |
| Friends: (328)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Reading
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| 5 Minutes for Poor |
| Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...
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| totally insane | 20:22 | 27/Jan/2008 |
| Friends: (70)
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| HEAVEN and THE ART OF MAKING MUD ICE-CRE... |
| It was in Higher Secondary Classes that I remember,when I was introduced to the amazing concept called "increments" , also known as the amazing "dy/dx " in that big uphill task called Differentiation in Math.Irrespective of the nightmares the rest of its friends gave me,when you take Matrix and his buddies or Integration and his looneypals into co...
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| Amitabh Dasg... | 18:52 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| Sentiments Related With Wedding Annivers... |
| Wedding in itself is a very special aspect of human life. It's a life time relationship that everyone wishes to have at least once in one's life. Marriage is an institution in itself that allows two people of opposite sexes together under one roof and within same four walls. This relationship is authorized by the law of the state, the society and o...
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| datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008 |
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| 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
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| kundera shankar | 16:25 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| Aazadi |
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| Ham'e azadi mil gayi. 61 saal pehle. But as someone said much b4 our azadi, "Man is born free but is everywhere in chains". Our religion, our greed, our unconcern for society, our selfishness-- these are all chains that jakdofy us and prevent us from joining our rightful place in the comity of the world.Ham'e Azaad hona padega. We have to be master...
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| aarthilal | 21:21 | 15/Apr/2008 |
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| The Valkyries By Paulo Coelho for free! |
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| The first best-selling author Paulo Coelho is distributing for free his works on his blog: http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com The full edition of The Valkyries is online for free till the 10th of May. On the next months, Paulo is going to have full editions online of all his titles published in English.
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| V T | 11:10 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Oh Rajni! |
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| Sorry folks, a bit tied up these days; work, travel and all. Nothing new to post, just an old mail forward. It’s a humble tribute to the great Rajnikant. Hats off the true Rajni fan who complied this list of His achievements.• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.• Outer space exists because it's a...
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| kamalesh | 07:42 | 12/Feb/2008 |
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| 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
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| Sijil Nair | 15:55 | 3/Aug/2008 |
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| Distenc never seperate any relation ,Time never built any relation,If feelings are true from heart ,then friends are always .......HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY !!!! Sijil
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| Raaj Borah | 17:19 | 30/Jun/2008 |
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| 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
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| Hardeep singh | 23:23 | 30/Aug/2008 |
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| Chhare di vaseehat |
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| Pandit ji , mere maran pichhonBas enna farz nibha dena..5 panditaan di thaan,5 kudiyaan nu, saahmne mere bitha denaPandit ji mere maran pichhonBas enna farz nibha dena…… Arthi meri nu, koi Chhara moddha na deve..Je koi dena chaahunda hai,Phad k kise kudi nu, Phere ohde dava dena..Pandit ji mere maran pichhonBas enna farz nibha dena… Arthi meri de ...
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