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 11:32 | 9/Jun/2008
Come Hither....
Little by little they moved awayEvery single of them who were in the fraySome of them whizzed swiftly pastA harried look I saw them castNot so long ago they had sweetly ambled hereWith a smile  at hand, without a fearThen came those nights of dizzying heightsWhere thoughts took one to fancy flightsDid you reach the stars in your dreams so gay?I'd n... more...
 11:58 | 26/May/2008
Words Again....
The words once so fondly your ownlet loose, remain no more yours aloneout of the cozy shaftthey tremble a moment aside,gather pace after aft'and travel far and wideMany a shore they seek to reachat the journey's end, loved by somefar more minds they beseechMany a heart they merrily rip apartbut with what innocence at the startBereft of all the powe... more...
 11:17 | 7/May/2008
Mute Stones...
Mute Stones,What tales you hidein your chasmfrom days bygone?Ever so calmEver so graveDoes it pain youto treasure thusthe secrets untold?In your deep marrowwhat intrigues grow?The cracks that open your sideWhat painful miseries do they hide?Muffled though you soundyet I hear the distant heart poundThose images you arouse, bedazzle my sensesThey tel... more...
 10:24 | 14/Apr/2008
Did I Hear You Whisper My Heart....
Did I hear you whisper, my heartor was it the boughs that spokedancing beyond my window panesflushed as the rose after rainsthat the brazen breeze had wokeSoft is the tender nightsave the crickets that delightand ladybirds on velvety strandsfresh from their jaunty ridestickled red as pretty new bridesBehind the fluffy cloudy veilthe crescent maid m... more...
 15:34 | 18/Mar/2008
A Letter, most humble...
Dear Publisher Sir, most kindMay I entreat,if you don't mindto take a more kindly noteon those lines that I last wroteand carried them to you with such carehoping that you'd make them your affair,fall in love with them a prestoand print them all with much gustoBut I have a strange feelingwhich I can't stop concealingthat my manuscripts, so very win... more...
 14:00 | 9/Mar/2008
What Shadows Are Those...
What shadows are thosethat tell murky taleseach day as they pass me byLike a soul possessedI await them stillwhile you fret and wonder whyA whole new worldin a never never landone less traversed,'tis trueYet I can't resistlike a shackled willas those unheard voices accrueDelusion, did you say ?Maybe that and moreit's not for me to unravelSuch a lif... more...
 13:56 | 13/Feb/2008
Lend Me Some...
Give me a few wordsfrom the treasure that you ownLet me make them all minelike pure love divineOn the pages of my soulI'll have them fondly adornThose floodgates of thoughtssee then gently flowMeandering as they chimeLofty notions in rhymeHear your heartbeats raceawashed in a pinky glowYes, lend me some wordsI'll not let them astraySuch like they h... more...
 14:04 | 2/Jan/2008
Live And Let Live...
Masked in despondI watched hatred hoardFirings from hills beyondDeadly guns roaredThe red moon looked onAmid screams of painBlood and gore had won'Twas a moment insaneThe gray sun awokeThe next morn and how !Deep in thoughts soakIts wrinkled browMan will go to what lengthsRelentless in their meansHow many more deathsBefore the close of such scenesE... more...
 08:50 | 22/Dec/2007
At The Temple's Gate...
Chanting away to ensurehis place in the sun,little did he surmisethe Other's disdainWith looks demurehe pleaded on thencein words gravely plainand enticed with such allurebut it made small senseThe Powers that beever delude thus,Yet we, mortals allpining away in miseryat the Master's decreealways rantingat times supplantinglike fools come acrossWe ... more...
 17:04 | 27/Nov/2007
The Maker's Will...
Faces unknown stare at youWhat do they say, you wonder anewEyes that tell many a taleTake me home, some sadly bewailOft they plea, hear me outYou're left to cringe, shudder and doubtOf God's mysteries, old as rockSome to cradle, some to mockOthers left to dusty trailFull of woes, and oh, so frailNone ever to bail them outOn their own must fight the... more...
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 hardhitter h... | 17:28 | 3/Jun/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Life
How to look at a naked woman
LADY GODIVA’S STORYBack in the 11th century, the Lady Godiva, as Countess of Mercia, had personal charge over the good people of Coventry.  When these extraordinary events took place, they were being burdened terribly by taxes.  In order to arrange for tax relief, she needled her husband Leofric at every opportunity until one day he made her a rash...  more...
 angel | 12:30 | 1/May/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Vizag  | Interests: music,browsing,fa...
m bak 2myself :)
hmm...atlast xams r over..........!!!!n m bak 2  myself.....!!! i wantd 2 b free as soon as possible...n now therz loads of things goin on in my mind.....i wantd 2 do soo much at a time.....n still m gettng bored.....strange!!!well atleast i hav lots of time 2 enjoy wid myself..........!!!!some music...some fun....frenz....n loads of masti....well ...  more...
 jack jai | 09:25 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (25)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: poetry,
WHAT ARE YOU ?
WHAT ARE YOU ? Blow on cooling south west wind Unnoticed you came on to findMe lost in hazy paths wild Picked up to make to build. Caught  among thorny bushes You brought me out unscathed Submerged I lay in dark trenches You came  and resurrected . Gullible lamb led on undeterred False promises of fresh pasturesDumbly followed villainous wolf in sh...  more...
 amit goel | 05:41 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (49)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: BBC (blah, boo, ...
How the very poor help themselves..
Lesotho cannot wait for the world to come up with ideas to feed its hungry population, so it has developed some of its own. The mountain kingdom in southern Africa with a population of barely two million sits on a plateau mostly above 1,800 metres altitude, so the growing season is short and its vulnerability to climate change is acute. With the co...  more...
 Happiness | 01:26 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: Blue Planet  | Interests: Reading ,Music, G...
Autumn in Auckland
Autumn or is it winter ?Its very cold .The leaves are turning brown and daylight saving has ended.The day starts earlier which is always welcome.Its lovely to welcome the morning sunshineThe grapefruit tree and  the mandarin tree are laden with fruit all over and in a month are two will be all golden and juicy to be enjoyed.Each year i distribute s...  more...
 unmentionabl... | 21:05 | 9/Apr/2008
Friends: (49)  | City: Goa  | Interests: singing bathroom ...
Fading Away
In the beginning A single voice And the light and shade Played naked Ruinous games In torrid dampness And sweat!   Far away from the cicadas I lay down Myself On the marbled floor Gasping- The touch of ice flakes!   Time Once again Had fled- Memories in their rhythmic walk Ebbed And the stars Closed in On my lake!   Sunrise- I am dead!    more...
 Ashwin Unni | 15:57 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (140)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Football,rock muz...
ROADIES !!!!!!!
THIS IS GR8....ONLY  7 ROADIES LEFT  OUT OF 13......WHO'S IT GONNA BE??????????????I HATE TO REVEAL THIS BUT....................................A SHUTOSH  HAS WON!!!!(check out his orkut profile)NIHAL HAS COME 2nd........AND THE CUTE SHAMBHAVI HAS COME 5th...........-------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------all data is ...  more...
 sana | 16:01 | 19/Dec/2007
Friends: (24)  | City: Imphal  | Interests: reading, watching...
i was slowly beginning to believe that nothing happens in this small remote town. i go to work and return back like any other employed man. being a bachelor makes things a little hard. for a family man he can forget the long dull hours. wife and children can make him remember the purpose of living. i dont talk to my neighbours. i dont have any time...  more...
 angel a | 16:09 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (151)  | Interests: Life, relationshi...
Celebrating Children’s Day!
While coming back from an official trip a few days back, my driver stopped the car for a cup of tea in one of the small dhabas that spring up like mushrooms on the highways. As soon as I settled down on a chair close to the window and ordered tea, I noticed a small boy of about 8 years old, bubbling with energy running errands, taking orders, servi...  more...
 Kainaat Crea... | 22:47 | 16/Oct/2007
Friends: (182)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Writing
Dream Weave Walk
Dream Weave Walk is the brand of Kainaat Creations. Kainaat Creations has several blogs on different topics. Dream Weave Walk provides resource links to all the Kainaat Creation websites.How to use the links:The links lead to all the sites on the topic.The RSS/Atom feeds from those sites are linked on these pages, as a result the content is contino...  more...
 ekantapadhika | 16:34 | 1/Jun/2008
Friends: (158)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: sab kuchh aur kuc...
Come, walk with me in the mountains
      There is something about the abiding beauty and grandeur of the Himalayas that makes you addicted to it , having even once seen any of its ranges. That is what goaded me once again to enroll for the KedarKanta trek organised by the Youth Hostel Association of India, in spite of my lingering apprehensions about my aging knees and blood pressur...  more...
 Writing Village | 21:08 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (468)  | 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...
 Nilesh Gore | 10:16 | 9/Jun/2008
Friends: (99)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading and Writing
Natural Way
Hello there, here I am again with some pics taken on and of  National HW NO. 6 (bhusawal). these are not great but simple and as u know beauty is in simplicity. keep your eyes wide open n observe the pix I captured. Nature is different when monsoon arrives           Even babul tree is beautiful      more...
 suchorita dutta | 15:30 | 7/May/2008
Friends: (95)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading, music, s...
I was born free
I was born freeBut Time and Care imprisoned meI was living in a PandemoniumThe world, a harried podiumThriving within pettinessI groveled for independence I wished to break freeFor I was born free.My spirit tempted to take a flightBroke open the realms of wrong and rightWished to fly beyond hatred and loveAnd harness the sky like a free doveAnxieti...  more...
 Avik DattaGupta | 12:51 | 31/May/2008
Friends: (78)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Living,Poetry,Foo...
THE ROMANTIC FEELING Feeling romantic is quite a strange feelingA feeling that really has no meaningA feeling aroused by the spark of passionThat grows like fire and engulfs your emotionsTill you feel a partial end has come..To an infinite craving..which appeared like a storm..Of  deep seated desires..and left behind absolutely nothing..But for a l...  more...
 K B | 22:11 | 28/Feb/2008
Friends: (47)  | City: ...  | Interests: gone!
Women!
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 PGR NAIR | 17:57 | 15/May/2008
Friends: (172)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Literature, Cinem...
POETRY OF PONGE
The Crate (Le Cageot) Halfway between cage (Cage) and Cachot (Prison cell) the French language has cageot (Crate), a simple openwork container for transporting fruits that is sure to sicken at the slightest hint of suffocation.Constructed so as to be easily demolished after use, it can’t serve twice. So it doesn’t last even as long as its highly pe...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 00:13 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (283)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
wo lamha
wo lamha bhi kya lamha thalakhon ki bheed thipar main akela tanha thakisi ka saath chaaha tha mainejo mil ke bhi na milaus khamoshi mein bhi shor thawo lamha bhi kya lamha thake jeet ke bhi haar gaya mainshikwa karne ko bhi koi na thatu mere saath hoke bhi kahan thawo lamha bhi kya lamha thakabhi kadam behka bhi meratujhse door bhi main gayasard sa...  more...
 rajesh vora | 17:04 | 26/May/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: in the middle of no man's land  | Interests: ICICI - 9% ...
A Trip Down Memory Lane – 2
   Thosedays most of us just used to post blogs, read other peoples blogs and of coursethe occasional gb followed too. (My use of words "those days" makes this soundas if this was long long time ago.. and yes it of course is).  There wasa simple sign-in page with just a box for log-in and password. That"sit. Noblog-o-mania. Nowatch@iLand. No "whata...  more...
 Dheeraj Khanna | 21:15 | 19/Aug/2007
Friends: (345)  | Interests: cricket, movies, ...
The Bourne Series...... download now!!
The Bourne Ultimatum has turn out to be huge this summer in Hollywood. So I thought, why not give a tribute to that great spy-master Robert Ludlum who created Bourne and made him a delicious character, an anti-thesis of James Bond.So I give you the The Bourne Trilogy. Now available for download.Go ahead, get ready for a thrilling ride.Downloand the...  more...
 pandharish c... | 20:24 | 31/Mar/2008
Friends: (57)  | City: malkapur  | Interests: creative writing,...
cracked pot
                                               Cracked pot..? A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the House, the cra...  more...
 Dwaipayan Adhya | 12:58 | 4/Apr/2008
Friends: (94)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Share with us wha...
The War is Start to Kill the Dirt
 And the lid of Nature’s patience has blown off in the air,As she fumes out, out loud, “Man will run, run in despair!”The great ice caps of the poles she melts with almighty rageTo bring mighty storms and billowing wind which no man can ever gauge.Water gives life and taketh away with thundering lighting boltAnd it rains, rains, and rains endless m...  more...
 mesha bhat | 08:49 | 26/Sep/2007
Friends: (130)  | Interests: reading,poetry,pa...
He..He...This one rocks..
"The Obedient Wife" There was a man who had worked all his life, had savedall of his money, and was a real "miser" when it cameto his money. Just before he died, he said to his wife..."When Idie, I want you to take all my money and put it in thecasket with me. I want to take my money to theafterlife with me." And so he got his wife to promise him, ...  more...
 TheSwats Omn... | 10:08 | 2/Dec/2007
Friends: (8)  | City: Storyland  | Interests: I tell stories......
Leave me alone
Leave me alone here,Where the shadows of the sun tickle my feet,Where sequestered moons of my twenty years, They rub their silver scales against lonely wounds. Here, where the night skies wallow in my smallness.I will worship my own godsI will fight my own demonsHere, the evening prayer chants carry my soulHere, the temple’s inner sanctum beckonsOh...  more...
 meena sundar | 17:40 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (598)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Life
illusion or real
         If we say, something is not thereThen there is nothing in thereBut if we constantly Hear there is something in thereThen someday We come to believeSomething must be thereWords and thoughtsAlways have some power If we continue to hear and talk about themThen the illusion, Looks real!It is fateThat, we humans are weak To eliminate all in the...  more...
 jade stone | 02:15 | 28/Mar/2007
Friends: (20)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: writing, reading,...
Home Truths
Some Home Truths!It's incredible this world...You can yell at a bad driver on the roads but pussyfoot around your relative with no parking sense and even less neighbourly concern. The best way it seems to hit out is emotionally and you can hit the hardest the people closest to you. Lack of communication creates barriers and a lot... contempt. We sp...  more...
 V T | 11:10 | 30/May/2008
Friends: (163)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Hoi Polloi & Riff...
Oh Rajni!
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...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008
Friends: (570)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
'Away From Her' - A Review
An aged wife tells her husband,“You could have just driven away without a care in the worldfor me, and forsaken me”With a pause pregnant with unsaid emotions he whispers,“Not a chance.”Inthese two lines which appear to be so unambiguously banal in content at first glance there might lay the ultimate test and triumph of  an alliance forged over a li...  more...
 Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (35)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: SEEKING MY NEW SE...
Jab We Met
Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...  more...
 sanjay oswal | 19:23 | 26/May/2008
Friends: (153)  | Interests: Mere desh ki dhar...
RISHTO KA KHOON
Indian culture is fast disappearing, if the double murder is a pointer to this. Murder of someone we love is something very gruesome. Imagine a situation where father kills his only daughter( I still have my doubts in the police theory). The story told by the police is extraordinary. The whole plot is westernised. If this has happened in reality, w...  more...
 lalitha kris... | 09:04 | 14/Oct/2007
Friends: (219)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Time ho toh batau...
The Road To Her
The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTorrid deeds, craving needsBurning bright yet to be extinguished. The road to her Begins when all roads to his past endFollies committed, sins buriedStill fluttering yet to be unwinged. The road to her Begins where all roads to his past endTarnished heart, unkempt soulShining white yet to be ame...  more...
 Ravi Agarwal | 00:21 | 26/May/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: siliguri  | Interests: Writing, Reading,...
Words are all we have
 I suppose when all else fails, when everyone else leaves, when friends part, when work begins to get to you (i.e. in crude lingo, life sucks), pouring your heart out is an option that is within easy reach, is inexpensive and is as efficient a pain killer as any known to humankind. For some reason, it remains a friend I reach out to only when I can...  more...
 Kush A | 12:46 | 2/Jun/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: BLR  | Interests: Football, books, ...
Journalistic Terrorism by The Times of I...
There have been two reports of late in The Times of India which are essentially a giveaway in that they tell us of the rampant corruption in the mainstream media. Let us  look at them one by one. Neither on the left nor on the right side of the argumentThe first report was an editorial published on Saturday, 31st, May. More than being a report it w...  more...
 savita dutta | 19:32 | 2/Jun/2008
Friends: (441)  | City: nomansland  | Interests: at last I am ME.....
Why me?Why not you? The utter logic shuts me The heart still screams ‘why me ‘Is it the cosmic pattern? Am I bound to be so? Where do I falter?  Is it the vacuum within or boundless desire?  Is it a burgeoning need  Or an inbuilt selfishnessIs it my insecure worldOr a cocooned existence Why me, why?  Why me? The keening continuesEvery breath rasps ...  more...
 raj aandipatti | 22:28 | 15/Jul/2007
Friends: (105)  | City: earth  | Interests: music
THE DEFEATED
Defeat   is  colourless......all  alone......you.............................lick   your  wounds.......thinking,  what  might  have  been......Your   dreams......lying   shattered......in  myriad   pieces........What   has  gone   wrong.......?.......................................... .....Agonising........you   are  all  alone........................  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:38 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (244)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
All, in a Day!“It’s 720, and you are still sleeping as if you haven’t had even a wink in the last one week”.Muzzeebatein pehle batake nahin aate!“You better get up now” – this is one wake-up call no husband could pretend he didn’t hear. “You see, I went for a walk all by myself. Your colleague Mr. Sharma was walking with his wife”.“Why, did you exp...  more...
 GAUTAM VERMA | 22:58 | 1/Nov/2007
Friends: (143)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: writing and reading
Missing and Absent....
it's quite simple and plain... i need not explain.....first, work took me to lands of no internet... on return, loss of father was the fate...i met...still working around with life without him...coming to terms slowly...in darkness and in dim..jotting down few lines again....  of some dreams and some pain...hope i will last to continue...  taking m...  more...
 string open | 12:58 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (26)  | City: ..  | Interests: string
The Song Remains The Same
 Every morning I wake up to a dreamIn my rear view mirror you’re smilingThrough the mist I see changesChanges to fill the daySome to staySome to fadeVanishing in the dark outsideOn the wings of uncertaintyOn the wings of maybeI search a smooth roadWith the rise and fall of the windA low-down picture of a faceFew things scattered here & thereSnapsho...  more...
 Amit Dasgupta | 17:19 | 18/Feb/2008
Friends: (31)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading books, Th...
Miracles of Technology
All through the year we use so much technology to do our everyday work that we sometimes don’t stop to think of the cool gizmos that we use to make our liveable. There are more an more people who are being converted to technological geeks than we would like…but its for sure that technology is here to stay. With every passing year the trends of tech...