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  I Wear: Accessorizing Colour Blocks
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: Accessorizing Colour Blocks

    April 3, 2011July 3, 2024
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    Colour blocking is a trend that appeals to me on account of its drama. The sheer audacity that lets one pair purple with yellow or green and orange really sings out to the unabashed colour lover. On the other hand, it conflicts with another of my style-tendencies, viz – accessorizing….

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    Islands Of Grief

    March 31, 2011April 14, 2024
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    You cannot ally with someone who does not believe in alliance.You cannot love people who don’t think they deserve love.You cannot live on somebody else’s island of grief. It certainly is a solitary place, the land of tears. And there’s no following a person who has made it their permanent…

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  Blurring The Boundaries: Gangaur Celebrations
    City | Pop Culture

    Blurring The Boundaries: Gangaur Celebrations

    March 27, 2011October 4, 2023
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    A friend invited me to judge a fashion show at the Gangaur celebrations of her (Marwari) community. I didn’t even know about this festival until she asked me.

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  I Wear: Flourishing Feathers
    Pop Culture

    I Wear: Flourishing Feathers

    March 27, 2011April 14, 2024
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    Remember this Native American brave? It’s one of my proudest achievements, being able to get this man’s face, older, weather-beaten and macho just right…and without a guiding sketch. The tricky bit has been finding a way to wear it. I love going sleeveless but I’ve somehow never gotten used to the spaghetti…

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  Wearing The Pants & The Apron In The Family
    Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Wearing The Pants & The Apron In The Family

    March 27, 2011July 3, 2024
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    I’m a woman who struggles with the assumption that I cook. He opposes the idea that as a man he can’t. But family kitchens follow gender stereotypes.

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  The What-If Store
    Poetry

    The What-If Store

    March 26, 2011October 4, 2023
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    I shrug, shake my head and smile
    That moment,
    Away,
    Knowing though,
    The what-if store is always open

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    Relationships | WorkSpace

    Inherited Relationships

    March 24, 2011July 3, 2024
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    We spend our lives organising the world a certain way. Then someone comes along with their own set of rules. Thus we get inherited relationships.

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  Ideart: The Making Of A Superhero-Nagraj
    Pop Culture

    Ideart: The Making Of A Superhero-Nagraj

    March 24, 2011March 21, 2023
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    Actually, this should have been my first superhero-on-tee project for the boy. I had after all, heard of Nagraj, the popular snakeman character of Raj Comics. But the boy’s first choice was the dog-parented desi Batman and so Doga it was. Still, when I spotted this olive green tee-shirt, I…

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    Digital World | Home & Identity | Poetry

    Lurker

    March 18, 2011November 30, 2023
    8 Comments

    As a blogger, I know the frustration and the maddening silence of the vast majority of my readers. The ones that never comment, never answer a poll or a question, never show me their existence except in the mysterious numbers on my stats charts. But oddly, I also know the…

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  Tangled Hearts
    Body & Sex | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Tangled Hearts

    March 14, 2011October 4, 2023
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    Our hearts twist and turn their way through other people’s lives and leave behind wreckage and memories.

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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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