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  The Princess/ Professional Woman Dichotomy
    Politics & Feminism

    The Princess/ Professional Woman Dichotomy

    October 10, 2011April 14, 2024
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    There is a certain kind of woman I’ve been noticing – The woman who can’t decide it she wants to be the Nice Girl or the Business Skirt.

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    Pop Culture

    I Wear: The Harvest Honour

    October 4, 2011October 20, 2024
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    Harvest season coincided with meeting an old friend and the joy of it all made my look match.

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  Ideart: Grand Theft Autorickshaw!
    City | Pop Culture

    Ideart: Grand Theft Autorickshaw!

    October 3, 2011March 22, 2023
    2 Comments

    I did this one a good while ago actually but I haven’t had a chance to put up a post about it so far. Twitter tells me that there’s an autorickshaw strike in the city today (again? when was the last time these guys did some work?) so here’s one…

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Unholy State Of Matrimony

    September 29, 2011October 4, 2023
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    I’m dissecting the (un)holy state of matrimony. The wedding is a pretty massive start. Jewellery, outdated rituals and more.

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  I Wear: Power Dressing
    Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    I Wear: Power Dressing

    September 27, 2011March 22, 2023
    3 Comments

    I had a day full of meetings and it felt like the perfect opportunity to bring back a look that I used to sport before I left the corporate world (and surprisingly found I’d been missing!) – the power dressing look. These photographs were shot in the night after I…

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    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Beauty Over Brains

    September 23, 2011February 25, 2025
    9 Comments

    If you had to choose between breathtaking beauty and Einstein-like brains, what would you pick?

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  I Wear: Man About Town
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: Man About Town

    September 19, 2011April 14, 2024
    6 Comments

    A thing of beauty really is a joy forever. It’s no secret that I’m an open admirer of well-dressed people. These tend to usually be women which is why it is even more of an AHA! realisation to see a well-dressed man. The range of colours, patterns, fabrics & pieces…

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  I Style!: The Bird Lady
    City | Pop Culture

    I Style!: The Bird Lady

    September 12, 2011February 25, 2025
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    I was captivated by her bright eyes, warm smile and struck up a friendship. This is what she wore to our first coffee meeting.

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Passive-Aggressive Chauvinist

    September 6, 2011February 25, 2025
    3 Comments

    Men who provide services (waitstaff, plumbers etc.) show their misogyny in their behaviour to woman customers. Even if we are the ones paying the bill. Indian men would literally rather lose a customer than serve a woman.

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  I Wear: Day & Night Dress
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    I Wear: Day & Night Dress

    September 3, 2011March 22, 2023
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    I’ve been enchanted by the idea of clothes that could be worn in different ways. I first heard of a Day & Night dress during my Barbie Doll days.

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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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