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 20:51 | 6/May/2007
Freedom !!!
After a long time... Hope you all like this... * more...
 19:58 | 26/Mar/2007
Smooth Flight
Photo taken at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary... Tell me what you think about it... * more...
 09:30 | 25/Mar/2007
Capt R Harshan
  Friends, I am adding the photo of Capt R Harshan who laid down his life fighting terrorists in J&K. He was  a member of the elite Second Para Commandos `Red Devil' unit, and  was commissioned into the Special Forces in December 2002. He was conferred the Bali-Dan (Sacrifice) badge after a year of service. Jai hind!!! * more...
 17:46 | 21/Mar/2007
I Salute You my Brother !!!!
Yesterday, the Nation lost another brave soldier....Capt R Harshan of the 2nd Batalion of the Para Regiment laid down his life, the Supreme Sacrifice, in the honour of the Motherland. Harshan was my junior in school. He died early morning yesterday, fighting militants in Kupwara. A brave soldier, despite being hit by the enemy bullets, Capt Harshan... more...
 06:31 | 20/Mar/2007
A Tiger...
A picture of a Tiger, taken at Bannerghatta National Park. Hope you all like it... Dedicated to Sophia Roy... Hope you like it mama.. * more...
 08:11 | 13/Mar/2007
Fly...
Hope u all like it... V Lall... For u Mama... :) more...
 10:58 | 10/Mar/2007
Photography Basics.. Continued
Aperture In photography, aperture is how much the diaphragm of the lens is opened while clicking the photo. Therefore, it is used to control the amount of light that passes through the lens and reaches the film or the sensor in case of digital cameras. Aperture is expressed in terms of F-Stops or f/value. Some camera manuals call it aperture value.... more...
 17:48 | 9/Mar/2007
Dedicated to my great friendship with Ra...
She is cute,She is smart,She is sweet,She is an angel.She likes roses,She likes to talk,She likes poems She likes my pics.We like to chat,For hours at a stretch,We wish we could talk,For hours more at a stretch.In each other, we find solace, companionship,and great friendship,In joy and in sorrow.We always wonder,How close we have come.We always ad... more...
 20:28 | 14/Feb/2007
Loneliness
Had nothing to do... except work.. hectic... Came to office at 7.30 AM.. It is 9 PM and I'm still in office...No one or nowhere to go to...Was just browsing and found this :When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this lone... more...
 20:17 | 13/Feb/2007
For My Valentine..
And this one is for my valentine... But, who is it ????.... Whoever it is... can pick it up... :-) How about that?.. *  TheLoneStar more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 star warrior | 18:33 | 8/Nov/2007
Friends: (35)  | City: galaxy  | Interests: Being THE star* o...
Happy diwali
Dear Friends, Wish you all a very happy Diwali..I am blogging from my main id star trekker.So my friends here please add star trekker id as your friend. Regards, star Star            more...
 Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007
Friends: (698)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music, reading no...
Physics and Music
Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...  more...
 Kool | 14:38 | 13/Apr/2007
Friends: (5)  | Interests: Travelling, Photo...
Happiness within
What is that in life we look for?"HAPPINESS", yes happiness is all we want in life.is that you can buy happiness in a departmental store or is that you can lock it in the Safe in a Nationalised bank?Noways, happiness is what we feel, it is  a feel which is compensated by nothing.When is that we feel HAPPY?Passed my 10th examinations in first class ...  more...
 Anjali shahi | 09:47 | 28/Mar/2007
Friends: (698)  | Interests: diff. subject
Looking good
We all want to look good , but in our teenage due to hormonal changes , pollution , exam. stress ,often this seems virtually impossible to achieve. Nearly 80% of the teenagers get some degree of Acne (Pimple/Zits) .      Acne - combination of blackheads, whiteheads & a variety of imflamed lesions, which appears in the form of pustules , bumps or la...  more...
 ashwini bhat | 12:40 | 20/Jun/2007
Friends: (100)  | City: madikeri  | Interests: making friends,ph...
Respect Your thoughts...
This is one more reason why we have to thank God for the food that we can have easily.But in the otherhand....ironicly, we still waste the food that we buyI feel very GRATEFUL for what I have today.......We are so blessed for the wonderful works of God's hand in our life today, just think of this.............."I felt very fortunate to live in this ...  more...
 shurobi chou... | 01:06 | 21/Mar/2007
Friends: (9)  | City: secunderabad  | Interests: books, music, kid...
Raison d'etre
Life seems to be beautiful until you actually understand what it means… you continue to live, but understanding life changes your perspective towards everything completely.It changes the way you enjoy happiness and grieve when you meet sorrow. Having to let go of some of the most beautiful things, knowing that holding on would be in vain; and yet t...  more...
 a b | 04:01 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (187)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Pets, Music, Book...
Serendipity
Midnight Starlight Myriad stars twinkling bright Evening star A pulsating beacon In the starry milky way Crescent moon Quite like a loon Adding its bit to the night sky Oh such madness Entwined bodies in deep slumber Tired minds catching up on dreams What is this Life or serendipity Or a universe of senseless matter?  more...
 Sathya Sathya | 00:59 | 19/Aug/2007
Friends: (220)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Thinking
Don't miss to read these two links
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s244535.htm http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=413523  more...
 Cpyder Graphix | 20:43 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (88)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Photograph, Fly, ...
Yellow Pepper
Hello iLanders, after a long time I present to you three of my pics that I shot in last two months.  Hope you will like them.  Waiting for your comments... - CpyderGraphix  more...
 manisha sharma | 13:14 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (236)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading,Listening...
monkey....nahin bolna kisi ko......   SOMETIMES...  We must be hurt in order to grow,We must fail in order to know,We must lose in order to gain. Some Lessons are learned best only through pain.  SOMETIMES... The Lord calms the storm, SOMETIMES... He lets the storm rage... and calms His child...Better go through the storm with Him, Than smooth wate...  more...
 Mainak Mazumder | 01:36 | 9/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: GREEN PLANET  | Interests: Disaster Manageme...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Climate Change and Its Impacts Our personal perception of Climate Change is largely developed through experience and interpretation of records compiled by our ancestors. People who grow up in the warmer temperate regions and tropics are in awe at the first sight of snow, no matter what they have read or visualized from film and television. It is al...  more...
 chaitali rai | 12:24 | 29/Nov/2007
Friends: (486)  | City: in my sweet little world  | Interests: films,astrology,y...
Around the corner I have a friend,In this great city that has no end,Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,And before I know it, a year is gone.And I never see my old friends face,For life is a swift and terrible race,He knows I like him just as well,As in the days when I rang his bell.And he rang mine but we were younger then,And now we are busy, t...  more...
 PRIYO MUKHERJEE | 10:38 | 13/Aug/2007
Friends: (83)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Surfing Net & Enj...
Aluminium India 2008
The Indian market for Aluminium is booming and is forecasting furthergrowth in coming years. With Indian producers expanding theircapacities, new players entering and the current increasing demand forhigh quality products the Indian industry is gearing up to adopt stateof the art technology & latest equipments to meet qualitychallenges. Alcastek & ...  more...
 Sophia Roy | 00:22 | 6/Jul/2007
Friends: (196)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Music, books, psy...
JOURNEY OF THE SOUL---5
FOR YOU on YOUR BIRTHDAY----6TH JULY 2007 “LIFE IS AS UNCOMPLICATED AS YOU MAKE IT”   --- Capt Sameer Roy Choudhury    Corps of Signals, 19 Assam RiflesToday for the first time in 27 years I cannot hear your voice as I wish you happy birthday…for  you have crossed the boundaries of space and time…the final frontier has been left behind…you are a fr...  more...
 shailesh S | 17:12 | 8/Jun/2007
Friends: (1383)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Internet, surfing...
Ever You Wonder ………(Some stray thoughts…...
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...  more...
 ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (228)  | City: dhaka  | Interests: blog ,book reading
why
There are no moonlight, no sunlight The earth is so dark… No wind to take breath.   There are no flowers No color The earth is colorless   There are no bird, no butterfly No song, no color, no light… No love, no humanity   The earth is so dark…so… Why  life?   more...
 Anitha Jayar... | 10:25 | 26/Jun/2007
Friends: (64)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Reading, Arts(tha...
Whats in a sexual identity?
I first learnt about them when I was 13 years old. My cousins, were referring to them in vulgar terms and cracking jokes. I was naive(then) and asked my mom what those terms meant. She patiently explained them to me. By them, I mean the sexual minorities. Male and Female are the sexual majorities, the transgenders, the minorities.(For an explanatio...  more...
 Anjan Preet | 21:33 | 22/Nov/2007
Friends: (39)  | City: Sengkang  | Interests: Me a technical wr...
Jingles -- kuch yaadein purani si
Remember guys the jingles which were all the time on our lips when we were kids.. yes am talking about the creative tv advertisements and their jingles...Today me and my virtual friends on orkut (luckily I made great friends here in UK Indian community) were talking on this and we refreshed our memories with our all time favourite ads jingles.I tho...  more...
 L Kini | 13:52 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (783)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Netsurfing,Nature...
Funny Equations
                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...  more...
 Ashish G | 01:22 | 19/Apr/2007
Friends: (228)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: to become a bette...
Facts About Women
Why are women so difficult to understand? Why relationships fall apart because of misunderstandings? What exactly do women want? Why men fail to properly understand the woman in their lives? These questions have been asked many a times but nothing has been done to seek those answers.http://factsaboutwomen.wetpaint. com is an effort in that regard. I...  more...
 Chethna Shenoy | 11:18 | 21/Feb/2007
Friends: (163)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Watching movies. ...
Mera Dil
Raah mein kaante bichein,par nahi rukta yeh dil,pair cheel jayein sahi, par nahi jukta yeh dil|Ghaav khakaar bhi use,Aaage badana jo pasand hai|Raah mein nadiyan milein,ya mile sagar sahi,is dil mein hai hosala, ki par kar jaye vahi|Doob kar bhi teranais dil ko jo pasand hai|Raah mein parvat kayi,par paar jana hai use,pair yeh dagamaga rahe, par di...  more...
 amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007
Friends: (359)  | City: Goa  | Interests: understanding mys...
Success in Life
  The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.”     Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.  more...
 aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007
Friends: (641)  | City: Vishakapatnam  | Interests: health,cinema,cur...
CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA
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...  more...
 Gopal MS | 12:28 | 3/Dec/2007
Friends: (77)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: India and Indian ...
Blue Nail Polish
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 Shree Sharma | 21:37 | 27/Aug/2007
Friends: (464)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: reading
Why?
In India we think of very high of those people who are living or working abroad !!! As a student or as a professional we grow up with a dream of studying or working abroad.I feel nothing in the world is like India. We leave behind our families and the place where we were brought up, once we leave then we realize what we have missed.I have seen a bl...  more...
 P K | 19:37 | 7/Jul/2007
Friends: (49)  | City: Goa  | Interests: reading,swimming,...
LuV.....
..Love is like magic..  Love is like magicAnd it always will be.For love still remainsLife's sweet mystery!Love works in waysThat are wondrous and strangeAnd there's nothing in lifeThat love cannot change!Love can transformThe most commonplaceInto beauty and splendorAnd sweetness and graceLove is unselfish,Understanding and kind,For it sees with it...  more...
 yogapriya mu... | 10:16 | 6/Jan/2007
Friends: (34)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: singing,reading
Happy and sweet Pongal
Wish you all a very happy and sweet pongal.On this ocassion i want to wish all the farmers to get an abundant yield in the year ahead and till the existence of the world ."Jai kisaan"  more...
 Sowmya Shekar | 20:44 | 4/Aug/2007
Friends: (131)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: music, reading bo...
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...  more...
 nita thakur | 19:00 | 22/Jan/2007
Friends: (44)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: reading, listenin...
Hindi Marathi
Now this is one howlarious mail I recd...enjaay...  more...
 Purna c | 11:18 | 11/Nov/2007
Friends: (48)  | City: Thane  | Interests: Reading,Cooking,T...
Jokes
Teacher :What happened in 1869?Student:Gandhi ji was born.Teacher :What happened in 1873?Student:Gandhiji was four years old. Question:What is the fullform of maths.Anwser: Mentaly affected teachers harrasing students Teacher :Because of Gandhiji's hard work what do we get on 15th August.Student:A holiday Teacher:"Can anyone give me an example of C...  more...
 Roopa Naik | 08:34 | 20/Oct/2007
Friends: (157)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: everything under ...
So true!
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 debashree roy | 12:12 | 13/Nov/2006
Friends: (192)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: painting, reading...
Did you know them all?
Have you ever faced questions related to your religion and did you know the answers to all of them? Could you really defend and support the religion you follow and be proud of  being who you are? Recently I came across some questions related to Hinduism and found the answers to them. Would like to share them in my blog.What is the significance of t...  more...
 prodigal son | 07:39 | 15/Nov/2007
Friends: (132)  | City: devilz' land  | Interests: to scare you all ...
Wooooman
 Nine words women use(1) Fine!: This is the word women use to end an argument when they think they are right and you need to shut up!(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an  hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.(3) Nothing!: ...  more...
 Star Trekker | 19:10 | 12/Dec/2007
Friends: (266)  | City: galaxy  | Interests: Dancing in the cl...
startrekker's calender 2008
startrekker's calender 2008 launchDear friends!I am so glad to have completed an year on the iland and I thank all of you for the love and support you have shown me.I launch the startrekker's 2008 calender made with my digital art by me...it almost feels like launching the Kingfisher's calender..hahahah..(i'm inspired by Vijay Mallya) hehehe..The c...  more...
 namit ranjan | 16:02 | 17/Jan/2007
Friends: (22)  | City: muzaffarpur  | Interests: music,movies n bo...
maut ki dua
judai ka pata hota agar pyaar se pehle ,to maut ki duia maangte hum tere deedar se pehle.  more...
 TheGeetha Fa... | 09:29 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (227)  | Interests: Bhagavat Geetha
The field and the knower of field in ken...
This is priliminary info about kenopanishad from wiki..About KenopanishadKenopanishad derives its name from the first word Kena , meaning ‘by whom’. It belongs to the Talavakara Brahmana of Sama Veda and is therefore also referred to as Talavakara Upanishad. It has four sections, the first two in verse and the other two in prose. Adi Shankara who h...  more...
 Meenal Johari | 18:17 | 12/Mar/2007
Friends: (203)  | Interests: earning and shari...
Email To My Loving Wife
A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail. Meanwhile....Somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral.The widow decided to check her e-mail, expectin...  more...
 savita dutta | 19:58 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (360)  | City: nomansland  | Interests: sigh sigh sigh aa...
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...  more...
 Indu Vohra | 11:26 | 22/Jan/2007
Friends: (81)  | Interests: reading, travelli...
How to beat the blues
Most of us suffer from Monday blues for the first half of the day, including me. As the sunday night approaches, I cannot but help wishing if the day was a little longer I could do a bit more, no no no a lot more!Well we all will have 24 hours always and will always try to pack in as much as possible. So the fight is eternal. I have started a few s...  more...
 ZEUS ZEUS | 00:51 | 11/Dec/2007
Friends: (552)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: nothing. absolute...
The Tea-shop girl
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...  more...