Month: December 2015

Crush: A Definition

December 30, 2015September 10, 2023

It’s called a crush
because you’re crushed by the weight of FEELING
taking up room that oxygen is supposed to occupy inside you.

The New Indians: 30-Something Ex-Somethings

December 25, 2015September 4, 2023

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Visits: 0There is a new breed of people out there and they are a helluva lot better to be around than the others. They are the 30-something war veterans of relationships. They are divorcees. They’ve lived in without marriage and borne the backlash from family, landlords, friends and service people….

Poetry

The Vigilante Poet

December 17, 2015September 17, 2023

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Visits: 0Time zoomed byleft behind a smoking trailand skidmarks only I could see Nobody cared when I saidI’d been a victim of a drive-by shooting,Love in the driver’s seat So I stemmed my bleeding with paperTurned poetry into paper planesAnd sent them flying everywhere I saw the rogues appear One…

IdeaSmith on Notes From The Newly Diagnosed – Depressed & Anxious: “@Ideafan: I’m sorry to hear about your health issues. I haven’t looked at ANA so far but I’m tracking several…”
IdeaSmith on Notes From The Newly Diagnosed – Depressed & Anxious: “@Ranjan: Hello old blogger friend, it does feel wise to focus on self-love instead of looking outward for saviours and…”
IdeaSmith on ANNAPOORANI: What The Film & Right-Wing Got Wrong On Caste: “@Kunal: So much. I haven’t heard anyone speak of it in the last two months though so I guess their…”
IdeaSmith on ANNAPOORANI: What The Film & Right-Wing Got Wrong On Caste: “Thank you for bringing the concept of ‘Mary Sue’ to my reckoning. It’s a perfect encapsulation of this awful character.…”
Ideafan on Notes From The Newly Diagnosed – Depressed & Anxious: “Welcome back ideasmithy! I too don’t have the energy to check online blogs these days after being hit by possible…”
Ranjan on Notes From The Newly Diagnosed – Depressed & Anxious: “Hello fellow traveller, a song that helps me when I am in a rabbit hole is: “Ek Pyaar ka nagma…”
Ari.R.K.Piispanen on The Kindness Of Strangers: “To recognize the Creator within ourselves is to awaken to the inherent divinity that resides within each and every being.…”
Anu on Thank God: Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid & Bombay Riots: “Gosh I remember this poem so well…I recall hearing it sometime during the pandemic. Such a vivid portrait (I feel…”
Jay on ANNAPOORANI: What The Film & Right-Wing Got Wrong On Caste: “This post is entirely on point, has a proper hard look at the underlying topics, echoes what I had thought…”
Kunal on ANNAPOORANI: What The Film & Right-Wing Got Wrong On Caste: “Good article… terrible movie and borderline bad takes on caste and religion. I guess they were trying to make everyone…”

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