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| These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll doone of these days these boots are gonna walk all over youMain ne kya kiya?Main bekasoorYou keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playinOne of these days these boots are gonna walk all over youAre you ready boots? Start walkin'!Um , okay, I acce...
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| 07:59 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Mujhey gussa dikhaya What wrong did I do I just loved you Kya meri chumban Katon ki tara thi? Forgive me If I was froward Main to aapko dekh kar Chaand ka tukra hi dekha Aap ke ijazat bina.
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| 12:30 | 4/Jul/2008 |
| Leaves of Grass | |
| Come see my loveThis new house of oursSee the wonderful lawnAnd, um, the broad verandah? Come inside my loveSee the spacious roomsAnd the smooth enamelled walls?This our bedroom?And this the living room?See the sofas how comfy they already look? My smile was fast fadingFor she showed no great pleasure … Um, the neighbours?They are wonderful too See...
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| 21:16 | 3/Jul/2008 |
| He said, She said | |
| Come sit beside me, she saidI better not, he saidYou are so beautifulI might lose it, he said Come sit, hold my handAnd I will hold yoursDo not fear your fears, she saidTell me, what is two and two? I do not understand, he saidIs this a trick question?Come place your head on my breastAnd tell me what you hear, she said I hear the beating of your he...
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| 01:21 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| If Only I Could | |
| The storm raged outside,Inside, you and I,With legs and hands entangled,With sheets and pillows all over,Took our own pleasuresWith each other Forgive me, my love,In the midst of this storm,My mind wonderedWhat would be if the elements were calm Did you seek refuge in meOr were your frantic passions litWhen the skies spat fire? Did you want me to c...
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| 00:28 | 2/Jul/2008 |
| Wonderful | |
| There were wonderful timesAmong other and quite different wonderful timesIn my lifeWhen I wallowed in miseryAnd wished the nothingness would everlastThat I would not have to get upAnd go about this Sisyphean task called LifeWhen every step upWas followed by two steps downThat I could finally do without her I call it wonderfulBecause I found reasons...
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| 18:28 | 24/Jun/2008 |
| What Is It You Possess? | |
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| What is it you possess That's magic on my heart ... Is it your eyes, or silken tress, That inspires each every start? Or, is it your voice which, gentle, Strums upon my senses, Setting sounds musical, Soothing all sleepless hurts?
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| 18:07 | 17/Jun/2008 |
| Gently, Tenderly | |
| Was it just yesterdayWhen you and I, in a clammy hotel room,Bucked and jumped,Belly against belly? Was it only just yesterdayWhen I plunged like a mad stallion upon youAnd you raked your nailsDown my back? No, it wasn't yesterday,But many years ago,Though I still rememberHow we sat apart,Afterwards.Somehow self-ashamed at what had just happenedOur ...
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| 15:19 | 9/Jun/2008 |
| After the Waters | |
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| Just as there is no waterfallWithout a riverThere is no pain in loveWithout love. Just as there are no flowersWithout rootsThere is no heartacheWithout a heart O don’t just dance aroundOutside my doorCome inside my worldThere are countless days lostMore than we care to rememberIt’s time to secure our future Below the chaos of the waterfallB...
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| 14:52 | 9/Jun/2008 |
| To You | |
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| I have supped under the sunAnd in cold clammy shadowsThe mountain and the plainI have been husbanding and profligate I have ever resisted temptationAnd I have ever succumbed I have saved livesAnd I have been complicit I have ever exitedThrough the same doorI so eagerly entered I have been sinner and saint My philosophies have pro...
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| vidushi chau... | 18:24 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Solace |
| SolaceOmnipresent, ever- potent,You lie before me- majestic, strong.The skies darken, and your wild is free,The wicked streak ensnares as it slays.Mesmerized eyes follow, lives falter,You stay You, fiercely You.The clouds sail in- puffy, white, innocent, against a clear blue sky,And you murmur in approval like a lazy beast sprawled after a meal,Cha...
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| PGR NAIR | 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| HALF A DAY |
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| Half a Day: Naguib MahfouzIntroductionEvery now and then one encounters a story that leaves an indelible impression long after it is read. I read this short short story written by Naguib Mahfouz shortly after his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. I was enamoured by its rich and ornate style, its narrative technique, universal theme and dramat...
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| PREETI BOSE | 09:33 | 7/Jul/2008 |
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| The Emperor |
| An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to ch...
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| leena | 18:21 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| 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...
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| anil verma | 16:25 | 10/Jul/2008 |
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| SELF IDENTITY |
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| देखो, स 379;चो, समझो, सुनो, गुनो, और जानो ! dekho, socho, samjho, suno, guno, or jano ! इसको, उ 360;को, संभव ह...
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| RAGHUPAT | 17:07 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| be yourself! |
| Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with what you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everythin...
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| Prachi Dublay | 13:16 | 23/May/2008 |
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| City: Mind n Music!
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| You Said! |
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| Oh My Lord…You said… “Now may every living thing,Young or old, Weak or strong, Living near or far, Known or unknown, Living or departed or yet unborn….May every living thing… Be full of bliss…” Oh Lord….You also lead us towards Freedom… Freedom from Hatred…Freedom from Guilt…Freedom from Slavery… from Illwill… from Vengeance… And You fill our hea...
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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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| Happiness | 01:26 | 20/Apr/2008 |
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| Autumn in Auckland |
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| 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...
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| Divyani | 09:47 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| Easy-breezy Trifle |
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| This is a jat-pat dessert...if you are going to get guests without much of prior notice and don't have time and inclination for gulab-jamun then here is easy-breezy trifle. I loved the picture I took and therefore decided to post this post. The blueberries were picked from "u-pick-farm" by yours truely while husband rested under a tree. I love f...
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| velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008 |
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| How Heavy is a Glass of Water |
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| A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.""If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an h...
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| sohamswami | 07:57 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| BANOMALI AND THE GOD-PART-2 |
| It was already dark and the road to the Burning Ghat was lonely,unearthly quiet. In any other time Banomali would have never come at this time. But today ,with the help of his bottle friend,he can go anywhere ,even to Hell. Just as he approached the Burning Ghat , he had a unusual feeling. It almost knocked his high out of his head. The silence was...
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| friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| Trishna Mumbai | 16:43 | 20/Jun/2008 |
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| Season of Acceptance |
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| It’s been a long two months. The vacant look in mum’s eyes is slowly giving way to a twinkle – very slowly but surely. I suppose letting go of 40 years of togetherness is a tall order for anyone. When she reached Mumbai and I saw her, my whole being froze up. A forehead sans the familiar vermillion and the mangalsutra gone, her appearance gave a...
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| sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| ‘Eating the Earth’! |
| Eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet.You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, not 'grow' meat. So eating meat adds to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides - and climate change. "By 2050 the world's livestock will be consuming as m...
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| TheSwats Omn... | 10:08 | 2/Dec/2007 |
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| 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...
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| meena sundar | 16:05 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| Thank you god for your kindness at last! |
| Losing someone is not that easySeeing them sufferingSeeing them cryAll makes our heart tear apart We feel uselessWe feel desperateTrying our hands on every possible wayTo keep them comfortable We know they are going to dieBut we careAnd we pray, For two things…. Let them live peacefullyOn the other hand, take them immediatelyBcoz we can’t stan...
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| ZEUS ZEUS | 22:23 | 9/Jan/2008 |
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| 'Away From Her' - A Review |
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| 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...
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| Rocky Kart | 21:06 | 14/Feb/2008 |
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| Valentine's Day -The Day I was reborn |
| Today is 14th Feb 2008 , celebrated as the Valentine's Day all over the world. This day is a very special to me in my life. I am Rocky who had short stints in my career in Mumbai and during that period i was drawn towards a girl by the name Shipoo. Now Shipoo was Hindu and I am Christian. We worked in the same department managing backend office fo...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Jab We Met |
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| 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...
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| Sumit Arya | 14:36 | 2/Jan/2008 |
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| New Year.... |
| New Year is a time to unfold new horizons and dreams, make resolutions, rejoice and face new challenges... Wishing you a truly fulfilling 2008 !!
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| shivraj dhumal | 09:50 | 18/Jan/2008 |
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| WHO DRIVES YOU? |
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| Have you ever started your day waking up late and then thinking that 'today's day is going to be unlucky'. Then going throughout the day and coming home back and then remember all that happened on the entire day. You might have noticed that the day happened to be just as you thought it to be.I would like you to follow this experiment. I would like ...
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| Kush A | 14:36 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| 'What’s wrong with you?!’ |
| ‘Have you heard about David Rockefeller?’‘Of course I have,’ she begins, like she begins all sentences, followed by answering the question in mid-sentence, ‘we read about him in our first year MBA classes’, and goes on to build her case, ‘I mean every MBA student reads about the success story of the Rockefellers, and David Rockefeller is worshipped...
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| savita dutta | 23:18 | 7/Jul/2008 |
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| http://watch.windsofchange.net/pics/woun ded_girl.jpg The burnt soul They brought me screaming hereScorched, singed fleshBlistering, burnt, woundsFestering fecund pus The doctors gathered”Curious case”, was I”A moneyed maniac”, they saw,”Sick suicidal mind” they said“A potential potboiler”they hummed ”Emergency!” they shouted All rushed with respe...
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| kavita ganguly | 23:24 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Bumbling Boss-part I |
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| You will soon be getting a new Boss, boomed my Big Boss, over the phone, all the way from the US of A. But, I began in earnest, determined to be the argumentative Indian, when BB hung up on me. Grrr, I growled to myself as I rapidly spread the news around. Soon, the office hummed as its inmates tried to conjure up new ways of sucking up to the new...
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| Binu Abraham | 16:15 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| 5 Minutes for Poor |
| Welcome to 5 Minutes for PoorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes for the poorAre you willing to spare 5 minutes a day for the poor. If so, you can help hundreds of poor/orphan children with food, clothing & education. Most of us have good education and enjoy good food every day. But there are millions of children who are deprived of both good food a...
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| rama kishore | 19:03 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| I am your reflection |
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| Where ever u go,i follow.As long as your heart is pure,u will see me following you.we both maintained a distance,and only through this distance,we know each other"s importance,we derive strength from each other,we both are one,splitted into two.And at the end of the journey,when u cross the lake of illusion,i will become one with you in truth,i am ...
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| deepdesires ... | 18:41 | 2/Jun/2008 |
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| Michael BispingIntroduction: Michael Bisping is a British Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) from Lancashire. Presently he fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and Cage Rage light heavyweight champion. Michael Bisping was born at a British military base in Cyprus in 1979...
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| Piyush Philip | 12:08 | 2/Jun/2008 |
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| About Leaving n stuff !!!! |
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| So,my company has decided to move some of us to a newer swankier office,and I am sad.As I am spending my last few days or perhaps hours in my cubicle in front of my worksation I realise that for the last 9 months or so this place has become a pseudo home for me.I always knew that our new corporate office was getiin ready,but the...
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| B Chatterjee | 18:54 | 10/Mar/2007 |
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| Object of desire |
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| Muscled, grey with steel green eye,Crouching behind the showcase glass,Heart a-flutterI circle the quarry,Gazing at this touch of class.She is armed to the teeth.'Touch me not!' I hear her say.'I got wi fi & bluetooth,motion eye cameraand a multi function docking bay!''I got assets, check'em out!'she tells me with a hiss.1 GB RAM,2 GHz duo processo...
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| hari kumar | 16:16 | 3/Jul/2008 |
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| Godmen's Own Country |
| For an outsider, Kerala has always been a land of immense beauty and a place known for its high level of literacy and its intelligentsia. It is the land where communists came to power for the first time through ballot box. In this land of supposedly left leaning people, it is but natural to expect a life style firmly based on logics and rational...
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| The Mind Speaks | 15:44 | 9/Mar/2007 |
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| City: Delhi
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| Out of The Box |
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| I walked by the busy roadTall and straight and out of the boxAbsentminded I crossed the roadGave a smile to faces that pleased meIn return got some backThe warmth grew in and satiated my mindsA look back and all I could see were silhoutesOf those who had a smile on their face a while agoBut at the back of the mind, most of the things are a blackhol...
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| Indigo Iris | 21:34 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| Evolve Ye Man... |
| Evolve ye manfrom your petty waysMend the mindthat forever slightsBreak freefrom thoughts, so mean and lowBe like the sunof eternal heightsSo oft you've crushedthe man withinA beast is all that isleft of youAwaken before the moment is lostLittle use ifthis life passes by youIn the inky darknessof your wintry dayslet none snigger awayat this shadow ...
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| smiling fool | 21:42 | 14/May/2007 |
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| ayesha afri | 16:02 | 13/Oct/2007 |
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| 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?
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| shivani narula | 13:41 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| City: Delhi
| Interests: READING
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| THE CONFINEMENT.. |
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| The confinement….IThe alleys of her mind were darker than the chamber she was locked in. Non stop moving images running like anincomprehensible movie, screaming, scattering rays of bizarre colours blindingher with their sheen and leaving her alone suddenly in the dark only to reappear. The play of images-- theimages of memories in the deep dark a...
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