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  I Style!: Moustache Ro!
    Pop Culture

    I Style!: Moustache Ro!

    August 31, 2012February 25, 2025
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    If it’s been awhile since my last I Style! spotting, it’s because you people are just not being adventurous in what you wear!! But I guess what makes this fun is how a surprise might be waiting around any corner, any minute (oh, I really must carry that camera around…

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  Healing Heart
    Map Of Emotion

    Healing Heart

    August 27, 2012April 14, 2024
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    Unfollowed him today. It felt like the right time and way to do it. I let go of my hurt with great difficulty. Today was that day, though, and I’m not going to feel stupid about it. It may seem sad and pathetic that I feel the need to chronicle…

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    Who’s Your Daddy?

    August 20, 2012March 30, 2025
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    As much as I complain about autorickshaws, I can’t deny they certainly improve the stuck-in-traffic experience. ‘If ur bad, I am ur dad.’

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    Confessional

    August 20, 2012March 24, 2023
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    Because I’m in a rare confessional mood and it’s past midnight and I can’t think of anything great to say or I’ve said so much of it in my earlier posts today and I’m saving it up for the week. Or because I’ve just read Thought Catalog and a healthy…

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    55ers win over Culture Shoq’s Big Mic Vol.12

    August 19, 2012February 25, 2025
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    So I was at Culture Shoq’s Big Mic at IBar the Monday before last. And for the first time, I actually won. :-p I strung together four 55-word stories that I chaptered into a larger narrative called ‘Monsoon Romance’. They were Here’s my ‘performance’ (with apologies for the garbled voice,…

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    The Hunger Games Trilogy-Suzanne Collins : Starts great, deteriorates downhill

    August 19, 2012April 14, 2024
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    A review of all three of The Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins.

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  Social Media Nuisances
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    Social Media Nuisances

    August 18, 2012March 30, 2025
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    These are people who should not be allowed on social media.

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    I’m Declaring War On The Introverts

    August 17, 2012October 3, 2023
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    You don’t get to excuse yourself from the life table if you’re still partaking of its delights. Are you an introvert or just a narcissist?

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  BOOK: Fifty Shades of FAIL!
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    BOOK: Fifty Shades of FAIL!

    August 17, 2012March 24, 2023
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    Do read my earlier post on Fifty Shades, if you haven’t already. I finished reading the second Fifty Shades book – Fifty Shades Darker. I retract everything I thought while reading the first. This is not a good book. This is not a good story. These aren’t strongly etched characters….

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    Fifty Shades of Foolish Females

    August 13, 2012February 25, 2025
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    Thoughts on reading Fifty Shades of Grey

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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
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  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • 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…”

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