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MY LIFE PARTNER : MY TRYST WITH A DENTIST 2008-10-03 22:55:00 I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me. - Julia robertsDuring married life we have to do a score of attempts to have a peaceful life. In fact the Marriage is an attempt to solve problems that a man wouldn’t have had in the first place; if he would have stayed single !!To be very frank, I was passing through a very bad time, before my marriage. The
MY MOTHER'S REMARRIAGE 2008-10-02 01:46:00 HAD IT BEEN a normal day in office, I would have called my assistants in my cabin, in order of their height, their intellectual height. Then each one of them would get sharp-bordered printouts, with deadlines bolded on top left corner. Their day’s work. It was my formula by which I had made my official journey smooth. My life was not my planning. It was not like that I took a piece of paper, s
CRITICAL STAGES OF IN A LAWYER'S LIFE 2008-09-27 02:59:00 FIRST STAGEIn those days I was a novice among the crowd of lawyers. My collegues, the men with hidden smile and greying hair, and the women with hidden smile and dyed hair, were yet a decipherable lot for me. And as they all remained wrapped in black outfits, I was unable to identify them as either friends or foes. My heart was sinking on thinking that I was to be opponents to all those ladies and
DEFINE : THE WORD MARRIAGE 2008-09-25 00:02:00 FINDING THE MOST WANTED DEFINITION OF THE WORD MARRIAGEMarriage is a ceremony in which rings are put in the finger of a lady and through the nose of the gentleman. -- Herbert SpencerIn literature the plagiarism, copying of others’ work, is the disease almost every writer has contacted at one or another time. When you copy from one person, it is plagiarism. But if you copy form five persons’ w
INDIA NEEDS POWERFUL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2008-09-19 10:43:00 In India the left parties are opposingour relations with international organisations like WTOand world Bank.In a globilsed world the sovereignty of nation is not as paramount as it was before.It’s beyond doubts that the physical boundaries of all the nations must be honoured.But let us take and example of the reverse case.Suppose the big importers like US, EU and Japan usestheir right of economi
HOW TO ARTS : FURNISHIG A BEDROOM 2008-09-13 23:15:00 “I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.” --Frank Lloyd Wright, american Architect and writer.In our family it was matter of great discussion and long debate on dining table, almost for a week's time. The subject was how to furnish our bedroom. We, husband and wife both, agreed on one point: and the point was
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE A LIFE - I 2008-09-10 22:47:00 EXCEPT TINA, ALL subjects in my life are dead. When I came into this city, my new home, Tina, my daughter was one and half years old. I am not so attractive that a man or a just-out-of-the college chap would look at me and try a whistle. No. That is not the case. Even if the young lads and elderly, too, hardly miss to rub their eyes on me, while I go for shopping or for a walk in garden.The
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE A LIFE - II 2008-09-10 22:42:00 Continued from Part - I DARKNESS IN HOUSE was not as dark as my life. A groaning vehicle stopped at corner of the street. Feet to head tremble shoved me into a corner. Blood ran as water in a tap; thirst captured throat. I had full confidence that I was not a woman of courage. But it was the call of time.I immediately swallowed the poison of dislike, the poison of hating myself for what I was doi
MY TRAVEL TO THE TURBULENT KASHMIR 2008-09-10 12:00:00 Indo-Pak BorderIt was first week of in June 1999. I along with my whole family was in Srinagar. After unexpectedly stretched journey of twenty-four hours, from Jammu to Srinagar, we were tired. With a heavenly dream of seeing Kashmir next day we had fallen on our beds. But the morning was not sweet. One dramatic news was dangerously dancing in the air: The War at Kargil front had started. Under t
DEMOCRACY Vs INDIA FEDERALISM 2008-09-07 20:05:00 Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. -- Clement AttleeThe concept of federalism is described in several ways. It can be best defined as a system of governing the nation whose sovereignty is constitutionally distributed between a central governing authority and constituent political units.These political units may be like states or pro Read more:FEDERALISM
INDIAN CINEMA : SEX AND GENDER BIASED 2008-09-07 13:11:00 NARGIS IN MOTHER INDIAIndian films have plaed a great role in building national spirit.Hindi Films are now pan Indian phenomena; and the dancers of southern Indian are now homely names. But the themes and underlined messages emanating from these films are not encouraging for women. In these sex and violence packed movies, neither the women are shown in their true perspective nor they get the
THE INDIANS AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2008-09-03 22:43:00 INDIAUNITED STATES OF AMERICAFalling Dollar: Is It The End Of Outsourcing Festival?The US Dollar is traveling through rough weather. Acres of paper are being wasted in reporting the effects of the ending reign of US Dollar. Let us examine its effects on Indian economy.During last five years, India has done commendable progress in economic field. If we want to give credit to a single sector for thi
TO BE MARRIED AND HAPPY IS NOT A JOKE, MAN? 2008-09-03 00:18:00 We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited. -Alfred AdlerHappiness is the thing we want to steal from every c
TRAVELLING WITH YOUR BETTR HALF? GOD BLESS YOU !!! 2008-09-02 23:36:00 I do not like travelling much. What I dislike is the railways’ angry engines, whistling as if they are warning the whole universe to remain away from their way. Though I like to look at the coolies who wear red shirt matching their temper; who take labour charges equal to the half price of your luggage; and who drink country wine that makes them smiling at every one they see. But I dislike tra
HOW TO FURNISH A BEDROOM 2008-08-22 12:50:00 HOW TO FURNISH A BEDROOM In our family it was matter of great discussion and long debate on dining table, almost for a week's time. The subject was how to furnish our bedroom. We, husband and wife both, agreed on one point: and the point was that we hardly agreed on any issue. Whether it may be the issue of wooden cot or the chair to be kept in our newly colored bedroom; or it may be the purchas
COUNSELLING FROM THE PAST 2008-08-22 10:07:00 "There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread." - Mahatma Gandhi courtesy web Whatever is said about Mahatma Gandhi, it is always less.I would only add that when the three bullets intruded into his body, in fact those
COUNSELLING FROM THE PAST 2008-08-22 09:45:00 ALBERT EINSTEIN "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert EinsteinIn addition of being the pioneer scientist Einstein was a great philosopher t
INDIA : PROGRESS AND THE POVERTY 2008-08-19 08:26:00 With reform policies showing the signs of succeeding, the economic growth of more than 9%, and GDP crossing $1 trillion mark of the GDP, the Indians have reasons to rejoice. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total of market value of all the final goods and services produced in a year. Increase in our GDP is due to the augment in production of manufactured goods (10.9%). That enabled us to
BOILING OIL PRICES Vs THE OF BUYERS' CARTEL 2008-08-19 07:29:00 WHAT IS THE BUYERS’ CARTEL
? Cartel is a formal agreement among the members of the group forming it. Under the arrangement of cartel, the members decide to act cooperatively in the matters of sale and purchase of a particular commodity. They agree on volume of its stock and level of production of a particular commodity. Formerly such cartels were formed by the producers who wanted to create ‘ne
RISING OIL PRICES : IS BUYERS’ CARTEL A SOLUTION ? 2008-08-18 23:51:00 (Photo: Courtesy google)THE BOILING OIL PRICES Imagine a commodity, a single thing, that can boast to change the face of entire world’s economy. Yes, it is unquestionably the crude oil and the prices of the oil. The days are not far when this crude oil could be traded at $200 plus per b Read more:CARTEL
TWO BIG DEMOCRACIES : INDIA AND USA 2008-08-17 06:08:00 INDIAFalling Dollar: Is It The End Of Outsourcing Festival? The software boys and girls working with deadlines wrote, or keyed, the initial chapter of India's recent economic success. They have abandoned or risked their prospects abroad in some cases. The liberalized world trade was bound to open the doors for our exports, too. It did. The exports of
A NEST ON THE WINGS - STORY 2 2008-08-16 08:50:00 Continued from : WNEN YOUR NEST IS ON YOUR WINGS - A SHORT STORY PART -I A Short Story : Written by - Naval Langa IT WAS SUNDAY. Raman was on tour for two days and was to return in the morning. A knock at the door and I wondered, as Raman and I both kept the keys; and we have stopped knocking for each other since long. The second knock and I opened the door. A cheap pair of shoes, simple but ne
A NEST ON THE WINGS - SHORT 1 2008-08-16 08:39:00 WHEN YOUR NEST IS ON YOUR WINGS - A SHORT STORY PART - IA Short Story : Written by - Naval Langa I DO NOT CLAIM that I am not responsible for what has happened. I knew it would happen one day. I have not cooperated it openly, but I have not tried to stop it from happening. I do not say I was unhappy by marrying him. Nor I had any objection for my husband’s multiple identities: Mr. Raman Kumar S
SEX BIAS, THY NAME IS INDIAN CINEMA, THE HINDI FILMS 2008-08-16 08:31:00 HEMA MALINI Indian films have played a great role in building national spirit. Hindi songs are now pan Indian phenomena and the dancers of southern India are ‘homely names’. But the themes and underlined messages emanating from these films are not encouraging for women. In these sex and violence packed movies, neither the women are shown in their true perspective nor they get their
KASHMIR : MY VIRGIN TRAVEL 2008-06-17 08:48:00 It was first week of in June 1999. I along with my whole family was in Srinagar. After unexpectedly stretched journey of twenty-four hours, from Jammu to Srinagar, we were tired. With a heavenly dream of seeing Kashmir next day we had fallen on our beds. But the morning was not sweet. One dramatic news was dangerously dancing in the air: The War at Kargil front had started. Under the
BOOK REVIEWS : A TALE OF TWO CITIES - by By Charles Dickens 2008-10-21 02:09:00 What can be said about a book which provides us with the single finest opening line in English literature... It is quite difficult to write about the novels written by CharlesDickens
, as you have to be one among the thousands of people who have done the job earlier. But I am so fascinated by the charm and attraction I felt while reading ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’ that I could not do without pu
MY NAME IS RED: Novel by ORHAN PAMUK 2008-10-18 09:29:00 The story of the book 'MY NAME IS RED' revolved around the Turkey of sixteenth century. But the point Orhan Pamuk makes is the recent one. The gist of the story is that certain communities block the modernity in any field of life. Even the artists are prevented, even beheaded, for disobeying the so-called religious truth. In 'MY NAME IS RED' there are number of point of views, and the sever
HOW TO BE HAPPY IN MARRIED LIFE 2008-10-17 04:47:00 We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited. -Alfred AdlerHappiness is the thing we want to steal from every c
Real Or Vicarious : The Wings Are Never Cheaper 2008-10-15 00:17:00 Author : Naval Langa“YOU’RE YOUR brother’s enemy.” That’s the limit. ‘I am my brother’s enemy’. But accusation is flogged on me. And it is by none other than my husband. How can I be so? I had no reason to hate my brother. He had never slapped me when I was young; he never curtailed my pocket money when I was in school; nor he objected to my going to swimming pool, even if his numb Read more:Wings
When she speaks, America listens 2008-10-12 01:37:00 Toni Morrison has become a figurehead for repressed minorities and underdogs. All the same, it must have been odd for her, in light of the recent Nobel commotion, to find herself recast in the usual role by virtue of neither her race nor her gender, but her nationality. Now, in addition to being the first African America
n to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, she stands as the last American in 15