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 18:25 | 8/Aug/2007 |
| Airport taxis | |
| After spending time overseas I returned to Mumbai early this morning, and ran into a totally different species called the airport taxi drivers. They are different from the regular guys, you bet. And you can’t miss them, as you roll your trolley out they are the first people you will run into, all importunating you to hire them. Bandra? Colaba? Walk...
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| 19:46 | 26/Jun/2007 |
| Lightning hit! | |
| Last Friday, as it was pouring more than what cats and dogs can ordinarily manage, I realised what a nightmarish situation I found myself in. I have mentioned it before on this blog, for some inexplicable reason the city’s CNG powered cabs are especially vulnerable in the downpour. Check for yourself to see the number of taxis you will find strande...
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| 19:56 | 15/Jun/2007 |
| Can we have FM onboard please? | |
| In my long and eventful career of taxi rides, one fact has always stood out. Barring a few, make that a couple actually, none of them had a transistor onboard. Although all of them have a tape deck, for some inexplicable reason. That belt out ancient melancholy songs by Mukesh and such. Why oh why would I make a miserable journey more unbearable by...
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| 19:31 | 1/Jun/2007 |
| Speed demon | |
| It is well known that I love speed. When I am at the wheel I love to not let anyone get ahead of me. I mean, I am not a road hog, it’s just that I hate being overtaken by anyone. And try my best not to. The thrill of speed is a great turn-on. But I am not a reckless driver. I drive fast, but with care. And I never DUI. If I think I am in my cups I ...
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| 17:53 | 23/May/2007 |
| Sauna in summer, waterbed in monsoon | |
| The worst season to travel by taxis in Mumbai is upon us.Actually it’s a tossup between sizzling summer and wetwetwet monsoons. As someone who has endured both in equal measure, I am hard put to decide which is worse.Let us see how bad summer gets. With a few days left for the rains to come down, the civic administration’s contractors are on overdr...
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| 18:38 | 16/May/2007 |
| Auto-eroticism? | |
| Necking in moving vehicles, is that what they call auto-eroticism? OK, pardon the sad humour, but one of the best tings I like about Mumbai taxis is how the drivers, mostly, are so encouraging of what the media has taken to calling canoodling couples in the backseat. The apoplectic moral brigade that is all over Mumbai has thankfully spared the yel...
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| 20:40 | 8/May/2007 |
| Close shave | |
| This morning the taxi I was in had a near-miss. The driver received a call on his cell phone, and as he explained to the caller he was away and cannot pick him up the road bent sharply. It was too sharp to take with just one hand at the wheel; and a passing truck on the next lane almost sideswiped us into the divider. But I wasn’t rattled unduly, c...
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| 17:49 | 3/May/2007 |
| Slow and unsteady | |
| Among all the things that drive me batty about my daily mode of conveyance, there’s nothing more terrible than the vehicles’ speed. Lack thereof, that is. How many times have I gritted my teeth in the backseat as I watch autorickshaws and other slower vehicles race past my rickety taxi, cruising along at 40 kmph on the fast lane! The driver oblivio...
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| 20:18 | 30/Apr/2007 |
| All it takes is a spark | |
| No, this is no hype for Chevrolet’s latest launch in the countryJ Today’s Times of India reports on a Mumbai taxi catching fire and killing a senior citizen inside. Given that these vehicles are a major source of transport in the city for the lack of a better option, I would have expected it to be on page 1, but given our newspapers’ emphasis on T&...
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| 14:25 | 27/Apr/2007 |
| Taken for a ride | |
| I hired him against my better judgement. I have become very adept at the art of figuring out which cabs are ok and which aren’t, I always thought. Ok here means clean interiors, body parts that don’t rattle, dark film on the windows, while an ability to accelerate past auto-rickshaws and trucks would be a bonus. For a working transistor, well you c...
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| Guru | 12:50 | 2/Nov/2007 |
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| Fish TRAP..... |
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| A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort. The husband liked to fish at the crack of dawn; his wife preferred to read. One morning the husband returned after several hours of fishing and decided to take a nap. The wife, to escape her snoring husband,decided to take the boat out. Since she was not familiar with the lake,she rowed out to the midd...
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| Preposterix ... | 10:25 | 26/Jun/2007 |
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| Whats in a sexual identity? |
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| I first learnt about them when I was 13 years old. My cousins, were referring to them in vulgar terms and cracking jokes. I was naive(then) and asked my mom what those terms meant. She patiently explained them to me. By them, I mean the sexual minorities. Male and Female are the sexual majorities, the transgenders, the minorities.(For an explanatio...
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| Sonika gupta | 13:38 | 15/Oct/2007 |
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| Pratifalwaqt ka dayre main aaj keval mera akelapan hai,aur door hai tumhara vo aehsaasjo jab bhi tanha hui to mere saath hua karta thaaankho main ab to aansu bhi nai haikyo ke vo dho dete hai tumhare us aksh kojo mera dil majboor ho kar bana leta hai,aur samet leta hai tumhari yaado ko apni baahon maijaha kabi tum hua karte themain hamesha tumhare...
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| Tanisha | 11:07 | 21/Nov/2007 |
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| (author unknown) A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the pa...
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| Rinky Bansal | 04:00 | 5/Aug/2007 |
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| uNme-FF |
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| Dedicated to my bestest friend... Here's for you:I never thought that I would finda friend so great and a friend so fineI look up to you in every way'cause I learn something from you every day.Without you I don't know where I'd bebut you're still here, friends with meyou deserve so much more than I can givebut without you I wouldn't live.You've giv...
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| Ranjan Sengupta | 15:25 | 24/May/2007 |
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| Physics and Music |
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| Can we define music? Most of us may agree that it is bourn by a time series, jointly or independently, of amplitude, frequency and complexity, three fundamental well-known parameters used in physics. This time series is the objective reality, or the fictional reality of physics. But obviously all such time series pertaining to auditory sensation ar...
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| Shaila Kotian | 16:47 | 28/Jun/2007 |
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| PRAYER-I |
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| Today I remember you fatherToday I miss you father I remember the day you held me in your armsAnd we watched the raindrops whispering to our outstretched palms I miss the days when you brought me sweet jalebis after your morning walksI miss the days when we used to have our usual round of laughter and talks I remember the days when we made fun of t...
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| friendly ghost | 10:19 | 10/Dec/2007 |
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| Stop Credit Cards & Consumer Loans |
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| Stop Credit Cards & Consumer LoansToday, we have an affluent economy, with only a small fraction of our economies' output devoted to basic needs. Environmentalists say that we are reaching the limits of growth due to ecological constraints. Here in our cities, we have not only reached the limits of human needs but overshot them many times over. Wha...
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| sanjeev snehi | 01:07 | 31/Oct/2007 |
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| ‘Eating the Earth’! |
| Eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet.You use much less land and water if you eat crops directly. Animals use most of the protein they eat to live, not 'grow' meat. So eating meat adds to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides - and climate change. "By 2050 the world's livestock will be consuming as m...
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| neha | 22:37 | 2/Jun/2007 |
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| Sometimes being a friend means.......... |
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| Sometimes being a friend means................. mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
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| priya samant | 10:24 | 28/May/2007 |
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| Dr.Kalam |
| Hey friends,If you really feel Dr.Kalam deserves second tenure, then we need to act fast, we need to form chain of frined and then contact each MP and MLA andinfluence there minds, or else we we should all meet at one common point and invite the media and make our opinion known to the politicians,What do u all feel, kindly let me know.Please contac...
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| Debanjana Da... | 15:03 | 23/May/2007 |
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| Why I started Blogging |
| Its been quite some time that I have been thinking about having an alternative career.The current one has not yet bored me to deathe but somehow I am getting the feeling that this is not what I do best - well you guessed right - I read Paul Coelho's Alchemist the other day - and whether after that my inner voice became more vocal or I have started...
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| aravind das | 17:28 | 26/Nov/2007 |
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| CHEERS FOR TEAM INDIA |
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| Three cheers for ANIL " THE JUMBO" & his men in blue.By defeating pak in the opening test anil kumble has opened his account on a winning note & pushed vigour into the team to aim for 3-0 win.Another person to be congratulated is our 10dulkar...By surpassing allan border's runs he is now standing next to LARA.Hope he will be numero-uno by next ye...
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| cherryblossom | 22:34 | 17/Jul/2007 |
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| MY FIRST F...K |
| My first f...k--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------------------------------------------------- ---- ----------------------------was just filling in the blanks- ----------------------------YES,MY BLANKS!
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| smiling fool | 21:42 | 14/May/2007 |
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| pl wait. I am sweating out the story!!
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| Stylish Gal | 01:10 | 12/Sep/2007 |
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| Flame Part 3 |
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| Do you rememberWhen we first met... in that cold december I shivered in my blue Cashmere pulloverYes! The one with exact shade of my eyesn how we instantly felt those strong vibes Do you rememberThe way we waited to catch a glimpseTime stood still, the world in an eclipseAnd when we met our eyes were lockedchoking with emotions the mind was blocke...
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| DJ Sne | 19:41 | 15/Jul/2007 |
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| Can't Lose What You Never Had... |
| Hello This is DJsneha Again....here's my new poem...this one is really special too me...cos it conveys some real elements of life that are bound to happen with everybody...the most prominent one being-'Change'I would like to dedicate this one to Nicky(my television)Holding a penIn my handI write, those memories in sandPicture perfectwere those time...
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| Matthew Schn... | 15:47 | 5/Dec/2007 |
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| On the trail with Anita Desai |
| To read Anita Desai is to know her genius. It is plainly evident in works such as Fire on the Mountain and Voices in the City. The characters she crafts, the strands of narration she weaves and the issues she explores in-depth are her hallmarks. To meet Anita is to see her brilliance shine brighter. It’s exhilarating to interact with such a dynamic...
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| Lost lady | 16:49 | 16/May/2007 |
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| GOOD MEMORIES |
| It was a beautiful day today. I was going to work in the staff bus. The cool breeze which I felt on my face brought back good memories of the past few years. I thanked God for the “good memories” – which have prevented me from becoming a complete cynic.It was a similar day. We had been married for three months. Both, my husband and I decided, tha...
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| Srinivasan R | 23:27 | 13/Jul/2007 |
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| India's overlooked 'grey market' workfor... |
| India’s growth story no longer needs to be sold. We are a trillion-dollar economy with a trillion-dollar stock market. India is now one of the world’s major software and services hubs. India’s much-maligned manufacturing sector is also increasingly seen as one (in select sectors at least) that can deliver global scale manufacturing capacity and pri...
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| PRIYA JOSEPH | 19:32 | 23/Jul/2007 |
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| Law protecting the Elderly |
| A society is known by the way it treats the helpless. As I glanced through today's edition of the Hindustan Times, this piece of news caught my attention. In the monsoon session of the Parliament there are plans to introduce a Bill protecting the rights of the Elderly. Wow! I am sure a much awaited Bill. The law would be applicable throughout the c...
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| angel a | 16:09 | 15/Nov/2007 |
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| Celebrating Children’s Day! |
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| While coming back from an official trip a few days back, my driver stopped the car for a cup of tea in one of the small dhabas that spring up like mushrooms on the highways. As soon as I settled down on a chair close to the window and ordered tea, I noticed a small boy of about 8 years old, bubbling with energy running errands, taking orders, servi...
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| Plain Me | 17:14 | 4/Apr/2007 |
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| Vote of Thanx |
| Now ….now…. That’s quite something. Early in the morning I log in to my iLand and what do I find??? Tons of new messages, congratulatory notes in the Guest Book from fellow iLanders and lot of comments on a certain post of mine!! I was extremely happy to see all these guests in my tiny iLand but had been wondering at the same time as to what happen...
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| janus janus | 18:03 | 13/Dec/2007 |
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| Bees saal baad |
| I think it’s the time for re-runs in my life! Last year I embarked on a road trip down south and visited places that I had not been to for 20-odd years. And in a week’s time, I will be visiting another country which I last saw 20years ago. A lot has changed in India in the meantime, and in life. I wonder what kind of changes have happened in a coun...
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