I would like to see 'comment notification by e-mail in this blog(in fact, in all the blogs) as it can make it possible to keep track of a discussion.

So, it's a must have feature which i have seen in very rare blogs.

Cheers, Rohit

Hi Rohit

Thats a good idea. We'll ask our tech guy if this is possible for us to do. Let you know as soon as its up. Also could you give me the url of a blog which has this facility. Would like to take a look.

Cheers

Here we go again. I would have replied earlier if i received the notification. : - )

Anyway, here is the link of a blog offering comment notification :

http://www.contentsutra.com/

AMAZING...DON'T MISS THE LAST LINE AND DON'T READ IT BEFORE FINISHING READING THE WHOLE THING!

*Coca-Cola was originally green.

*The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

*The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start
with.

*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

*TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row ! of the keyboard.

*Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

*You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

*It is impossible to lick your elbow.

*People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart
stops for a millisecond.

*It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

*The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

*If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

*Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.

Spades - King David

Clubs - Alexander the Great,

Hearts - Charlemagne

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

*If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

*If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle

*If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

*What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?

Ans. - All invented by women.

*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

*A snail can sleep for three years.

*All polar bears are left handed.

*American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.

*Butterflies taste with their feet.

*Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

*In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

*On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

*Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

*Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

*The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

*The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

*The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet.

*Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

*Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

*The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

*Most lipstick contains fish scales.

*Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

******And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!~!

Good Morning everyone!

Annie those were some really interesting facts.

By the way count me in the 99% ;)

Thanks Rohit. I've checked it out and will get working on it.

Annie that was really interesting and I have to admit I did think of trying to lick the elbow but thats where it stopped:)

Hi Annie, that were really gr8 share.... I felt so good to here that most people fear spiders.

I used to think I am only from a few (like Garfield) who suffer from arachnophobia.

---- Sharing something interesting ------

The strength of a man ...

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.

It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.

It's in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.

It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.

It's in how respected he is at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.

It's in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.

It's in his Heart... that lies within his chest.

The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.

It's in how he can be true to one woman.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.

It's in the burdens he can carry....

Hi Guys!

Annie & Sangeeta- way to go! Annie I am trying to lick my elbow & I promise you I am going to get there.

Well I want to talk about a film I saw last night called CRASH- yup the best film at the Oscars. Well this is what I have to say:

U.S is in deep- nose-high in shit. They are sitting on a tinder box of racial anger which is going to blow up in a big bad way. so hey where do they get off telling other countries how to run thier nations? I mean they have no moral stand and what if anyone of these really pissed off 'black' groups decide to steal their nuke toys and let the whole world have it? White rap by the Bush Band aint fooling no one- at least not in his own country. Now we know why Katrina was such a massive tragedy.

Well the film is watchable with excellent editing as its high point. Radhika feels the ending was unsubtle and wimpy. I'm no expert on subtlety so I pass that one- but the end definitely wasn't powerful. However its a non-hysterical insight into a pretty hysterical reality. So go watch!

Would love to hear what others think.

Hi Annie, Sangeeta & Venkat

Annie I'm hooked on your tongue twister and while I'm not interested in the taste of my elbow, I am going to try and crack this one. :-)

Sangeeta nice redefining!

Venkat

Saw Crash and share your views and concerns. Have to also say Radhika is spot on about the subtlety going awry, especially towards the end of the film. I mean suddenly Sandra Bullock had to grab the Hispanic maid to her bosom as her long lost friend just because she was the only available ride to the hospital, was over the top. A bit hindi filmy change of heart don't you think?

I did like the subtley of 'shades of gray' in all peoples of all colours- kind of thing but then the director got a bit tizzy in tying up his own tale. Yes siree the editing was world class and without that the film could have been more bumpy than it actually was.

However the thing that scared me most was as all the cross racial webs were being woven I realized that as a culture there was no generic saftey net of compassion, spiritual wisdom, tolerance etc for the tinder-box (aptly put) to be diffused. The emotional/spiritual aridity came through so starkly and I wonder if the U.S of A realizes that India-exports such massive wisdom (through all the Gurus we regularly send their way)to that land mass as the one true pillar that may help in stemming the staggering violence brewing in their society.

I mean a nation whose history has the vilest stories of human bondage and slavery even as recent as early last century, where will they draw strength and sustenance from in the face of civil violence? And the only nation to have actually detonated a nuclear bomb against another nation and its civilians jet-sets through the world prattling on 'nuclear responsibility' rather than diffusion. It is scary Venkat, very scary that Bushspeak still exists in a world where he is the worst example of American muscle-flexing, arrogance and myopia.

Though was it 'best film' material at the Oscars- I'm not sure!

Hey Venkat, Jasjit

Haven't seen the movie. But one thing about many of the US movies is that they are around hysteria, fear, being paranoid that other nations are going to steal their nuke, their military plans; that even aliens, pre-historic animals, genetically mutant animals, ghosts are going to take over, destroy their 'their' world.

Not to say that there aren't good, meaningful and enternaining movies but the movies that are blockbuster hits are mostly based on fear. I guess that speaks in itself about their society.

Annie you have given us all weekend homework!

Good Point Chaitali

Fear is the key! And you are right from King Kong to 'The Demonic Leg' are the celluloid ways of publicly airing mass-hysteria. Spiders, possessed bean sprouts, sharks, bugs, evil children and haunted houses perhaps make up more than 50 per cent of what Hollywood churns out. Amazing comment on the fear levels of a nation which chest-beats about being the first world. Maybe we need to design and export a movement for them called 'reality check'. :-)

Sangeeta,

That was really beautiful. I like the first one the best :)

Jasjit, Venkat, Chaitali

Don't forget the 'The Attack of The Killer Tomatoes'

Excellent Annie. Thank you. However, I almost twisted my arm and finally gave up....:)

I really liked Crash but agree with Jasjit about the melodrama part( sandra bullock and the maid.

Watch Syriana. A wonderful movies. It is about the games US plays in the middle east. If you have watched and loved Hotel Rwanda (another brilliant one on the first world politics) you should not miss this one..

Possesed bean sprouts was really funny Jasjit. Yup, Crash was unsubtle at many levels an almost 'sweet' desire by the makers to see the 'humane' face of racism. I mean they had no Indians or Pakistanis to share their tales so just imagine what it must be like for the Surds with turbans, the Guju auties in sarees, the muslims with skull caps et al.

What is amazing is that all the above go searching the American dream in droves still.

Ramlath saw Syriana & you'r right -very distressing & well done. The point is with films like these & 9/11, Crash etc what are Americans doing re-electing Bush? O.k Jasjit go for the 'reality check' movement , we will all pitch in!

Has anyone seen Brokeback Mountain? My response- what was Ang Lee thinking???

Sangeeta & Annie

Good ones! Sangeeta they deserve to be framed in prominent spots so I'm forwarding to all who will benefit.

:-]

Hi Radhika

What was Ang Lee thinking is right? I mean the poor guy tried to be different so we'll give him points for that. But really I have never seen a film with such flat characters and complete poverty of emotional depth.

I totally agree Anusheh. And the best director's trophy went to brokeback!! It was quite a boring movie.

Good Morning everyone!

Sorry guys, havent been able to come on the blog for the past 2 days, have been a little under the weather. Missed you all ...

Have a great day all you lovely people :-)

Sangeeta, that was beautiful, simply enjoyed it :-)

Hello Everyone :),

Hey Shubhosree, Good to see you back :-). Hope you're over the weather now :).

Take care.

Dear Annie,

That tongue twister really twisted my tongue pal! Some versions that came out early on:
1. sixth sheik's sick sheep ...
2. sixth sick seikh (instead of s*h*eikh) ...
3. sixth shick sheikh's sixth ... (realized at the end that the second word got messed up)

Though I finally got it.

And about the elbow, is it even possible for a 'normal human'?
(yeah yeah ... I tried it too ;-) - but I got really close ok)

Must say 't was all fun. :-)

Hi Guys,

A few one liners:

- 7/5th of all people do not understand fractions.
- A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
- After all is said and done, more is said than done
- Alcohol is not the answer, it just makes you forget the question.
- All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
- As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.
(reminds me of my school days ;-) )
- Bad spellers of the world untie!
- Beer - the reason I wake up every afternoon.

Hope this brings a smile to every of you :-)
Have a great day guys,

Surya

Hi Surya and Shubz

Good to see you guys. That was really funny Surya, thanks. By the way Annie I am convinced that the elbow will happen:)

Yeah gals Brokeback was one mystifying Oscar heist. I actually forced myself to sit through the end waiting for the great hype to explain itself . But apart from some great cinematography moments- more to the credit of Wyoming than Ang Lee - the film just dragged.

Thing is that the reviews call it the great 'hat ke' gay film and you just walk away with a massive yawn. I guess the 'hat ke' was that cowboys can be gay! A John Wayne moveover kinda thing.

I wish more people posted their views on it, would be fun to read. BTW why is the blog so quiet suddenly. Prasun, Surya, Rajiv, Madhavi, Sukanya, Sangeeta, Harvinder- where is everyone?

Good Morning everyone!

Thanks Surya and Anusheh. Yep, I am feeling much better now :-)

Hey Chaitali, that was a very interesting post.

Talking about scary movies, the one movie that i remember and haunts me is 'Birds' by Hitchcock. Unbelievable how birds can scare the living daylights out of you!!

"After all is said and done, more is said than done"

Really funny Surya! lol....

Good Morning everyone. Shubhosree great to see you healthy and hearty!

Hey Surya,

Those one liners were really funny! Thanks for the laughs friend :)

Thanks Chaitali :-)

Hello Everyone!

Hey Shubhosree, Chaitali, Anusheh, Prasun, Radhika & Everyone ... Great to see you guys in here!

Have a great Day & a great week!

Chaitali: Saw a good piece by you! Will be back to share something I have on it (by the the evening) :-(

I'm kinda split in 2 u see. This great place & my work place - Love both "Ki koriche" (was that right?) :-(
Hey am reminded of this Ghazal from Pankaj - "Ek taraf uska Ghar, Ek taraf maikada"

Keep buzzing you guys :-)
Surya

And Anusheh, Shubhosree, Chaitali - Glad to know those one liners brought a li'l smile to you guys.

Keep that smile on :-)

Surya

Good Morning everyone!!

Saw the sun-rise (as I like to). Always good to feel the stillness mixed with the freshness of the mornings. Time for my walk in the park. Be back later. Wish you all a great day ahead :-)

Love,
Surya.

Good Morning everyone! :-)

Talking about sun-rise, Where's our sunrise? ;-)

Ok Guys don't Trash "Crash" yet.

Yes there is racism in the USA, but puhllleeease, LA is not as shown in the movie, I have lived there for 7 years.Not once did I or my very dark skinneed husband or daughter, were subjected to racial slurs or any other form of discrimination.

In fact after our return to India (now with a added member, very fair skinned and grey blue eyed son)my still very young daughter faced worse kind of colour bias ever, esp now that we had this lad who was an anti thesis to her colour.

Tchhhh, lets not point fingers when ours are pretty badly marred.

Just to reteriate my point. My husband N, decided to go out for a drink with a friend at a popular upscale bar in Bombay. At the entrance they were told that sorry we cannot let you in as no stags are allowed at the bar counter.

Well, its a private bar, no problem,that is their policy, but of course what was discriminating was the fact that there were some foreigners sitting alone by the bar as were some bollywood starlets(single males all)On questioning the management about "THEM" he was informed, well sir they are our priveleged guests.....ho hum, so needless to say that bar has since been blacklisted by my husband and his friend.

Well honestly, i could sight millions of incidences of racial disparity at home, by our own people but let it suffice to say that we should surely look within our ownselves. Fair and dark, Brahmins and untouchables, etc etc etc etc

Hi Surjo,

I am right here.I read all the articles regularly. And must say that I enjoyed your one liners yesterday.How is your Bangla progressing?

Dear Annie,

Enjoyed reading the amazing facts.Imagine the tongue being the strongest muscle in your body !!! And I did try to lick my elbow :-))

Dear Sunrise

Welcome to the group of elbow lickers:)

Hi Madhavi

Good to see you back. Absolutely true that we Indians have our own brand of racism. And your story is just one of many home-grown white/black responses that we have. However I think personally racism has a totally different scale and implications there because the history of slavery is a legacy which cannot be wiped away. In effect it acts as a starting point to all.

Also like I said earlier civil tensions there are more scary because the only God which truly proliferates there is manna. Compassion, serving others, tolerance for the aged, underprivileged, generosity etc are not woven into the history or culture. This makes for sharp angularities which can blow up in intense ways. we on the other hand can survive riots repeatedly, even the Babri Masjid scale of communal violence, terrorism and incensed states such as Assam, punjab and J& K. There is a continum in us which dates back through time and acceptance, digestion and ressurection is replete.

So yes, Crash has its merits as we all have stated. However the melodrama et al just weakened it somewhat as a story I feel

Well tried everybody! Elbow licking seems to have kept you guys busy!

Surya,

Congrats you managed to get the tongue twister!!
Hey liked your one liners also. Especially the one saying bad spellers of the world untie!

Sunrise, try try try again :)

Looks like I've got to see this movie Crash. Madhavi, Jasjit I might be wrong but I think the difference in the type of racism we have here and in the US is that here the element of fear is absent, whereas in US there is this element of fear and anger attached to the racism.

Hi Everyone! :)

Here are a few more on liners / quotes. Have fun :-)
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A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.

A baby sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers.

A computer beat me at chess once. But, it was no match for me at kick boxing.

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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* Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

* Abraham Lincoln was once talking with a woman about how the North must treat the South. She disagreed with him, and said that she felt that we must destroy our enemies.
Lincoln replied, "What, madam? Do I not destroy them when I make them my friends?"

* A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor

* A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

* A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

* Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

* Examine what is said, not who speaks.

* Failure is not falling down, it is - not getting up again

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Hey Sunrise,

Good to see you :) And about my progress with Bangla - "dhire dhire egochche" [Wanted to mean - am learning but slowly - donno if its correct ]

Hey Annie,
Thanks :)

Hi all fellow travellers :-)

Venkat, Jasjit & All my friends:
I came across this a while back and thought I'd share with you guys. Its quite saddenning.

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This is an excerpt from a letter that was originally published Nov. 21, 2004, in the blog Kevin Sites (a Journalist) maintained while he was reporting for television networks. It is addressed to the unit he was accompanying when he videotaped a U.S. Marine shooting a wounded Iraqi insurgent in a Fallujah mosque. The broadcast of that videotape on NBC News brought Sites both praise and scorn.

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...
...

... We hear gunshots coming from what seems to be inside the mosque. A Marine from my squad yells, "Are there Marines in here?"

When we arrive at the front entrance we see that another squad has entered before us.

The lieutenant asks them, "Are there people inside?"

One of the Marines raises his hand signaling five.

"Did you shoot them?" the lieutenant asks.

"Roger that, sir," the Marine responds.

"Were they armed?" The Marine just shrugs and we all move inside.

Immediately after entering the mosque, I see black plastic body bags spread around; they are the same dead from the day before. But more surprising, I also see the same five men who were wounded from Friday. It appears that one of them is now dead and three are bleeding to death from new gunshot wounds. The fifth is partially covered by a blanket near the same column and in the same condition as on Friday. He has not been shot again. I look closely at both the dead and the wounded. There don't appear to be any weapons anywhere.

"These were the same wounded from yesterday," I say to the lieutenant. He takes a look around and goes outside the mosque with his radio operator to call the situation in to Battalion Forward Headquarters.

I see an old man in a red kaffiyeh (a cloth headdress fastened by a band around the crown) lying against the back wall. Another man is face down next to him, his hand on the old man's lap as if he were trying to take cover. I squat beside them, inches away and begin to videotape them. Then I notice that the blood coming from the old man's nose is bubbling, a sign he is still breathing. So is the man next to him.

While I continue to tape, a Marine walks to the other two bodies about 15 feet away against the same back wall.

Then I hear him say this about one of the men:

"He's ******* faking he's dead. He's faking he's ******* dead."

Through my viewfinder I can see the Marine raise the muzzle of his rifle in the direction of the wounded Iraqi. There are no sudden movements, no reaching or lunging. However, the Marine could legitimately believe the man poses some kind of danger. Maybe he's going to cover him while another Marine searches for weapons.

Instead, he pulls the trigger. There is a small splatter against the back wall and the man's leg slumps down.

"Well he's dead now," says another Marine in the background.
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(full version and more such recounts at: http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs995)

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I hope peace/justice finds its way.

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Hello all Bloggers!

Just found that the "More comments ..." link is helping me keep up with the comments posted on the blog so now I won't miss any :-)

Take care all

Hi Surya

That was a really distressing story you posted. Difficult to read. Human beings are truly ahead of every species in the kinds of violence that they are capable of displaying.

Hi Prasun

Happy Birthday! Joyous times, great adventures and light and brightness for the year

Love

Hello everyone

Well you all must have heard about the MFN (Most Favoured nation) status which is used in International Political parlance a lot.

Presently i too am on a BFN status...thats Busy For Nothing :-)Just engaged in activity no productivity :-(

Well Jokes apart, last few days were hectic in office and it mite continue for some more time. Strangely in office this period is called Year Ending ;-)

I can see i have missed out on some amazing action (great articles & fascinating comments)on the blog..but not to worry,will catch up soon..let the year end :-)

Thanks Jasjit,Shubhosree,Anusheh for your best wishes.

And Hey Chaitali..Many happy returns of the day to you too :-)

Hey Surya where are you:)

Some laughs for the gang!!

IF YOU yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home,maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

Damn good one Anusheh!!

:-D

Anusheh,

Hilarious, especially the comments at the bottom of each fact.

I liked the constant reminder of the pig.. quality over quantity... too good... can't stop laughing.

Hey Anusheh

brilliant, as chaitali says love the comments and the pig...yay me too wanna be a pig :))

Hi anuseh,

really good one... BTW who was this who found out about the pig... I mean what the process of reaching such a conclusion.... hmmm

Does it happen to effect people who are borg pigs by chinese horoscope... I wonder. :-) hee heehaa haahaa

Bhaee I have no idea but everyone sure is intrigued by the pig:-) As for the rest we'll just have to meet some pig people and find out....haha

Sorry People but this blog has a mind of its own and its decided to function in the future! So all comments and posts are being published one hour ahead of real time. Please bear with us until we can convince it to be more 'zen' in its behaviour:-)

A very Good Morning Everyone!! :) There's no telling how much I missed you all these days !! :( Was away for work. Sorry, couldn't visit the blog :(

And though I see I've missed a lot, but I'd love to catch up with it. :)

I'll start without reading a lot.
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Dearest Jasjit,

A long bear hug to you my friend (just like the one I give to my Mom & niece whenever I return home after being away for a while) :)
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Hey Anusheh :)

Your laughter dose sure worked for me buddy :))
Can't stop laughing at the comments in brackets :)) - They're even funnier.

'Anusheh' to see you :)
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Hi Chaitali - Howz my Bondhobi doing? Hope you & Gaurav are doing good [howz the third one doing? (Sorry ... but is he there?) :)]. Best of wishes & love to you guys.

And hey though belated, but still fresh from the heart: Happy birthday :) (hope you had a great time)
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Hey Aachi,

How are you buddy? Just saw the paintings on your website. Will send you an email about them :)
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Dear Shubhosree :) [ Kemon asche? :) ]
I hope the chirpy one's doing fine :) BTW ... [ tumi kothay? ]
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Prasun buddy!! ... what's up? Belated wishes to you my friend. May your year ends be smoother ;) and the beginnings be on a higher note :)
Hope you're not losing a lot of calories at work ;) (kidding)
Hope you had a great Birthday buddy!!
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Dear Sunrise:
Hope you're doing good :) Told my mom about this name and everyone smiled :).
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Hi Harb

Belated wishes for your GD. I wish her the best in her life :)
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And a Big Hi to Radhika & Venkat, Annie, Madhavi, Sangeeta, Naina (nice name), Chipmunk, and everyone :)

Love you all :)

Dear Anusheh :)

The blog website server is "one hour ahead of real time" - due to the Daylight Savings Time (DST) (called "Summer Time" in many places) is to make better use of daylight (mostly observed in US & European Union among other places above the equator). During the summer months, ppl chg their clocks to move an hr of daylight from the morning to the evening.

About the changes due to DST:
"If you live near the equator, day and night are nearly the same length (12 hours). But elsewhere on Earth, there is much more daylight in the summer than in the winter. Thus, DST is usually not helpful in the tropics, and countries near the equator generally do not change their clocks (like India)."

How the dates change at various places:

Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of April [hence 2 April for the website - because its hosted on a US server ;-)]. Time reverts to standard time at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

So in 2006 DST will be observed from April 2 to October 29 in US and from March 26 - October 29 in European union.

Lots of love,
Surya :)

Good Morning Surya

A warm hug to you too friend and good to see you back and in good form. Surya thanks for the DST info, breathing a lot easier now, what would we do without your techhy mind??? :-)

Love

Dear dear Surya

Thanks so much for this information...priceless since I spent quite a while trying to figure out what was wrong here. You are an angel:-)

lots of love

oops Surya thought you had posted your first message on a different thread so was going there to say it is soooo good to see you here. We missed you as well. Great to have you back!!

Jasjit: The Pleasure is all mine :) Glad to be the means :)

Anusheh: What can I say! You're an angel yourself :) A warm Hug to you 'O happy, fortunate one :)

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BTW, where's Chaitali gone? And I realised later that Shubhosree is not even in the list of Authors?
What's happening? And Prasun missing too!!

I hope All My Bengali Guru's are doing fine!?
[ a bit sad :( ]

Love & Best wishes to all,
Surya

HEY everyone!!!!!

I am extremely sorry about the brief hiatus. Got busy with some stuff. And of course, missed out on a lot here. It will take me a while to go through all of this. Just a little busy for another day or so. But I shall write soon!

A warm HI to Jasjit, Anusheh, Chaitali, Aachi, Madhavi, Harvinder, Annie, Prasun, Radhika, Venkat, Surya, Harb and everyone else. And a warm welcome to all the new buddies on the blog!

Love to all :-)

Good morning Everyone!

Hey Shubhosree, Good to see you :)

Looking fwd to a bright day :)

Good Morning Surya

Shubhosree is involved with some other stuff so she will no longer have time to write and is therefore not on the authors list any longer.

The blog is indeed an interesting river which flows bringing in new currents and waves, leaving behind some, finding others anew. :-)

Hi Shubhz :-)

Hi Shubhosree! Good to see you back from Hiatus :)

Hiiiiiii Surya,

Wow that was a long hibernation Bondhu! But good to have you back. And thanks friend for the explaination on the time change. We had thought that we had transcended into the future :)like one of those scarry science fiction movies were 'man creates computer and computer takes over the earth and humankind !)

Thanks for the wish! I had a quite B'day with my family (God I sound like those interviews that stars give in the magazines when enquired about how they spent their B'days ;) )and lots of phone wishes and e-mails from my friends.

Hi shubhoshree:)

Dear Chaitali, (sorry am replying a li'l late)

About the wishes - You're most welcome :).
I'll always have the best ones for you guys here :)

About hibernation - well it was - kind of. Had to finish somethings really important. [and all the while I knew I can always get back on the 'bus' at any time :)].

And now I'm religiously going back and read through each piece / share / comments that I've missed out while I was away - am taking my time enjoying each of them though.

You remind me of my cousin who's quite like you - spontaneous, knowledgeable, talking of Science fiction movies [don't know abt u ... but she used to like those long back] :)

Strange how some things lead one to relating different ppl.

Good to see & know people :)