garimabatra

@garimabatra (58)

India • Age 39

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Just do it!!!

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R a c i s m !!

tanujbhargava @tanujbhargava (310) • India 13 Feb 07

Before saying anything .. I would like you all to witness this situation.. The Following is the scene from a flight from Johannesburg and London . . One white lady was sitting in Economy Class .. next to a BLACK man .. So...

racismblackwhite

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garimabatra Hey! There's a certain joy of sorts in the anecdote that you've introduced the discussion with! I enjoyed the applause vicariously! The bottom line is that, "RACISM sucks" and it sucks big time! And while I know, racism lurks in every corner of this so called...

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Which is your favourite book?

NAVANITA @NAVANITA (41) • India 6 Jan 07

My favourite book is Gone With The Wind and I simply love it. Which books do you like?

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garimabatra "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman an "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand are two of my most favorite ones! The World is Flat really opened many avenues for my mind muscles to stretch! The author is a genius! Ayn Rand's Fountainhead encourages me to think out...

20 Jan 07

should people keep a few secrets or should everything be out there???

irisheyes @irisheyes (4370) • United States 12 Jan 07

Seems nobody believes in keeping anything to themselves anymore. Read the topics here. Watch reality TV......Everything is out in the open and I do mean EVERYTHING. It's not just the young or the computer savy doing it. I...

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garimabatra Hey, this is something I've been wondering for quite a while now. Where do I draw the line as to let something out or not! I seem a bit confused whether people should know a certain bit about me or not; whether telling a particular thing would mean gaining...

20 Jan 07

A new bill gates

shaeen @shaeen (413) • India 27 Dec 06

Bill Gates has created the world's largest company, he is the world's richest man and he has become the biggest charitable giver in history. He may be a college drop-out and "computer geek" but rivals have often underestimated...

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garimabatra I can recall a poem I learnt in my childhood that said something about the ephemeral nature of success! I'm a die hard admirer of Bill Gates and awe at the power the man has today! It takes a lot of grit and strength and of course the talent to get where he...

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HARD WORK OR SMART WORK

rnj_786 @rnj_786 (13) • India 1 Sep 06

hey guys what do u think rewards either hard work or smart work ? do quote examples.........

hard work

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garimabatra In this day and age one has to be smart while working hard! Slogging hard and paying equal attention to the important as well as unimportant matters may not be a very good idea! Paying more attention to more important work and setting the priorities right...

20 Jan 07

How to tell if someone is lying to you by watching their eyes.

skirvy @skirvy (250) • United States 12 Jan 07

How to tell if the person you are speaking with is telling the truth or not! The basics into eye signals, what the various eye positions mean and whether the person is generally telling the truth or not. When speaking with...

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garimabatra Hey, all this is pretty interesting though I'll have to experiment and see if this really works! However, I feel that I always seem to figure out when people are honest and when they aren't! I've seen this in many cases that I'm almost always correct. But the...

20 Jan 07

how often do you wash hands before eating?

code_11 @code_11 (902) • Nigeria 14 Sep 06

I mean like after surfing do you wash your hands before eating? and thing like that.

code

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garimabatra I keep washing my hands every now and then; before meal, after meal; after combing my hair; after net surfing; after getting up from sleep; after returning home from somewhere. I don't need a reason to wash my hands!

20 Jan 07

Do you ever get tired of waiting? What are you waiting for right now?

brokentia @brokentia (10389) • United States 19 Jan 07

It seems as if I am always waiting for something even when I am busy! I find I am waiting for the washer to get done or the dryer to finally be done so I get be done with laundry already! I find I am waiting for a friend to...

life

patience

waiting

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garimabatra I'm waiting for a little bit of success in my life! I appeared for quite a lot of exams to get an admission in a good college for higher studies but I seem to be running a little out of luck, though I know success isn't too far from me. I just need to push...

20 Jan 07

What "simple things" in life do you enjoy most?

carlaabt @carlaabt (3504) • United States 19 Jan 07

I enjoy many simple things in life but I'll try to narrow it down to ten. Here goes. 1. Watching my son's face light up when he sees me after he's called for me. 2. Snuggling with my husband every night. 3. Spending all...

enjoy

life

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garimabatra Let me see how many I can list! Here goes.. 1) Sporting a smile. 2) Seeing a smile on someone else's face, maybe a kid on the street. 3) Walking at the beach. 4) Traveling. 5) Reading. 6) Watching my parents feel the pride when they talk about me or my...

20 Jan 07

September 11 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317249) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 11 Sep 20

It's hard to believe it's been 19 years since the attack on the World Trade Center. Do you remember where you were and what you were doing nineteen years ago? I was working on a book and almost finished with it. One day I will...

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garimabatra It's hard to believe it's been 19 years since the attack on the World Trade Center. Do you remember where you were and what you were doing nineteen years ago? I was working on a book and almost finished with it. One day I will publish it. Today I have much...

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Blue ray disks!

tanujbhargava @tanujbhargava (310) • India 20 Jan 07

What do you think about Blue ray disks?? These disk will have almost 45GB data capacity ! They are somewhat costlier now.. Will these disks eliminate Cds and DVDs .. ?? Let me know the pros and cons you can think of !

blue ray diskscddvd

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garimabatra Hello there! I have to admit that I didn't know much about the Blu-ray disc until you mentioned it in one of my discussions! I went through a couple of sites on the topic and after having gone through the content, I can very well say that these discs have a...

20 Jan 07

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So Good To Have Mylot

popciclecold @popciclecold (39475) • United States 12 Jul 20

There are times I am sure there are people who just wish they had a place like mylot. Some are so lonely and the stay at home orders are no helping. I remember years ago when I was a kid all we had was the grand old Opry on Sunday...

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garimabatra There are times I am sure there are people who just wish they had a place like mylot. Some are so lonely and the stay at home orders are no helping. I remember years ago when I was a kid all we had was the grand old Opry on Sunday nights. With internet, and...

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High School Reunion?

hazely @hazely (27) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

Have you ever exprienced attending your high school reunion? why do people go there? Is it because thay want to see old friends? or maybe, they out to see people who made fun of them and called them loosers during their teen age...

the revenge of the nerds

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garimabatra Hey, that's a topic I could instantly relate to and felt like contributing to the discussion at once! I have some great memories of my high school years! It's been four years since I passed out from high school and we had a reunion two years back. Two years...

20 Jan 07

What to do with MyLot Friend Requests

Ashida @Ashida (1370) • United States 19 Jan 07

I've gotten quite a few friend requests and it made me think of how ways to choose who to accept and who to deny. My rules for this are pretty simple: If I receive a friend request and the person has not responded to any...

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garimabatra Hey, I joined mylot just a few days back; it's not even been a week! I haven't received any friend requests barring one friend who is in the same college as I. So, we know each other! However I sent a friend request to a fellow who had replied to my very first...

20 Jan 07

Why do people post irrelevant replies to topics?

icjackson @icjackson (186) • United States 16 Jan 07

This is really starting to bug me... While I appreciate having a topic with 30 or 40 replies, if half of them don't really mean anything or add anything, WHAT IS THE POINT?? I mean, I know we are all trying to get paid here,...

mylot

mylotcom

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garimabatra What I'd like to add to that is, that many people don't even bother to go through the entire discussion or the few lines by the person who has started the discussion! Thus they end up contributing meaninglessly. I'd give you an example. One of the discussions...

20 Jan 07

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Eli Is Moving On To First Grade!

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (84192) • Rupert, Idaho 19 May 20

Today we had to go drop off his iPad and library books at the school...we stayed in the car and was a curbside sort of drop off. Eli's teacher came out to give him hos report card, workbook, and a bear. Said he's proud of how...

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garimabatra Today we had to go drop off his iPad and library books at the school...we stayed in the car and was a curbside sort of drop off. Eli's teacher came out to give him hos report card, workbook, and a bear. Said he's proud of how well he did and that he's now a...

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Who Likes To Walk And Where Do You Like To Walk?

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 12 Jan 07

I love to walk, and take in nature's beauty. I go to several different places. I like to walk locally, through the woods and fields, especially to the millponds, of which we have three about half a mile from here. I love the...

church bells

walking

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garimabatra Love walking! Can walk anywhere, be it the city roads or a park! On the roads there is so much to watch- the people, the places, the hoardings on the streets, etc.! A walk on the beach is pretty soothing though the city that i live in doesn't have any...

19 Jan 07

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Can you spot what is unusual with these words?

loudcry @loudcry (1043) • India 17 Jan 07

Fracedinous Annelidous Arsenious Abstemious Abstentious Facetious

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garimabatra Yeah, that's simple! As already spotted out by a few, these words have all the vowels in the right order!:)

19 Jan 07

How many languages can you speak?

ucanandlie @ucanandlie (262) • Indonesia 19 Jan 07

How many languages can you speak? just two

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garimabatra India, the country I live in, is a multilingual country and there are hundredes of different languages some of which are very similar to each other. There's little difference between a few! So if I cout all of them as different languages, I can say I can get...

19 Jan 07

Are pranks always funny?

thinkingoutloud @thinkingoutloud (6127) • Canada 18 Jan 07

I know that many people love watching tv shows where someone is caught in a joke or gag situation (from Punk'd or Just for Laughs Gags, all the way back to Candid Camera). There are "prank call" radio programs where the djs will...

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garimabatra I can stand such shows and gags until the people thee are played on are well-to-do! If pranks are played on people like a poor fruit seller or a hawker who barely has any idea of what is being done, then it is really disturbing to see how these people are made...

19 Jan 07

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