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  Home bird
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Home bird

    August 31, 2011October 4, 2023
    4 Comments

    Home is a place of comfort, but not necessarily luxury.

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  I Wear: I Love Ikat!
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: I Love Ikat!

    August 23, 2011March 22, 2023
    2 Comments

    I was under the impression that Ikat was an Orissa-based textile print craft with close cousins in the southern Pochampalli. The internet however, informs me that this art form is also present in Indonesia, Cambodia and other parts of Central Asia. In the recent times, these intricate line-based designs have…

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  The Man Shop
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Man Shop

    August 23, 2011March 30, 2025
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    The man is now available on sale just as well and my gender has always enjoyed shopping. Let’s look at what The Man Shop has to offer.

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  • Avengers Marvel superhero
    Pop Culture

    The Superhero Fiasco

    August 22, 2011July 15, 2025
    7 Comments

    A common joke doing the rounds a couple of years back was that the measure of a man’s love for his woman was his willingness to sit through a romcom (especially Sex & The City, Confessions Of A Shopaholic & the Twilight series). By that same logic, I think I’ve…

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  A Piece Of Sky
    City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    A Piece Of Sky

    August 5, 2011October 4, 2023
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    “That little piece of sky there, that’s going to be ours.” thought my father looking up at the sky at the construction site of what would one day be our home.

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  Two To Tango, Two To Talk
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Two To Tango, Two To Talk

    August 5, 2011September 17, 2023
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    It takes two to tango. It takes two to talk. Maybe they’re not that different after all. Shall we?

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  The Pygmalion Complex: Is This Feminist?
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Pygmalion Complex: Is This Feminist?

    August 2, 2011July 22, 2024
    4 Comments

    ‘My Fair Lady’ got me thinking about the gender politics of a man trying to mold a woman.

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  • Bubblegum film
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Pop Culture | Relationships

    MOVIE-Bubble Gum: A Fun Movie To Chew On!

    August 2, 2011March 22, 2023
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    I’ve written a guest-review for WOGMA on the movie Bubble Gum. If you just scoffed, please do read my review. I thought so too, when I read the title and I was pleasantly surprised. The movie was the best thing about my day. Read the review on WOGMA. When the…

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  I Style!: Three Aliens Plus One
    City | Pop Culture

    I Style!: Three Aliens Plus One

    July 27, 2011February 25, 2025
    5 Comments

    Back in February, I had the privilege of conducting a blogging workshop as part of the Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2011. Among the team, was my dear friend Moksh Juneja (also known as The Social Media Catalyst). Now Moksh is a regular teddybear, a fact known well to those close…

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  From Island City To City Of Joy – Mumbaiker In Kolkata
    City

    From Island City To City Of Joy – Mumbaiker In Kolkata

    July 26, 2011September 15, 2023
    4 Comments

    I was born in Delhi, grew up in Mumbai, have family in Chennai and have stayed in Bangalore. This month I made my first visit to Kolkata, the City of Joy.

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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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