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  Infidelity & The Good Places It Takes Us
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Infidelity & The Good Places It Takes Us

    March 4, 2023May 28, 2025
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    What are the consequences of cheating? What does infidelity do to us and where do we go from there?

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  • Infidelity by gender - Unfaithful & Gone Girl
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Should We Judge Infidelity By Who Cheats?

    March 3, 2023March 23, 2026
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    We treat infidelity differently depending upon the gender of the cheater. How can we hold a uniform idea of justice across genders then?

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  • Welcome to the Friendzone
    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Welcome To The Friendzone

    February 24, 2023March 17, 2023
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    The friendzone assumes that women owe men sex for nice behaviour. This mindset is part of rape culture, whose other manifestations are incels and acid attacks.

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  • Golden sky, silver sea at Versova
    City | Pop Culture

    See You In Versova At 6 o’clock

    February 20, 2023July 7, 2023
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    Versova is one of the oldest fishing villages in Mumbai. It is also home to Bollywood hopefuls. And there is a beach, less glamorous than Marine Drive, less known than Juhu.

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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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  • Harshaman on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “Which for me means, looking back at the past with a discerning and curatorial eye I had been thinking about…”
  • 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…”
  • 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…”

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