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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Dream dust

    June 15, 2012September 17, 2023
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    Big dreamscrumble to dustAnd mix with the debrisof everyday And tomorrowor next weekNo one will even rememberor know A life was built hereAnd tiny victories wonTill a final stormBlew it all to dust Before long though,These shattered, scattered remainsWill mix with the dustAnd be the stuff of another dream Another…

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  I Wear: The Promise of Flowers
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: The Promise of Flowers

    June 13, 2012March 24, 2023
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    I want to believe that flowers bring me luck, good luck only. I want to enjoy wearing white jeans and not be thought tacky. I want to revel in the bright colours of summer without having to worry about heat stroke. Here’s all my summer desires captured in apparel and…

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Relationships

    Just another love poem

    June 4, 2012September 17, 2023
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    They call this emotion blind.So if love were a painting, I’d be a blind artist. And it’s food for the soulSo if love were a banquet, I’d be a glutton.If love were a bottle of vinegar, I’d be pickled in it. But what would my love be like? I’ll tell…

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  Featured in DNA, 27May2012: Mumbai does not welcome you
    City | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    Featured in DNA, 27May2012: Mumbai does not welcome you

    May 29, 2012February 25, 2025
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    Mumbai’s victimisation of South Indians happened a little before my time. But I remember life in the city before and after the Babri Masjid incident. My city, my beloved home has gone from an all-welcoming abode to a place that hates Muslims as much as the rest of the propagandized…

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  I Wear: A Mermaid On Land
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    I Wear: A Mermaid On Land

    May 27, 2012April 14, 2024
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    This is the second of my acquisitions from the summer shopping spree. Like the inkblot top, this print too was available in a wide range of cuts and styles (including the one I picked in the inkblot print). I daresay the square cut of the inkblot top might have been…

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  Masculine Logic
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Masculine Logic

    May 25, 2012March 24, 2023
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    Being in a close relationship brings you insights aplenty. Your brain certainly works overtime and some of those times, you stumble onto enlightening bits of wisdom (even if they are *hic* alcohol-soaked). Here’s something I thought last week – the sex ratio is skewed in favour of men, in most…

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  How Social Content is Different and What This Means
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    How Social Content is Different and What This Means

    May 25, 2012March 22, 2023
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    How does social content differ from other forms of brand communications?

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  The city of Mumbai does NOT welcome you
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    The city of Mumbai does NOT welcome you

    May 23, 2012May 2, 2026
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    North-Indians unwelcome.South-Indians unwelcome.Muslims unwelcome. Singletons unwelcome.Couples unwelcome. Artists unwelcome.Drinkers unwelcome. The City of Gold, blessed land of Mahalaxmi that was once given as a princess’s dowry is a treasure no more. I’d like to say the average man on the street doesn’t carry these notions but the scary thing is…

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  Woman, are you safe on Social Media?
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    Woman, are you safe on Social Media?

    May 23, 2012March 23, 2026
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    The flipside of the Information Age is how it has made the broadcasting of personal information a casual thing.

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  Love Is An Intergalactic Negotiation
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    Love Is An Intergalactic Negotiation

    May 22, 2012March 30, 2025
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    Love as the grand jackpot waiting for you if you played your cards right. That was a big hoax.

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