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09:50 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| I haven’t seen Charlie Chaplin’s film “ The Great Dictator” and I was curious when afl (http://floatingleaf.rediffiland.com) gave a link to his speech in the film , in the comments’ section of Jolly’s post on war(http://blackswan.rediffiland.com) which the comment said, would explain the whole thing. It's quite a beautiful exhortati...
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22:05 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| I have just finished reading an old post of 27th January, 2007 of my friend Dilip Krishnan (http://myownboswell.rediffiland.com) . It is titled, “The paradox that is India” and you can find it under the category “Issues of the times”. While Dilip pondered over this paradox, in the course of a metro ride from the centre of the city t...
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23:43 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| “ Olive Riley, described as the world’s oldest Internet blogger has died at age 108, after posting a final message about singing a “happy song” in her nursing home”, says a report in today’s edition of “The Hindu”. “ She was born in the Outback town of Broken Hill on 20th October 1899, she lived through two World Wars and raised three childre...
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12:24 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Responding to the post by Jolly Jacob (www.blackswan.rediffiland.com), Gman (www.mussings.rediffiland.com) had pointed out that “ a very uncomfortable but hard fact of war is that, through the ages and time, it is women and children who have actually suffered the effects of war. The men have fought and gone, the women have had to ...
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22:12 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Dear friends, Sharing with you a few photographs taken during my recent visit to Kerala. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadir afromkannur/ The beach in the pictures, is about twenty minutes drive from my home. When the sky is clear of monsoon clouds, the sunset is a beautiful sight. Not lucky this time though . We also have an...
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00:25 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| One of the books that I had long wanted to read was “The one straw Revolution” by Masanobu Fukuoka and I did that recently while travelling back by train from my hometown Kannur to Delhi. Fukuoka, who had been trained as an agricultural scientist, left his job to take up traditional farming in his village, minus all the modern ...
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16:34 | 28/Jun/2008 |
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| Call it parochialism if you will, but every time I go back home to Kerala, I become aware of more reasons to be proud of having been born and brought up there. It is undoubtedly one of the most or THE most vibrant and dynamic state in our country. “Maveli naadu vaanidum kaalam, manusherellarum onnu pole”. So begins a poem that was famil...
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16:34 | 1/Jun/2008 |
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| There is something about the abiding beauty and grandeur of the Himalayas that makes you addicted to it , having even once seen any of its ranges. That is what goaded me once again to enroll for the KedarKanta trek organised by the Youth Hostel Association of India, in spite of my lingering apprehensions about my aging knees and blood pressur...
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09:38 | 29/Apr/2008 |
| Yeh Duniya Agar Mil bhi jaaye tho kya ha... | |
| Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniyaYeh insaan ke dushman samajon ke duniyaYeh daulat ke bhookhen rivajon ke duniyaYeh duniya agar mul bhi jaayen tho kya hai? Har ek jism hai ghayal, hare ek rooh pyaasiNigahon me uljhan, dilon me udaasiYeh duniya hai ya aalam-badhawaasiYeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye tho kya hai? Jahan ek khilona hai insaan...
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13:05 | 22/Apr/2008 |
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| The Fourth Estate No news is good news. True, but for whom? If the frenzy of the various TV channels and the print media, to pounce upon and sensationalise anything and everything is any indication, then, no news is very bad news for at least one section of the society, the Fourth Estate. Responsible,unbiased reporting and honest inv...
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Mumbaikar bi... | 16:19 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| Are o Pakiya idhaar baith jaldi se idhaar baith…apun ko tere se ek mast baat bolne ka hai…Are apun ka tou sir ghoom rela hai baap….yaar kal ka baat hai ye apun computer pe idhaar-udhaar dekh rela tha ki tabhiz apun ko udhaar Chaat ka kholi mila bole tou idhaar aane ka aur chatting karne ka kya…a..re wo wala chat nahi re bole tou computer pe chaat ...
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sasmita | 16:00 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| Love in my time |
| Love in my timeAll we need is love. its because it is our very nature. but why we are starved of love then ? what i have observed is its because we confuse love with many other things like say social status,beautiful partners,wealth,power,material comfort etc...n we are trying to fill ourselves with as much of these things as possible.these are no...
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raj phad | 17:29 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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J W | 18:19 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| "Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that wa...
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amrut patil | 18:44 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Ganeshaya Namah |
| A great song and Class Performance .... Pausaaaaaaa? Pausaaaaaa?Gananayaka GanadaivatayaGanadaksha YadhimahiGuna shariraya Guna ManditayaGuneshanay DhimahiGunaditaya Gunadhishaya Gunapravishtaya DhimahaiEkadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahiGajeshanaya Bhalchandraya shree ganeshaya dhimahi{Ekadantaya Vakratundaya Gauritanahaya yadhi mahi...
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parthasarath... | 19:54 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| Some other day again |
| Some other day againDays will come and go alsoWeeks and months will runaway,Years and decades will just pass bye!!Lazy moments, colours of evening light..I shall peep on your mind’s windows,My smiling eyes will bring you closer again!!Vacant afternoon on a cloudy day as today..You will walk on your memory lane,I shall clutch your hand on the c...
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DIBYA | 14:53 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| To be in LOVE |
| To be in love.....is to be the victim of glamour.Glamour isn't only a flase glow,Its an intoxication.Two dazed minds blinded bytemporary intoxication, enterinto kind of crazily reckless contract.Expecting only good and beautiful to come,of course an act of temprorary insanity.Alas!!!!! only to find that they do not suite each other. Beacuse they no...
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fozia aziz | 14:29 | 10/Jul/2008 |
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| Rapunzel(part 2) The enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: 'If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, a...
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sadaf | 14:53 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| Tell Me Whom You LoveJohn Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a ...
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KESHAV DAYAL | 04:45 | 18/Jul/2008 |
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| The first story which I am going to narrate here in this article is based on facts. The story had been told by my father to me and by several other senior citizens of my village. My father had been an agriculturist. His next door neighbour was one Mr. Har Lal Singh. Mr. Har Lal Singh was head of his family. In his family, he had his wife and three ...
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Sami Ahmed | 09:04 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| When They Got Married |
| When they got married, both of them brought in their dreams into their marriage.After the engagement and before the marriage, which is naughtily called as probation period by some people, Sujit, during one of those meetings at restaurents, had asked his fiancee, “How do you want me to be after our marriage? Do I have to change myself in any manner?...
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sareena nafe... | 13:22 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| CUPIDS STRINGS |
| Every year the vacations come as a whiff of cool breeze for rejuvenating myself .It was that time of the year .....I recollect my most valued treasure....of thoughts and emotions .......which were mine and only mine!As years pass by,the memory fades or perhaps is replaced by more interesting episodes in the journey of life.Today,I sit by the wind...
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bhagwant | 14:04 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| 40 WAYS MAN FAIL IN BEB |
| 40 WAYS MEN FAIL IN BED1) NOT KISSING FIRST. Avoiding her lips and diving straight for the erogenous zones makes her feel like you're paying by the hour and trying to get your money's worth by cutting out nonessentials. A properly passionate kiss is the ultimate form of foreplay.2) BLOWING TOO HARD IN HER EAR. Admit it, some kid at school told you ...
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praveen sharma | 16:20 | 23/Jul/2008 |
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| MY LOVE |
| I love you. I love you. You’re the joy in my heart,The sparkle in my eye,The light in my life.I love you.You’re the wind to my wings,The steps to my dances,The voice to my songs. I love you.You’re the reason for breathing,The purpose for thriving,The cause for living.I love you.You’re the most caring human being,The very generous and gentle,The ...
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Suresh Praja... | 12:39 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Hello , family. Recently i have started on more book, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL by Tony Martin. I have found a very interesting page in this book. I would like to share it with you. Author has taken it from somewhere which is mentioned at the end. The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways , bu...
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nitin bhatnagar | 20:24 | 25/Jun/2008 |
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| Prescription for cyanide A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide." The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?" The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband." Please click here to read the full post
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Sanjay Thakur | 13:11 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| Hi friends,This was sent to me by one of my friends , i have liked the wordings of the poem .. hope you all will also like it.regards Chahat ki mehfil mein dil laga kar hum bhi dekhege,Teri rooh ko apna banakar hum bhi dekhege,Tum se jo kaha hai khawabo mein hum ne,Use haqeekat mein bayan kar hum bhi dekhege,Jis phasane ko aankhon se...
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bimal raj | 12:20 | 19/Jul/2008 |
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| These were my special visitors.........she came with family....except hubby, he is on a BT...
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StudentOf VIHE | 19:19 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| Come up O Lions! - - - Roars Swami Vivek... |
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| Let these thunderbolts-like words of Swami Vivekananda enter your mind and see the change; they will certainly revolutionize the mind by recharging your spiritual battery. Swamiji’s literature helps one to develop tremendous energy by tapping hidden potential within oneself. It not only develops Can do attitude but also serves as a powerful antidot...
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Sahiti Bhara... | 15:09 | 2/Jul/2008 |
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| Lot of people (including yours truly) are struck with a profession which is not their passion. It is not what they love to do. They still do it because it gives "job security" or "good pay" or both.I love kids and i enjoy teaching. Teaching kids would have been my ideal profession or starting a school my dream.What prevents me from going after my d...
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The Bull | 12:44 | 13/May/2008 |
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| Let go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| mmm ..a very thought provoking story i heard...and I have retold this to most of my friends....when the situation arose....Kerala they say is famous for two things.....thinking of chips and cute girls.....sorry wrong guess......Monkeys and coconuts...........and the monkeys are quite a menace...you know most of us can relate to them...but they are ...
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| THE PERFUME |
| THE PERFUMEAs she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson...
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gulzar | 09:05 | 6/Jul/2008 |
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| teri tasweer |
| ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *******Main ab khayalo mein teri tasweer banau magar kaise,Tu hi bata haal-e- Dil tujhe sunau magar kaise,************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *******Jo mahel banaye the khuwabon mein humne,In mahlo mein Wafa ke deep jalau magar kaise,******...
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RAGHUPAT | 15:21 | 17/Jul/2008 |
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| size of your heart |
| It isn't the size of your house as such That matters so much at all. It's the gentle hand and its loving touch, That make it great or small. The friends who come and the hour they Who out of your house depart, Will judge it not by the style you show, But rather by the size of your heart. It isn't the size of your head so much,It isn't the wealth yo...
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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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Vish Iyer | 22:58 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Stop passing judgements and improve qual... |
| The last couple of weeks have been stressful as I have been at my argumentative and judgmental best in my behavior with people at work and at home( I’m not proud of this). I have said a lot of things in the heat of the moment and oftentimes been misunderstood though I did not have any genuine mal-intent. By nature every moment of our lives are fil...
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sairam | 17:01 | 12/Jul/2008 |
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| sai SAI RAM ram SAI RAM sai ram sai tirugadina pavitri bhoomi shirdi.
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Smiling Dolphin | 19:15 | 14/Jun/2008 |
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| Life is boring without 20-20 |
| I miss the 20-20 a lot. It was a great three hours entertainment. BCCI should have more 20-20s and less of ODIs.It is good to see some of Rajasthan Royal Players, Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan, make it to the national sides. I have a feeling with the way Dhoni is using Yusuf Pathan that Dhoni is setting Yusuf for failure.You can see the difference ...
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madhu kumar | 13:24 | 10/Feb/2008 |
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| COME CLOSE TOGETHER |
| COME BE CLOSE TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE WITH THE GOD ALMIGHTY WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION
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dhrubo | 21:43 | 22/Jul/2008 |
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| This Happens only in India |
| Kudos to our speaker in the LokShaba – Mr. Somnath Chatterjee ! It is he who had really understood theneutrality and the sanctity of the position of the Speaker in a ParliamentaryForm of the Govt. and has not backed out his responsibilities. He knows what isgood for the country and has stood firm on principles. We should not loose hopetill w...
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yogesh kumar | 15:58 | 26/Aug/2007 |
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| fursat |
| pichle kuchh saal se mai kaha hu nahi pata, samay jane kaise gujra mujhe nahi pata,kaise jiya hoon mai nahi pata, ab kaha hoon mai nahi pata.khoj mai hoon fursat ki,milta nahi hai kuchh bhi,bas need hai aur mai hoon nahi pata,jagana kaha hai, aab ghoomna kaha haibas bethna hai, khade rahna hai, aab daudna kaha hai, sambhlna hai, sambhalna haiaab ba...
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uday mukadam | 23:07 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| WHEN YOU LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF, THEN IT WILL COME TO AN END AFTER YOUR DEATH. BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR OTHERS, YOU WILL NOT HAVE DEATH, BECAUSE, "YOU WILL LIVE IN THEIR HEARTS FOR EVER"
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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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tarun goel | 22:46 | 22/Jun/2008 |
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| Who have better Friends Men/Women |
| Men always have better friends....They will stand by you, no matter what....!!! Here's an example:-Friends of Women:A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband the very next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend's apartment overnight. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirmed that ...
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lonely | 10:47 | 20/Jul/2008 |
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| Far away from reality..!!! |
| Yester day while watching TV there was an advertisement that caught my attention.. I think most of u people have seen that. It is an advertisement of some **** water purifier, where there was a guy in a desert collapsed on his knee becoz of dehydration. Some people near to him observe and rush towards that guy and offering some water. If suppose u...
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BHAVANA BHAN... | 12:09 | 8/Nov/2007 |
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| Greetings |
| Hi Friends....Sorry friends,i have stopped writings but today i m here to wish u all.....Happy Diwali..All yr wishes of life get fulfill with happiness n joys and always keep smiling.Yours life sparkles like stars.
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Seena Vincent | 19:24 | 21/Jul/2008 |
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| Learn real Estate Business from Real Est... |
| Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> We have seen huge crashes in real estate price recently. Many investors became hurt loosing their valuable dollars. But this recession in price is normal for any commodity or service. An intelligent and experienced investor can still earn money and make a profit out of real estate business. But anybody who wants to try real estate business must be more educated and careful before going ahead with real estate investment. In the same way the real estate agent and real estate broker and share holders can also have to be more careful while going ahead with real estate business.But the information and experience is one thing you won't find easily. Nobody will give you this information in tablet form. You have to work hard and slog for hour to learn considerable authority in real estate business. Again the information you gain from books and websites may not be sufficient to excel in this at of real estate business. Yes this is not a science like mathematics or physics. But you can still be the master of this science by reading, listening, sharing with experts and experimenting. Just one thing you must do it in a professional real estate platform. A platform here experienced people talk and share their experience and wisdom. Yes there are institutions like Nouveau Riche . If you are interested in this sort of business and convinced with my arguments I have a few suggestions for you. There is something like Nouveau Riche available for you. This is a real estate investment college where students can select courses within various curriculum paths. Here students learn how to do real estate investment. They get familiar with real estate strategies, understand the advantages and disadvantages of short-term and long-term real estate investments. The relevance of this school is the education in midst of like minded people, more practical oriented training through case studies, class room discussions, role playing exercises etc. I define a graduate as somebody who had gone through an extra mile of information. Make your information authentic and worthy with professional educations that is offered by professionals like Nouveau Riche . Here you learn things in real world real estate situations. You will be a wise master after this education, I am sure about that. Read more about real estate business at American Real Estate .
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swati phatak | 02:46 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| Three Women Three women were enjoying coffee at the coffee table in the kitchen of the youngest woman , Ishita a software engineer married for 6 months...... It was a saturday evening and Ishita was looking forward to this day as she had planned to spend the weekend along with other two women, one her mom, Shubhangi, Prof of chemistry and her Mom'...
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