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

    July 26, 2011September 15, 2023
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    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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  The Modern Woman
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    The Modern Woman

    July 25, 2011October 22, 2023
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    A poem about the Modern Woman. The image is a rangoli I did, copying the cover of Diwali Malar.

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  I Wear: Brown Girl In The Rain
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    I Wear: Brown Girl In The Rain

    July 24, 2011February 25, 2025
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    This delightful young lady was in town recently. Not surprisingly, she had a hajaar things to do but she did manage to squeeze in a coffee date with me. Rather unfortunately, this happened to be last Monday when the skies opened up and poured out the kind of rains that…

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  • Waiting for the train near the tracks
    City | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Survivor’s Guilt In The City Of Gold

    July 22, 2011July 3, 2024
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    City of Gold focuses on one family and some related characters and how these events shaped their lives. It’s sobering to see what one normally reads as a newspaper headline over morning tea, turn into a catastrophe that destroys entire families.

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  Google Plus, Facebook – The Race Is On!
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    Google Plus, Facebook – The Race Is On!

    July 21, 2011September 17, 2023
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    A social network is only as good as its members. The race is on between the old guard Facebook and newcomer Google Plus.

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  How I Ended The Bhindi War
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    How I Ended The Bhindi War

    July 20, 2011March 22, 2023
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    From my very early years, I learnt to detest the violent green hue, the snappy texture (external) and gooey feel (internal) of bhindi.

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  • He's just not that into you
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Indian Relationships: A State Of Anarchy

    July 18, 2011July 3, 2024
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    Don’t we all know a guy who promises the world to every second girl, believing correctly that she’ll keep it to herself because, it still isn’t done for a girl to admit that she’s been with a guy? There is nothing to check him from repeating the same over and over again in future relationships.

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    The Faceless Hand In The Crowd

    July 15, 2011July 3, 2024
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    I first wrote about the hand in the crowd for Blank Noise Project’s blog-a-thon. The post featured on Yahoo! Real Beauty and also on BlogAdda’s Spicy Picks.

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  Chatpate Chappati Rolls
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    Chatpate Chappati Rolls

    July 12, 2011April 14, 2024
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    Hungry for something chatpata?

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  The Careerist: The Online Advantage – Marie Claire India July’11
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    The Careerist: The Online Advantage – Marie Claire India July’11

    July 6, 2011July 3, 2024
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    I’ve written an article for this month’s (July 2011) issue of Marie Claire India – ‘The Careerist’ section. The story, ‘The Online Advantage’ looks at how a professional can use the online social networks to improve their prospects, present themselves better, leverage the value of networking and in general, carve a place for themselves in the new workplace – the internet.

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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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