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 18:04 | 27/Aug/2008
Nanoworms in eradication of tumor
It is collaboration of UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara and MIT scientists!!!  The scientists have developed ‘nanoworms.’  It is the modern bio-device.  It traces and destroys the tumors too small to detect by conventional means.  It can flow in the blood stream.  It moves without interference!!  It moves from the body’s immune system to the place... more...
 18:03 | 27/Aug/2008
Frog breaking its own claws
Zoologists have discovered a frog, which is quite bizarre!  It is hairy.  It breaks its own bones!  It produces cat-like extendable claws.  Trichobatrachus robustus was described by Blackburn and colleges.  It was studied in Harvard University.  The name of the institute is Museum of Comparative Zoology.  The study has been published in New Scienti... more...
 18:03 | 27/Aug/2008
Heart changes with exercise
This study was done in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  Exercise cause change in the structure of the heart.  The changes depend on the type of training you do.  The endurance athletes show an increase in size of both the left and right ventricle.  This change is seen after 90 days.  The strength training shows growth in the left ventricl... more...
 18:02 | 27/Aug/2008
Ancient egyptian army headquarters disco...
Egyptian archeologists have discovered the ancient headquarters.  I am excited to state that the army guarded Egypt for 1500 years.  It guarded the north eastern borders.  The place being guarded is known as Tharu.  It lies in the Sinai peninsula about 3 km north east.  It is in the modern town of Qantara.  Mohamed Abdel Maksoud discovered this won... more...
 18:02 | 27/Aug/2008
Amazing Platypus
Platypus lives in Australia.  It is called as duck-billed Platypus.  It is an egg laying and furry animal.  It has webbed feet like the duck!!  It is partly bird and partly reptile. A platypus genome has been created.  The complex sequence of platypus will help the study of evolution.  The immune, nervous and reproductive systems are focused.  Jenn... more...
 11:10 | 17/Aug/2008
A Diabolic Incident----GHOST STORY
One day John returned from his school.  He studies in St. Thomas’Church School in Howrah Maidan.  He heard from his dad that his grandmotherdied today.  He was shocked to hear thathis grandmother’s death is unnatural. She committed suicide.  John livesin Howrah withhis father, mother and grandmother.  His fatherworks in a college at Howrahas a prof... more...
 21:31 | 14/Aug/2008
Let's wander in the rice fields............
Let's wander in the rice fields...........The green ..rice fields...as far as the eye goes...........you can watch the sun rise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You can watch the sun set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You feel fresh in the breeze of the rice fields..............Every country has its own beautiful rice field!!!!!!!!!!!!It is not only the place for growing cr... more...
 14:46 | 7/Aug/2008
As the day comes to an end...........
As the day comes to an end...........The birds return to their nest...........you see thousands of birds in sky............returning to their home.....sweet home...........their wings most fast....there is a wonderfully soft breeze blowing....some leaves are flying in the air,....you sometimes hear the jackals...As they cry......a chill goes down i... more...
 13:12 | 6/Aug/2008
Dawn...........the best thing in life......
 SOMETIMES I SEE THE MORNING SKY WITH RAINBOW!my heart fills with joy!!SOMETIMES I SEE THE GREEN GRASSES GLISTENING IN THE MORNING SUNLIGHT!my heart fills with joy!!SOMETIMES I SEE THE BIRDS SINGING MELODIOUSLY!my heart fills with joy!!SOMETIMES THE BEAUTY OF NATURE MESMERIZES ME .........my heart is filled with joy!!!! http://www.indiantourmate.co... more...
 23:30 | 1/Aug/2008
Life---Too Robotic!
 My life has become roboticFrom morning to nightI constantly fight with noiseFirst..the noise of alarm clocksaying tick tock!Then waiting............For the train to come...........Taking me swiftly to destination!Without tension.Reaching my officeI put my headphoneIn my earsDoing this job for years!!Trying to understand each wordBeing pronounced b... more...
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 Vibhakar | 21:37 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (48)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Adhyatma, Dnyanes...
why write
not feeling like writing a blog.iam letting friends know.what's there worth telling others that may be new to them?and in which i am interested?mere discussions do not lead much.friends who post lengthy blogs do not get much readership.who has the time for that?once yr friends increase beyond a limit, u can't get enough time to even skim through th...  more...
 swati rohatgi | 23:18 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (457)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: to have fun, shar...
Terminator- 34
Ok ok, thats the training batch ID to which I belonged T34. No there were not 34 of us from whichever end or middle you might count. I was off to the other end of India for the training. The executive hostel where we stayed had no wi-fi so after a long break of 19 days amback to civilisation. From initial furtive steps to Charlie"s Angels, Chomu an...  more...
 kavita | 21:05 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (217)  | Interests: duhhhh
THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES
THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLESokk..guess i"m blogging wit alarming regularitymust b to do with d fact tht my bday is next week...9th of july n me being a true blue cancerian im getting intensely crabbyor just mebbe..it has to do with d fact tht im throwing a party for a bunch of frnds on wednesday n wednesday is a skool day..okkkk, so whts d hitch??d ...  more...
 Madhur bid | 10:44 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (234)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: networking; music...
Memory.........
Memory is often used to recollect bad experiences, feelings rather than using it to recall / remember good expereinces or feelings; In most cases, left to itself, our mind tries to recollect bad experiences/feelings and never, as a rule, recollects experiences that had positive effect on us. I had this experience recently when I casually advised on...  more...
 namita | 18:02 | 30/Jun/2008
Friends: (125)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: SW-Eng delhi. 40'...
hi
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 Ripunjay Pandey | 09:30 | 31/Dec/2007
Friends: (13)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: dating, taking an...
Dill
I love Every Girls................................... .& weat four dating  more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (322)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 K Nagesh | 07:00 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (411)  | City: BANGALORE  | Interests: Music (Karnatak),...
JEEVAN SHREE- A LIMITED PAYMENT ENDOWMEN...
A Unique Plan For Unique People. It Offers,Life Insurance Coverage For the Full Sum Insured Right from the time of Commencement Till completion Of The Policy Term (PT) , irrespective of The Premium Payment Term (PPT) chosen,Guaranteed Addition @ Rs 50.00 Per Rs 1000/- Of The Sum Insured Per Annum For First 5 Years + Reversionary Bonus From 6 th Yea...  more...
 Ramesh Menon | 11:07 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (149)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
Athaani
Dear Friends,Did not do much writing during the past couple of weeks. However, I was not resting or sitting idle.I invite you to visit my new venture - a Malayalam blog - athaani :http://www.athaani.blogspot.com/Athaani , in Malayalam is the name for a wayside resting stone, seen and used in olden days, when people carry goods on head and they can k...  more...
 Star Trekker | 12:47 | 16/Aug/2008
Friends: (373)  | City: space..the final frontier  | Interests: Dancing in the cl...
Mother to the Orphans
  I recently read a heart rending true story of Sindhu thayi in a local daily (sakshi).It looked like it was taken out of a tragedy movie but it did have a good ending. So here goes… Sindhu Thayi belonged to Wardha district of Maharashtra.She got married when she was just 10 years old. She went to reside in a village called Navargoan after marriage...  more...
 Arunim Chatt... | 09:08 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (336)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Everything that m...
Do pal rukha khwabon ka karbaan!
In a Wedding Ceremony and the Following Reception: 6th August, Wednesday, 2008 - 08:00pm (approx.)Yeh pehli mulaqat ki, mithi si bekhudi,Ek pal mein ho gayi kya se kya, yeh zindegi…  1 hour later (approx.)Main nazar se pee raha hoon,Yeh sama badal na jaye…Na jhunkao tum nigahein,Kahin raat dhal na jaye…Main nazar se pee raha hoon,Yeh sama badal na ...  more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (562)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE
Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 15:08 | 16/Jul/2008
Friends: (730)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
Winds of change in Delhi
I am sure that you are aware of the consistent efforts of JAGO PARTY to oppose the devilish divisive Reservation policy. As a part of its main & top most agenda of “removing Reservation” and to gather support from the masses we have decided to contest the fast approaching Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections due to be held this year. JAGO party shall be co...  more...
 Noanee Kapadia | 14:04 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (532)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Indian Army,Himal...
My country can be better place.
"My country can be better place , clean ,green and beautiful" read Kiran Naiks blog .As he says I too do not litter on streets be it somthing small like bus or a cinema ticket , it goes in my pocket back home in garbage I am sure all cld do this .Also wherever I can on the treks ,I pick up the garbage  left behind by others and clean up the ground ...  more...
 Vaseeq Khan | 16:43 | 26/Mar/2008
Friends: (38)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Old Hindi Films, ...
Raat ka Dard
Raat kaa dard tumhain kya maloomaur wo raat kay jis raat ki seher hi naa hous main posheeda hain kya ghum yey tumhain kya maloomaur wo raat kay jis raat khulay band zaban barson kizawiya soch ka ik lamhay main badal jaayayik bari lehr si sahil kay kinaaray aayayrait kay saaray gharondon ko baha lay jaayayso meray dost meray ghum kaa madawa naa karo...  more...
 Pramathesh G... | 14:14 | 27/Sep/2007
Friends: (106)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music~~Movies~~Na...
Clever Lady
A woman and a man are involved ina car accident. It's a bad one. Both oftheir cars are totally demolished butamazingly neither of them are hurt.After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man,that's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There'snothing left but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign fromG...  more...
 kavita ganguly | 22:50 | 20/Aug/2008
Friends: (337)  | City: Calcutta  | Interests: Reading, Net Surf...
Project_D
On the 15th of August this year I had a tryst with destiny. I had vowed to myself, the previous day that I would try my hand at making the delicious but tricky Dosa. Now, the Dosa is my favourite snack and often doubles up as my lunch as well. But a deep rooted fear in me keeps me from preparing the Indian pancake, although I have been known to gaz...  more...
 Somnath Das | 18:27 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (273)  | City: Ranaghat  | Interests: TEACHING, READING...
Online Form Filling Job
 "Online Form Filling Job" Earn Rs.10- Rs.30/Form Filling! Would you like to be your own boss and work directly from home? What if I told you that I have a system that runs virtually on autopilot where you could Make RS.250-RS.500+ per day working only 60 minutes?. Sound to good to be true? No experience or special skills are required! All you wil...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (2366)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Enjoying life as ...
EMOTIONS
Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...  more...
 DrHarmeet Singh | 07:22 | 23/Aug/2008
Friends: (1403)  | City: Birmingham  | Interests: Having a good laugh
Attitude
Harvard and Stanford Universities have reported that 85% the reason a person gets a job and gets ahead in that job is due to attitude; and only 15% is because of technical or specific skills. Interesting, isn’t it?  How much money you spent on your education? And how much you spent on building your positive attitude? That hurts.Now here is an int...  more...
 sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007
Friends: (1051)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: theatre, journali...
‘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...  more...
 Sonal | 17:27 | 14/Jun/2007
Friends: (78)  | Interests: Reading, Painting...
Of blogs and Bloggers......
Now don't go getting me wrong! This excludes YOUR blog.....which was wonderful....lucid....simple....stylish....clever.....h eart-warming......I write about the other blogs.....which I can't understand......I always thought my English was good (impeccable would have been my first choice), but after reading or rather attempting to read some of the bl...  more...
 kishore Navale | 12:43 | 23/Mar/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Pune  | Interests: politics, reading...
advertisment
This is a hoarding Jet Airways put at a busy road in Mumbai SEE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT ......... AFTER A FEW DAYS ... and FINALLY ...      more...
 Naina | 14:26 | 24/Aug/2008
Friends: (568)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading,music
The twin muses(the full piece)
The Twin Muses I am a poor rich boy who writes fiction and poetry and I occasionally paint my fantasies. I also study fashion designing from a reputed institute in the city. I am the only child of my stinking rich parents and I am not wee bit proud of it. My richness is viewed by me as a curse which has kept me cocooned from the realities of life g...  more...
 Humming Bird | 17:27 | 3/Oct/2007
Friends: (84)  | Interests: reading,writing,b...
hindi jokes
* शादी से पहले एक-दूसरे को बेवकूफ़ बना देने को लेकर पति-पत्नì 8; सं...  more...
 Sincere Citizen | 15:40 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (125)  | City: Earth  | Interests: The Ghost who walks.
The crap filter
So once again had the chance to read a ilanders blog on the virtues of Nuclear Power, personally I feel he does not have the right mechanism to detect crap.This brings me to a term I coined long time back (think around 1999). When I used to read the news and observe people around I realized to my horror that often times people could not think prope...  more...
 Keya | 12:15 | 24/Sep/2007
Friends: (295)  | Interests: Love everything o...
Make a difference
Hi friends,After long break I am here again with some of my thoughts. We all have read/hear this thought and somewhat way we appreciated it also…“Measuring our life by, what others do for us, may disappoint us. But if measured by, what we do for others, will add meaning to it. Make difference in others life.”Have we ever think more than our expecta...  more...
 Sowmya Shekar | 23:08 | 13/Jan/2008
Friends: (137)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: music, reading bo...
Am Back :)
hi ilanders... been a very long time... happy to meet u guys again.... its been 6 months... so belated NEW YEAR wishes and Makara Sankaranthi wishes...  more...
 ramnath rajaram | 14:49 | 26/Aug/2008
Friends: (1750)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
TRYING TO BE HAPPY
TRYING TO BE HAPPYYesterday When I was trying to be happyI loved those who love meI respected those who respect meI smiled at those who smiled at meI helped those who help meI hated those who hate meBut I was sad and bad, andI was called selfishTodayWhen I sit alone in the nightThe glittering stars fromThe clear blue skyStared at me and smiled at m...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 20:06 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (548)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Just Laugh
  Huge Pause A bearwalks into a bar and says, "I want a bourbon and............... coke"The bartender asks "what's with the huge pause?"The bear says, "I've had them all my life."  An Old Fart Oneevening, a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home andleaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nursesbathe...  more...
 Current Boll... | 18:20 | 24/Apr/2008
Friends: (436)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: blogging,making f...
How Kareena Kapoor toiled for 'Tashan'!
For the first time in her acting career Kareena Kapoor had to train for eight to nine months for her role in a movie.And that movie is Yashraj Films presentation Tashan which is set to hit the theatres on coming Friday.The film has Kareena in a full-on action role for the first time. Before the shooting began, producer Aditya Chopra , director Vija...  more...
 Prabod kumar | 14:20 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (63)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: reading, sleeping...
WORK , GUILT AND ME
It is another busy day. Leaving my wife at 730 am, to spend the next twelve hours alone in the flat, far away from home, in Malaysia.I was feeling very bad about not being able to spend time for her. To take some time out. Bunk work, go traipsing across the hills and dales of beautiful Malaysia, to savour the multiple wares of food from all over th...  more...
 Shyama Menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008
Friends: (611)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Finding the real ...
Sree-Bhajji and a few reactions...
The mallus today are a confused lot! The men in particular are perplexed, dumbfounded even to see their poster boy of aggression, Sreesanth, weep like a baby on the IPL ground. I suspect some of them feel exposed ...a little emasculated collectively, maybe. Now don’t kill me guys I’m nothing but an observer! :D Is this the real macho mallu? A sobbi...  more...
 Teddy Bear | 07:44 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (221)  | City: In her heart...in yours too...  | Interests: Pampering her...
Tumse Door Rah Ke - Meri Maa
I wrote this during my college days in B'lore, when, sometimes living alone in a hostel, away from your loved ones, was extremely difficult. I stubmled upon this piece while rummaging through some old stuff. Hope you all like it. When I heard the "Taare Zameen Pe" song I remembered this piece.Thak gaya hoon zindagi ki is daud se,Teri aanchal ki cha...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 16:54 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (182)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
Dismal state of Bollywood
What is happening in Bollywood?  I am unable to understand. What is happening to the film quality and the duration? Earlier, almost all the films used to be of 3 hrs duration or even more. Now all the films are being chopped off to earn big bucks in quick time. As a result, you have not even come to understanding the film and its characters when yo...  more...
 friendly ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008
Friends: (351)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Our economists & ...
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 ...  more...
 PRIYA JOSEPH | 10:17 | 8/Mar/2008
Friends: (331)  | City: Navi Mumbai  | Interests: christian mysticism
Woman’s (?) Day
I am writing here after a long time...and its Womans Day which actually made me get up and write!!!  The Day seems to have truly arrived...atleast on print. Never mind the fact that more than half  the women in this country do not even know of its existence. Yesterday it was 'party time' at my workplace.  Each of us were presented with  a flower, c...  more...
 sujju Sen | 12:18 | 9/Jan/2007
Friends: (13)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, cinema, wr...
The Surprise And The Shock
The Surprise And The Shock It was a normal sunny morning. I, as I usually did, was having my first cup tea in the balcony of the drawing room. My man-friday Shanker was glaring at the news on the television.  Just then was a thud of the newspaper being dropped. Shanker picked it up and brought it to me. I noticed he tried to weigh it in hands, a sl...  more...
 prabu metha | 20:17 | 21/Aug/2008
Friends: (119)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: poetry, sports, m...
Exchange
HAVE A LAUGH SANTA: I haven't slept all night in the train. BANTA: Why? SANTA: got upper berth. BANTA: why didn't you exchange? SANTA: oh! there was nobody to exchange in the lower birth.     more...
 Life Splinter | 14:08 | 13/Mar/2007
Friends: (36)  | City: Neverland  | Interests: rubicon
Hello Long sleeves
hell...my tattoo was visible in college as i was wearing a tee...the professor told me that i should cover-up my freaking tattoo...the price i must pay for being myself...the next thing is to buy 2 full-sleeve tees...[groan.moan]...and guess what prof lof says i would have to cover it up for jobs too...aghhhh... hell(0) full-sleeves nice 2 meet u....  more...