diwakarraghavan

@diwakarraghavan (76)

India • Age 39

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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what!?!?!?!!?

LilyoftheThorns @LilyoftheThorns (12918) • United States 24 Jan 10

I am working on an article right now about the most notorious serial killers, and I had to stop! I just got done reading about "The Monster of the Andes" and I could not believe what I was reading! I'm not going to go into his...

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diwakarraghavan its a difficult question to answer but i will try! well let me first say something ... politicians who play power games with people and create all kinds of communal riots among people ,they are the ones who should be sentenced to death..not the person whom u...

24 Jan 10

The best Browser

stand87 @stand87 (664) • Bulgaria 24 Jan 10

Which is the best browsers for you? Do you use mozilla or chrome? Or maybe you're using Microsoft's Internet Explorer? I use google chrome. The reason - it's the fastest for my computer. I also like the design and the options of...

browser internet explorer google chrome mozilla

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diwakarraghavan i am always for mozilla! chrome is a gr8 browser no doubt but i am still not comfortable with it... the reason i go for firefox is dat it has got awesome personalisation options and the add-ons are available for literally any function.it has got so many...

24 Jan 10

What social networking sites are you on ?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 13 Oct 09

I must admit that I am a frequent visitor of social networking sites in particular Tagged .I primarily visits those sites for talking and I have met some really wonderfull people on them ,friends who will be so for life .I have...

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diwakarraghavan i am on orkut and facebook... my main aim to be on these sites is to get in touch with my old friends and i have been very successful in doing so....orkut has been a boon to me as i have found lots of my old friends after many years of searching.on the othere...

14 Oct 09

Do you call your parents name or do you allow your children call your name?

sblossom @sblossom (2168) 30 Aug 09

Yesterday I was invited to visit a couple who have two children. We had very good time when I stayed in their home. However I noticed their children called their names at home. I was a little surprised. To me it’s not normal in my...

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diwakarraghavan well i have never called my father names... i mean call my father by name nor my mother for that matter but i have friends who do.... i feel that it is not a question of whether it is a practice in our respective countries or not but it is a question of...

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How to repay our parents?

vingyan06 @vingyan06 (2486) • Malaysia 27 Aug 09

we are all thankful for bringing up by our parents. Do you think of how tough for your parents to bring you up, and maybe not only you yourself, and also your siblings too. Many parents put their kids in the first priority, give...

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diwakarraghavan first of all the very notion of repaying your parents is illogical! when is save money i save it for me... when i become a parent i would probably save it for my kids and family and when i do that i wont be thinking about how i will get back the money from...

28 Aug 09

Finding A Replacement For Harry Potter

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 27 Aug 09

We are still in the Harry Potter era, but only just, with all the books finished and just two films left to show, do you think that there will be a big void which Harry Potter will leave once the 8th film has been shown at the...

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diwakarraghavan dude ! you into japanese anime? there are some really good stuff there.. and its not like they are planning to finish them anytime sooner... animes like naruto and bleach are nearly as good as harry potter and if i am not wrong they do actually borrow a lot...

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Women Remaining Unmarried & Men Remaining Unemployed The Biggest Embarrassment?

preethaanju @preethaanju (3000) • India 28 Aug 09

IN many societies around the world, unmarried women are looked down upon. She doesnt quiet get the same respect as those who are married. She on her part develops an inferiority complex and starts to shun social gatherings and...

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diwakarraghavan well in india the age old stereotype of looking at men as childbearing machines and men as bread earners has still not changed, preetha! so as long as this attitude is there unmarried women will be looked down upon and jobless men will be ostracized.....but...

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Hating GOD . .. . Have you ever felt this way?

dorisday1971 @dorisday1971 (5657) • Philippines 27 Aug 09

While I was on board a bus on my way home, an elderly man sat beside me. Since our travel took us an hour and half, we had a long conversation about his life. When I asked about his wife, I saw a very sad man in his face. He...

god

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diwakarraghavan well i myself am a non believer.... and all non believers out there will have a reason such as the old man... surely it will make sense only to them ... or us as i am one of them... but i do acknowledge the fact that believing something baselessly and...

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What do you think about the current education system in your place?

Sreekala @Sreekala (34312) • India 26 Aug 09

Hi friends, Education is a great subject to discuss but here I am not explaining anything but asking some questions and I would like to know your answers. Do you think the education system in your place is challenging or...

system of education

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diwakarraghavan hi sree, i am from tamilnadu and i have to say that indian system of education really sucks... the state boards are useless ....they dont teach the kids anything.. all kids are encouraged to do is learn things by heart and if iam to put it in the indian way...

26 Aug 09

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Are you easy or hard to live with?

DCLehnsherr @DCLehnsherr (1037) 25 Aug 09

I have to admit that I am probably classed as hard to live with. I am a nice tidy person, but I value my alone time very highly and in the past used to be quite hard to live around, especially when I was stressed because of...

are you easy or hard to live with

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diwakarraghavan i would probably classify myself as easy to live with simply because of the fact that i dont have lots of quirks associated with me.... i am not really particular in keeping my stuff in very particular places and do not worry myself much about the issues of...

26 Aug 09

Is Being An Emotional Person Bad?

preethaanju @preethaanju (3000) • India 25 Aug 09

Somebody on Mylot accused me of being an emotional person. I stopped for a while to think, if that was bad, to be emotional. Emotions like anger,love, ,jealousy,desires,greed, affections etc are found mostly in human beings. May...

bad

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diwakarraghavan having emotions and being emotional are two different things... a emotional person is a threat to everyone... it is definitely a bad quality to possess .. but i dont really think it is wise for anyone to judge you because of your responses here... so my first...

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I am ready for a new trend on TV...what will it be, I wonder?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 25 Aug 09

The reality show trends and the talent shows and such are becoming tiresome for me, as they seem to have them on nearly every channel every night. I am ready for a new trend! Are you also ready for a new trend...

what do you want to see on tv

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diwakarraghavan i dont think or i dont hope what it will be... but i want this to happen... there area lot of good books out there which have not been made into proper adaptations into the movie format.. i have never been happy with the harry potter movies because they are...

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I don't know if I will have a boyfriend in the morning :(

Breelyn @spicysweetie21 (2572) • United States 26 Aug 09

A few hours ago, my boyfriend and I had a fight and it went into him ripping into me for having a bad credit score, and not having a job for so long. Well after that, my cat got outside and I couldn't find him, he is an inside...

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diwakarraghavan i have been in this sort of situations a lot before when i say a lot of unnecessary things to my gf and regret it later... in the heat of the fight it jus does not come naturally to take things easy... the question is is this the first time this is happening?...

26 Aug 09

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Does change bother you or is it 'just life' to you?

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 26 Aug 09

I'm not talking about coins, I'm talking about events or things. I got into it with somebody yesterday (not somebody here) about the fact that I DON'T like change. I don't. Unless I caused it, it doesn't set well with me,...

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diwakarraghavan i am all for change... because science has taught me that with change comes adpatability... and without change life can become monotonous. change come in any form.. sometimes you may not even notice the change ... and sometimes it may be very much hyped like...

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Do you have anyone in your family that you have to choose your words carefully w

babyangie27 @babyangie27 (5176) • United States 25 Aug 09

Like you have to walk on egg shells with? Or you have to learn to change the subject quickly in order to stop a fight? Maybe you have to do that with your child? Say someone says :oh we are going to a birthday party this...

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diwakarraghavan yup to a lot of questions about my family the answer seems to be my father... it seems like my world of misery is the earth and my father is the sun around which my misery revolves... i dont share any particularly fun relationship with him and whatever fun...

25 Aug 09

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two and a half and a terror

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 24 Aug 09

Have you ever has occasion to take care of a small child whose parents claim is totally a terror? Have you noticed that as soon as the parents leave, the child becomes not an angel but close? This is going on at our house right...

taking care of kids

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diwakarraghavan children are delicate creatures and childhood is something to be treasured.... i understand your concern but it takes time for a child to bring out its full character when in presence of new people.. also if kids cant be themselves now when can they? before...

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why is there an age difference between groom and bride in indian marriages

diwakarraghavan @diwakarraghavan (76) • India 25 Aug 09

say wat? why do we indians have marriages where there is a lot of age diffeence between the groom and bride.. say like seven to eight years....though there are lots of reasons given out i want a discussion so dat all of the...

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diwakarraghavan i am from tamilnadu and yes the age difference has gone down considerably but still on average i would say it is 4-5.....

25 Aug 09

Have you ever liked someone who was totally wrong for you?

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 25 Aug 09

Have you ever had a crush on someone who was completely not your usual type? Who you knew was totally wrong with you? I really like this guy (and have for quite some time) and although we're friends, we are so completely wrong...

crush

people

relationships

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diwakarraghavan there was this girl i had a huge crush on in school... well the problem was not that i fell for her even though she was not my type... the problem is i thought that she was my type and even when the fire alarms went on i ignored the warnings.... i really got...

25 Aug 09

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