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 15:25 | 24/May/2007
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...
 12:37 | 22/May/2007
Experiencing Malhar
Last Sunday at about 4.00 PM in the afternoon, I was sitting beside my window in my room, it was silence everywhere and I was enjoying the serenity and isolation. The distant silence before the thunderstorm started to give me a feeling of excitement and immeasurable peace. Suddenly the sky was overcast with black thunderous clouds and lightning sta... more...
 11:54 | 19/May/2007
Wish of a child
The other day I was reading a short story where the author mentions about a small child living in a joint family. The child is growing amidst the day to day hassles of a Bengali upper middle class family. He sees and hears everything… the ego clash between his parents, the problem faced by his mother due to the ignorance of her maid, he also experi... more...
 14:27 | 18/May/2007
science & music
A scientific understanding of music must begin by taking into account how minds act in the ambience of music. Music like speech is also a mode of communication between human beings. The communicator endeavors to communicate certain messages, be it mood, feelings, expression and the like. Through this he creates a story, a sort of ambience for the a... more...
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 dilip chatte... | 16:30 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (7)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: cooking,Philosoph...
God's garden
The lone twinkling star up in the sky Says in its divine language - I had to come back, mom, for some Work unfinished in God's garden here Do not cry for me any more, As I will return to you, mother, In the wee days of the yonder year.       more...
 Sandeep Ozarde | 10:47 | 26/Oct/2007
Friends: (618)  | City: Bombay  | Interests: BREAKFAST: Assam ...
The Real Shopping-Cart Revolution
Five hundred years of progress packed into a sack of flour.By J. Bradford DeLong, Wired MagHere's some food for thought.A smart shopper can buy a 5-pound bag of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents. That's enough to feed three people for a day - 7,500 easy-to-digest, relatively nutritious, and potentially tasty calories. All for less than 0.7 percent of a...  more...
 Uday Sodhi | 16:12 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (232)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Internet, Travel,...
Kagaz ki Kashti
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 Rakshita Verma | 20:23 | 23/Mar/2008
Friends: (523)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: jokes, poetry, pu...
Time...
 The sun sets and risesAmidst this grindThere are answers That I do not findTime has stolenMy peace of mindThe honest personThat I was once Am seeking childhood In its virtual absence Time has stolen My innocence  My love nest isNothing but wilderness  I have lots of energy That I cannot harnessTime has stolen My hopefulness  From far off I get A w...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (520)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Stewed Tomatoes A guy isgoing on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worry about gettingseasick.The doctor suggests, ''Eat two pounds of stewedtomatoes before you leave the dock.''The guy replies, ''Would that keep me fromgetting sick, Doc?''The doctor says, ''No, but it'll look realpretty in the water.''Respectfully Cheating Jack an...  more...
 ratna rajaiah | 20:52 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (324)  | Interests: reading, writing,...
Penguins dancing to Raga Desh
.....or maybe not, but whatever raga they are dancing to, it's the cutest animation I have seen in a long time...cuter than Happy Feet? Pigloo - Le Raga des Pingouins Uploaded by Iplus  more...
 monu g | 10:18 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (185)  | City: This Heavenly Planet  | Interests: To Live Life To I...
MCP
 “You didn’t bring along Sandhya” Ritu asked“No, I didn’t” Sachin replied“Why?” “I left her back home.”“Com’on you couldn’t be doing this.. Where is she?” Ritu sounded unconvinced“Why can't?.. I m the husband.. I can do what I want. Call me an MCP but I didn’t bring her along” Sachin teased her“Whats MCP?” she asked innocently“You don’t know that!”...  more...
 Nischalson C... | 01:13 | 12/Apr/2008
Friends: (338)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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i found this one too funny... i know.. i know.. i created it but i always have a good laugh everytime i create a strip. if it doesn't make me laugh.. then it's not worth posting it. i guess, it's like that quote - "laugh and the world laughs with you".. ok.. or was that "smile and the..."?anway, hope everyone liked the strip. do leave me a nice com...  more...
 Kanchan Bhat... | 22:11 | 28/Feb/2008
Friends: (41)  | City: ...  | Interests: gone!
Women!
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 Jasir Alavi | 13:58 | 27/Dec/2006
Friends: (196)  | City: lazibonia  | Interests: interests?? darn!...
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 U C | 18:06 | 3/Sep/2007
Friends: (238)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: self-improvement,...
 "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong“ I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”The soulful rendering of this song evokes vivid images of a vib...  more...
 anuradha aseem | 15:53 | 20/Mar/2008
Friends: (86)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: reading,watching ...
holi
HAPPY HOLI TO YOU ALL DEAR FRIENDS, MAY THERE BE LOTS AND LOTS OF COLOURS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. MAY THIS HOLI BRING  JOY HAPPINESS AND PEACE IN ALL YOUR LIVES.PLAY A VERY SAFE HOLI,WITHOUT FORCING ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE, KEEP AN EYE ON THE SMALL KIDS.  more...
 rekha kumar | 09:36 | 19/Apr/2008
Friends: (147)  | City: ajmer  | Interests: singing, reading,...
Dream & me!
Dreams are the images, thoughts and feelings experienced while asleep, particularly strongly associated with rapid eye movement sleep. I have been constantly dreaming of children or just babies playing. I mentioned it to my fiancé and he simply asked me the usual question “! @#$ %^&*! ?”However, what appeared of my amazing search is that it signifi...  more...
 krishna veni | 17:15 | 11/May/2008
Friends: (27)  | City: 
Acceptance
        Sometimes in life it is hard to accept things, the way they are. People should realize the reality and admit it, that it is the fact, because life is not a dream its a reality ,one has to live life. Sometimes due to some reasons the way one lives life changes and  this cannot be accepted easily because of the way they lived earlier  , When ...  more...
 Aarthy Sriram | 08:04 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (100)  | City: Auckland  | Interests: friends, Reading,...
Enjoy a Byte of Soul Food ! The Oyster
A Byte of Soul Food ! --To give you a boost on Monday morning.The OysterAn oyster on the ocean floor opened wide its shell. As its valves flushed seawater through, the oyster picked out minute particles of food.Suddenly a large fish nearby stirred up a cloud of sand and silt with a flip of its tail. Sand! Oh, how the oyster disliked sand! It was so...  more...
 febin joy | 17:45 | 26/Apr/2008
Friends: (401)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
Flowers from my garden
I've been on a lazy mood concerning iland and was on a break when i felt I'm getting addicted to it. Well i'm back after the break and here is 2 snaps of flowers from my garden through my lens for u guys to review. Kindly lemme know how it is  more...
 Krishnaswamy... | 11:34 | 22/Jan/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Fremont, CA  | Interests: Cricket & Discuss...
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
A true life story, best told by the person himself in his own words: My name is Brian Boyle, and I am living proof that miracles happen.A month after I graduated high school in 2004, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a near fatal car accident with a dump truck. The impact of the crash violently ripped my heart across my chest...  more...
 Rajasree Nair | 21:59 | 4/Apr/2006
Friends: (40)  | Interests: Reading, travelli...
The dog vs the leopard!
A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch.The dog thinks, "Boyo, I'm in deep trouble no...  more...
 Siddarth-The... | 16:24 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (137)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Anything under th...
The Olympic Torch
Flame at one end, a hand holding the other  The hand holding it is surrounded by an armed brother The flame in the torch burns, giving new hope to the souls battered They smelt the fire too well, that is what mattered. The lama, smart and wise Chose the right time to rise The torch runs in every major city, burning on and off The motherland tries t...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 22:46 | 11/Mar/2008
Friends: (173)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
An entirely different way to travel
Hi Guyz, If you have still not traveled in Delhi Metro feeder buses, you are missingsomething. Believe me! Traveling in Delhi Metro feeder buses is a uniqueexperience. It is very different from the experience that you get whiletraveling in rickety RTVs.Some of the good points about Delhi Metro feeder buses are:They are operated by Delhi Metro. ...  more...
 Krishna Reddy | 22:41 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (315)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
Happy Ram Navmi!
Happy Ram Navmi to all! Check out my previous blog" target="_blank">post on my Art of Living blog on Ram Navmi Also check out my post who are you ? - 2 . Check out the latest on my other blog too.  more...
 amishi bharty | 09:19 | 27/Dec/2007
Friends: (31)  | City: Goa  | Interests: reading,singing,d...
finally.. m back!!!
So finally m back... ages since i wrote my last blog. Recently i ran into one of my best friends.. just like other days.. v had our usual round of gossip After sometime, the conversation took a serious turn and she asked me.. "amishi, what is the most important thing in a relationship?". I thought for a while and i said, "feelings?!". She replied, ...  more...
 Dhanyasree Nair | 15:44 | 28/Jun/2006
Friends: (45)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: listening music,c...
An autumn tree
Hows it? I am really crazy in these type of photos, What to do?  more...
 Jahan Bakshi | 21:55 | 10/May/2008
Friends: (190)  | City: Sibsagar  | Interests: Cinema, reading, ...
Review: Bhoothnath
Vivek Sharma's Bhoothnath chugs along pretty fine, until it inexplicably decides to become Baghban Revisited. (The second half of the film is probably meant for the naughty kids in the audience who need a spanking, but then, no kid deserves to be subjected to such torture, really)Originally published on NOWRUNNING.COMTill now, I had my suspicions a...  more...
 Sonu Katha | 18:25 | 13/Feb/2008
Friends: (517)  | City: Dubai  | Interests: news,investment,l...
The most important relationship you can ...
One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleague...  more...
 Sabarinath Nair | 21:23 | 10/Apr/2008
Friends: (61)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Nature Photograph...
Wedding Sari blues
"There are only four types of saris. The cream ones, the blue ones, the green ones, and the maroon ones." said my friend Sethu, circa 2002. I'm in total agreement with him. I am still clueless when my mom gets confused over buying one from two saris, both of which look the same to me!With the wedding preparations getting into the groove, I am being...  more...
 anjuli dhiman | 12:37 | 28/Aug/2007
Friends: (89)  | City: dehradun  | Interests: Music, Reading
Love u bhaiya!
Its rakshabandhan today....I just love this day, just the way i love my brother.When i was a kid i used to eagerly wait for this day to come, we used to get up in the morning, do the teeka, tie rakhi to bhaiya, rob away whatever cash he used to have in his pockets and then straightaway used to head to the terrace for kite-flying...those were the da...  more...
 neha s | 14:12 | 26/Apr/2007
Friends: (159)  | City: Indore  | Interests: reading,travelling
When I found you...
When I found youI found myselfI found a guyLike no one elseWhen I found youI found my heartI found it struckBy Cupid's dartWhen I found youI found pure blissI found heavenDeep in your in kissWhen I found youI found my soulI found your loveThat made me wholeWhen I found youI found my dreamsI found out what Love really meansWhen I found youI found a ...  more...
 AttiDude | 11:33 | 17/Mar/2008
Friends: (63)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: me pondering........
Where does the Mask end!
The bashful little girl walked towards the warrior's outstreched hands"The warrior who returned from the distant lands is your real father", her mothers words ringing in her ears"Why for many so years, have I not seen him. How could the war take him away from all our love", wondered the little heart. "And why is his face so strangely featured", she...  more...
 anjeneyan an... | 17:14 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (68)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: movies, reading,s...
WORKING WOMEN & PARENTING
 Working women and parentingMy mother was a homemaker (to use a modern terminology). I  do not recall a time in my childhood when Ireturned to an empty home and made my own snacks or lunch/dinner. I grew up taking for granted that mothers are always at home to receive their children. The outside reality slowly sunk in and I realized that  women who...  more...
 myna mg | 12:00 | 2/Jul/2007
Friends: (115)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading and Music..
"LIFE"
" ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he Gotdue to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which  conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?To this Arthur Ashe replied:The world over ...  more...
 warm sunshine | 18:39 | 7/Feb/2008
Friends: (134)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: books,music,movie...
JUST A GRAIN OF SAND
As I write this, I lie on the sea shore, resting and reminiscing about the days gone by when I used to wonder what my purpose in life was.I was a miniscule part of the great Sahara desert till I latched onto the shoes of a tourist and traveled across continents and countries. I always used to wonder if this was the life I was supposed to live. Be a...  more...
 priya chobra | 18:05 | 4/Jan/2008
Friends: (266)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Hot Hot N Mast Ma...
Happy New Year
Wish You Happy New Year 2008!! May this year bring Tons of Luck!!   With Love from Heart Yours Cho bra  more...
 sam iland | 11:28 | 16/Apr/2007
Friends: (60)  | City: capital  | Interests: music
Few Definitions
School:  A place where Papa pays and Son plays.                                                                                                            Life Insurance:  A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that        you can die Rich.                                                                                                     ...  more...
 Licensed Pirate | 08:54 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (329)  | City: kuala lumpur  | Interests: Blogging.surfing ...
Expensive Lawyer
A man walked into a lawyer's office and inquired about the rates. “Fifty dollars for three questions, ” replied the lawyer. “Isn't that awfully steep?” asked the man. “Yes,” the lawyer replied, “and what was your third question?”  more...
 Dhee Kar | 14:36 | 30/Jun/2007
Friends: (44)  | City: India  | Interests: Reading, Writing,...
INSPIRATIONS
"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal."Give to yourself the highest of expectations. And all the while, be patient with yourself as well. Know for certain that you are surely born to do great things. And know also that real value takes time a...  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...
 Cajetan Vaz | 21:33 | 6/Jan/2008
Friends: (1142)  | City: Goa  | Interests: silence
how far back can you remember?
13:27 | 15/Mar/2007 | 37 Comment(s)               How far back can you remember? Some of my oldest memories - Tripping and hurting my knee on my way to nursery - My first day...  more...
 Apurba Sen | 18:27 | 29/Apr/2008
Friends: (73)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Trend Spotting,SE...
Sardar fir se champion
Dont get foxed by the title - it has nothing to do with "bhajji".Its funny but real story.My sardar friend "Happy Singh" [name changed] is in Canada on deputation from a leading Indian software company.He wanted to gift me something from Canada.My MS office 2007 trial version expired.I thought what will be best gift other than a "Pirated Office 200...  more...
 Mommies AtWork | 20:18 | 16/Nov/2007
Friends: (114)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: parenting, relati...
Of Little girls & difficult - to - expla...
Though I am going through a phase when I'm usually harried or depressed....there are some genuinely light moments....thanx to maya.A few days back, maya & I were watching some movie on tv. Noah was asleep. Since its diwali hols, sleeping deadlines for maya are a lil relaxed. Among the ads that play again & again in between the numerous breaks, ther...  more...
 rakhee sinha | 21:02 | 3/Jan/2008
Friends: (65)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Reading,Net surfi...
A contradiction that I wish exists...
I read a very beautiful mail recently. It said, those who are always seen as the strongest, are in fact the weakest internally. Those who are always seen helping, caring and protecting others are the ones who need help,love,care and protection the most. And the ones who never show their feelings are the ones who feel it most deeply.And if the world...  more...
 Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008
Friends: (656)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: Life
Smirk
Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...  more...
 koms kapur | 12:24 | 25/Apr/2007
Friends: (63)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: animation,films,c...
what i miss about my college days
Ok i know i have posted a blog since december last year... for two reasons:i  had a continuous strech of  the exam bhoot again  and well i   was jussst tooo busy enjoying the last few months of college life......well now  in retrospect , theres more i couldve enjoyed this last semester........ ok well  i studied in mount carmel college, one of baga...  more...
 Shikha Walia | 18:55 | 4/Jan/2008
Friends: (110)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: listening to musi...
WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR   more...
 ma ya | 21:43 | 14/Mar/2008
Friends: (219)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: watching cricket ...
HI...frndssssssssss
hello............    hope u all r doing welll..n keeping good health!!!me too fine. hmm as i hav nothing to blog,so just saying HI.....to everyone.              take care n keep smiling............:D  more...