Month: November 2009

Just Chemistry

November 26, 2009July 3, 2024

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Sex and romance and all of that may be purely chemical but well, life is a chemistry lab.

Map Of Emotion | Relationships

Falling Lessons

November 20, 2009October 5, 2023

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I had Judo lessons where they taught us to fall correctly & not hurt ourselves. How come no one ever told us about falling in love safely?

Map Of Emotion | Relationships

Trust Is A Trapeze Without A Safety Net

November 11, 2009December 4, 2024

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A friend asked me yesterday how I would feel if my boyfriend took off on a trip with my best friend. I thought for a bit and said, I trust my best friend implicitly so I think I’d feel a lot safer if my boyfriend went with her rather than…

Digital World

Connectivity and Connectedness

November 2, 2009February 25, 2025

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Are we spiralling into a world of isolation disguised as connectivity? This post is an old one but holds even truer today.

Digital World | WorkSpace

Quoted In TOI – Novelrace On Your Marks, Get Set, Write!

November 1, 2009February 25, 2025

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Yesterday marked the end of NovelRace and today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. Mahafreed Irani has written a great story in Times of India today about the two writing events. The story quotes Aditya, Samit, Vishal, Angad and me. Blogger Ramya Pandyan who is better known as Idea-smithy in…

Lizzybeth1986 on Falling Out Of Love With The Book (It Happened To Me): “I sometimes wonder if this is what some called “book fatigue” – or, like you said, the dehabilitating effects of…”
IdeaSmith on The Indian Man: A Doll That Goes “Mama”: “@TheShySaggittarian: Thank you for this comment. It takes a lot of courage and even more generosity to share such a…”
IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “@LizzyBeth: I do hope so. Gopal’s comments on my pictures were that I have the stories, I just need to…”
IdeaSmith on Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix): “@LizzyBeth: I’m glad you did! Curating the consumption experience this way (food, audio, screen, music etc.) takes the conversation forward,…”
TheShySagittarian on The Indian Man: A Doll That Goes “Mama”: “@theidea-smithy I accidentally came across this, and it resonated deeply because I’ve experienced something similar. I was once married to…”
Lizzybeth1986 on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “I love these shots you took so much, and I think one of the reasons why is because a lot…”
Lizzybeth1986 on Food & Gender Politics in Asia: BUTTER – Asako Yuzuki, CHHAUNK – Abhijit Banerjee, PERFECT MATCH (Netflix): “Loved this post! I do love deep dives into food writing that explore it not as just a site of…”
IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “@Gopal: Thank you so much and for visiting my blog again too! It’s a lovely throwback to the days when…”
Gopal on The Feels This Week: Going Fishing: “The images look lovely on the blog. The mobile screen was too small. ”
IdeaSmith on How We Treat People Is How We’re Feeling Inside: “@ideafan: I don’t think boundaries are supposed to feel transactional or timed. But a lot of people do it that…”

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