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 11:24 | 25/Jul/2008
Think..
I pass through this very intersection every morning with so much ease. Today, the pace is skewed. There is a sense of disarray as motorists try to push past each other through the traffic light. The light here always tests their agility because if you miss the green, you have to wait for another three minutes before it lets you go past again. Those... more...
 12:00 | 9/Jul/2008
Management - Mythos...Good Article
According to the Shiva Puran, Daksha-Prajapati sought worthy grooms for his many daughters, men of substance, gods who helped life on earth, like Indra, the rain-god or Agni, the fire-god. He was quite horrified therefore when his youngest daughter, Sati, of her own free will, chose a hermit as a husband — a naked, ashsmeared ascetic called Shiva w... more...
 11:47 | 9/Jul/2008
Leading by Example
Making Sure You "Walk the Talk" There"s the boss who tells everyone to stay late, and then leaves promptly at 5:00 p.m. to play golf. There"s the supervisor who criticizes everyone for spending time on the Internet, but is discovered buying groceries online in the middle of the afternoon. And the CFO who recommends layoffs to stop "unnecessary spen... more...
 11:43 | 9/Jul/2008
'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Fail...
(Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam at Wharton India Economic forum , Philadelphia, March 22,2008)Question: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure?Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called th... more...
 11:36 | 9/Jul/2008
Excellent article on cancer
Certainly a good news for cancer patients....    AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO        TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER,  JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING        TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .                Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :                1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cance... more...
 11:02 | 9/Jul/2008
Management appraisal!
The Washer man and the Foolish (really?!?!) Donkey To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this… There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donk... more...
 23:13 | 22/May/2008
ONE EXTRA BEDROOM FLAT...
WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER.. A Bitter RealityAs the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true.Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided Iwould be staying in ... more...
 23:10 | 22/May/2008
Blog on K serials
Latest transcript of emails exchanged between budding script writer Blossom Babykutty and control-freak soap baroness Ekta Carrefour.Email 1:Wednesday 13th JulyDear Ekta,As mentioned in our telephonic conversation of last week please find below my outline for a mega-serial that can be produced by your production house. Unlike conventional serials t... more...
 16:17 | 19/Apr/2008
Splashes of Life
My father use to take me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person. You may create lots of splashes in your life but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace ... more...
 16:15 | 19/Apr/2008
Think Simple to Solve Complex Problems.
1. When NASA began launching astronauts into space, they found out that the astronauts' pens wouldn't work at zero gravity  (ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface). It took them one decade and  $12 million to solve this problem. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on practically any surface including c... more...
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 tanushree ku... | 11:01 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (45)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: blogging,surfing,...
just curious
i know its too late to post this blog.....n i know i may even spark never ending debate when i discuss about "gujarat riots '02"..but believe me its not a political view.im just curious to know about it..im curious to know what happened ....having been heard so many versions by friends,media ,acquaintance i dont know what to believe....interestingl...  more...
 anilairen | 20:43 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (395)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
rays of hope
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 Amrut patil | 09:08 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (84)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: singing
Loving amnesia
Loving amnesiaAn elderly gent was invited to an old friend’s home for dinner. He was impressed by the way his friend preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms such as Honey, My love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin etc.The couple had been married almost 70 years and clearly they were still very much in love. While the wife was in the kit...  more...
 NMBash | 15:30 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (100)  | City: Port Blair  | Interests: Reading, Cricket,...
Wow !
Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding on to a string that was attached to a helium balloon.All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I anticipated myself for some screaming and crying.But, no! As the little girl turn...  more...
 leena | 18:21 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (104)  | City: Haryana  | Interests: litrature n philo...
CLASSIFY YOURSELF
 A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: " Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. Management Lesson: To be sitting a...  more...
 Mira Iyer | 00:23 | 21/Jul/2008
Friends: (185)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Music,books
Intervention
(Title based on a documentary by that name which inspired this work)She started preparing a glass of hot chocolate for her daughter.Maybe some easy-on-the-stomach sandwiches too.No meat. Would the hot chocolate be too heavy for her daughter's weak stomach? She impulsively threw the hot chocolate into the sink and kept a big glass of milk into the m...  more...
 angel | 23:17 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (163)  | 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...
 kim agrawal | 13:25 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (185)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: reading,yog,socia...
संस्कì...
 छ्त्तीसè 7;ढ़ की बालोद तहसील ,जिला-दुर 81;ग का एक ग्राम-घुë 0;का आजक&#...  more...
 Seena Vincent | 08:11 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (990)  | Interests: Internet Money
Win prizes at online contests and sweeps...
Win prizes at online contests and sweepstakesA lot of contests and sweepstakes are running on internet. You canparticipate free of cost in those games and win fabulous prizes andcash.Win prizes at online contests and sweepstakes: Win prizes in online contests and sweepstakesWe introduce you the online contests and sweepstakes running everytime. You...  more...
 Tanishka | 15:45 | 14/Jun/2008
Friends: (165)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: Smile ever udas n...
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...  more...
 cathy | 16:09 | 17/May/2008
Friends: (119)  | City: philippines  | Interests: music
FOREVER
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...  more...
 fantasy | 16:08 | 20/Jul/2008
Friends: (81)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: fantasize
            Fuck off............. I came back from a lengthy tour and checked my mail and blog! What do I find?some meaningful mails....some crap!. ...and a so called 'friend' says "if you cant keep in touch FUCK OFF!"This set me thinking...1. If I cant be a friend I have to FUCK OFF? why cant we learn the art of parting amicably? Though I cant for...  more...
 amishi | 19:11 | 3/Jun/2008
Friends: (508)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: music ,reading ,f...
mending of a heart
Of Mending a Broken Heart... A few weeks ago a very dear friend of mine had his heart broken to the tiniest bits in the most callous & cruel manner...The sheer agony in his voice made me cry... it is something we have all felt.. the pang of physical pain that comes with being hurt & betrayed by the person one has decided to give everything to.The b...  more...
 sabeena hari... | 18:54 | 11/May/2008
Friends: (7)  | City: Mysore  | Interests: Music,painting,dr...
Being a chemistry student, i have always liked workin with acids.. Till recently the issues like a girl being killed by her boyfriend usin acids hadn really made any effect on me.    the ugly part of acid occured to me only two days back wen a guy threatened to harm  my gud friend  using it.  but she informed her parents ontime and our  policemen w...  more...
 Divyani | 16:22 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (233)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: bus yu he
Tall, dark and Handsome
From God’s own country and God’s own creation, introducing India’s most handsome and   eligible bachelor, Febin Joy. Tall, dark and handsome. Elizabeth calls him Stallone of India and I totally agree, even though I gave him tough time for wearing that cap J. A prize winning photgrapher, biker and computer pro. In the previous post some people point...  more...
 Star Trekker | 15:55 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (366)  | City: space..the final frontier  | Interests: Dancing in the cl...
Beware PYT''s ahead..
Today’s Newspaper (Deccan Chronicle) article reads ‘PYT’S Ahead Drive carefully’Who are these PYT’S you may ask....’pretty young things’ dear friends. These femme fatales are causing fatal accidents on the roads to all those ‘young at heart’ male drivers by distracting their driving....actually senses..heheThen the article talks about a survey cond...  more...
 medha N | 19:29 | 23/Apr/2008
Friends: (196)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Love music, paint...
I, Me, Mine! Why?
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...  more...
 smita gupta | 20:36 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (110)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: Browsing.Dancing,...
Question - ???
Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads.              A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, meets a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was simply 'amazing', very much of her dream guy, she believed him to be just that! She f...  more...
 Rakshita Verma | 16:04 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (641)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: jokes, poetry, pu...
Dreamy Eyes
   Déjà vu was not new for Karan. He often dreamt of times that lay ahead. Or should I say his dreams came true. He didn’t know if they were messages from God for people around him or was it a blessing for him. But he often used the phrase; don’t dream too much, what if they come true. Nobody except people very close to him understood this.  As a k...  more...
 Vibhuti | 12:15 | 23/Jul/2008
Friends: (461)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Living life fulle...
Hi after the break!!
My Dear Friends, Missed you all very much, I was visiting your iLands as and when get time but was missing the regular interaction with all of you and the most important thing… was missing sharing life with you. With lots of work life was running me Ulta-pulta….So again having hand on writing something of my own and starting from recent nice though...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (2312)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Enjoying life as ...
EMOTIONS
Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...  more...
 Shivaja V | 10:06 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading,writing,K...
Aestheticism and vulgarity........ 3rd July 08, Q n A at rediff.com was follows.  Some of the answers have you in splits. The nine comments are reproduced below as it is! Q. How do you differentiate the thin line between aestheticism and vulgarity? 1. If a person does not have belief in the concept of God he is aesthist. Vulgarity is obviously what...  more...
 sunshine | 14:49 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (430)  | Interests: Its raining Billi...
Viagra for Diarrhea
Viagra for Diarrhea The lady teacher asks the pupils what kind of medicines they know and what they are used for. The first pupil said: 'Crocin' 'Very good! And what is it used for?' 'It is used for headache.' The second pupil said: “Calmpose' 'Excellent. And what it is used for?' 'To help you sleep.' Now it is Johnny's turn and he said: 'Viagra' '...  more...
 Smita N | 11:45 | 30/Jan/2008
Friends: (17)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading,dreaming,...
My kids
Its a blessing to have them around,Sometimes turn my world upside down.Always ready to chit chat,Their questions of this and that.Stingy to give them a holidayFor I cannot do without them around for a day.When they crack a joke for me to hear,They  surely bring my heart to a cheer.They can also make me go red ,When their poem is not well said..Some...  more...
 JustAnotherC... | 12:02 | 19/Jul/2008
Friends: (62)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Listening Music, ...
I shall be born again...
 Running six months into the iland that I started off as an experimental adventure, has now turned out to be a pleasant affair I look forward to engaging in at every available chance. At some point of time during my initial days here, I seemed to have even got addicted to this pleasure. Having gained a fair amount of experience in this exotic world...  more...
 santosh nikam | 23:09 | 1/Jul/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music,cricket
tu tu tu anni tuch
तू तू तू आणि तूच . . . .  more...
 Manu Nair | 12:15 | 25/Jul/2008
Friends: (595)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing,reading,s...
WRC Car Rally-2011
It seems that India would be hosting the WRC rally in 2011. Is India  really prepared for this task that too just within 3 years? Formula 1 has indeed diverted my interest from cricket, my favourites are the Red Bull & Toyota on hand!  more...