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 14:26 | 14/Jul/2008
Cell phones- are they harmful or not?
Dear friends,        The anywhere anytime phoning has made cell phones a darling to the whole populace.  A cell phone is a two way radio enlivened by the incoming and outgoing radio signals in a designated frequency.  As the signals propagate in the form of electro-magnetic waves, often a question is posed.  Is the radiation from the darling(!) har... more...
 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...
LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 rajeswari tk | 11:43 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (71)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: writing, music
nissabdamee rathriyiloru bhayambhayavum nirashayum koodi kalarunnuoru jeernna sareeravummurivetta manassumstiraprajnjayumayivertutheyirikkunnu njannissabdamee ravilmanassu payunnupadakuthirayeppoleaviramam, anavarathamvallathe thalarunnu njanurakkam poymaranjukoode swapnangalumthirike varillayirikkamnissabdamaya veeduananja deepangalsoonyamaya mana...  more...
 girija nambiar | 23:15 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (12)  | City: tp  | Interests: reading
leather technology
The fastest emerging lucrative career option in recent times is Leather Technology. Until a few years ago, those who happened to be in the industry were there through experience rather than through any formal training. But now, scores of institutes are offering certificate as well as diploma courses in designing as well as production, adding a much...  more...
 J G | 19:06 | 21/Feb/2008
Friends: (543)  | 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 | 18:38 | 27/Jun/2008
Friends: (148)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Football,rock muz...
$$--NeWtOniAn GaMeS--$$
It so happened that once all the top scientists of the world decided to play Hide-n-seek. Famous scientists like Newton, Einstein, Coppernicus, Homi Bhabha, and many others were also present. It was decided that Einstein would be the seeker..........                   He went ahead and closed his eyes and started counting till 100. Newton could not...  more...
 CrazyCraft | 13:33 | 3/Aug/2007
Friends: (111)  | 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 | 09:48 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (433)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Soch ko Badlo, Si...
LAWS OF ATTRACTION
UNIVERSAL LAWS OF ATTRACTION… we are all governed by them; it is our efforts to understand them try to be aware of these laws. I thought of sharing with you, may be it be of some help and eye opener. These are conclusions of all the spiritual scriptures. The only reason why people don"t have what they want because they are thinking more about what ...  more...
 Tammanna | 22:54 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (523)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music and reading
Thorny kind of love
I know, love, we sufferLong drawn facesSulking times of togethernessWe endure with each otherThis dragging drama of romanceTaking a toll on our mindsSagging breasts mournOur impassionate love-makingWaking in the mornWalking the crap talkUntil death do we part? Would you listen?If I saidLove is just a roseBlooms in a chosen seasonWilts and withers s...  more...
 simi | 16:16 | 20/Mar/2008
Friends: (244)  | 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 | 14:17 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (82)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music, singining
Story from a woman........
Story from a woman...........why woman lieOne day, When a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river her thimble fell into the river .When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, 'My dear child, why are you crying?'. The seamstress replied that her thimble fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a li...  more...
 velan | 12:59 | 25/Feb/2008
Friends: (379)  | 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...
 Anitha kaveri | 11:55 | 11/Jun/2008
Friends: (370)  | City: calicut  | Interests: talking talking a...
Okie..so here goes!!!! M back..dun noe if  I'm ready to be back...well, we dun always do things we r ready for..ryt??so why now...??coz I didn't have anything better to do,,,,he he.Ok...chit chat must rest for the being, I'm here to share a new poem...new as in..well,may be 4 3 months old..still..new...ryt...We had a topic to write poem on..and it ...  more...
 The Princess | 23:11 | 5/Jun/2008
Friends: (227)  | City: Mother Earth  | Interests: When we just obse...
HUNG BY THE TONGUE
Some people just have a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. They are being, "Hung By the Tongue!"A state trooper pulled a man over for speeding on a deserted road. Since the road was clear and the weather fine, the trooper had indicated that he may not give the man a ticket, and let them off with a warning. He even complemented both...  more...
 Srinivasan P... | 19:35 | 10/Aug/2008
Friends: (122)  | City: Trichy  | Interests: Human Resource De...
Amarnath Land Issue
The Jammu and Kashmir is burning with a very contentious issue. As usual Congress Party which opened the pandora's box through the Governor by transferring the land, looks very innocent and acts as if it does'nt know anything. It's a open secret that Congress's vote base lies mainly with Muslims and it tries to retain the base by appeasement and co...  more...
 myna mg | 10:44 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (161)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading and Music..
HAPPY?
Happiness Is Not Comforts ‘Does Happiness depend upon comfort? ’ Happiness lies in not comforts alone! Happiness is not a static quality of the human mind, body and soul. All can’t remain happy all the time. It would be foolishness to wish for a life, filled with happiness alone; Happiness is more when woes come in-between. Happiness is just a feel...  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 | 11:55 | 3/Jun/2008
Friends: (320)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I keep traveling ...
Gambling in Macau,Hong Kong Part IV
One can get a serviceable manicure, pedicure and massage in any town. For true Hong Kong style pampering and pummeling reflexology is the word. Reflexogy booths abound but the best and largest outfits are Happy Foot, just by the Mid Levels Escalator that carries intense – faced locals up and down the vertiginous streets. When I entered I thought it...  more...
 Raaj Borah | 17:19 | 30/Jun/2008
Friends: (271)  | City: Indore  | Interests: Reading, Travelin...
To :All of You.
I am ready to live with a girl-even ready to marry her,if she respect & trust me. She has to know the whole story from the very begining and help me to write a book on last three  & half years life under this situatiion. Tapan Borah 9993023785  more...
 sarika bhanot | 10:49 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (153)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Keep Changing
joke
स्पेनिश नौसेना के एक युध्दपोत ; का कप्तान एक दिन डेक पर टहल रह&#...  more...
 SREENI R | 17:06 | 17/Jul/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading and writi...
Interview with Principal Saju Mathew V.,...
CarmelHigher Secondary School was established in 1975 under the aegis of CMICongregation,Chalakudy,Thrissur district, and it offers education fromMontessori to Class XII. From its inception, the school has alwaysachieved 100 percent pass and several merit certificates in the S.S.L.C and HSE Examination of the Kerala Govt. This is a glowingtribute t...  more...
 Elisabeth | 15:44 | 29/Jul/2008
Friends: (483)  | City: Amsterdam  | Interests: art,painting,huma...
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE !
< My "worldly" Indian friend from New Delhi at the water near my village in Holland, Huizen"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is one of those sacred songs that appeases a Christian"s day to day challenges especially when one feels most alone. There is something in the hymn written by Joseph Scriven and composed by Charles C. Converse that brings so...  more...
 indira shukla | 09:42 | 2/Jul/2008
Friends: (127)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Writing is my fir...
Be Mine!
  Your beauty enchants me    and sends me into a trance,My heart skips a beat   whenever you give me a glance! When I look into your eyes    I can see your faith in me,You give me the courage to rise    and the strength to break free. When I hold your hand    I can conquer the world I feelAll troubles I can withstand   and with every problem I can ...  more...
 Ramesh Menon | 15:19 | 27/Jul/2008
Friends: (146)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
Wish it had rained in the morning of 25t...
A regular visit to Bengaluru with lots of schedules and plans ended finally as an eventful one. Normally, what would have been a travel to the city outskirt meeting places in the morning had to be changed due to problem with functioning of the LPG and fuel option of my hired car and as he was my regular driver, I asked him to get it fixed and ventu...  more...
 Jein Rajan | 18:34 | 17/Dec/2007
Friends: (273)  | 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 | 08:29 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (777)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO OPEN THE EYES ...
MY FRIENDS ,MY LIFE-PART 2
One of my friends thought that this tribute to my friends are because I may be leaving I land.Well, I am not planning to leave all of you so soon.Once earlier I had to leave temporarily but it was painfull. I then had to change my identity and come back again. My old friends here know that. I simply cannot live without I land now. It is very person...  more...
 meenakshi sh... | 20:31 | 2/Aug/2008
Friends: (263)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: reading, writing,...
just want to say...happy freindship day....
It's so hard to findthe perfect breeze,One blowing none too hardnor soft,Carrying a scent of wildflowers,And moving clouds aboutaloft. It's so hard to findthe perfect sky,One blue and deep andbright,Carrying a sense ofopennessWith geese and wrens inflight. It's so hard to findthe perfect night,One warm, quiet andunflawed,Carrying a mood ofsolitude,...  more...
 ramnath rajaram | 16:50 | 10/Aug/2008
Friends: (1741)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: HEALTH AWARENESS,...
LOVE STORY
LOVE STORY Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose.And every year her husband had sent them, tied with pretty bows.The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door.The card said, "Be my Valentine," like all the years before.Each year he'd sent her roses, and the note would always say,"I love you even more this year, than last yea...  more...
 yellowflower | 11:13 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (170)  | City: Other  | Interests: To have passion, ...
Let Go....
         I will miss those stolen kisses a lotI will miss snuggling in your arms day and nightI will miss those beautiful roses you sentOh, Why did I let you go so far away from me...You are the only one I let get close to meYou are the only one who knows the real me...You are the only one whom I dreamt ofOh, Why did I let you go so far away from m...  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: (322)  | 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... | 07:37 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (77)  | City: Bareilly  | Interests: Writing for the h...
Bored, sleepy, tired
If one is bored, sleepy and tired, what does one do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go off to sleep. I am sleeping don't wake me up....... unless you have a solution to ward of the boredom.  more...
 hari kumar | 12:19 | 31/Jul/2008
Friends: (106)  | City: Noida  | Interests: Reading, sports, ...
Solar and Lunar Ecclipse
A solar ecclipse , even though partial , will be visible in India on 1st August'08. This will be visible in the afternoon, till sunset- rather the setting sun will be an ecclipsed one for many parts of India. Please take time to watch this celestial phenomenon. But do take good care to see that you don't watch the sun directly with naked eye. Use x...  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 | 12:21 | 7/Aug/2008
Friends: (465)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: MOVIES, MUSIC, SH...
The Game
A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his Customer,"This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you."The barber puts a five rupee coin in one hand and two one rupee coins(1+1=2) in the other, then calls the boy over and asks,"Which do you want, son?" The boy takes the two one rupee coins and leaves. "What d...  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 | 16:22 | 18/Jul/2008
Friends: (235)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: bus yu he
Tall, dark and Handsome
From God’s own country and God’s own creation, introducing India’s most handsome and   eligible bachelor, Febin Joy. Tall, dark and handsome. Elizabeth calls him Stallone of India and I totally agree, even though I gave him tough time for wearing that cap J. A prize winning photgrapher, biker and computer pro. In the previous post some people point...  more...