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  • Ramya at Grant Road - Architect
    Poetry | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Architect

    February 18, 2023September 17, 2023
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    This was one of the few classic poem style pieces that I actually wrote for stage. I wanted to explore the juxtaposition between the tangible and the emotional. And where better to do that than on stage, with my own body trying to emote things my mind created?

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  When Good Boundaries Reframe Your Stories
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    When Good Boundaries Reframe Your Stories

    February 16, 2023October 9, 2023
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    What you say and how you say it, affects other people. Being sensitive to this can be empowering.

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  Valentine Anniversary: A Hero’s Quest
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Valentine Anniversary: A Hero’s Quest

    February 15, 2023February 18, 2023
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    My journey through Valentine’s Days is full of bloody warfare, dangerous laughter, cold money and seething rage. What was it like today?

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  Letters To Delhi From A Mumbai Girl
    Books | City | Home & Identity

    Letters To Delhi From A Mumbai Girl

    February 9, 2023April 24, 2025
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    Delhi & Mumbai, two definitions of what it means to me. A nostalgic, dramatic legacy? Or a rags-to-riches renegade?

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  Bullet Holes In My Self Esteem
    Books | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Bullet Holes In My Self Esteem

    February 6, 2023February 27, 2025
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    Why does heartbreak decimate self esteem? Where does shame sit in this pain? Can we heal from it instead of escaping its lessons?

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  • Mental Health in a capitalist world
    Body & Sex | Digital World | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    Mental Health In A Capitalist World

    February 4, 2023January 7, 2024
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    Our value as human beings is determined by our use. What happens to the things that make us human in this capitalist world? Mental health suffers.

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  What’s True Love Like In Isolation?
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    What’s True Love Like In Isolation?

    January 30, 2023March 5, 2023
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    The most poignant events of our lives still leave an impact that only lasts a couple of years at most. What do we make of ‘true love’ which has a kind of endlessness?

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  The One Who Brought Me Beauty
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    The One Who Brought Me Beauty

    January 28, 2023September 10, 2023
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    A gratitude note to someone from my past: The strongest of us may need someone to remind us that we also need beauty, love & harmony to make survival a life.

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  Welcome To The Real Mumbai Metro
    City | Home & Identity

    Welcome To The Real Mumbai Metro

    January 26, 2023October 9, 2023
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    Mumbai is a boardgame of big power, big money, big everything. A new metro network just changed the balance of all things that count. What does this mean for the city?

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  Confused Patriarchy Made Me A Feminist
    Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Confused Patriarchy Made Me A Feminist

    January 22, 2023February 27, 2025
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    Why does a woman have to earn a life of dignity through abuse & assault when men receive it as birthright?

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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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