Bear with my irregularity dear iLites. I have been busy lately.
Here is the quiz for this week. Find out who this personality is ?

1. Her mother is Irish and Father is Bengali.

2. She is an active Blue Cross member cum activist.

3. She was very popular as an actress in tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies.

4. She was the heroine in the first Indian speechless/ dialogue-less movie.

5. She is also a Bharathnatyam Dancer by profession....

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How many of you prefer branded goods to normal ones ?

I think for most of us, we are selective. For somethings, we are particular about brand, the rest anything is fine.

Here is what I read about Designer brand in Eckhart Tolle's book the "New Earth".

"Designer Brands are identity enhancers, enhancer of false identity. If everybody could buy branded stuff, they will lose their psychological value. What remains is the material value (monetary...

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For past 3 days I have been missing my family back in India. There have been weddings, thread ceremonies one after another. I am blessed with a wonderful BIG family. I was wishing that with advanced technologies, what if I could be a part of ceremony at-least virtually.

With things like Wi-Fi (Something like mobile broadband) and high broadband speeds one should be able to transfer even videos. A live update of events. Video conference facility is given by many providers, but it s like...

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Here is something I wanted to share with you all. It's about reading blogs of others.

When I find the title interesting, I try not to see who has written it. After reading I may or may not relate it to her previous posts.

This way I read without any bias. I don't know if the person who has posted is old or young, married or unmarried. I don't know her interests or her style of writing..

It's not that I have been trying this. It was a new idea that flashed in...

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1. The building had a style that combines elements of Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles.

2. Symmetry with respect to the center on either side is a matter of awe in this building.

3.The walls of this monument were covered with precious stones and gems which were plundered later.

4. It was built with 20000 artisans in 22years with 35 million rupees.'

5. There have been controversies that it was not a muslim tomb, but a...

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There was a nice thought I came across while watching Oprah's Live web event about what religion to follow. I wanted to share it here with my fellow iLites.

For ages temples, vedas, churches decide on what should an individual born in this religion should and should not do. What is right and wrong for him/her. What should he/she seek in life. What procedures they should follow in day to day life etc etc.

In modern day, with so much exposure and interaction, we come across...

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Dear ILs, let's try this. I ll start a story. Let's build it together. Get your creative juices flowing. Since we are doing this for the first time, let me know, if it's difficult to build on. I have written it randomly to start with.

So here goes the story.



She was all of it. A mother, a wife, a career woman and a wonderful daughter. She was no lesser than a man when it came to her work, aggressive and focussed with a soft touch of woman. With a supportive...

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Yes the news is out. The universities are vying for Asian and Middle eastern Markets. The famous among them include NYU, Carnegie Mellon, UMich and TAMU.

The advantages being
- Greater students pool and hence more money.
- Availability of Resources like faculty and skill sets
- From students side, no culture shock, no heavy expenses etc

Demerits
-US taxpayers may not be able to pay the government for researches carried out elsewhere.
- US competitiveness...

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White chocolate Raspberry truffle !!!!

That's it's name. My husband is so fond of it, that when we buy it, only HE eats it . He protects it like he would protect his child/pet.

The bad news is I like it too , but as always, I play mind games with my own self. I do not buy ice-cream for myself thinking, that way, I will never have one ( towards my weight loss attempts).

It was 2 in the night. After reading a book for sometime, I had a sweet-craving, an extreme...

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Aah the movie is thrilling and I am eagerly waiting for the climax. But "tcha" that's when they put a long string of ads.

Back in 90s, DD was the only channel and there were lesser ads. Mahabharath or Ramayan or other old shows used to continue for 30 mins un-interrupted. We used to sit before TV, finish watching it and go back to our daily chores. There were selected quality shows for everyone children, adults, grandma and grandpas.

Late nineties witnessed the...

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