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A poetic expressionA poetic expressionA collection of poetries, poems and short stories that I had penned down in my free time. My blog also has thoughts on social issues in India and suh other writings and a few of my favorite literary works from famous authors. Articles
Trip to Palaruvi Waterfalls in Kerala
2009-12-11 11:24:00 Just came back from another memorable trip to Kerala . The trip was oriented towards visits to a few temples and religious places. In the otherwise hectic schedule, we were able to take some time out to visit the Palaruvi waterfalls near Kollam. This is a tourist destination and is about 75 Kms South of Kollam District. Some moments that we captured in our Fujifilm Finepix S9600 - Kerala Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Linkedin Add this to Google Bookmarks Technorati Tags: Photographs, Travel More About: Trip
Norway Spiral Light – Another UFO news
2009-12-10 06:02:00 It seems the inquisitiveness towards the presence of aliens will never die for any human being. the latest in the addition was the “norway spiral light” as it is being called. It was some kind of a spiral light in the sky. Theories and inferences were many but the actual reason for this light is still unclear. On Tuesday night, the Norway sky filled with a spiral rotating light that some residents said was as big as the moon. The light stops, then spins into a spiral at a quick pace, and lasted 10-12 minutes before disappearing. No one seems to have the answer as to what it is. Some witnesses thought it was computer generated, some thought it was a fireball meteor, and others thought it was a missile from Russia (the Russian military strongly denies), and some said it could be a Bulava missile from a submarine. Watch the video here. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! ... More About: News , Light
Tweeting tips – My new blog
2009-10-09 06:37:00 My latest blog is a dream that I cherished. I was so fascinated by the world of Twitter that I had always wanted to write about it. Twitter was a wonder-website for me. I was one of the early sign-ups to Twitter and was wondering as to how will this new social marketing tool is going to beat the competition out of other tools like the Facebook and Orkut. But defying all odds, Twitter rose like a colossus beating the competition out of everything and everyone. I was disappointed not to have used this to my benefit because I was always sitting on the fence, unable to decide if this phenomenon is going to work. So I preferred using a Facebook, or a Linked In instead of Twitter. Nevertheless, today I am a part of Twitter and I am happy to be using it. My blog traffic has increased manifolds because of Twitter and I am able to make quite a few bucks from my mini-sites, thanks to Twitter. This was what prompted me to create a blog around Twitter. Because Twitter had a user-friendly API in... More About: Tips , Blog
Wordpress Wizard – Learning Wordpress easily
2009-09-20 18:24:00 Wordpress is the best blogging platform that I have ever seen and used. I became a fan of Wordpress since the day I first used it to host my first blog at http://liveajoke.wordpress.com. I fell in love with Wordpress, so much so that I immediately knew that this was a powerful tool that I could put to use to create a range of websites and blogs. Today I author about 8 different blogs that are powered by Wordpress and I also run numerous minisites on Wordpress. But, is Wordpress that easy to install and maintain? Good question! I have found that Wordpress is a pretty easy application to install and work on. These days hosting providers offer you an installation platform called as “Fantastico Installer”, which makes installation of such applications as easy as a click of a button. But the difficult part in Wordpress is customization. Upgrading your blog installation, installing plugins, choosing themes, creating pages, maintaining your installation etc. are things that requires so... More About: Wordpress , Learning
I was fined for Speeding
2009-09-09 18:43:00 I was on my way back to home from office. I had never ever driven my car at anything above 60 KMPH and this is the speed at which I was driving that day also. As I drove around a steep curve, I saw an interceptor in the way. I kept driving because I knew I was not overspeeding and you had to fear an interceptor only if you are over-speeding. As I neared the interceptor, a police constable walked into the middle of the road and waved me to park the car to the road side. I was surprised. I parked my car and rolled my window down. I asked him what the problem was. Pat came the reply, “Sir, you were over-speeding!” I was shocked. I came out of the car and said, “But I was only driving at around 6- Kmph. How come is that over-speeding?” He smiled and said, “Sir, the speed limit is 50 Kmph. So you were excess by 10 Kmph”. It shocked the hell out of me. I said, “50 Kmph! Isn’t it better that I push my car instead of driving it?” “That is entirely your decision, Sir”, ... More About: Speeding
Michael Jackson’s Hair on fire Video
2009-07-18 18:46:00 This is a previously unreleased footage of the incident that started the downfall of Michael Jackson. Jacko was so seriously injured in this accident that he just could not recover. Multiple surgeries in order to regain his appearance, followed by a spate of pain-killers destroyed a career that was at the peak when this incident happened. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Linkedin Add this to Google Bookmarks Technorati Tags: hair on fire, michael jackson More About: Video , Hair , Fire
A Tribute to Michael Jackson
2009-07-06 18:47:00 Michael Jackson moonwalked into history a few days back and with him we lost one of the legend of the century. Whatever the conspiracy or, mystery surrounding his death, I know just one thing – my kids would not have an idol to worship when it comes to music. I still cannot forget the days when I used to come back from school and would throw my bag onto the bed and switch on my tape-recorder to play the “Just beat it” hit of Jacko. His posters were all over in my room. Those were my early days into music. His foot movements and his pelvic thrusts were things that I would want to imitate but were hard to come by. I would spend hours together trying to imitate his dance movements and when I feel that it is difficult, I would let go of it and try to imitate his voice. But I had the goal of doing something that Michael Jackson did. Such was his craze. Through this blog of mine, I just wanted to pay a tribute to him. Details about the Michael Jackson Funeral: Date: July 7, 2009 Tim... More About: Michael Jackson , Michael
What you need to know about Swine Flu?
2009-05-03 18:30:00 It though seems that the world has not had enough – natural calamities, recession and now the Swine Flu epidemic. Is it all got to do something with we human and the way we treat the environment. That is a good question for a debate, let’s discuss on this some other time. What your need to know about Swine Flu? There are enough miscreants out there who would want to take advantage of any and everything that comes their way irrespective of, if it is supporting humanity or, not. So do not give heed to the rumors and scams out there on the internet. Get your facts clear. You can visit the website for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and know the latest on Swine Flu. From the Wikipedia:- Swine influenza (also called swine flu, pigfluenza, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus that usually infect pigs and are called swine influenza virus (SIV).Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally i...
Susan Boyle youtube video
2009-05-03 18:17:00 An instant success story in Britain’s got talent – Susan Boyle is today the inspiration for thousands. Watch the video. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Linkedin Add this to Google Bookmarks Technorati Tags: susan boyle idol, susan boyle talent, video susan boyle, youtube susan boyle More About: Video , Youtube
A Miss or, a Mrs. – The controversy of the title
2009-04-06 18:38:00 A couple of days back there was an interesting article in one of the leading dailies. It was about the usage of a title in the name. The article was around the usage of Miss and Mrs as the title to a lady’s name. There were a lot of views from a lot of celebrities. Everybody had a different take on it with most of the so called successful ladies saying that it was improper to use one of the above titles. The reason being quoted were very funny indeed. One of these successful ladies said that it revealed the marital status of a lady and when a man used Mr as his title, there was no such revelation. If ladies are to use either a Miss or, a Mrs, in their names then there should be something similar for their male counterparts as well so that it is revealed if he is married or, not. Funny arguments, isn’t it? Yet another successful woman said, the use of one of these titles in their name leads to the exploitation of a woman because people would then get to know if they are married o... More About: Controversy , Title
I Joined PETA..
2009-03-17 09:36:00 I received this forwarded email a couple of days back. As my habit is, I would have just deleted the email, just because it had a “Fwd:” in the subject and I knew it was one of those chain emails that I hate to spend time reading. Just that one word in the subject caught my attention and I opened the email. The word was “PETA”. I knew it would be carrying some information. I opened the email which had to do with PETA’s initiatives towards prevention of fur trade. There was a link to a video which was a video captured by an undercover investigator in one the chinese fur farms. I was shocked at what I saw. Fur farmers peeling live animals of their skins and stamping on live animals to kill them. I couldn’t sleep that night. I wondered at how cruel human beings can be. God created us as one of his best creations and would have thought that we would act as protectors to the other living beings on earth, but what we were doing was something else. For a... More About: Peta
Gruesome Animal Treatments
2009-03-10 08:18:00 PetSmart’s Big Suffering for Small Animal s. Watch more videos at PETA.org. More About: Treatments
The Slumdog Millionaire Fairytale
2009-02-27 19:37:00 Slumdog Millionaire When I was a kid a fairytale for me was the story of “Thumbalina” or, “Snow White and Dwarfs”. Times have changed. For my nephew, who is 6 years old, a fairytale is the story of Jamal Malik - The Slumdog Millionaire. Yes, indeed times have changed. Rahman at Oscars After all the Oscars and the Bafta awards, I have still not come to terms with what has been happening. Till about 4-5 months back, “The Slumdog Millionaire” was just another movie. All of a sudden in such short time, it has become one of the most talked about movie. With 8 Oscars in the kitty, it is indeed worth being the talk of the town. But what made the movie an Oscar winner is still a question mark at least for a common man like me. You read the Slumdog Millionaire reviews and you feel as if it is an amazing piece of craftsmanship. But would it have been the same had the movie not been nominated for these prestigious awards? Worth wondering. Danny Boyle So what... More About: Fairytale
A promising model Mariana Bridi da Costa dies
2009-01-31 19:37:00 One month ago, 20-year-old beauty queen Mariana Bridi was living the dream of many young Brazilian women, trading her striking good looks for a modeling career that promised to lift her family out of poverty. Then she contracted a seemingly ordinary urinary tract infection. The bacteria spread quickly and inexorably through her body, proving to be extremely resistant to drugs. In a desperate bid to save her life, doctors amputated her hands and feet. But by Saturday she was dead. “God is comforting our hearts because he wanted her to be with him now,” her father Agnaldo Costa told reporters outside the hospital where his daughter died. “I can’t accept that my daughter left us so soon.” Bridi’s Web site says she began modeling at age 14 with the hope of giving “a dignified life to her parents.” Her father is a taxi driver and her mother a house cleaner. By the age of 18, she was well on her way: In 2007 and 2008, she was a finalist in t... More About: Model , Dies
Master cleanse weight loss technique
2009-01-28 19:37:00 There are a lot of techniques for weight loss. Some prefer dieting while some others exercising. Master cleanse is another way of loosing fat. This is otherwise called as “Lemonade Diet” also This technique of loosing weight was made famous by Beyonce Knowles, after she used it to loose weight to prepare for her movie roles.The master cleanse weight loss technique revolves around fasting for about 10 days and drinking a formulated lemonade drink. This drink is made up of water, freshly squeezed lemon juice, Maple Syrup and Cayenne pepper.The master cleanse weight loss technique helps you in loosing weight by cleaning your digestive tract especially the colon. The entire system is not actually meant to help you loose weight, rather it is used to cleanse the colon. But in doing this your body looses some weight thus helping you achieve two goals - cleansing and weight loss.Once Master Cleanse ends, you will notice a bit of weight loss. That weight loss is the result of all... More About: Weight Loss , Weight , Technique , Loss
Miami Ink Tattoos - Miami Ink Gallery
2009-01-15 01:00:00 Tattoos are what is in vogue today. It is a fashion statement for most but it is a religious sentiment for few others. Most youngsters prefer getting their favorite tattoo done on their arms and back. But what separates a real good tattoo from an ordinary one is the choice of tattoo designs. How would you want to go to your tattoo designer? Prepared, with a design in your hand, or, without even having decided as what to go in for. It is your choice how you want to but, each decision has a uniqueness to it. If you go to him with your design, you know what you are going in for and it is your personality that has decided on your choice. But if it is the other way round, then it is the designers personality that is going to reflect when he completes the tattoo. Your tattoo has to reflect your personality and so the best way is to decide which design to go for before even you have decided the ink. Miami Ink Gallery - Miami ink tattoos are one of the most preferred tattoos these days fol... More About: Miami Ink , Tattoos
Apple MacWorld Keynote
2009-01-09 19:37:00 Apple kicked off its last MacWorld Expo 2009 with three major product announcements. Roman Loyola provides a brief summary of Apple’s new products in this video. He’ll talk about the new 17-inch MacBook Pro, new features in iPhoto ‘09, iMovie ‘09, GarageBand ‘09, iWork ‘09, and iTunes. Battery upgrades and minor tweaks to Apple’s MacBook Pro laptop computers and iLife and iWork software were the key features of the Apple MacWorld Expo 2009. Among the other products are - 17-inch MacBook Pro iLife ‘09 iPhoto ‘09 iMovie ‘09 GarageBand ‘09 iWeb ‘09 iDVD iWork ‘09 You can read the best of show 2009 here. To subscribe to the Macworld Video Podcast using iTunes 5 or later, click here. Though there was nothing considerable in terms of launch at the MacWorld Expo 2009, it was more of expectations that reality. In fact over the years we have come to expect so much from Apple that such launches seem to be very small to catch our attention. More About: Keynote , Apple
Kawasaki Syndrome Travolta Son death
2009-01-09 19:37:00 John Travolta’s 16 year old Son, Jett Travolta died a few days back. The Travolta’s said that he was suffering from a disease called as “Kawasaki Syndrome ” and all of a sudden, the term has caught the headlines of every magazine and news website.I was a bit curious to know what this disease was and hence I dug through everything that was available. The disease had strange symptoms and was not that widely spread, hence the availability of very little knowledge. Kawasaki syndrome is also known as ‘lymph node syndrome’, ‘mucocutaneous node disease’, ‘infantile polyarteritis’ and ‘Kawasaki disease’. It is an inflammation (vasculitis) of the middle-sized arteries. It affects many organs, including the skin, mucous membranes, lymph nodes, and blood vessel walls, but the most serious effect is on the heart. It is called so, because it was first described by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967 in Japan. Kawasaki Syndrome is predo... More About: Death
The best poem I ever read
2009-01-08 01:00:00 This is a poem written by some anonymous person on the effects of drinking and driving. There could have been many such instances that we might not even have known. But the pain that the person who has suffered that loss is going through would be un-imaginable. For all those who drink and drive, let this poem be an eye-opener. I went to a party Mom,I remembered what you said.You told me not to drink, Mom,So I drank soda instead. I really felt proud inside, Mom,The way you said I would.I didn’t drink and drive, Mom,Even though the others said I should. I know I did the right thing, Mom,I know you are always right.Now the party is finally ending, Mom,As everyone is driving out of sight. As I got into my car, Mom,I knew I’d get home in one piece.Because of the way you raised me,So responsible and sweet. I started to drive away, Mom,But as I pulled out into the road,The other car didn’t see me, Mom,And hit me like a load. As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,I hear the ... More About: Read , Poem
I am Satisfied
2008-11-24 19:37:00 It was an autumn after I passed out of my professional college and I was frustrated with being jobless. I felt I had enough qualifications to get a good job but, there I was hopping companies in search of a job. Nothing was working out. Finally I went in for an interview to a home cleaning job and I got it. I knew that the package was extremely good just because the job was dirty. But I had no choice.After about 2 years in the job, I got a mail from my college inviting me for a batch mates meet. It was sunday, and I was extremely anxious to meet my batchmates. After an evening enjoying with them, we decided we would meet again, just the five of us who were the best of friends, as it was a long time that we met.As we sat at the coffee table the next evening, we discussed a lot of things and eventually came onto the most preferred topic of discussion for a group - cribbing about everything that is dissatisfied about their jobs and life.All my friends were working in good organizations...
The thirst for a medal
2008-08-24 02:51:00 India finally managed to get a couple of medals at the Olympics. Three sons of the nation saved our face from yet another humiliation. A couple of days back there was an entire nation praying for the success of three boxers who managed to sneek into the quarter-finals of their respective category. All of a sudden there was so much hype with television channels interviewing their parents and friends and celebrations all around as if we had won the Gold medal. Two days into all this unnecessary hype, which I am sure would have made these poor players all the more nervous, 2 of them lost in their quarter-final bouts and the 3rd one finally managed to get into the semi-finals. Now the entire nation is happy again and content with even a bronze.This has been the story for almost the past 50-60 odd years for India and this nation with a population of 1.13 billion, boasting that they are the 2nd most populous country in the world has not produced a single Gold medal in any of the Olympics.... More About: Medal , Thirst
Beijing Olympics - The beginnning of a 24 days penance
2008-08-24 02:51:00 It was 08:08 PM on the 8th of August 2008. A point in the day when all counters of life were at '8' - a number some considered auspicious and yet others not so auspicious, the reason for which, I really do not know. Beijing was lit up with fireworks and lightings and the Bird's Nest hosted the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics Games. China has spent a huge amount of money on hosting this Olympics which is going to be an event spanning 24 days in the month of August. There are quite a few gold medals to be won in the games. The total cost of the celebrations in the opening ceremony of the Games was about $70,00,000. The next 24 days is going to be festive season for everyone. Television news channels which had not had any scoops for the past few days will have plenty of things to cover. They would for sure make huge money covering the entire event. So will the sponsors, not to talk about the participants, who have spent their lives waiting for this event. It i... More About: Beijing Olympics , Days
An hour in an Online Casino
2008-08-24 02:51:00 I have been reading about online casinos for some time now. You would also find quite a few advertisements on websites that promote online games, but I had never had the chance to participate in one till yesterday. One of my friends had introduced me to an online casino that he was a frequent visitor to. My first reaction was not very positive but a few minutes in one of them and my perception was changed. The time that I spent was indeed quite intriguing and interesting. I was so much absorbed into it that I didn't even realize that I had spent more than an hour playing. Every step was challenging. The best part about online casinos is the fact that you would just not want to stop playing once you start off with it. There are quite a few good websites that offer online casinos. These casinos are well designed, user friendly and provide enough help to beginners. You can visit any of these online casinos and I can assure you that the experience would be amazing. More About: Casino , Online , Hour , Online casino
Winning the consistent way
2008-08-24 02:51:00 "Winners don't do different things; They do things differently". This is a statement that any book of positive thinking would start with. Nobody would want to disagree to the fact that this is true and is important if you want to win. Another statement that one would hear a lot of times is that, "maintaining the winning momentum would help you keep winning". Now if you read the above two statements one after the other, doesn't it sound contradictory. If winners are the ones who do things differently, then what is the relevance in maintaining a winning momentum. Even if they loose once, they would know how to win the next time because they would know that they have to do something different if they are to win. As I sat before my television watching a game of cricket, the last of the league matches in a tournament, between the mighty Australians and the once mighty West Indies, I heard the commentators say that the Australians would want to maintain the winning momentum before they ... More About: Consistent , Winning
An Ironical Law
2008-08-24 02:51:00 Destroying wildlife is a crime but is protecting wildlife also a crime. This story is of a poor man who tried to save a sloth bear who was orphaned. He brought the bear cub home, fed it and cared for it like he cared for his only daughter. But what he got in return from the law was torture. When the wildlife officials got to know of the bear and Munda, they arrested him for violating wildlife laws and put him in jail. They sent the bear to the zonn and the bear has stopped eating food. The orphaned daughter of Munda was packed and sent to a boarding school. Was the right treatment metted out to Munda? The wildlife officials have not been able to do anything to the poachers and hunters who have been hunting down tigers like anything. But they would enforce everything in the law to a poor man like that of Munda. Let us unite together to ensure that Munda is united with his bear and family.
The DTC revolution
2008-08-24 02:51:00 The Delhi Transport Corporation is said to be the largest bus network in Asia. But the condition in which this transport system was maintained did not live upto this. A travel in one of the DTC buses was a nightmare but a lesser one as compared to the privately owned and run 'Blueline' buses. A shabby conductor sitting in one corner of a hot baking oven, with less or, no interest in handing over a ticket to the commuter is a normal scenario. The driver would not bother to stop the bus even at bus stops where there is a long queue of people waiting to board the bus. As far as the buses were concerned there maintenence was worth appreciating. Once, I was standing next to a DTC bus when i was accidently pushed by a passer-by and I fell over to the side of the bus. The metal body of the bus was in such a shape that I ended up getting a couple of stitches in my arm. No bus was without a torn body. A travel in one of these buses which were the so-called 'Lifeline' of Delhi transport w... More About: Revolution
I Joined Social Spark
2008-06-10 00:00:00 I joined Social Spark a few days back. Now what is Social Spark could be the obvious question right? In one line the answer would be that, "Social Spark is an exciting place where I monetize my blog, make friends, enjoy and all this with complete honesty". Social Spark is another effort from Izea to help bloggers who are interested in making money from their blogs. I had received an invitation to join when they were in the beta stage. I had a fair idea of what should be on offer but when I first stepped into Social Spark, I found that there was much more than what I thought was on offer. SocialSpark offers more than enough opportunities to we bloggers and best of all being a part of Social Spark not only helps me increase the number of visitors to my site but also pays me well. The opportunities are fair to all. All the while when I am making money from my blogs and am increasing the amount of traffic, I am also making quite a few friends on the internet who give me fair reviews ab...
World Environment Day
2008-06-07 00:00:00 Today is the "World Environment Day". Fliers, posters, banners, mailers and many more such things are on the internet and everywhere. A handful of people are working hard to generate a bit of awareness in people towards our environment. Our environment is deteriorating with every passing day. But we just do not want to bother about it. Mother Nature keeps pinching us every now and then with a slight shake of the earth or, a sudden downpour, but we are not bothered to care about these hints. We are busy destroying everything around us, the balance in nature, the flora and fauna and everything. There are those few people out there who have done everything they could to make us understand the importance of saving our environment. When they felt that we were still not bothered they thought that they would comemmorate a day to our environment and create that hype so that we at least spend a minute in that day to think about our environment. But we are still not bothered. In such a situa...
The Story of a new blast
More articles from this author:2008-05-26 00:00:00 In one of my earlier post I had discussed about the blast at Mumbai. Its is been more than a year since then, and here we have the latest blast at Jaipur. In this long one year our government is yet to start their initiatives against these terrorists. Condolences, political visits to the site and everything else is still on, but ask them what is the action they have taken to prevent these things from happening again and you would not find an answer. At times I wonder what could be the reason to this? Probably the reason is that in the recent past there has been no instances of terrorist attacks or, blasts where a renowned politician has been killed. Oh! so that says it all. Then what is the need to panick and ponder over security measures. Just relax my dear politicians, till it happens. Just a couple of days before the blasts, there was news that the Border Security Force thwarted an attempt by infiltrators aided by the Pakistan military enter the Indian territory. The next day, th... More About: Story , The Story , Blast 1, 2, 3 |
