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 18:57 | 20/May/2008
WHEN TSUNAMI STRUCK-PART III
     In the previous episode, I touched upon the beginnings of a massive-everrescue, relief and reconstruction operation in the after math ofTsunami 2004 disaster. Now on to more poignant details.    The under-sea earth quake near sumatra islands ofIndonesia tilted up the ocean floor by several metres producingdisplacement energies in the scale of ... more...
 11:17 | 10/May/2008
Olympic torch atop Mt.Everest- a space-t...
     Using what could be described as a space technology, the Olympics torch was lit atop Mount Everest- What makes it special? The sub-zero temperatures and lack of oxygen at high altitudes make it difficult to burn a flame atop snow-clad mountains. Beijing has been gearing up to host the world's premiere event of sports and atheletics. many 5 sta... more...
 13:10 | 6/May/2008
MY SCIENCE FICTION IN KERALA.COM
Dear friends,         I hope you would be interested in reading an exciting science fiction written by me. ORIGINally published in SCIENCE TODAY it is now appearing in the science corner of kerala.com. go to the link http://www.kerala.com/science and click on science fiction by mohan sanjeevan to read "I want to Die! _SCIENCE  FICTION      Welcome ... more...
 10:37 | 30/Apr/2008
A little joy in the morning
Dear friends,        Many of you may have the experience similar to what I am going to share with you now.  My residential quarters is within an area of around 20 acres, well-protected by a high-rise compound. Barring around 10 blocks of apartment structures, the area is virtually an open space.  With sea nearby a gentle breeze comes in making it a... more...
 15:34 | 25/Apr/2008
WHEN TSUNAMI STRUCK - PART II
 I  left out  some more of the survey in our residential  area which spawns around 20 acres with plenty of open space nestling inside a high rise protective compound wall  immediately after the initial moments of the tragic episode.  When I  went  to have a look around inside our compound I saw around 5 to 6 boats lying inside gatecrashing into the... more...
 14:10 | 11/Apr/2008
WHEN TSUNAMI STRUCK- PART I
     When Tsunami struck in 2004,  no one seemed to have heard it before. Therefore no one anticipated it when it struck by surprise. I happen to be in a Tsunami struck coastal area and I was here when the Tsunami struck four years back.  On the day before i.e., on December 25 th 2004, I went to a nearby place to attend a function and returned late... more...
 16:32 | 1/Apr/2008
LET THE MEMORIES FLOAT -POEM
LET THE MEMORIES FLOAT                                                                 Honey!                         I stay awake                        in the silent night                        thinking loud about you                        Your memories come                        swirling in >>>                        carrrying your image      ... more...
 10:07 | 31/Mar/2008
Thanks for the participation in Earth Ho...
Dear Friends,                    I thank all my friends who extended support and participated in the Earth Hour swich-off. I also thank the friend who copied my meesage in her iland. I thank also one friend who found this as a tokenism and wanted to me take up a campaign for making the Government responsible towards environment.   Kandasamy Mohan  ... more...
 15:40 | 27/Mar/2008
Alert call on EARTH HOUR 2008-29.3.08
    I am grateful to my dear friend on this iland for bringing to my notice an international event - the Earth Hour 2008 0n March 29th. On this day the international community for environment is asking the households, business establishments, Government bodies, non-govermental organisations and all concerned to switch off their lights and non-essen... more...
 15:27 | 26/Mar/2008
A TINY TOT IN THE UNIVERSE
    This is a season for poems.Every one is enjoying it. I am also joining in.  A science cum inner realisation                                                 A  TINT TOT IN THE UNIVERSE             I am a tiny tot in the universe            A universe unfolds-            inside the tot.           As I lie supine           on the nature's lap      ... more...
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 J G | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008
Friends: (527)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, Music, K...
Have you Ever?Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.I didn’t know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for...  more...
 Ashwin Unni | 15:57 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (139)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Football,rock muz...
ROADIES !!!!!!!
THIS IS GR8....ONLY  7 ROADIES LEFT  OUT OF 13......WHO'S IT GONNA BE??????????????I HATE TO REVEAL THIS BUT....................................A SHUTOSH  HAS WON!!!!(check out his orkut profile)NIHAL HAS COME 2nd........AND THE CUTE SHAMBHAVI HAS COME 5th...........-------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------all data is ...  more...
 CrazyCraft | 13:33 | 3/Aug/2007
Friends: (110)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Metal Art
Crazy Craft
Crazy Craft creates metal art sculptures and figures that depict movie characters and automobiles. Each metal art piece captures your attention from the most serious to the humorous. Each figure is unique because each one tells it's own story and no two are exactly same.Crazy Craft also creates non-mobile replicas of tankers, choppers, dozers, trac...  more...
 Tumble Weed | 09:35 | 20/May/2008
Friends: (388)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Soch ko Badlo, Si...
Waves of Love
Having lived in Chennai for close to 20 years... I used to love the seaside! Ever so often I would find myself at the Besant Nagar beach. I'd walk beside the evening sea and dream a dream that could not be; the waves that plunged along the shore said only: Dreamer, dream no more! Water smooth as rippling silk,reflecting the mercury silver skygently...  more...
 Tammanna | 22:37 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (381)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music and reading
A moment of illusion
A moment of illusion Remember the nightOf velvet feelingsAnd creamy emotionsWe lost each otherUnder the starlit canopyBalmy moonlit eveningThe highlights in my hairShone faintly now and thenCatching the twinkleIn your bright eyesCrystal cup flowedWith wine of loveCherry red lipsParting to sighPerfect and properUntil you poppedThe decisive queryYou ...  more...
 simi | 16:16 | 20/Mar/2008
Friends: (169)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Astro science,num...
GR8Gang
    Hey u all    join me   Join me on Gr8Gang http://www.gr8gang.com/gangs/azaljeetsin gh  more...
 sia sagar | 23:06 | 17/Apr/2008
Friends: (79)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, singining
SMALL BUT IMPORTANT
  A VERY SHORT LIST FOR GETTING JOY IN LIFE ONLY THREE FACTORIES ARE REQUIRED' ICE FACTORY IN HEAD(MIND) SUGAR FACTORY IN TONGUE AND LOVE FACTORY IN HEART  more...
 velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (376)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music,Sports, Che...
How Heavy is a Glass of Water
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...  more...
 The Princess | 13:19 | 15/Apr/2008
Friends: (219)  | City: Mother Earth  | Interests: When we just obse...
Once again.....
 The men vs. women debate is never a very productive one, but it continually recurs in discussions of gender differences. Although the range of opportunities available to men and women continue to converge, the difference between social roles and styles among the two, remain striking. All said and done, men are men and women shall always remain wom...  more...
 Srinivasan P... | 21:00 | 1/May/2008
Friends: (95)  | City: Trichy  | Interests: Human Resource De...
CORRUPT SYSTEM and SLUGGISH CITIZENS
Great leaders like Mahathma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel fought for independance of India from the British Rulers. Had they been alive now they would have asked Britain to take over the country once again. The independance has been ushurped by local Goondas who have no patriotic values and rob this country unmindful of the millions of ...  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...
 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...
 Navita | 08:50 | 25/Mar/2008
Friends: (312)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I keep traveling ...
In Hong Kong Part I
There is a tussle going on between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing as they are all keenly vying for the title of most exciting city in Asia, the destination for shopping, dining and style. But these cities still have a way to go before they steal Hong Kong’s limelight. Hong Kong has managed to bounce back from the upheaval of the handover, the Asia...  more...
 sarika bhanot | 12:30 | 12/May/2008
Friends: (134)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Keep Changing
Men will be Men always
Dear Friends Just wanted to share this cute pic with you which clearly tells that Men will be Men always no matter how old are they...god has programmed them  that ways . Love Sarika      more...
 SREENI R | 15:08 | 19/May/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading and writi...
Dr.Francis Alapatt,Director,Jubilee Miss...
Dr.Francis Alapatt,Director,Jubilee MissionHospital,Thrissur,since 1998,is one among the few doctors who put theireffort towards bringing quality health care to everyone affordably. Hedid his MSc at St. Thomas College, Thrissur and MBBS from CalicutMedical College, Kerala. He completed Seminary Studies at  CalicutChrist Hall, Madras Sacred Heart Co...  more...
 Elisabeth | 17:28 | 19/May/2008
Friends: (394)  | City: Amsterdam  | Interests: painting,drawing,...
A WONDER
When I just was on the island, I made a poet for the man on the photo. I met him on internet and he lives in India. HE was the reason, that I came on Rediffiland, my friends, I wanted to learn more about India. The people, the life there, the habits, the ideas.We liked each other very much, the "click" was there.But when he spoke about coming to th...  more...
 indira shukla | 14:57 | 20/May/2008
Friends: (82)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Writing is my fir...
Sania Mania
It's been almost two years since my NRI Aunt and Uncle settled down in the posh area of Jubilee Hills, a place in Hyderabad which is usually occupied by swanky bungalows of the rich and  famous celebrities of the city and I’m really glad to say my Uncle and Aunt from the US join the league of the rich but sadly not the famous. Their house is a spra...  more...
 Ramesh Menon | 18:17 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (136)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
Innathe Chintavishayaam (Point to Think)
Dear all,   A different way - Kandathum Kettathum - it is a malayalam term for What you hear and what you see. And innathe chinthavishayam is Point to think today. Enjoy reading the contents. http://team1dubai.blogspot.com/2008/05/p oints-to-think.html   Why very little interactions these days?   Regards,   Ramesh Menon        more...
 Jein Rajan | 18:34 | 17/Dec/2007
Friends: (207)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Music, photograph...
Destination Chithirapuram
If you are looking for a perfect vacation, or rather a rejuvenating vacation. Then the Kerala tour offers its Chithirapuram hill tour that is a perfect way to wash away all your fatigue and monotony. Only at a distance of 10 Kms from Munnar, this sleepy little hill town is a paradisiacal retreat that offers you the best of nature and its beauty. In...  more...
 sohamswami | 14:28 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (665)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO OPEN EYES OF T...
ONLY FOR TRINA
Neel was furious.He said-' you can not just hoodwink me.You will have to tell me today-Who is this Trina? I know definitely somebody is there.You are just plainly hiding. How can you write so passionately about somebody yet do not know her. All bakwas.'I just laughed.' No,no,you can not get away today just by showing your teeth '- He said agitatedl...  more...
 meenakshi sh... | 17:47 | 30/Apr/2008
Friends: (233)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: reading, writing,...
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 ramnath rajaram | 22:38 | 18/May/2008
Friends: (1690)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
~~~MAA AUR BETI KA RISHTA~~~(GIRLS MUST ...
BETI KA KEHNA MAA SAYYeh Kamyaabiyan Izzat Yeh Naam Tum Se HaiKhuda Ne Jo Bhi Diya Hai Maqaam Tum Se HaiTumharey Dam Se Hien Mere Laho Mein Khiltey GulaabMere Wajood Ka Sara Nazaam Tum Se HaiKahan Bisaaat Jahan Aur Mein Kamsin NadanYeh Meri Jeet Ka Sab Ehtamam Tum Sey HaiJahan Jahan Hai Meri Dushmani Sabab Mein HoonJahan Jahan Hai Mera Ehtaraam Tum...  more...
 yellowflower | 14:14 | 25/Apr/2008
Friends: (167)  | City: Other  | Interests: To have passion, ...
My Garden
A year passed by since i had been on iland and i had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people here.......abundantly talented and blessed ones........varied interests....who made my garden so colorful and full of different fragrances!!!!!!They are "My treasures on iland" and my life........... Aameen:  A wonderful romantic poet....whenever i...  more...
 stardust | 08:46 | 20/Apr/2008
Friends: (34)  | City: widespace  | Interests: bring stars into ...
o what fun it is to SIN
hiiiiiiiiii U guys must be wondering where I had disappeared!Ii had not gone anywhereI was thinking (yeah I do that once in a while )..and thinking profound thoughts ( do I hear a sneer sneer?) I was thinking of the ffffffuture..the SINS I would love to commit...I list some below1.Eat pots and pots and pans and pans of 'sinful' icecream and chocola...  more...
 Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (317)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: everything that m...
Most Honourable OCCUPATION !!!
IF SANITATION work in India brings with it untouchability, disease and death, why then do the Dalits not just give it up? At the least, why can’t they go on strike and ask for better working conditions? It is not that they did not try. In Delhi’s Balmiki Bara in Aryapura, Rajinder Kumar, a Delhi Jal Board sewer worker, offers us some non-textbook h...  more...
 Janam Tapit... | 08:38 | 27/Apr/2008
Friends: (42)  | City: Bareilly  | Interests: Writing for the h...
A double quilt or a single?
    It often happens that you buy a double quilt or a double blanket when you get married, as when you are newly married you are apt to sleep cuddled up, but is a double quilt or a double blanket ideal for a peaceful sleep?     I too had a double blanket to start with, but as time passes you realise that it is the one things which is more of a hind...  more...
 hari kumar | 14:02 | 5/May/2008
Friends: (104)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, sports, ...
Occultation of Mars by Moon
Occultation is a natural phenomenon of one heavenly object hides another one from our view when earth and these objects happen to be in a straight line. Most visible and feared occultation is the solar eclipse wherein sun is hidden from our view by the passing moon.  Lunar eclipse is not exactly occultation, but earth’s shadow falling on moon there...  more...
 Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007
Friends: (35)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: SEEKING MY NEW SE...
Jab We Met
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...  more...
 Jayan Guruva... | 12:42 | 2/Dec/2006
Friends: (14)  | Interests: swimming, traveli...
Malayalam
True Friend is the one who understand you better than your wife or mother and supports without expecting back  more...
 Krish | 20:54 | 11/Jan/2008
Friends: (122)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading,..life
NOT JUST A MOMENT......
             i hate the  moment,when my love's' say they have no single momentfor the love in their heart,demanding the attention blood of heart!To lend me heartand not their earto hear my words heartbeat!Its like an arrow ,that fills my heart with sorrow but still try not to makethe feelbcoz many people reside their...still!How i feel them,How i l...  more...
 beena john | 22:26 | 18/May/2008
Friends: (384)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: MOVIES, MUSIC, SH...
TeDdY
As 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 had watched T...  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...
 Devyani | 18:27 | 13/Mar/2008
Friends: (206)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: bus yu he
Feminism
About my hip, unconventional friend:My friend S.C wrote in another of my friend’s blog:why woman’s day , why not humans day so that we learn to be more humane towards everybody . the talks of woman liberation , empowerment etc etc etc has been stretched a bit too far now . if woman are getting burnt , killed so also are the men , maybe in diffe...  more...
 ratna rajaiah | 20:52 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (333)  | 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...
 Shyama Menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008
Friends: (590)  | 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...
 vasanthi gop... | 15:14 | 22/Mar/2008
Friends: (30)  | City: Chennai(Madras)  | Interests: To know the curre...
Seven Beliefs of Success
I got this from one of my English forum.The book "Unlimited Power" by Anthony Robbins, chapter 5, the Seven Beliefs of Success:The world we live in is the world we choose by ourselves either this choice is conscious or unconscious. If we choose happiness we will have it. If we choose misery we will have it. Belief is the cause of success. So the fi...  more...
 Ganesan VG | 21:49 | 25/Jan/2008
Friends: (400)  | City: Chennai(Madras)  | Interests: Reading books, ta...