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 14:03 | 24/Apr/2007
THREE FORTUNES
Acharya Shankara Bhagavathpada has written a thoughtful book titled VIVEKACHOODAMANI which means CREST JEWEL OF DESCRIMINATION. Here Descrimination should be understood as the unique quality of Human beings to differentiate between the real and unreal, truth and untruth, senseful and senseless etc., etc.,In one of the beginning verses, Acharya tell... more...
 09:16 | 16/Nov/2006
THE BHAGAVAT GITA
Scriptures are literature depicting the essence of Religion. I would like to share my views on one of the magnificent Holy scripture THE BHAGAVAT GITA.The literal meaning of Bhagavat Gita is Song of the Lord. Lord Krishna himself narrated this benovalent message of Spirituality to Arjuna in the battle field of Kurukshethra. At the end of every chap... more...
 10:54 | 14/Nov/2006
VARNA-ASHRAMA DHARMA
I wish to write about one of the most sensible and important subject of Sanatana Dharma. It is also the most misunderstood and controversial subject. Controversion has erupted only because of vested interests and blatant misconception. This vast subject should be understood from the backdrop of sincere thought.Varna in the normal sense means Colour... more...
 13:39 | 23/Oct/2006
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
It is very interesting to note that India had marvellous spiritual masters who gave touching interpretations to the massive philosophical treatise from time immemorial. Bharat is deeply indebted to one such Master whose monastic name was Swami Vivekananda.I bow down to Swamiji whose dynamism, vigilant vigour, tremendous will power and unparallel wi... more...
 09:26 | 19/Oct/2006
SRI RAMAKRISHNA
When we read the Biography of SRI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA, we feel the humble and simple nature of a great spiritual personality the world have seen. Born to pious and devoted parents, he didn’t pursue much material education.In childhood days itself he exhibited unparallel traits of God consciousness. It is told that once when he was passing thro... more...
 09:03 | 13/Oct/2006
PANCHAMAHA YAJNAS
When we read the Bhagavat Geetha, the noble thoughts on spirituality gives us inexplicable pleasure. I have been fascinated by the unparallel renditions of Sri Krishna. Through 18 chapters, various aspects of spirituality are discussed in detail. One such aspect is Karmayoga. Yoga in one angle means all those actions to attain spiritual consciousne... more...
 09:07 | 11/Oct/2006
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI
I wish to write about one of the most humble, enchanting, pleasing living personality on this Earth who is lovingly called by everyone as AMMA or MOTHER and whose name is MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI which in English means Mother of Immortal Bliss.Amma was born 53 years back in a small village in Kerala where the main occupation is Fishing. Eventhough majo... more...
 14:12 | 9/Oct/2006
SAGE VEDA VYASA
I have always stood amazed at the wisdom and creativity of Sage Vedavyasa who created the Great Epic Mahabharatha, Great Purana Mahabhagavatham, Brahmasuthras and so on.All these works are philosophical masterpieces which depict the various stages and events in human life. Vyasa has dealt with all the situations of Life.We become really humble when... more...
 13:27 | 4/Oct/2006
SREE SANKARACHARYA
This is about Sree Adi Sankaracharya one of the greatest Spiritual Masters the world have ever seen.It is the previlege of Keralites that Shankaracharya emerged from Kerala, God's Own Country- if at all we can call it by that name because of Adi sankaracharya and Mata Amritanandamayi.Adi Sankara, the legendary master learned Indian Scriptures at th... more...
 09:54 | 29/Sep/2006
PANGS
This is about the world we see around.I feel sad when I look at people who are ignorant about Life and its great value.I feel dejected when I see innumerable hapless individuals who suffer in homes and hospitals from terminal diseases like AIDS,CANCER etc.I writh in pain when I look at the poor students who find it difficult to pay for their fees, ... more...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 saurabh upad... | 01:31 | 11/Nov/2007
Friends: (410)  | City: dream land  | Interests: photography,sport...
BEST FRIEND
    Will you walk with me?My friend could you always be?Will you take my hand ?When times are tough,can you take command? Will you laugh with me, And share in my glee?Will you be at my side at every turn,Teaching me the things I need to learn? Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall,Will you be with me to share it all?As we walk together year after...  more...
 Devi | 06:45 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (112)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading (spiritua...
Modi for PM
Why shouldn't Narendra Modi be the next PM?Future is looking Grrreat for Mr Modi.  I know that secularist ilanders will be outraged and bewildered.  Partly it is them and their ilk that are unwittingly helping Modi.Cocky, sharp-shooter, arrogant, over-confident but he is also very clean and uncorrupt.If a company is judged by its annual report, ret...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 12:00 | 7/Dec/2007
Friends: (619)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
NRI's & NANDIGRAM
74 NRIs, belonging to a diverse group of academics, professionals, lawyers, activists and students, many of them volunteers and supporters of the organization - Association for India's Development  – have filed a collective Right to Information application at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. The Questions raised are the following:ü       Have d...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:38 | 3/Nov/2007
Friends: (444)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Hamburger Restaurant A rather attractive woman goes up to the register in an upscale hamburger establishment. She gestures alluringly to a large man who comes over immediately. When he arrives, she seductively signals that he should bring his face close to hers. When he does so, she begins to gently caress is cheek, which is slowly turning a crimso...  more...
 barath rajamani | 12:05 | 1/Nov/2007
Friends: (14)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: tecnologyspirtual...
college industry interface
hi iam back..i know i had said that i will give the information about my hovercraft but before that this took my attention.i recently attended a conference on virtual instrumentation by national instruments. there i met so me of the NI guys and was asking about the technologies  on display.then i came acroos one guy who passed out from my college 2 y...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 02:38 | 24/Nov/2007
Friends: (505)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
Har shaakh pey ulloo baithha hai...
About four years ago, the then Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes, who was on an official visit to Washington, was "strip-searched" by the U.S. security at the airport. In response, the usually thunderous Fernandes behaved like a scared puppy, and stomached his humiliation quietly without telling a soul. A year later, Strobe Talbott, the f...  more...
 News Domain | 12:36 | 6/Oct/2007
Friends: (946)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
please income
SantaSingh got his promotion and became principal in colledge. To keep up with his status, he decided tospeak only in English to all his juniors. One morning, his peon peeped through the doorto see if his principal was busy. Santa Singh noticed him and shouted, 'Why areyou outstanding! Please in...  more...
 Thohe Pou | 18:03 | 22/Nov/2007
Friends: (782)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Reading philosoph...
Thoughts of the Day!!!
    Appreciation sprouts in the land of jealousy free zones.          more...
 Umesh Venkat... | 21:13 | 16/Mar/2007
Friends: (3)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Drawing and paint...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LETTER
This letter was written by Abraham Lincoln to the Class teacher of his son. Today it is considered to  be of literary value.He will have to learn, I knowthat all men are not just, allmen are not trueBut teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero:that for every selfish politicianthere is a dedicated leaderTeach him for every enemy there...  more...
 Ravindra Dixit | 16:35 | 19/Sep/2007
Friends: (53)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading, Fitness,...
A Cry from the Heart
A Cry From the Heart It was hot, humid and miserable, I was late for the meeting and my mood, as bad as it could get. Reached the office block, to find the lift out of order, I now had to walk up 18 floors. Cursing my luck I started the trek up the unending staircase. By the 5th flight I was panting, sweating by the 7th, I felt palpitations by the ...  more...
 manoj menon | 09:58 | 25/Aug/2007
Friends: (111)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: hindutva
HAPPY ONAM AT TN RAILWAY STATIONS
 ON ONAM eve we get snubbed by Tamil Nadu by its regional satraps, we as Malayalees need to evaluate the causes of total lack of respect for the state in the national political scene.Wat astonishes me more is the fact that this is in the backdrop of the great respect that Malayaless get as individuals across any spectrum. I can personaly vouch for ...  more...
 Mini Francis | 11:38 | 18/Aug/2007
Friends: (234)  | City: delhi  | Interests: Reading, travelling
LUNCH WITH GOD
hi, friends, a forward just come to my way, thot to share with u.A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just staring...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:20 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (216)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
An Evening in ChanakyaIn the late seventies and early eighties, the government-run Chanakya Cinema was one of the very theatres in Delhi that regularly screened English films. Once in a while, Chanakya also hosted foreign film festivals. The Nirula’s had set up shop nearby and their pizzas and ice creams were indeed a treat those days when there wa...  more...
 vijaysingh t... | 22:33 | 8/Aug/2007
Friends: (35)  | Interests: education, techni...
Appreciation
 No matter who we are or what our actions may say, we all want to be recognized and appreciated. I often quote Lou Holtz, the famous Notre Dame Coach, who said, “Why is it that the people who need love, (appreciation), and understanding the most usually deserve it the least?” Jaime Escalante, the teacher on whom the movie Stand and Deliver was base...  more...
 silver sky | 14:53 | 3/Mar/2007
Friends: (124)  | City: Gandhidham  | Interests: love, chatting, t...
money and love
log on to this site and get MONEY & LOVE of your choice www.money4funds.org   www.gift4lovers.org  more...
 balaji ramam... | 14:53 | 27/Mar/2007
Friends: (69)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Sports,Movies
Fun
There was a couple married for quite some time and they had a boy of 5-6 years old. Their relationship was turning sour. So finally it reached such a stage that they thought it was better for them to be divorced than carry on such a relationship. So they consulted a lawyer. But the big question was who would have the kid. In the hearing in the cour...  more...
 Lakshmi | 16:59 | 3/Dec/2006
Friends: (48)  | City: Alleppey  | Interests: movies, music, re...
"I don't know if you two are fooling around with me," she said ,"but, as i said, I'm getting close to death. I suppose i could last another five or ten years. Maybe even twenty. But at my age, you certainly realise you are going to die.""I know that I'm going to die, too," Chris said."No, not like an old person does. For you it's a remote idea. It ...  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...
 Anup nair | 15:55 | 13/Feb/2007
Friends: (188)  | City: Nasik  | Interests: Sports,netting, s...
What a Shame !!!!!!!!!!
By the time you read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels ‘Sanjay Dutt relieved by court’. ‘Sirf Munna not a bhai’ ‘13 saal ka vanvaas khatam’  ’although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay c...  more...
 JESSICA SINGH | 09:49 | 13/Sep/2007
Friends: (847)  | City: Ever heard of Nadir ?  | Interests: blogging ...and t...
Sleepless in ......
I have always been a dreamer.But, these days I am not even able to sleep properly. A constant irritation itches on in my mind and I know not where it comes from. As a child, our own Doctor Uncle used to point out that diagnosis was pivotal to medication. I somehow found a deeper meaning in those words in connection to our daily lives even when I wa...  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...
 Radhika Madhav | 17:23 | 28/Dec/2006
Friends: (81)  | Interests: Music, Travelling...
thoughts
Hmmm...life after wedding...certainly has become beautiful...i was dreading all these days, how on earth will i be able to marry a stranger , and spend rest of my lifetime with him...(as it happens in the case of arranged weddings)..the very thought made me nervous and completely scared...but now i dont know how , i know itz totally weird...i can't...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 19:30 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (327)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
The lure of the land
I was traveling in a chartered bus in Delhi, when a young thing, a girl distinctly Delhi bred sitting next to me was talking to her friend beside her about a fabulous place, her native place, she had visited in the summer. I couldn’t help eavesdropping on the conversation.  She was waxing eloquent about the greenery, the rivers, the food, the peopl...  more...
 chitra priya... | 19:58 | 21/Oct/2007
Friends: (382)  | City: ernakulam  | Interests: YOU CAME FROM NO ...
School memories Last bench chatting… silly fights Under bench munching Those yawned teachers Naughty pranks … out stood classes School uniforms … school trees Deep friendship … game period Lunch time … special classes Your lab galattas … b’ day treats Exam hall … beating from teachers Those never written postponed tests Last minute preparations …Fi...  more...
 sindhu menon | 16:23 | 18/Aug/2007
Friends: (72)  | City: nottingham  | Interests: loads of things
onam wishes
Dear All Heres wishing all of you 'A very Happy Onam'... I'm very much 'alive' and reading your blogs...... sindhu  more...
 Joy Kaidharath | 09:07 | 21/Nov/2007
Friends: (1459)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Social upliftment
This MAY BE LAST POST FROM ME, IT ALL WI...
This may be my last post, depending on the out come of the decision of Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice Dalvi at 2.30 p.m.  Case detail is given in the image which is given at the end.If this is the last post, then see you in the next world (if what the religions teach is truth).  If not, then it does not make any difference, because then, we will...  more...
 praveena suresh | 13:19 | 19/Jul/2006
Friends: (5)  | City: kayamkulam  | Interests: reading books , c...
WOMEN IN PINK
   WOMEN  IN  PINK     more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 20:35 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1173)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Humanity ...
पूरी र...
बांछें खिल गई थी,दरवाजí 5; पर खड़े देवदूत,भë 2;पेट भोजन का निमंत्र...  more...