<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872</id><updated>2024-09-19T07:18:43.021-07:00</updated><category term="Random Thoughts"/><category term="Personal"/><category term="Story"/><title type='text'>live life love life</title><subtitle type='html'>Random thoughts and Ramblings on anything and everything under the sun.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-3731552205266090155</id><published>2014-10-09T08:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:36:50.833-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Random Thoughts"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">


Seasons
I have been very fortunate to live in a hilly region where the seasons are more defined. You know when winter is over and spring begins. I have always been a cold lover and I thoroughly enjoy a cold winter. I am not talking about the ice and snow winters...but one where the temperature just hovers around zero. You are always wondering whether it will go below. I feel in the cold one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/3731552205266090155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/3731552205266090155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/3731552205266090155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/3731552205266090155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2014/10/seasons-i-have-been-very-fortunate-to.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-3280564663717393464</id><published>2011-04-21T03:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:32:43.801-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Random Thoughts"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">
I DO.....I DO
Those magic words that are uttered either  in haste, when you are completely handicapped by love or after months of brooding and thinking to the one introduced by your parents. Year after year that day is marked on your calendar as the day of sheer bliss or the day of the greatest mistake. In general terms it is know as Anniversary. Couples have invented the Day We Met Anniversary,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/3280564663717393464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/3280564663717393464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/3280564663717393464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/3280564663717393464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-do.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-6123645808126872121</id><published>2008-06-28T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:36:26.350-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Random Thoughts"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">
Time.Time......a concept so wonderful, a concept that has changed the very way we look at our lives, our day, our very existence. Time allows everything to be categorised, divided and arranged. To measure time we use various tools from the normal wrist watch to sophisticated chronographs. Even our body seems to have a built in clock that lets us know when the body needs anything. But time is not</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/6123645808126872121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/6123645808126872121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/6123645808126872121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/6123645808126872121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2008/06/time.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-1409515543187403766</id><published>2008-06-28T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:37:11.617-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Random Thoughts"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">


Seasons
I have been very fortunate to live in a hilly region where the seasons are more defined. You know when winter is over and spring begins. I have always been a cold lover and I thoroughly enjoy a cold winter. I am not talking about the ice and snow winters...but one where the temperature just hovers around zero. You are always wondering whether it will go below. I feel in the cold one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/1409515543187403766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/1409515543187403766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/1409515543187403766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/1409515543187403766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2008/06/seasons-i-have-been-very-fortunate-to.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-246591818607334319</id><published>2007-11-25T22:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:37:28.710-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Story"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">

M CANT CHANGEM came out onto the balcony at his usual hour...dawn and was shocked at the sight that greeted him. The compound adjacent to the building he lived in, was bursting with activity. Two massive earth moving machines had taken up position to bulldoze the unused godown and a couple of tractors were waiting to be loaded up with the rubble. M just stood there astonished.Every once in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/246591818607334319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/246591818607334319' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/246591818607334319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/246591818607334319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2007/11/m-cant-change-m-came-out-onto-balcony.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34799872.post-2821016759273923640</id><published>2007-10-03T00:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-10-09T08:37:42.376-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Personal"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">

SIMPLY MADRAS I am in an air conditioned railway car on my way to Madras, now renamed Chennai. Chennai....sounds so alien, so drab, so uninteresting. I dont know why the name had to be changed. Madras sounded so much better, so much full of character. Madras...the capital of Tamil Nadu, the city of long distances, scorching summers, strong coffee and the stinking Cooum, the city that lives in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/feeds/2821016759273923640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/34799872/2821016759273923640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/2821016759273923640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34799872/posts/default/2821016759273923640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zindagizindabad.blogspot.com/2007/10/simply-madras-i-am-in-air-conditioned.html' title=''/><author><name>rbm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172073487250585971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjucsQVili8hEoawkvCD8tvMuCCM8PrVs_hgvkPM6tZ70BiwpP7aT-lB-m3PC7MTHEJ5qAX4R737rCyBxwyzxix38lW8g3_pU0QXGFVwbPjd2K75x4zgTIBWp1sbuVe4/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>