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| 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 ...
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| 21:44 | 17/Apr/2008 |
| Restoring Maryada to our Public Spaces | |
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| Our Satyagraha on Saturday, 12 April, met with great success. Thanks to the organizing efforts of Voice of Dignity, Dada Dadi Park, Borivli Dahisar Jagrut Manch and other organizations, 64 to 73 senior citizens participated in our pedestrian satyagraha, wherein we demarcated a 6-foot pedestrian lane at the centre of SV Road with white paint between...
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| 10:13 | 22/Jan/2008 |
| Be a Citizen. Don’t Be a Consumer | |
| By Rob Deitz, Steady State BlogIn the movie “Say Anything” (apologies to those who haven’t seen this film, one of the funniest from the lost decade of the 1980s), there is a telling exchange between Lloyd Dobler and his closest friends, D.C. and Corey. Lloyd is talking to his friends about trying to win back his former girlfriend and how he’s call...
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| 18:32 | 31/Dec/2007 |
| Happy New Year... and let us redefine Ha... | |
| My fellow ilanders, fellow Indians, fellow world-citizens... In these closing hours of 2007, I wish you a very Happy New Year. I sincerely pray that all of us find contentment and fulfilment in life… but there is a great deal of rethinking as to the nature of contentment and fulfillment. 1) Let me tell you up front that I'm actively praying, in tho...
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| 07:42 | 15/Dec/2007 |
| Quick update on What I'm upto | |
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| Sahiti Bharadwaj writes:Hey FG, how have you been. It has been quite sometime since i visited the iland...i see that you are still with your new found passion..at full steam.. :o) Hope it translates into sth in real life too.. Lage raho...all the best cheers sahiti Dear Sahiti,My passion about Global Warming is indeed translating onto my re...
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| 16:22 | 5/Dec/2007 |
| A worst-case scenario, and ways to avoid... | |
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| A Worst-caseScenarioand Some Thoughts on How to Reduce its Impact While participating in a debate in progress on growthmadness.org -- one of many discussion strings in progress -- I was struck by the fact that many among us are actually hoping to find a way out of our current predicament WITHOUT CHAOS and major social-economic-political disruption...
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| 20:13 | 3/Dec/2007 |
| Inconvenient Truths about Economic Growt... | |
| Inconvenient Truths about "Economic Growthism"The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is such a crude measure of the health of an economy it grows even when negative things like oil spills and crime occur. The oil spill clean up and the cost of prisons make the GDP go up — not down. GDP does not measure how good we’re doing but rather how much we’re doing...
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| 15:33 | 28/Nov/2007 |
| World 'appeasing' climate threat, not de... | |
| World 'appeasing' climate threatBy Alex Kirby, environment correspondent BBC News Online Looking at home - but it cannot go on like thisOne of the UK's best-known scientists, Professor James Lovelock, says only a catastrophe will prompt the world to tackle the threat of climate change. He says the global climate treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, is si...
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| 10:00 | 26/Nov/2007 |
| Mother... | |
| Mother... Mother if it please you if it be your will On this mountain of unreason this illusory hillThat I embrace and call sacred groundLet the pebble of Truth be found. Not knowing its shape size or colour I searchFrom round stone to rough rock to red thing I lurchScraping like a creature possessedGrasping each new thing to my breast. Truth is in...
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| 19:36 | 25/Nov/2007 |
| First commandment of economics: Thou sha... | |
| "The first commandment of economics is: Grow. Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National economies need to swell by a certain percent each year. People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more -- ever more. The first commandment of the Earth is: Enough. Just so much and no more. Just so much soil. Just so much water. Just so much sunshi...
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| anjan | 11:57 | 3/Oct/2008 |
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| DON'T LAUGH |
| JOKE IN FACE OF SHIYARI TU GULSHAN HAI TU GULZAR HAI TU HI TOH MASAUME BAHAR HAI KITNI KHUSHNASEEB HAI WHO LADKI JISKI NAUKRANI SE TUJHE PYAR HAI
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| Priyesh Jain | 00:25 | 23/Sep/2008 |
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| Encounter Part II |
| Continued From Part I ....................................................... .......................... At that moment the man moved a little, a glow emanating from his face, a smile spreading along the breath of his cheeks, a truth glinting from his eyes and when he spoke in that spiritual voice there was only wisdom in his words. The words flowe...
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| bandra | 22:47 | 3/Oct/2008 |
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| Falguni Pathak Mumbai dandiya |
| Log on to www.mybandra.com We are in the middle of Navratri 2008 and Dandiya is the biggest things for young and old in Mumbai Suburbs. As always Falguni Pathakis the queen of Dandiya in Mumbai. She has been able to carve out anexcellent niche for herself and Mumbaikars cant stop saying Falgunirocks!!DNA in their article recently talks about all th...
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| venkataramana | 15:01 | 28/Sep/2008 |
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| A WINNER FOREVER ...!!! |
| "HOPE" is always a "Winner "...!!! Be it the saga of a shipwrecked mariner Robinson Crusoe or the real-life tales of scores ofpeople who have survived kidnappings and scary adventures in contemporarytimes,or be it in the "truth-of-life"described by Rabindranath Tagore in hisNobel-prize winning "Geetanjali" ,where the "mind-be-held-high-without-fea...
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| Naveen Sharma | 17:33 | 4/Oct/2008 |
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| Who killed him ? |
| 29th September 2007, MumbaiIt was a hot Saturday, I was waiting for bus at Powai bus stop after giving an interview in some MNC at Hiranandani business park. We were standing in the shadow of a tree (thanks to green projects) and there was a street stall having Bada pao, chai, samosa etc.One little boy (beggar) about eight years old wearing old dir...
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| U Singh | 23:04 | 3/Oct/2008 |
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| FLOWERPOWER |
| IF SOMEBODY THROWS A STONE AT YOU, THROW BACK A FLOWER ----ALONG WITH THE FLOWERPOT!
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| shilpa agarwal | 21:40 | 3/Oct/2008 |
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| Love bites |
| Love Bites The first year of college and living in its hostel is an extremely electrifying experience. We had a gang of eight girls, all from girls’ schools that landed in the same women’s college (and hostel) in Delhi University. Boys were a far cry from our end as we came from ‘Girls’ School.’ Saryu, a beautiful girl from our gang, was the first ...
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| Harshit Pandya | 16:55 | 29/Sep/2008 |
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| Hangama hai kyun Barpa..?? |
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| Must Read it . It's worth your time. It's interesting article by Yogesh Chhabria.------------------------------- --------------------------LATELY, I have been thinking a lot about the Lehman crisis . Spending money that they didn't have and going beyond their means is one of the main reasons for their situation today. In fact that is the cause for ...
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| garima verma | 15:40 | 25/Aug/2008 |
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| A Creed To Live By |
| Don't undermine your worthBy comparing yourself with others.It is because we are differentThat each of us is special.Don't set goals by what other people deem important,Only you know what is best for you.Don't take for granted the thingsClosest to your heart,Cling to them as you would your life,For without them life is meaningless.Don't let your li...
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| shweta | 12:58 | 7/Oct/2008 |
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| Vijayadashmi |
| meri taraf se mere saare rediff friends ko Happy Vijaya dashmi bhagwan aap sabhi ko khusiyan de " Deepak me noor na hota, Tanha dil itna majboor na hota, Hum aap sabhi ko Vijayadashmi wish karne aate agar aap sabhi ka ashiyan itni, door na hota." Happy dussehre & navratri 2 all
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| manisha trivedi | 14:26 | 30/Sep/2008 |
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| hi friends.......i 'm logging on after many days.....so i'm tagged by varun......so dear here's my true self..!1.LAST MOVIE IN THEATER-...I SELDOM GO TO SEE MOVIE..I THINK IT WAS LOVE STORY 2050 THAT WAS TO DUE TO SOME OF HARMAN'S RELATIVE WHO TOOK US ....! 2.BOOK I'M READING-........U MIGHT FIND IT BORIN.......COMPLETE WORK OF SWAMI VIVEKANAND3.FA...
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| RAJEEV GARG | 21:37 | 1/Oct/2008 |
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| HI FRIENDS, HERE IS GREAT NEWS AGAIN WHICH I WANTED TO SHARE WITH ALL. CHEERS CHEERS CHEERS UN HAS DECLARED 2ND OCTOBER THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE IN THE HONOUR OF MAHATMA GANDHI. LET US FOLLOW THE PATH OF TRUTH AND NON-VIOLENCE SHOWN BY BAPU. = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =...
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| vishweshwar | 21:58 | 3/Oct/2008 |
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| indian society........................ |
| Indian society is full of narrow minded people.People think bad immediatly but good rarely.Once happend so that I was wandering in my farm with my niece(that time I was in my village).We were just making gossips.and while gossiping I was also reading the faces of people walking from near by.Some of them even smiled at me.actually they had mistaken ...
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| Sanjay Thakur | 20:28 | 10/Aug/2008 |
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| Dil Ki Tadap |
| Dil ki tadap Dil to abhi bhara hua Aur tum hasne ki baat karte hoDil to hai toota hua Aur tum ab dil lagane ki baat karte ho Jindagee ke halaat hai kuch aiseKi kuch keh aur kar nahee sakta Tadapta hai dil har dum Par kuch kissi ko keh nahee sakte Duniye ne na jaane jakham diye hai kitne Aur t...
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| RAGHUPAT | 11:38 | 24/Sep/2008 |
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| Ladki apne Bf se:merabachha,mera ladla,mera sonu-monu,mujhse shaadi kaoge?bolo baby??Ladka:tum mujhe propose kar rahi ho ya adopt????!!Wife: Ji apkomujhme kya acha lagta hai meri samajhdari ya meri beauty..Husband: Mujhe to ye tumhari Majak karne ki aadat bahut achi lagti hai..once there was anaccident where the car driver hit the parrot.Theparrot ...
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| Arvind Parashar | 12:12 | 6/Oct/2008 |
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| Meaning of life!!! |
| What is the meaning of life?"Taking pain," said the nail. "Keeping cool," said the ice."Driving hard," said the hammer. "Being up-to-date," said the calendar."Being sharp," said the knife. "Making light around you," said the fire."Sticking to it," said the glue. "Being bright," said the lamp."Being on time," said the clock. "Saving a drop," sa...
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| Surendra | 08:34 | 30/Mar/2008 |
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| Distance measuring syndrome made easy...... |
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| Are you fond of mile stone ... speedometer...or desi method of measuring distance? I must say I am. While riding my bike I use to look at speedometer to view not the speed but the distance. But this speed distance time have been the nightmere for non-engineering guy... whether its class 9th or 10th or CAT, fact is that it is everywhere. While I a...
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| Manu Nair | 17:58 | 5/Oct/2008 |
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| Ticket..........less Travelling |
| These days travelling in various BMTC buses in the city it is found that the conductors do not issue tickets to the passengers who travel for the minimum distance and the minimum fare. Imagine the plight of these ticketless passengers when they are caught by the officials. This may happen in other cities too. It has also been observed that the bus ...
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| Vish Iyer | 15:22 | 2/Oct/2008 |
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| Give more than you take |
| Many years ago when I was a young clergyman I conducted a funeral for a man I had not known. I will never forget the day of his funeral as I stood before a closed coffin and gave a eulogy without an audience. Although the man had lived in a country most of his life and although his two adult sons lived only a few hours away, not one person came to...
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| ajit balakri... | 03:53 | 21/Aug/2008 |
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| "Rani Comes Safe Out of the Ruins" |
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| One of the pleasanter outcomes of the ongoing newspaper wars in Bombay triggerered off by the launch of Hindustan Times, Bombay Edition and DNA has been the dramatic flight to quality of all including the incumbent, Times Of India. "The Mumbai Mirror" is a something the Times now distributes free with the main paper and good , hard, well reported ...
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| Sandeep Ozarde | 21:10 | 5/Oct/2008 |
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| Mumbai...Shanghai or Goodbye! |
| Quite a thoughtful article. The nerve centres of world markets are likely to be more distributed and interconnected now By Praveen Suthrum Two weeks ago, at my B-school’s alumni party, I ran into a New Yorker who has moved to Mumbai. When I asked him why he chose Mumbai, he said, “Well, the word on Wall Street is Mumbai, Dubai, Shanghai or goodbye...
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| Uday Sodhi | 13:29 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| Lonely on an island.... |
| Once upon a time, a man decided to vacation on a cruise shipin the Caribbean. It was wonderful--the experience of his life! He was waited upon hand and foot. But, alas, it didnot last. A hurricane came up suddenly and the ship wentdown. The man found himself, he knew not how, swept up on the shore of an island. There was nothing else anywhere...
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| Mahesh Patwa... | 13:00 | 29/Jun/2008 |
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| Euro fever |
| How much does the game actually capture the imagination of our public? Apart from pockets in the country, like Kolkatta and Kerala, does it really fire up people in other parts of the nation? You can see kids kicking a football around with great enthusiasm but does it really equal the maniacal craze that the game of cricket generates? No.. but stil...
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| sahil banga | 12:11 | 24/Sep/2008 |
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| Chaotic connection |
| The mind is full of chaos as I write this. Am I writing just because I feel like writing? Or write what am I feeling? Or decipher what am I feeling? Or feel what am I feeling? My mind is playing visual charades. Not a single visual I remember, such is the haste of the chaos. I want to pause the chaos, slow it down, let it linger in my mind, so that...
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| janus janus | 14:36 | 7/Oct/2008 |
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| Dance like no one’s watching |
| I don’t know if dance is in my blood, but I know I love to dance. I don’t know if I am a good dancer, but I know I love to dance. OK, I don’t think I am a good dancer, but I love to dance. I don’t know if I will ever dance well, but I know I just love to dance. But it’s not easy for me to make it to the dance floor. For I am also an extremely shy p...
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| Deepa | 15:25 | 22/Sep/2008 |
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| Race against time |
| I finished my homework and ran out to join my friends who had already finished two rounds of hopscotch. Amma had dressed up, as usual, for the evening and was chatting with Malini aunty, our next door neighbour. She looked very pretty in her simple green cotton saree, neatly plaited long hair and a round maroon bindi. She called out to me as I ran ...
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| Srinivasa Ra... | 19:40 | 24/Jul/2006 |
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| My first journal publication is in print... |
| It is just a small achievement like a rain-drop to an ocean, but it's very much special to me. Yes, its my first scientific achievement, a research paper, which has come in print (accepted for publication last October) in number 1 journal (related to space heat transfer), thus acknowledging my entry into the elite's group. I thank my guide, Prof. K...
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| steve thomas | 19:17 | 10/Aug/2006 |
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| Volcanic Eruptions |
| Eruptions Mayon Volcano overlooking Legazpi AirportMayon is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Matutum, Musuan, Mount Parker, Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, ...
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| Srinivasan P... | 08:43 | 2/Oct/2008 |
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| Mahathma - You are immortal |
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| When we read about the contributions made by people like Prakash Amtehttp://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/ 09amte2.htm and Krishnammal Jagannathan http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct2 2008/scroll2008100293165.asp?section=fro ntpagenews the truth that brightens our soul is that on January 30,1948 the assasin only destroyed your body , but you sti...
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| amol prabhud... | 00:36 | 26/May/2007 |
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| Success in Life |
| The founder of a highly successful company was asked what it took to achieve success in life. He replied: “The same thing it tool to get started; a sense of urgency about getting things done.” Success in life should be determined by contributions, not accumulations.
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| john methuselah | 16:04 | 8/Aug/2008 |
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| Satyagrah !! |
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| Satyagrah !! What can starving Indians do?Thought the British and the World tooBose, Bhagat, Alluri and a fewChose bloody battle with the Mighty foe.The nation arose to Gandhiji’s call,With vows of salt and burnt the coats.Nehru, Patel, Tilak and the likeCheered, Satyagrah let’s do, or die! Sun rose and set at midnightOn 15th August 1947.Tricolour ...
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| Neeraj Jain | 00:38 | 29/Sep/2008 |
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| Why to Waste Food? |
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| Almost all of you must have gone to a party at least once in life. What do you see there? Most of the people stuff their plates with every available dish. And what do they do afterwards? Do they eat all that is available on their plate? Sadly, no. They eat some of the portions and then keep their unfinished plate in the waste bin. As a result, much...
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| Krishna Reddy | 04:51 | 5/Sep/2008 |
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| Happy Ganesh Festival! |
| Wish you all a fabulous Ganesh Festival! Yesterday, on the auspicious occasion of Gahesh Chaturthi, I have launched a cool new website krishna-reddy.com and started my latest blog blog.krishna-reddy.com. Let us see how and where it will go!Ganapati Bappa Morya!A Ganesh Pandal at Mahim, MumbaiOver the next few days I will post more photos/videos of ...
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