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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    How Gardening Taught Me To Think Of Death

    April 10, 2023April 19, 2025
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    Death is hard to think about. Gardening gave me a surprisingly comfortable context in which to explore it.

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    Protected: E is for Enter Here To Exit – A Feardom Tale

    April 8, 2023August 23, 2025
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    Protected: D is for Dinner With A Daayan – A Feardom Tale

    April 5, 2023August 23, 2025
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    Protected: C is for Cheeky Chudail – A Feardom Tale

    April 3, 2023August 23, 2025
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  When It’s Time For Death
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    When It’s Time For Death

    April 3, 2023October 29, 2024
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    I closed a chapter I wrote a decade ago. It is a death since I once gave it life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?

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    Protected: B is for Bare Bones – A Feardom Tale

    April 2, 2023August 23, 2025
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    Protected: A is for Ashes To Ashes – A Feardom Tale

    April 1, 2023August 23, 2025
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  Another Island: Mahim Memories
    City | Poetry | Relationships

    Another Island: Mahim Memories

    March 29, 2023April 14, 2024
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    This tiny station doesn’t feature in most Mumbai narratives but Mahim is full of the rich, unspoken connections that make this city.

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  • Kohinoor - The Mountain of Light - Indu Sundaresan
    Books | Politics & Feminism

    REVIEW: The Mountain Of Light – Who’s Really Stealing The Kohinoor?

    March 26, 2023December 16, 2023
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    Indu Sundaresan’s ‘The Mountain of Light’ left me unimpressed. The Kohinoor diamond is a sore spot for people of the Indian subcontinent.

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  Vulnerability Is Just A Place To Be In
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    Vulnerability Is Just A Place To Be In

    March 22, 2023December 29, 2023
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    Vulnerability is a magic spell drawing us into its space, that strips illusions, entices us into dancing naked with shame-free selves.

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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