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 07:10 | 13/Jul/2008 |
| Oct 2006-Jul 2008: It's been a long stru... | |
| It was in October 2006, I used to run a small scale unit in Mumbai and I received my first escalated electricity bill from Reliance Energy.(For those who came in late... my bill went from Rs. 210 for 11 units to Rs. 10,800 for 14 units!!)It was then that I woke up and smelt the coffee .. oops .. the mud, about how Reliance Energy had been hoodwinki...
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| 04:33 | 12/Mar/2008 |
| REL changes its name to Reliance Infrast... | |
| Don"t know how many of you saw the small news item .. but our good friends at REL have decided on another name change!So now the Mumbai Distribution License which didn"t get formally transfered to BSES Ltd .. and then which didn"t get formally transfered to REL .. will now (I guess) also NOT get formally transfered to Reliance Infrastructure... th...
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| 20:38 | 16/Feb/2008 |
| Sonia Gandhi vs. EC vs. Constitution | |
| Just wanted to contribute my tuppence worth to the ongoing issue of Sonia Gandhi accepting the "Order of Leopold" Belgium"s 2nd highest Civilian honour, in Nov 2006.The news items appear here... TOI, HT, CNN-IBN It seems this Belgian Award has also been given to Marshall Tito, General Patton and President Eisenhower as well - and hence, its a big d...
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| 19:24 | 16/Feb/2008 |
| My presentation at the REL hearing | |
| I have uploaded the presentation file at the Yahoo Bijlee group site.Here is the exact location:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bijlee/files/BSS IA_MERC_64-66_OF_2007_FEB14TH.pdfThe file is a 2.8 MB pdf file - so be careful before downloading it.Those of you who are interested in keeping abreast of such issues, may sendan email to bijlee-subscribe@...
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| 05:35 | 12/Feb/2008 |
| Response to REL's Petition to MERC | |
| February 11, 2008The Secretary,Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission13th Floor, Centre No 1, World Trade CenterCuffe Parade, Mumbai – 400 005Fax No. : 2216 3976Dear Sir,Re: Suggestions / Comments on REL-D's Petition (Case 66 of 2007).With reference to the above, we have attached our suggestions and comments.On 13.1.2008, a Public Notice was...
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| 18:46 | 27/Jan/2008 |
| Patriotic Songs .. or Inspirational Song... | |
| Just an observation .. Come Jan 26th (and also Aug 15th, for that matter) and we have schools holding Patriotic Song Contests. I attended one such competition and was surprised that out of the 4 songs that were sung, only 2 could be classified as "Patriotic."The others were just, pure "inspirational" and "motivating" - at best. Guess who won ? The ...
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| 09:57 | 27/Jan/2008 |
| Can we accuse MFs of "insider trading" ?... | |
| Just read the article, “When MFs raise capital & a stink” (Economic Times, Mumbai, Pg 15) by Gaurav Pai & Muthukumar K.Very interesting stuff ..The mutual fund companies often invest in their own Group companies - but of course, SEBI has a limit, which they do not cross ;)Did you know...1. Reliance Mutual Fund has invested Rs. 1,726 crores of YOUR ...
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| 06:10 | 23/Jan/2008 |
| MERC Public Hearings - Take Action Now !... | |
| The consumer-unfriendly MERC has announced a whole series of Public Hearings - just so that you can be charged MORE for electricity, from April 1st.Your April bills will come in the first week of May and by then it will be "too late" to file any appeal with MERC - 45 day period from date of Order will be over!It is better to raise your voice NOW.If...
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| 23:06 | 17/Jan/2008 |
| REL POWER IPO .. Poor Retail Investors !... | |
| 17.1.2008A friend of mine sent this in .. chew on it before you subscribe to the IPO...Warm regards,Sandeep N. Ohri9833097575snohri2004@yahoo.co.in------------------- -Reliance Power Limited IPOOpens: 15th January 2008.Closes: 18th January 2008.Price Band: Rs 405 to Rs 450.Price Band for Retail Investors: Rs 385 to Rs 430. (Rs 20 discount).Number o...
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| 06:31 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| Higher Electricity Bills .. again ? | |
| If you don't take action now .. you may end up paying higher electricity bills .. again !!Just a small reminder that there is a Public Hearing on Dec 6th at the YB Chavan Auditorium (Opp. Mantralaya), Mumbai - at 11 am. This is to hear public suggestions / comments on MSEDCL's petition to increase electricity tariff in lieu of imposing second "stag...
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| Thor | 01:59 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| For a friend... |
| If friendship hadA special shapeAnd kindnessHad a formWhat kind of thingWould qualifyAs preciousTrue and warm?And thus I musedThe heavensToward skyDid thoughts departAnd with my eyesSoon realizedThat friendshipThere did startFor there a giftStill purple coolIn twilightYet unbornAwakes from nightIn glory brightThat earth be warmEach mornIt shines wi...
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| candies alla... | 14:51 | 14/May/2008 |
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| Smart Old Woman |
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| An older lady gets pulled over for speeding.......... Older Woman: "Is there a problem, Officer?" Officer: "Ma'am, you were speeding." Older Woman: "Oh, I see." Officer: "Can I see your license please?" Older Woman: "I'd give it to you but I don't have one." Officer: "Don't have one? " Older Woman: "Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving. " Office...
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| AMI HINDU | 18:44 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Karma & Reincarnation THEORY |
| Karma & Reincarnation THEORY What is Karma? The word KARMA has many meanings in Hinduism such as 1. Action 2. Duty 3. Result of an action 4. Destiny 5. Effect 6. Result 7. Product are some of them. When you work or when you think, you create an impression in the Chitta or in the subconscious mind. That impression or vasana or tendency is also k...
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| Veena Hari | 12:28 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| The air was filled with bustling noises Children at play dotted the empty streets Birds chirped at the sun busy shining People rushed about, fulfilling daily feats. The evening sun set like every other day. All came back home, spent yet content Thoughts of tomorrow swam in their tired heads To live dreamy fantasies, off to bed they went. No gus...
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| Tammanna | 19:19 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| A woman's heart |
| A woman’s heart Dear poetYour poem’s plaintive cryTears my heart in twoCan I at least trySing a lullabyPut those blood-shot eyesTo restful sleepAs you wanderLike a spiritIn your haunted dreamsCan I justRun my slender fingersThrough the crop of hairThat frames your foreheadIf you shiverSeeing those ghosts of pastIn your nightmaresCan I rub your back...
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| Ocimum Sanc | 17:33 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| My first brands |
| My first brands….This post is probably the easiest to write, all you need is a fairly good memory, a tinge of sentiment or the ability to gup! Ha.Ha. Let’s see how much I can remember (have acquired some of them fairly recently and therefore I still have a few of these, with the possible exception of the disposable ones- u’ll know what I mean when ...
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| Aria | 22:45 | 20/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (109)
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| earmarked for death in this grotesque pandemoniuminept at descrying my way back to the surfaceonly light which exists here, is that of memory flaring up,illuminating rough pictures and writings overheadwhich you'd painted once, to invoke and placate me I abide, gazing in wonderturning first into warmth and recognitionthen growing violent or somber,...
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| amrut patil | 18:44 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| 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...
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| rose patel | 15:18 | 8/Jul/2008 |
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| I AM READY, SWEETY...! |
| I AM READY, SWEETY…! I AM PROUD OF PARSI - GUJARATIS. FEW NAMES….TATA, HOMI BHABHA, GODEREJ, RUSSI MODI, FAROKH ENGINEER, NANI PALKHIWALA, FIROZE GANDHI, ZUBIN MEHTA, SHAMIK DAWAR, CYRUS BHAROCHA, BOMAN IRANI…..AND SO ON….!! PARSIS ARE PERHAPES ONLY COMMUNITY IN INDIA WHERE POPULATION IS DECLINING, INSPITE OF INDIA’S HUGE POPULATION, I WISH, IN THE...
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| Vish Iyer | 22:58 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Stop passing judgements and improve qual... |
| The last couple of weeks have been stressful as I have been at my argumentative and judgmental best in my behavior with people at work and at home( I’m not proud of this). I have said a lot of things in the heat of the moment and oftentimes been misunderstood though I did not have any genuine mal-intent. By nature every moment of our lives are fil...
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| Anand Dampella | 23:53 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| The true cost of living in Zimbabwe - no food, no job and no hopeAs Mugabe heads into a presidential election, a mother's desperation sums up the reality of 100,000% inflation A man counts a big stack of money to buy some bananas in Harare, Zimbabwe. The numbers ceased to mean much to Sarah Chekani about the time inf...
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| Sumaya | 13:39 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| Time |
| Hi Everybody, This is my first blog and i really dont know what exactly i could scribble out here.There's an important factor in everyone's life without which we cannot procced in any means and thats "TIME". Well time is really important to all of us. We have to go not ahead not behind but along with the time. I know its verry easy to...
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| praveen sharma | 12:59 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Better & Sweetest Wife |
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| A wife is often someone who stands by her man through thick and thin. So, what better way to let her know that you can’t ask for anyone better than this short and light-hearted love poem?No Better WifeYou have stood by me in my lifeThrough tears, laughter and strifeFor all your love which is rifeI can’t ask for a better wife!If you have a sweet an...
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| ratna mani | 12:04 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| 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...
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| Mira Iyer | 00:23 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Boston
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| 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...
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| Mouneet Mehta | 17:11 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| The Human Race - Remember? |
| I sometimes wonder, with terrified visions, about where the humanity is headed? We - Human Beings, as we are called.We all are trapped in the so called basics of life. I can explain this statement with some examples. I was sitting on a bench, waiting for my turn, at the eye clinic and there was a couple sitting opposite to me. They looked very happ...
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| prajesh | 17:26 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| postal system |
| The postal system is one of the traditional methods of communication in which the sender writhes the message in an envelope along with the address of the receiver. The postal department takes it to the address corresponding to the receiver and delivers it. They use pincode as a key to transfer it to the concerned place. The envelope will be bought ...
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| AbsolutASL | 17:28 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| BLOGGER AND BLOG OF THE WEEK - 19th july... |
| We would like to inform you all who joined with absolutasl.com . We have selected "Blog and blogger of the week" ie rajeshvora.rediffiland.com/ is displayed in front page please do visit www.absolutasl.com Thanks
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| DrAnil verma | 03:14 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Blind Faith ? |
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| Sai Baba open one-eye ?Jul 18, 2008. Bangalore: It was blind belief, but people came with their eyes wide open, all for a glimpse of the one-eyed Sai Baba. A one-foot high idol of Sai Baba attracted a huge crowd as well as huge donations all through Friday, when word spread fast that Sai Baba had come to bless one and all by opening one eye on Guru...
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| Suvas Dutt | 00:35 | 16/May/2008 |
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| "Bias" |
| Harabhajan Sing got punishment again by the BCCI being debarred from five ODI. At the first instance, he has already been punished by the IPL Committee on the basis of video graphic evidence adduced by the match referee. Enquiry Commission was held, but unfortunately, the said Committee merely enquired about his fault. He was sl...
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| Nikki Tasha | 16:24 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Of Breakups and Breakups |
| Breakups do hurt - however, dwelling on them at length serves no purpose. Neither broadcasting it to the whole world helps in any way- there will be some sympathy from friends- but that fades away and every body moves on. You have to move on - it is not the end of the world - and again if it is a person you have not seen in real life and with who...
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| Veena A | 19:10 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| 'You're an MBA,' |
| A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in an Armani suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie-leans out the window and asks the shepherd, 'If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give meone?'The shephe...
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| Nadeem Jaira... | 11:17 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| Chuninda Ashars - Bashir Badr |
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| It is long since I have shared any poetic post, so today I am going to talk about Bashir Badr, one of the greatest contemporary urdu poet and my favourite. Though, I am a no voice, as far as the history of urdu/ hindi ghazal goes, and I am not well versed with individual poets' styles, but I have read quite a few poems by many writers, and have fou...
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| mahesh sowani | 14:53 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| No Smoking |
| My birthday was just round the corner. My friend Virendra asked me what you want on your birthday. “ You kick your habit of smoking” I replied promptly . “That would be too expensive” said Virendra while he puffed smoke from his mouth. We had dinner at a restaurant on birthday. I persuaded the girls in my group to leave as they were getting late....
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| a b | 17:41 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| And how it POURED today...Last month on this same date, I was lamenting the heat of summer and eagerlyawaiting the onset of the rainy season...Today, I am smiling and humming to myself as I look out of my office window...My very own friendly neighborhood hills are verdant green... lush grass, bushes,and trees with their squeaky clean washed wet loo...
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| vijayaram reddy | 12:11 | 16/Jul/2008 |
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| నువ్వĺ 3;నా ! ఎలా వున్నĹ 4;వ్ ? నన్ను తలుచుĵ 3;ోటాని 093;ి కూడా వీలు కాన...
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| Sameera Nandi | 16:35 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Make my day |
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| I was so sure I had a “post” in me on Sunday. Unfortunately I was nowhere near a computer at that time and so I lost that post. Yesterday, I opened a blank word document and well, it remained just that …a blank word document. Maybe this is what they call writer’s block. Although I am not conceited enough to think I am a writer or anything. So, ye...
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| Sami Ahmed | 09:04 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| When They Got Married |
| When they got married, both of them brought in their dreams into their marriage.After the engagement and before the marriage, which is naughtily called as probation period by some people, Sujit, during one of those meetings at restaurents, had asked his fiancee, “How do you want me to be after our marriage? Do I have to change myself in any manner?...
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| Meera Warrier | 10:43 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| Random Thoughts |
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| Dont let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their life.............. Ahhhh..........I recently realized this !!!!! Though a little late, the best lesson I learned was: Relationships work best when they are balanced. When our office recently lost an office attendant, I remembered that I owed him a "Thanks...
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| shals | 17:56 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| 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...
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| Meera | 20:44 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| Part II - In the Bride's House |
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| We got down at the Delhi station….Our Friend the Bride V with her brother had come to receive us…(Her brother….ufff….mmm…he is just just cute…very fair….smart….5 ft 5 inches tall and always fresh and clean…His perfume…I was just speechless (for the effects read the blog "I am just speechless" to understand what was happening to me).…Donno what to s...
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| Amisha Nair | 20:56 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| We, Our CHildren and Counselling .... |
| Counselling according to me is......it is nothing but COMMUNICATION with your loved ones, for your loved ones and about your loved ones...It s really surprising that the more and more counselling centers are opened and are really busy helping out the children.If we think minutely/sincerely, what children need which we don’t know and a counsellor kn...
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| thedaddytiger | 22:53 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| organisation politics |
| Hi all, I m feeling hellright now………… organization politics fed up of defending myself against it I don’tunderstand why people cant let us live alone…….. why that’s necessary forothers to nose in when things goes into right direction……….. why people alwaysjealous of others if you want to see your self being praised by others d...
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| Mumbaikar bi... | 16:19 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Chat bole tou Waat................... |
| Are o Pakiya idhaar baith jaldi se idhaar baith…apun ko tere se ek mast baat bolne ka hai…Are apun ka tou sir ghoom rela hai baap….yaar kal ka baat hai ye apun computer pe idhaar-udhaar dekh rela tha ki tabhiz apun ko udhaar Chaat ka kholi mila bole tou idhaar aane ka aur chatting karne ka kya…a..re wo wala chat nahi re bole tou computer pe chaat ...
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| Distant Mela... | 00:04 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Just want to break free |
| Blurred boundaries bundled emotions mixed in all angles like the curtain shade folded shadows black and white french window behind empty street outside dead men walking reality merging shadows emerging thoughts of future fear of the past present absent greyish day activating gloom unidentified heaviness inside deep inside throat dry wierd cold gh...
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| Manu Nair | 12:28 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Caught In The Net |
| It seems that the BJP has not learnt its lesson from the tie-up with the JD (S) in the state of Karnataka. Now the CPI (M) has opened its door towards the BJP. It’s really interesting to see if this tie-up would click if the BJP government is elected to power during the upcoming polls. The tie up of CPI (M) with BJP won’t click as people have alrea...
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| Shrikant S | 17:55 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| China policy vs. India polity |
| At times I have been very much impressed by the Chinese approach to governance though the corruption part of it puts a black pall of shame on such huge scale of governance - albeit using the harsher ways of management.But in the long run, it seems that a strict governance with sufficient leeway to human rights and competitive enterprise makes more ...
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| Harsha | 22:53 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| THE OTHER SIDE OF FREEDOM |
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| I know..no one would bother reading this blog..and damn!!!..no would so much as bother to give it a glance...why should you???..people have other interesting topics...sexy actors and their personal lives..how many dogs that hero has got..how that particular heroine maintains such a well toned body..you MUST know..shouldn't you?People adore..no..no....
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