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 16:45 | 15/Feb/2007 |
| .....and God said, let there be Friday!! | |
| Friday evening !!#@@# A toast to all my fellow professionals who work five-day-weeks, #@@# an inspiration to all those who work for more than five-in-a-week and #@@# a very eye-opening guide to all the aspiring professionals.***************************************** ***********************There's an oft-quoted statement '.......and God said let...
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| 16:53 | 3/Feb/2007 |
| The Immortal moment.... | |
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| its late after the sun has set, the shadows are long since deadthe darkness is pure and complete.........or is it just me?suddenly there's music all around, the dancing lights weave a blanketmy instinct ensnares me,......... to something very unearthlyshe is floating around the floor, her movements like a ship trying to tame an angry seai am rooted...
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| 13:25 | 25/Jan/2007 |
| Corporate concepts :p | |
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| Corporate concepts from a Grade-I seasoned corporate arena fighter.........ok, I'll be honest, a corporate arena survivor ............because the corporate arena has taught me that he who runs away (from a fight in the office) lives to fight another day Oh, and Grade -I? ........... that's because I'm still only at the lead associate level. The gr...
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| 15:45 | 23/Jan/2007 |
| No thanks, I don't smoke tobacco - III | |
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| A kiss of fresh air ............. Five rounds, a short walk in the night, full moon, fresh air ................ one delirious consomme' . This ecstasy floated up to me the very first time we all went out for little walk after five rounds of joints. By this time we had started rolling up our joints in cigarette paper with a pinch of tobacco in it. W...
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| 11:43 | 23/Jan/2007 |
| No thanks, I don't smoke tobacco - II | |
| Fourth joint in a row - The revelation : Following up on my last write-up:After my near brush with death ....... or so I percieved it to be (you know that thing about me not being able to keep up my breathing .... ), I used to stop at three joints, tops. By the end of the third joint I used to be on a very peaceful trip through the galaxy. ;) We us...
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| 17:54 | 16/Jan/2007 |
| No thanks, I don't smoke tobacco | |
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| This series of articles has been inspired by a lady on the ILand who calls herself - Dee Vine. I think the name is quite apt because one reading through her latest write-up was enough to send me back through time all the way to the days when after smoking-up, I used to feel creative enough to see and feel poetry beneath the mundane veneer of life.B...
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| 09:16 | 16/Jan/2007 |
| Vertigo | |
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| Fighting vertigo ....................... 950 ft vertically up. I've never really had a fear of heights or aversion to them, for that matter. But looking at people-choked streets from the roof of a high-rise is drastically different from looking down into a valley from the edge of a hill. If things and people look tiny from the top of a high-rise, ...
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| 10:55 | 10/Jan/2007 |
| Cricket, the ersatz religion of India | |
| Cricket, men-in-blue, Pepsi, Coke, Thums-Up, MRF ,Britannia, shampoos, apparel, accessories, eons of television time and coverage .......... oh God, help me out ,lest I drown in this media hoopla............ ........... and the award for the "truth" about Indian cricket goes to : humiliating losses to just about every other cricket playing nation w...
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| 13:38 | 4/Jan/2007 |
| Nainital ........ | |
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| Imagine waking up to a sunrise dancing off a lush green hill, kissing the houses-with-sloping-roofs along the slope, a sunrise gleaming off a lake, a sunrise that brings with it the old world charm of a hill station from an era so long forgotten that you probably weren't even born then (the British era). A sunrise so pure, so tranquil, with colours...
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| 09:37 | 27/Dec/2006 |
| Dance with the devil | |
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| **************************************** **************************Clear, dark, starry skies.Trance music good enough to make you ascend to the stars.Psychedelic colours on trees, spreads and people. Lots of chocolates in your pocket so if you ever come down from the high, pop one and it'll send you back into orbit at supersonic speed.You stoned eno...
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| Vasudevan Mu... | 12:08 | 15/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (1)
| City: Chennai(Madras)
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| A Typical American Late-Night Talk Show |
| Late one Tuesday night I was watching TV and doing a brisk skipping-the-channel-faster-than-light game, I was struck by shock that there was in fact a nice thought-provoking program on the TV. Well, I am talking about a toilet cleanser advertisement. After a second of freezing I continued to change the channel until I hit upon one that was airing a...
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| nishant shah | 03:43 | 1/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (516)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: Music Rock Meta...
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| Remember the days |
| Remember the DaysRemember the days when,We played at the beachside shed,Cloning the villas of sand and clayAnd when the oceans touched our feetWe would gleefully gaze the sun in crimson redRemember the days when,We used to hide candies from Mums eyesAnd our grandpas narrated the fables of the timberland.We swirled in the wind to catch the butterfly...
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| shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007 |
| Friends: (1383)
| City: Noida
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| Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…... |
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| Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?Why, any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner? If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight? Why 'abbreviated' is such a long word?How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why, when you change...
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| Vibhuti | 12:45 | 11/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (309)
| City: Ahmedabad
| Interests: M Living life eve...
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| Life’s struggle |
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| Hi friends,You may have come across this song/poem/shayari but I would like to share here one more time ….read it in spirit of our life battle, ….. ‘ek aag ka dariya hai aur dur tak jana hai’ n tat too with smile, care, love & happiness. I read it once, twice, thrice and every time I learn that there would be hurdles in your path………. sometime even ...
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| friendly ghost | 10:19 | 10/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (327)
| City: Mumbai
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| Stop Credit Cards & Consumer Loans |
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| Stop Credit Cards & Consumer LoansToday, we have an affluent economy, with only a small fraction of our economies' output devoted to basic needs. Environmentalists say that we are reaching the limits of growth due to ecological constraints. Here in our cities, we have not only reached the limits of human needs but overshot them many times over. Wha...
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| Niki | 22:45 | 10/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (27)
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| Hmmm.... |
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| Lot of people write on the eternal decision between 'right' or 'wrong' - the easier more traveled path vs the tougher less traveled path! But, today I think we face the decision not between just one right & one wrong, but many rights! What I mean to say as part of today's generation is that, it is not just important to choose the 'right' path but w...
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| simran kumar | 12:24 | 8/Mar/2007 |
| Friends: (148)
| City: Delhi
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| those nothings............. |
| Those whispering nothings those muted emotions those deep sighs.... somersaulting heart beats impregnating innocent heart with coveted desires fanta...
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| Bindu Roy | 23:50 | 25/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (35)
| City: Delhi
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| Power of Intention |
| Have you heard of the Power of Intention----------------------believe me----------------take my word for it --------------------------boy it works:)--------------Thank God for that.Sooooooooooooooooo much has been happening in life lately-----------almost immediately.First I got an opportunity to get into teaching at a Management school and also if...
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| Diptangshu Dey | 15:11 | 14/Feb/2007 |
| Friends: (30)
| City: Kolkata
| Interests: football,cricket,...
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| BIRTH / DEATH |
| When a person celebrates his birthday,he or she autometically & slowly get closer to his DEATHday
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| The Princess | 12:17 | 4/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (201)
| City: Bangalore
| Interests: Nature , life , f...
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| Sex.... |
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| Teenage sex on the sly; Indians concerned!By: Barsha Nag Bhowmick.Copyright : www.broadband.indiatimes.com" Sex no longer is a taboo amongst today's teenagers. According to a recent survey, teenagers across urban India are getting into physical relationships, which are dragging them and their partners at health risks. A cross section of the Indian...
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| jnanbikash b... | 12:59 | 30/Jan/2007 |
| Friends: (6)
| City: guwahati
| Interests: writing
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| The fake mountain |
| The mountains were a dream away. Trekking wasn't my passion, rock climbing not my hobby and Mountain conquests were just not my cup of tea. Don't doubt they were my cup of coffee, after all my cup of coffee is made of bone china(Izzat ka saawal hai). Yet I observed them at a constant height with my eyes constantly but one day I suddenly observed th...
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| Revati Sadaw... | 20:50 | 28/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (39)
| City: Pune
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| I am a Free Bird.... |
| I’m a Free Bird A big hello to all the Islanders…well I was kinda out of Island for a few months & let me tell ya guys… it was terrible…I missed this place like nething…. the reason was I left my job so I could not log in frequently….I was busy discovering the traveler inside me..or the musician or the corporate inside me…??? Gosh! I really dunno ...
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| dee vine | 12:45 | 5/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (145)
| City: Delhi
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| ;-) a friend with weed is a friend indeed .... and a friend in need is a pest ... LOL .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8
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| Pramathesh B... | 22:00 | 15/Sep/2007 |
| Friends: (148)
| City: Jorhat
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| Friction 2 |
| Get this widget | Share | Track details Get this widget | Share | Track details
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| Sushanta Hazra | 18:17 | 7/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (14)
| City: Kolkata
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| Night is good if u can sleep forgetting all ur woes.
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| aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (641)
| City: Vishakapatnam
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| CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA |
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| Three cheers for ANIL " THE JUMBO" & his men in blue.By defeating pak in the opening test anil kumble has opened his account on a winning note & pushed vigour into the team to aim for 3-0 win.Another person to be congratulated is our 10dulkar...By surpassing allan border's runs he is now standing next to LARA.Hope he will be numero-uno by next ye...
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| ashish chova... | 14:39 | 19/Dec/2006 |
| Friends: (75)
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| buisiness proccess outsourcing |
| OUR VISION: To be a global, industry-leading service provider of high quality, cost effective services designed to increase relationship using intellectual capital of Indian brain. We will keep building our skills and distinguishing project methodology, together with our industry, business process and technology knowledge. Thus, we will be able t...
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| ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (552)
| City: Kolkata
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| The Tea-shop girl |
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| The corner shop that serves us teaAnd houses all furore.From rising price to falling starsIn voices shrill and sore.A pair of eyes does follow themLook askance at their dinWhen closing shop with little handsOr washing strainers clean.A simple riddle troubles her,At times, does make her smileHow grown up men have silly fightsKnowing all the whileTha...
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| Hemantkumar B | 20:20 | 17/Mar/2007 |
| Friends: (95)
| City: Pune
| Interests: Travel, Sports & ...
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| Hi friends...After long period i come back on my favorite rediffiland.I missed all of my friends on my rediffiland.---------------------------- --------------------------------------I just received this message from Monique Banbanson at IRL, who forwarded it from Douglas Nortz at CMU. Thought it might be of interest...----------------------------- --...
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| savita dutta | 19:58 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (358)
| City: nomansland
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| am i a coward??????? |
| I got a threat in my GB that 'we will not stop at words "and I buckled under. I spose I am a coward The threat comes from a dear friend.So it hurt a lot anyway....no point in running away or living behind closed doors! Jo hoga dekhenge !! so on with the blogs and a challenge to the person to harm me if he has the guts! I refuse to bow before anyon...
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| Saakshee I | 19:28 | 7/Nov/2007 |
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| City: I live close 2 u!
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| There's a minefield out there... |
| I'm surfing Iland these days incognito - no new post and not enough time to comment, so I’m busy favoriting Ilands, intending to go back to comment! However, I am incognito mainly becasue of them err... Youtubers! Oh yes you've seen them - Iland is being taken over by them Youtubers! You must be blind if you did not notice them song-and-dance post...
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| L Kini | 13:52 | 6/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (781)
| City: Hyderabad
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| Funny Equations |
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| I hope everybody remember about A Rasna cooldrink advertisement in our school days. One cute little girl in that advertisement always telling that "I LOVE YOU RASNA" Want to see her now Obviously Scroll down =========================Funny Equations!Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoyDonkey = eat + sleepTherefore,Human = Donkey + wor...
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| Gloria Aurora | 16:52 | 28/May/2007 |
| Friends: (462)
| City: Delhi
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| Run.....the race of life |
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| Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the fastest lion. If he cannot, then he will be eaten. Every morning in Africa a lion awakens. He has only one thought on his mind: To be able to run faster than the slowest gazelle. If he cannot, he will die of hunger. Whether you choose ...
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| alpana | 22:10 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (240)
| City: NOIDA
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| its a plea! please respect and love ur elders always! Aaj shaam thi ajeeb si na thi chiyoan ki chehak na thi phooloan mey mehak aisa laga ki pavan ney dhoond ki chaadarchaaroan aur li thi lapet! na tha mausam garmi ka na hua sardi ka ehsaasbas lag raha tha kuch rokh raha hai mera saansaaj shaam thi ajeeb siaur mein thi shayad bheetar mann key thod...
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| Simran Kumar | 10:23 | 24/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (286)
| City: Sharjah
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| Ma fIrSt DIwAli IN ma MoThErLaNd |
| Its my first Diwali in India after a gap of almost 16 years and am I elated or not..Just at this very moment my ears are flooded with the constant bangs and booms of the 'Patakas' and the ' Bombs' & as i sit to write this experience of mine , my hands just feel the vigour of the festival all over again. Never before had i ever been exposed to such ...
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| sazz jazz | 13:41 | 23/Nov/2006 |
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| City: Pune
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| The Crossroads |
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| Whether I should drown in the river of regret or flow with the stream to see what lies ahead.There are times when everything loses its sheen and every moment is an unbearable weight.We all face this situation atleast once in our life and this is only the result of choices we made.There are moments when we have to make a choice, a choice between ch...
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| AdityaDas Menon | 15:57 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (1170)
| City: Cochin
| Interests: Romantic Yogi.....
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| " THE PRINCESS" ....Part One........... |
| "The Princess".......... Part One... Dear Reader, My Blog “ The Princess “ is nothing but simple scribblings of my wandering thoughts based on a story describing Panchali’s secret fascination towards the Star of Mahabharata – Karna ……Infact I read that few months back in a weekly.As per them, it was described in Puranamanjari.I don’t know whether i...
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| Sowmya Shekar | 20:44 | 4/Aug/2007 |
| Friends: (131)
| City: Chennai
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| FRIENDSHIP DAY WISHES |
| It started on that fateful day with a very simple "HEY"we carried on talking and got close from therefriends like youare very fewour friendship is faithful strong and truewhen i need you your always therei value your opinion'cause i do caretheres another poem thats very truefor special people like you I'm Glad i met you and that our friendship is t...
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| cherry s | 13:38 | 17/Jan/2007 |
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| Beyond the Brain - The Intelligent Heart |
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| We've all been told, at one time or another, to follow our hearts. And it sounds like a great idea, in principle. But the problem is that actually following our hearts--and loving people, including ourselves--is much easier said than done. Where do we begin? People talk about following their hearts, but nobody shows us how to do it. What does follo...
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| namrata sharma | 12:55 | 27/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (73)
| City: Mumbai
| Interests: are many...!!typi...
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| POST # 2 |
| today is November 27th! my lasty post is dated November 10 ! Not bad!! not bad at all!! i am kinda returning to my blog!! yiiipppiieee..!and..even these 17days have been so adventurous. the current course of my life is absolutely distict from the life course, when the last blog was written!HAPPENING, it is then! my life! in the truest sense of the ...
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| Sandeep Ohri | 06:31 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (367)
| City: Mumbai
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| 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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| Sudhir Chauhan | 07:40 | 10/Jan/2007 |
| Friends: (164)
| City: Bangalore
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| Personality Plus |
| Hi friends,Here goes the second one...Personality Plus by Florence Littauer *************************************An amazing book..that reveals "personality profile" self-test and Littauer's valuable guidance & helps readers better understand themselves and others..A must read for everyone who wants to be loved and accepted..by others..The book tal...
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