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| Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...
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| 10:45 | 20/Aug/2007 |
| This Rolling Stone...Gathered a lot of M... | |
| It’s strange how a seemingly innocuous event can set the ball rolling and change our lives. It all started with a wedding card that I brought up from the mail-box a year and a half ago. My father-in-law read it, pondered over it casually and asked my hubby, “Anna, isn’t this Umesh the same as Gania’s brother? The family name is the same too.” And ...
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| 17:37 | 17/Jun/2007 |
| Words Worth??? | |
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| Its just words…… Words......have the tremendous power to make or break, relationships of all kinds., “He said this to me or I said that to him, He makes me feel so good when he compliments me and he hurts me so much when he shouts at me or hurls abuses at me”. All words, said by the other person to us and from us to them with the intent of hurting ...
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| 20:41 | 1/Jun/2007 |
| I am Alive | |
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| Hi Friends, I am putting up this song once again, but this tiime with its mp3 file. So enjoy all you Celine Dion fans and others too."I'm Alive"Mmmmm ... Mmmmm ...I get wings to flyOh, oh ... I'm alive ... YeahWhen you call on meWhen I hear you breatheI get wings to flyI feel that I'm aliveWhen you look at meI can touch the skyI know that I'm alive...
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| 20:36 | 31/May/2007 |
| Katra Katra Milti Hain | |
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| This is one of my long time favourite songs, it is an unusual song. The credit for this first upload goes to my dearest friend SHYAMA. Love you loads.......Katra Katra Milti Hain Katra Katra Jeene Do Zindagi hain...Zindagi Hain Behne do... Pyaasi hu main pyaasi rehne do rehne do naaaakal bhi to kuch aisa hi hua thaneend mein thi tumne jo chhua thag...
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| 22:35 | 20/May/2007 |
| My Trip to The Corbett National Park | |
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| A trip in the jungles of Jim Corbett National ParkWe left from our friend's home in New Delhi at 6.25 in the morning on 21st of April, to reach Ramnagar, the basetown of Jim Corbett National Park (JCNP), from where we have to collect our reservation and booking receipts. We reached there around 12ish and after the formalities were over we had lunch...
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| 11:29 | 28/Apr/2007 |
| Thanks A Million, Friends! | |
| Hello Everybody! We are holidaying in the Uttarakhand presently and so am off the iland for a brief while.Some of my friends Like Shyama Menon, Savita Dutta and Cpyder reached out and informed me that I had been oin the iland front page. I would like to thank them all deeply for this. And I want to let them know that they all mean a lot to me, espe...
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| 00:02 | 16/Apr/2007 |
| Friends for Life……… | |
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| Friends for Life One thing that I really value in life is the company of good friends. Good genuine friends, who will, God willing, turn out to be friends for life, friends who care and this I have learnt from the time I was knee high. Right from the time I became aware of my world, I have known them. They have always been part of our life. The fiv...
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| 20:14 | 26/Mar/2007 |
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| Gifting a little happiness............. A couple of years ago, my hubby was offered a special fare trip on the Superstar Libra, the luxury yacht, by one of the people that we publish a bulletin for. Of course I was ecstatic. Always wanted to spend a night on a ship and when this was offered at such a good price, the temptation was a little too much...
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| 21:06 | 23/Mar/2007 |
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| "I'm Alive"Mmmmm ... Mmmmm ...I get wings to flyOh, oh ... I'm alive ... YeahWhen you call on meWhen I hear you breatheI get wings to flyI feel that I'm aliveWhen you look at meI can touch the skyI know that I'm aliveWhen you bless the dayI just drift awayAll my worries dieI'm glad that I'm aliveYou've set my heart on fireFilled me with loveMade me...
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| Janam Tapit... | 16:36 | 7/Jul/2008 |
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| Kareena Kapoor is Responsible for Inflat... |
| Inflation has reached 11.6% ad is likely to touch 13% soon say the experts. Who is responsible for this run away inflation? I blame Kareena Kapoor in a large way. I am sure you will say “What Kareena Kapoor? Are you mad? How can she be responsible for the inflation?” But I say “Yes Kareena Kapoor and others like her are in a large way re...
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| amit goel | 13:53 | 8/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (51)
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| Hum kahan jaa rahen hain ? |
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| In the previous 12 months there has been unprecedented rise in the costs of international raw materials and agricultural inputs and produce. It is just not crude petroleum that has gone up two times, the upswing in fertiliser and its raw materials is much more steep and baffling. Sulphur, the key input for phosphatic fertiliser has gone up 10 times...
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| Ramesh Menon | 10:06 | 10/Jul/2008 |
| Friends: (146)
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| Smile smile smile, One more time, It's a... |
| Smile smile smile, One more time, It's a bright Bright BRIGHT sunshine day It is not an easy job to write something readable keeping the curiosity and continuity of elements. It is equally or more not easy to capture the attention of genuine readers and casual readers and passive browsers. You all know it well as I have tested it too well. Welcome ...
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| stardust | 08:46 | 20/Apr/2008 |
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| o what fun it is to SIN |
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| hiiiiiiiiii U guys must be wondering where I had disappeared!Ii had not gone anywhereI was thinking (yeah I do that once in a while )..and thinking profound thoughts ( do I hear a sneer sneer?) I was thinking of the ffffffuture..the SINS I would love to commit...I list some below1.Eat pots and pots and pans and pans of 'sinful' icecream and chocola...
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| Sandhya Suri | 21:47 | 21/Jan/2008 |
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| Wandering…The dark alleys of the mind’s deepest corridorsResounding… Crying…Grasping the folds of the silken shawl of memoriesSearching… Seeking…Truths too bitter to tell, too smattered with the bloodSpreading… Covering…Hiding the realities, the ignorant bliss of a heartless mindSalvaging… Begging…For redemption from the knowledge that defies the s...
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| sheila das | 11:06 | 9/Jun/2008 |
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| CBSE results: A mother's night ma... |
| Today the summer vacation ends and classes for standard 11 starts. For us, the most important event during the vacation was the CBSE results for 10th . Vacation started off with my daughter asking: “ My teachers think that I will be national topper. Do u think so?” I wanted to box their ears for making her tense and spoiling her vacation . ...
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| Nikhat Fatima | 21:00 | 17/Jun/2008 |
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| Commuting Experiences VI |
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| Paradise coffin Makers Another thing I never fail to observe during my commutation is the way my thoughts are suddenly drawn to death.If I am on the right side of the bus, I can see the Catholic cemetery. But most of the times I am seated on the left. And on the left side, just opposite to the cemetery in the same vicinity is a small shop with th...
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| ekantapadhika | 12:24 | 15/Jul/2008 |
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| Responding to the post by Jolly Jacob (www.blackswan.rediffiland.com), Gman (www.mussings.rediffiland.com) had pointed out that “ a very uncomfortable but hard fact of war is that, through the ages and time, it is women and children who have actually suffered the effects of war. The men have fought and gone, the women have had to ...
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| Earth Child | 14:34 | 23/Jan/2008 |
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| Sowing the seeds of a future society |
| By Ken Whitehead, Growth is MadnessCivilisation as we know it will no longer exist within 30 years. This bleak conclusion is not one I have arrived at lightly. However, wherever I look the evidence suggests that we are heading towards a major ecological breakdown which the majority of us are unlikely to survive. A number of critical environmental p...
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| anam shayar | 20:26 | 20/Dec/2007 |
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| आज सुबह उठहते ही यह गाना गुनगुनाय ;ा....किस के लिए? तुम सोचो और बत...
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| Devi | 09:47 | 9/Jul/2008 |
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| Easy-breezy Trifle |
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| This is a jat-pat dessert...if you are going to get guests without much of prior notice and don't have time and inclination for gulab-jamun then here is easy-breezy trifle. I loved the picture I took and therefore decided to post this post. The blueberries were picked from "u-pick-farm" by yours truely while husband rested under a tree. I love f...
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| Vibhuti | 10:50 | 11/Jun/2008 |
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| Mother Earth |
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| Dear Friends,Reading many things on Global Warming on iLand so here is little contribution from my side…it’s simply and even we all can do it……….yes or no??Reduce your Carbon Footprints:22 ways to make a DifferenceAT HOME:1. Use Energy Saving Light Bulbs2. Take a re-usable bag when you go shopping.3. Use public transport ...
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| nilima dahat | 00:40 | 18/Oct/2007 |
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| "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?"While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide."He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."Then, looking at his watch, he cal...
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| Deepa | 13:55 | 19/Jun/2008 |
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| Crushes - part II |
| Well, I am one of those who wear their hearts on their sleeves. And when one does that, there are plenty of interesting incidents to narrate. And mishaps too. And crushes. And the crashes that follow. Most of you might know about my first crush that crashed. This blog is about one other crush. This can’t be described as something that crashed becau...
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| Friendly Ghost | 12:02 | 9/May/2008 |
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| Our world is coming unravelled |
| I'm continually amazed by a kind of public blindness to the obvious realities around us. I don't want to go into details, arguments, justifications etc. because they obscure the big picture. I don't want to talk about global warming, unsustainable growth, extinction of species etc. because they seem like distant theoretical stuff to us.I'm stating ...
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| A S | 21:53 | 23/Jun/2008 |
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| Am off to Bangalore |
| Well folks, i am off to Bangalore tomorrow. I take off at the unearthly hour of 7.50 a.m. which means that i have to leave my house at 6.30, while all of you'll are busy snoozing!! :(I will be in Bangalore all of this week. (Come back on sat morning) and though i already have way too many outstation friends a few more can not hurt. :) so anyone w...
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| Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008 |
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| EMOTIONS |
| Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...
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| Aparna B | 17:41 | 1/Jul/2008 |
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| And how it POURED today...Last month on this same date, I was lamenting the heat of summer and eagerlyawaiting the onset of the rainy season...Today, I am smiling and humming to myself as I look out of my office window...My very own friendly neighborhood hills are verdant green... lush grass, bushes,and trees with their squeaky clean washed wet loo...
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| meena sundar | 16:05 | 14/Jul/2008 |
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| Thank you god for your kindness at last! |
| Losing someone is not that easySeeing them sufferingSeeing them cryAll makes our heart tear apart We feel uselessWe feel desperateTrying our hands on every possible wayTo keep them comfortable We know they are going to dieBut we careAnd we pray, For two things…. Let them live peacefullyOn the other hand, take them immediatelyBcoz we can’t stan...
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| Vikas Tripathi | 11:10 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Oh Rajni! |
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| Sorry folks, a bit tied up these days; work, travel and all. Nothing new to post, just an old mail forward. It’s a humble tribute to the great Rajnikant. Hats off the true Rajni fan who complied this list of His achievements.• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.• Outer space exists because it's a...
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| savita dutta | 23:18 | 7/Jul/2008 |
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| http://watch.windsofchange.net/pics/woun ded_girl.jpg The burnt soul They brought me screaming hereScorched, singed fleshBlistering, burnt, woundsFestering fecund pus The doctors gathered”Curious case”, was I”A moneyed maniac”, they saw,”Sick suicidal mind” they said“A potential potboiler”they hummed ”Emergency!” they shouted All rushed with respe...
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| Saakshee I | 08:34 | 31/Jan/2008 |
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| A brief time as a Coquette |
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| Nothing new to pen so dredging up an old one for ya’ll from my teendom. How I almost became a coquette and got sucked into the lives of BB and her hubby.. My mom’s pal BB (BIG take your pick for the second B) had a problem she has a hubby who loves her deeply. But BB just tolerated him. His show of love irritated her no end- but luckily for her he ...
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| Shyama Menon | 13:12 | 28/Apr/2008 |
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| Sree-Bhajji and a few reactions... |
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| The mallus today are a confused lot! The men in particular are perplexed, dumbfounded even to see their poster boy of aggression, Sreesanth, weep like a baby on the IPL ground. I suspect some of them feel exposed ...a little emasculated collectively, maybe. Now don’t kill me guys I’m nothing but an observer! :D Is this the real macho mallu? A sobbi...
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| deepdesires ... | 18:41 | 2/Jun/2008 |
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| Michael BispingIntroduction: Michael Bisping is a British Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) from Lancashire. Presently he fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and Cage Rage light heavyweight champion. Michael Bisping was born at a British military base in Cyprus in 1979...
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| Giftson SJ | 00:13 | 17/Jan/2008 |
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| City: Tirunelveli (stationed: Lagos, NIGERIA)
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| Tamilnadu (MORAL) Police...... |
| Helloo...my beloved Ilandmates, I think so far 2008 is going gr8 for all of you......but not for many...like this poor starlet "Shriya".The beginning of 2008 has carried along the controversy of "Moral Policing" one witnessed in the past....and the poor female-celebrities being a soft target.The only new thing about the current controversy is...its...
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| Ramesh R | 10:29 | 13/Jul/2008 |
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| My visit to Bangkok and Chiang Mai |
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| It was after 6 long years that I went back to Thailand on a holiday. Sitting inside the Kochi airport, I could already recollect the smell of Kao Pat Kai and Tom Yam Kung that I had so long ago. It even got my mouth watering. This time I had planned not to spend my time just in Bangkok alone but also to go to some part of Thailand that I had never ...
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| smiling fool | 21:42 | 14/May/2007 |
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| shivani narula | 13:41 | 11/Jul/2008 |
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| THE CONFINEMENT.. |
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| The confinement….IThe alleys of her mind were darker than the chamber she was locked in. Non stop moving images running like anincomprehensible movie, screaming, scattering rays of bizarre colours blindingher with their sheen and leaving her alone suddenly in the dark only to reappear. The play of images-- theimages of memories in the deep dark a...
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| Cpyder Graphix | 20:43 | 12/Dec/2007 |
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| Hello iLanders, after a long time I present to you three of my pics that I shot in last two months. Hope you will like them. Waiting for your comments... - CpyderGraphix
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| Prachi Sameer | 13:16 | 23/May/2008 |
| Friends: (240)
| City: Mind n Music!
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| You Said! |
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| Oh My Lord…You said… “Now may every living thing,Young or old, Weak or strong, Living near or far, Known or unknown, Living or departed or yet unborn….May every living thing… Be full of bliss…” Oh Lord….You also lead us towards Freedom… Freedom from Hatred…Freedom from Guilt…Freedom from Slavery… from Illwill… from Vengeance… And You fill our hea...
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| Tinkerbell | 12:36 | 5/May/2008 |
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| Raindrops keep fallin on my head... |
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| boomp3.comRaindrops keep fallin' on my headAnd just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bedNothin' seems to fitThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'So I just did me some talkin' to the sunAnd I said I didn't like the way he got things doneSleepin' on the jobThose raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'But the...
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| MileSur Mera... | 15:44 | 7/Nov/2007 |
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| Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan |
| Tum Bin Jaau Kahaan, Ke Duniyaa Mein AakeKuchh Na Phir Chaahaa Kabhii Tumako Chaahake, Tum Bin ...Dekho Mujhe Sar Se Kadam Tak, Sirf Pyaar Hoon MainGale Se Lagaalo Ke Tumhaaraa Beqaraar Hoon MainTum Kyaa Jaano Ke Bhatakataa PhiraaMaiin Kis Galii, Tumako Chaah Ke ...Ab Hai Sanam Har Mausam, Pyaar Ke KaabilPadii Jahaan Chhaaon Hamaarii, Saj Gayii Ma...
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