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  A New Life
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity

    A New Life

    September 27, 2010October 4, 2023
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    A body that works without medication. Food in my stomach even before I’m hungry. The safety to walk on the roads by myself. Life.

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  What The Cards Say
    Books | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture | Relationships

    What The Cards Say

    September 23, 2010March 18, 2023
    3 Comments

    Someone recently asked me if I would do a tarot reading for them. I found a polite way to decline and recommended a friend who does this and related things for a living. Then they asked if this person was any good, whether it would work. And I had trouble…

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  BlogAdda 3: Protecting Your Privacy
    Digital World | Home & Identity | Relationships | WorkSpace

    BlogAdda 3: Protecting Your Privacy

    September 22, 2010February 25, 2025
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    Last week in my Blogadda column, I wrote about building greater access to your blog. This week is the opposite and about protecting your privacy.

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  It All Started With A Big Bang!
    Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    It All Started With A Big Bang!

    September 20, 2010March 30, 2025
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    It is hard being a woman. The whole multi-tasking thing is starting to fire on us in a beeg way and I have a sneaky suspicion that men are sniggering at us from behind their hands (or err, gadgets).

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  • Pop Culture

    Ideart: Kolam

    September 20, 2010April 11, 2024
    9 Comments

    Kolam is a household art form practised in South India. It is not the same as the North Indian rangoli which is more of a festive occasion icon. Kolams are created everyday by the lady of the house and are an important ritual to start the day. Traditionally nobody leaves…

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  Gentleman
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Gentleman

    September 16, 2010September 17, 2023
    4 Comments

    I run with my wordsRacing my thoughtsGetting ahead of my emotionsBecause I’m scared you’ll turn away before I’m done But then I pauseTo catch my breathAnd realise you’re still listeningAnd also that I’ve forgotten what I was saying Then you hold me closeIn a way, I’ve never knownBut, which makes…

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  • Blogadda Feeds access
    Digital World | WorkSpace

    BlogAdda 2: Building Access – Feeds & Link Sharing

    September 16, 2010September 10, 2025
    2 Comments

    After a basic checklist of blog essentials, I talk about the importance of feeds and link sharing on your blog.

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  • Older couple fight
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Caveat Temptor: Boyfriend Beware!

    September 14, 2010October 4, 2023
    2 Comments

    Now that we’ve wiped the stardust out of our eyes, the charming differences are starting to wear thin. It’s time to beware the boyfriend.

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  Ideart: Native American in India
    Pop Culture

    Ideart: Native American in India

    September 9, 2010April 11, 2024
    3 Comments

    This piece began at the height of my ambition as a fabric-painter. It was one of the few ones where I actively went looking for the garment and bought it only because I had a painting project idea in mind. It was a creamy-white cotton vest from FabIndia with flat…

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  BlogAdda 1: Checklist For A Blog
    Digital World | Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    BlogAdda 1: Checklist For A Blog

    September 9, 2010October 4, 2023
    3 Comments

    I’m starting a weekly column over at BlogAdda about blogging and interesting things about your blog. This is the first.

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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
  • 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…”

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