tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125776262012-01-20T09:54:04.272-08:00Manish Kumarnoreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12577626.post-85573868379580720432010-09-05T10:13:00.004-07:002010-09-05T10:44:40.363-07:00

Blogging is still a new concept in the city of Ranchi. There are still only handful of individual bloggers hailing from the city who are into regular blogging. Being in the area of blogging for last 5 years an idea came into my mind on why not to unite bloggers of Ranchi on a single platform.To start with I want to create this page where listing of all the regular bloggers hailing from Ranchi.

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Do u want to visit Kerala. Here is a complete travelogue from a visitor point of view. It will give you an idea about the lovely places Kerala has so that you can decide whete to spend more time. So enjoy this widely appreciated series on Musafir Hoon Yaaron at the below mention links.इस श्रृंखला की सारी कड़ियाँयादें केरल की : भाग 1 - कैसा रहा राँची से कोचीन का 2300 किमी लंबा रेल का सफ़र Ranchi to

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Orissa now called Odisha has lot to offer in terms of ancient heritage as well as attractive coastline to the tourist. Though there are many places of tourist interest , Puri Bhubneshwar, Konark & Chilka are the most popular among the tourists. I have visited Orissa three times in past two years & enjoyed visiting its beautiful temples and attractive beaches. You can find details of these visits

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Have you visited Nandan Kanan (The Garden of pleasure). If you haven't you should. Its around twenty km from, Bhubneshwar the capital city of Orissa . Nandan Kanan is known for its beautiful White Tigers . You can view the pictures of some of the animals at Nandan Kaanan on this blog post at Musafir Hoon Yaaron

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Offcourse its surprising but its true. I have started my new travel blog in Hindi. It will not tell only my travel tales but will also keep an eye on all that is written about travel by Hindi bloggers across the globe.The new blog has following sections Travel Stories Travel Tit Bits Travel Pics With a difference Photo features & more....So do join us at Musafir Hoon Yaroon Your suggestion and

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2006 will be over in less than 50 hours from now on. And as the year approches to its end its time to start another countdown is on my blog. :).For me, the best way to celebrate the year end with my blogging pals has always been related with sharing of my favourite songs of the past 12 months. In 2005 it was Khul Ke Muskura De Tu from Phir Milenge .&In 2006 it was Ratiyaan Andhiyari Ratiyaan from

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I read this book a few months back. I was not sure whether I should write about the book which has already been read by most of my friends & fellow citizens a long time ago. :)The story revolves around group of call center workers, The author in this novel has tried to explore delicate interpersonal relationship of call center workers & their harsh working conditions.It is really difficult to

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Pachmarhi Lake is a man made lake but its serene surroundings and vast expanse makes you feel like you are sailing in a natural one.Watching Sunset at Dhoopgarh is amazing experience . As the orange hue of the sun light fades the sun simply disappears in the clouds. See yourself in the pics ! Incidently Dhoopgarh is highest peak of MP. For further details read here. The journey to Duchess Fall

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It is a fact that everyone wants to say something either to self or wants to find people real or virtual who thinks or feel in same way. And that’s what Blogging is all about.Sadly in our state the concept of Blogging is in nascent stage. There is a total lack of awareness about it.But thanks to the English daily The Telegraph, which highlighted this medium by publishing two articles on the

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Last month we went to Pachmarhi a small hill station in MP via Nagpur. General route to Pachmadhi is via Piparia, which is a small station in Jabalpur-Itarsi-Nagpur .rail section. My sister presently resides in Nagpur that’s why we chose Nagpur as our first stoppage.Our first outing at Nagpur was Deeksha Bhoomi. In 1956 Baba Saheb Ambedkar with his followers embraced Buddhism at this place The

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Its difficult to update this blog regularly because of preoccupation with my other two kids ..errr blogs.So I thought why not to just tell my readers here, what I am upto these days?In other words what I wrote while this blog was in snooze mode.Remembered the era when I have to take/give interview for marriage.Beautiful eyes and shayriA hindi poem after three long years :)About lyrics of this era

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Movie : ShivaPlace : Metro, Cinema, KolkataDay : 16 th SeptemberWhy we chose to see it ? : There was nothing else to do. And apart from Metro we have no idea about other cinema halls in the vicinity at Esplanade.Prologue : I can never forget Satya ! In the movie Ram Gopal Vema handled the Mafia theme superbly with innovative charcterisation of Bhikhu Mahatre. Then came three more memorable flicks

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History has always fascinated me. I always love to read historical novels and this time during my visit back home I got the chance to read one such book. Stanley Wolpert’sMassacre at Jallianwala Bagh is an excellent combination of historical facts interwoven with fiction.The book starts with the early summer of 1919 when entire Punjab was actively protesting against Rowlett Act. In Amritsar too

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Last one month was not hectic work wise, but still there were things that kept me away from this blog. Firstly it was Mumbai Blasts & then the Ban on some blog sites which resulted in total whitewash of Blogspot & Type Pad. This happened due to poor implementation strategy adapted by our ISP's. Thank god due to combind protests & good networking through the print media we were back to our blogs

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It's Written in the SandIndian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik adds the finishing touches to his sand sculptures of Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro (R) and French captain, Zinedine Zidane at the Golden beach in Puri, east of the Indian city of Orissa, July 8, 2006.World Cup will finish tonight. There were some spectacular goals scored in the tournament. But all in all this World Cup will have

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Another forward which i thought will be interesting to share.. (I know ise post karne ke baad gaali bhi milegi kuch logon se :))I recently read that love is entirely a matter ofchemistry.That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.David BissonetteWhen a man steals your wife, there is no betterrevenge than to let him keep her.Sacha GuitryAfter marriage, husband and wife become two sides of

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There are many waterfalls on the road side as one ventures into North Sikkim. We encountered this one just after Lachung on our way to Chungthang.But can u tell me What the girls are looking at?The Waterfall or......:p It was fine sunny morning as we started for Changu lake & Nathu La about 40 km from Gangtok. There was greenary all around as we moved out of Gangtok.But then soon these green &

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After enjoying Gurudongmar we have to go back to Lachen. The journey was not that comfortable.The dizziness encountered earlier was still playing on my mind. Just before Thangu we diverted for some time to Chopta Valley. You can see the path of meandering river in the valley in the pic. After the most hectic journey in which we have to face high speed chilling wind in the morning & heavy downpour

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A small sleepy village Lachen which we left early in the morning for our onward journey to Thangu & Lake GuruDongmarWeather was cloudy in lachen & it remained so until we crossed Thangu. our hearts erupted with joy when we saw clear blue sky for the first time since morning. We were now at a height of 16000 feet with no vegetation to speak of. Snow capped peaks, gushing winds, wandering clouds

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The journey from Gangtok ,Tashi View Point & then to Lachen was memorable for various reasons some funny and some not so funny! U can find it out along with pics at the links given belowSafar Sikkim Ka :Part III Roman Hindi हिन्दीSafar Sikkim Ka Part II Roman Hindi, हिन्दीThe road from tashi view point to Phensang was quite terrible because of rains and landslides.However remote the area may be u

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With summer in its full bloom, travel is the theme of all my blogs this month.:)Traveling is one thing which I love to do. And when we got a bunch of holidays in 2nd week of April it was time to set off for a holiday. I will not give any journey details here as I am already covering them at my other blogs . U can read them and see some more pics hereFrom Siliguri to Gangtok or सफर सिक्किम का ....

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One year has passed since I first started this blog. Last month it was celebrations time for my other blog Ek Sham Mere Naam where I dedicated a series of seven posts to my frens. But then it will be a quieter affair here.Its a kind of sleepy blog which goes on its own pace. As a result I have only 40+ posts here compared to 90+ at other one. The most happening moment of this blog was the fun

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Its a day of pride for every Ranchite.:) more so for people of Shyamli where he grew up. Today my blog salutes Mahendra Singh Dhoni not only because the way he has played for his country in past few months but for fighting the odds heavily loaded against him.Imagine a guy coming from a lower middle class family...residing in a state which even finds difficult to beat cricket minnows like Assam...

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Last two weeks were not that pleasent ! First it was sore throat & then problem of BP. So every morning started with some tests ... and evening with some reports. Anyway everything is fine with the tests but I have to take medicine regularly from now on.Back to the topic which prompted me to make an update here.Hmmmmm I will be away for one week..for the reason mentioned in the title.Yes I will

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After Holi's masti & ho -halla it was time to take the break. No not for me frens but for my voice. For few days it completely backed out. Anyway back to the business of blogging & today I will tell u a small funny incident at my workplace!And its related with the funny side of the language.Ranchi has a sizable Bengali population and so has our office.It so happened that a technical discussion

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Holi is not my favourite festival. Somehow my energy level never increases in same proportion as it does as Deepawali starts approching. The reason being my childhood memories associated with Holi are not so pleasant. I have lost count of years I have evaded geeli holi . But no body can deny that if played in right spirits it is the most powerful festival to bring love, joy,harmony & togetherness

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For last week my frens in Pak were not able to access their blogs. Only today I came to know that it was not due to any technical server snag but due to official ban imposed by Govt of Pakistan on entire blogs hosted by blogspot.Reason : some blogs on blogspot carried the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Read the related news story here.I see no problem in banning those specific

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Last week after long long time I went to see the movie Rang De Basanti in a hall. There was a freshness in the way the story was narrated. Though the climax was a bit too dramatic to my liking. But then issue raised in the movie was too close to my heart i.e. frequent accidents of our MIG 21 fleet over the years. This question was hovering from long time in my mind but the movie again forced me

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Got this message as a forward in my mail and its content was such that I thought hey its what i always feel.......When gulli-danda and kanche (marbles) were more popular than cricket ......When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy), chhepan-chhepai and pittoo anytime...When we desperately waited for 'Yeh jo hai Zindagi'...When chitrahaar, vikram-baitaal, dada daadi ki kahaniyaan were

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It was just like any other ordinary Sunday. Woke up & went online to find my Hindi blog vanished from the net. Though somehow it got restored in the afternoon not before giving me some anxious moments. Anyway chatted for a while, made a call to my net pal and then proceeded to play this match.Every year all the SAIL units in Ranchi organise a cricket tournament . The players involved are in the

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Today is R. D. Burman's death anniversary, a fact which I came to know after reading my fellow blogger Neel's post. A year back in one of the poetry forum I went into great length about Gulzar's poetry & songs. And during my search on net I found quite interesting incidents related to Gulzar's association with Pancham da. On this very day when pancham da left us I will love to share my old post

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My ANNUAL MUSICAL COUNTDOWN showhas already started! Hope to see u all there :)

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It’s so difficult to put down this kind of book which u can so much relate to! And Five Point Someone is one such book. The author Chetan Bhagat tells us story of 3 frens with different background coming together at the most coveted engg college of India after clearing one of the toughest entrance exam of its kind. But soon they get frustrated with pressures of assignments & unfair grading system

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I don't see TV that much but when it comes to musical shows its different. And SA RE GA MA is my personal favourite. The talent on display is just superb. Though some of the better contestants are put on threshold by the public votes.If u r a real music lover don't miss it!And tell me who is ur favourite till now!My favourite among the girls right now isHimani Kapoor with Twinkle & Nihira at

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I am so happy for my state today. At last there is a wind of change! With NDA winning the election under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, i feel things will improve for the better especially the law & order situation.Bihar ElectionsAt last we have a leader who has a clean image & a man who can rise above casteism to take Bihar on path of development. With the state of infrastructure &

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History has always remained my favourite subject, though religion is not. Also paintings never attracted me in a big way compare to other art forms. But when I went thru this book related to Da Vinci’s work in the light of pre chirstian religious history , I was amazed to see the kind of research author has done to write this suspense novel. Infact the book’s speciality is that apart from keeping

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Last week was a wonderful week for me! I was in KolkataThis time I stayed in southern part of the city near Jadavpur. It was raining cats & dogs so we could not move out in the evening. But around 9PM we ventured out with an umbrella in hand. Not many people were on the road that time. As we moved around we found out that the entire locality was filled with no. of small clubs which are known as

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Two important things happened last weekFinally I got a broadband connectionand a digital cameraI was waiting for them for qt some time so I am really very happy!

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Festive season is approaching!Lots of holidays to enjoy and at the same time lots of project deadline to meet plus a Viva to given in Kolkata!I will not be able devote much time to this blog so updates will be slow here....

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We the humans rule the world now!What will happen when animals will take over?See for urself :)

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Continued from previous post...Channel owners knew that apart from serials they have to go for more interactive shows to keep the audience glued to their channel . So another breed of TV programming came to the forefront consisting of game shows, musical hunt contests & reality shows. The concept of most of these shows were taken from western countries.Indianised version of KBC has great Bachchan

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When it comes to television programming related to entertainment I feel that we r steadily going downhill. Before saying something about present situation let’s have a look when it all started.Unit the early eighties it was Radio in form of Vividh Bharti which ruled the roost for any sort of entertainment. At that point of time all we have in the name of entertainment on TV was a regular dose of

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Two official tours within a week!And this time I was in Bengal in the city of Durgapur! Of all the states there is something unique about its people & culture. There r so many facets of it & one of them touched me when I was going to my Hotel.It was 7.30 PM in the night when we boarded the taxi . But soon we were in the midst of two small political demonstrations coming from opposite sides

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Congrrats PUNEET ! U won comfortably :) Once u took the lead there was no looking back . Great showing dear!It was wonderful to have all of u with me for last three weeks ! I hope all of u enjoyed this quiz & now u have a fair idea about me ! My special thanks to Avik, Chutki, Divya, Don, Joyas, KL, PR, Puneet & Pari & others too for sparing ur valuable time here.

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Section –I : Movies & MusicHere are the answers for the Ist round as all of u have already participated in this round.Answers are along with name of participants who guessed it correctly !1. D (None)The first movie which I saw with my friends in a cinema hall when I was 18 years old.Quite odd naa that’s why none of u got it right :)Chutki : Class mein gana gane ka matlab ye to nahin ki picture

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This part of Quiz was not planned as such!Thx to Puneet & Divya I have to only say some true & false facts about me to finish this tooo... long Quiz :) :)So all the guys & gals get ready for taking the last shot at me.All u have to do is to find out five true & five false facts about me!Choose the answers with care becoz this is the last chance to improve ur rankings :)41. My favourite colour

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31.I love to travel. Out of all these places I have visited, the one which I have enjoyed the most isA DarjeelingB GoaC AndmaansD Pokhra (Nepal)32 There is this city which is situated along side river Ganges. The bridge not only covers the river but also crosses through part of a city. I always love to observe this whenever I happen to be on that route.There is this

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Hurrah ! great day for indian sports :)Sania brushed aside her opponent 7-6, 6-4 even with 50 unforced errors to reach pre quaters of US Open! Oh gosh!Well done Sania u r proving beyond doubt that u r not just hype but a real talent!I hope u will be more consistent with ur service & try to reduce the no of avoidable loose shots u made today. Becoz with these type of errors u will be in difficult

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Wishing u a wonderful B’Day dear :)!Though Chutki joined our favourite forum a year ago! It was only in last six months I came to know her personally.So Chutki I want to take u back to the days when u joined Bahas!After reading ur initial sharings I could gather that u have similar taste of poetry as ours..And within few days u became such a fan of DON that one day DON asked meManish tell me

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No body can forget about her Alma Mater In fact most of the questions in this section are related to my engg. days. I came out from my college as a diff person.I hope all of u will score much more in this section than previous oneI plan to give answers of all the 50 questions after u have gone through them.So one can post reply to any section anytime even if he/she has joined later on. So here I

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11. When I was in class I–a fellow student whose seat was adjacent to me lost 50 paise coin. She thought that I have taken it so she told me to say Vidya Kasam (taking oath by the name of lordesss Sarswati ! figure out what I have done then?A.) I refused becoz I have taken it.B.) I lied & gladly took that oath . Then during tiffin time straight way went to pheriwala (street hawker) to buy some

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So here I am with my first section that is music & movies! Some tips :)Don’t overstress ur mind. Because even if u know me a bit most of the time u have to make a wild guess to answer these questions! Let’see who’s guesses are on target?1. The first movie which I saw with my friends in a cinema hall when I was…years oldA. 12B. 14C. 16D. 182. The only movie I have seen twice in a theatreA.

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So nothing extraordinary happening in lifeWork work & more work….:(How to keep this blog alive?So I thought to get Quizzical .I invite all my blog frens participate in this new quiz, it will help u to know me better. And in this question and answer mode it will be more entertaining for me & u too!The quiz will be in different section.. All u have to do is to reply with question no & the

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Do you think Mathematics can solve ur day to day problem! U don't think so! Go through this proof..... he he :) and chances are that if u r from male species u will identify the root cause of the problem :)

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Hi Frens!Down with ViralBlame it on season…Or the widely circulating capacity of the virus…Finally it has got me !Still struggling to find my bearingsHope to recover fully by weekend :)

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U must have played Dumb Charade some time or other in ur life!Imagine the game is about identifying a city and the word given to u isCapital of Thailand i.e. Bangkok!So how do u go about it :)No clues ! Then click below :)http://flickr.com/photos/48936384@N00/28525961/STATUTARY WARNING : Open this pic at ur own risk! :)

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Hmmm so back here after long time!but there was not hing special to write abt!9-6.45 officesome time to family& finally internet.. & my countdown show going on my Hindi blogSo when I saw this joke floating in my mailbox I thought to share with u all!Here are some of the funniest matramonial advertisements which are posted by funniest persons. Interested candidates who are seeking more funniest

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No no Sania Mirza has nothing to do with Parineeta hee hee :) but they made two of my evenings in the last week memorable.Firstly Sania played an exciting game against world no. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsowa & matched her stroke for stroke playing some great tennis on Wimbledon center court. Last time an Indian featured on center court in singles event was the great Vijay Amritraj who defeated French

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After a gap of so many years we went to see a movie in a cinema hall.It was my second attempt to see the movie! In my first outing I have to leave the hall midway during interval to catch the night train! And I was happy to do that...So my second visit to Bunty & Babli was without any expectation. With a script going haywire the only Paisa Wasoolwas the 5 min entry of sooooooooo sweeeeet Ash in

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......Not every love match is similarly doomed. There are enough marriages based on great romance. Marriages that have survived all attempts to ruin them. Couples who have battled tremendous odds to be together—religious problems, caste problems, class problems, too. Yet, I fear the vulgarization of the entire love-marriage phenomenon. At least some of the blame for this has to be shared by

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The worst thing about a love marriage that ends up on the rocks is that parents get all huffy and judgemental. ‘We told you it wouldn’t work. Did you listen? We knew he wasn’t the right person. Now look where you are.’ Parents in such a situation do have a point. But they also need to rise above their own feelings of outrage and false pride and provide much needed empathy to a child who has made

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Now that my exams are over I am back in business of Blogging.:)We r in midst of a really hot hot summer with temperatures touching 43 degree C with added humidity! I travelled a lot due to my official preoccupations criss crossing boundaries of Bengal, Jharkhand & Orissa during last two weeks !And while coming back i saw an interesting spectacle. Just when my train was passing over a river I saw

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Its exam time folks!So I have to interupt this thread in the middle!Only after 28th my blogging activity will return to its normal.and then we will talk about marriages in the context of indian society in detailBYE TILL THEN!

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///In Mumbai, too, more and more children of parents I know are leaving it to mom and dad to look for the right alliance. ‘My mother knows me better than I know myself,’ a young man confessed, ‘I trust her judgement. My dad has seen the world, he has more experience. They know what’s good for me.’ And these are guys in their mid-thirties, who have studied in foreign universities, dated a few

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....I often ask my father what he thinks are the two basic factors that made his marriage a success. He always gives me the same answer: ‘character and abiding love’. With these comes the rest of the package. It helped, of course, that my father flipped for my mother’s looks at first glance. But what about her? Did she have a choice in the matter? He insists she did and that nobody could have

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......My father recalls his first encounter with my mother with a wry smile, so many decades later. He describes each stage as if it happened last week. How his eldest brother asked to see the ‘girl’ in broad daylight, and insisted on her displaying a bit of her ankles too! This was to make sure my mother was not lame, had no deformities in her lower limbs that a flowing nine-yard saree could

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While browsing on the net I came across with the writings of Shobha De. Though she is not my favourite novelist, I found the topic quite closer to my heart. I remember those days when in college we discussed at great length on pros and cons of Arranged and Love marriages. So i thought why not throw the issue open to u all out there! But before that lets read what Mrs De has to say on this......I

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