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এক কথায়

I was just able to finalize the settings of my Bengali blog, called Ek Kothai (এক কথায়). For those unfamiliar with the language, it means, "in short" or "in one word". Please visit or bookmark it -- I wish to make that my own Twitter, to record the snippets from my life.

Also, you might need to hit Control-Plus a few times to get it to a readable font size.

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  1. aaha... created your own version of twitter so that people shouldn't follow :P

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  2. Manasa, exactly the opposite idea... people may follow and I should get to write in Bengali.

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  3. hi!

    was blog hopping and I found yours....needless to say your name drew me closer since I did have a friend by the same name and have been trying to trace her for a long time...ur post threfore was bang on for more reasons than what u mentioned :)

    know what the chat room scene is something i have done to hilarious results too...ur post almost tempts me to try again...

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  4. Pinku, hey, and welcome onboard! Closer now, are we? :P Hope you find your friend, and hey, maybe being Mr. Pinkerton on the blog space might help your friend find you! :)

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