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  Don’t Confuse Your Partner’s Friends For Your Own
    Relationships

    Don’t Confuse Your Partner’s Friends For Your Own

    November 16, 2011March 22, 2023
    1 Comment

    Custody battles for friendship are no less ugly than those for children and possessions of an estranged couple.

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  • City

    Things To Not Do In Mumbai

    November 15, 2011March 23, 2026
    3 Comments

    Please do NOT do the following, for your own safety, sanity and that of other citizens of this city:

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  I Wear: Geeky Chic
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: Geeky Chic

    November 11, 2011November 4, 2024
    2 Comments

    What you wear speaks about who you are. I met the funny Mallu man and here’s what he turned out to be.

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  • Digital World | Politics & Feminism

    What To Do When A Woman Says, “Do What You Want!”

    November 10, 2011December 29, 2025
    1 Comment

    I’m following an extremely entertaining conversation on Twitter. It all started with, @dharmeshG: When a girl says “Do what you want.”, what should you do? We all know what’s coming, don’t we? For your entertainment value, here are some of the responses that followed that tweet. First, the funny guys…

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  The Cages That Women Live In
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Cages That Women Live In

    November 8, 2011February 25, 2025
    4 Comments

    The most burdensome, about my gender is the black-and-white nature of options available to women.

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  WordPress Takes A Leaf Out Of Facebook
    Digital World

    WordPress Takes A Leaf Out Of Facebook

    November 8, 2011March 22, 2023
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    I just noticed that WordPress has introduced a Notifications bar.

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  The Mind Of A Not-Single Man
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Mind Of A Not-Single Man

    November 4, 2011March 30, 2025
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    Never mind the mind of a married man, dramatic sulking is the prerogative of any man that’s not single. Well, at least he’s got imagination.

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  Marvin’s World: Townsmen 6 & Sea Empire
    Digital World | Pop Culture

    Marvin’s World: Townsmen 6 & Sea Empire

    November 4, 2011October 28, 2024
    7 Comments

    A review of the casual mobile games Townsmen 6 and Sea Empire.

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  • Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    The Preening Peacock Of Manity

    November 3, 2011December 29, 2025
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    The vanity of men is called Manity.

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  I Wear: Desire For A Day
    Body & Sex | Books | City | Digital World | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    I Wear: Desire For A Day

    November 3, 2011May 9, 2025
    2 Comments

    For Mumbai’s first Comic Con, I cosplayed Desire from Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’.

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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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