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    Twitter Story For Marie Claire India Sept’ 09

    September 3, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I wrote an article about Twitter which was published in the September 2009 issue of Marie Claire, which has just come out on the stands right now. If you’re already an avid Tweeter, it won’t say anything that you don’t know already. If you’re a techie, you’ll probably turn your…

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    Digital World | Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    NovelRace Week 8: So Much In A Name!

    September 1, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I’m battling ennui on Novelrace. I’ve labored over the novel from so many angles, I’m tired of it. I know the story so I wonder where’s the fun in retelling it?

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    Map Of Emotion

    I Must Be Dreaming

    August 29, 2009October 15, 2023
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    Sometimes I find lessons when I’m dreaming. Sometimes they lead me astray. Just enough to keep me wondering about my dreams. Do you?

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    City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Roving I

    Caged

    August 29, 2009March 29, 2025
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    If there is a God,then why did he give me wings and a cage?

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    The Language Of The Geeks

    August 26, 2009March 30, 2025
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    An old post retreived from the long-dead Office Capers. It’s still funny, I think. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Today I put my techno-greek foot back in my mouth (again! again! again!) Someone from the next cubicle (SNC): Do you know the iRiver? Me: The what river? SNC: Okay, you don’t know it. Me:…

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    Survival Skill

    August 24, 2009September 17, 2023
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    What was it?
    Self-preservation?
    Self-respect?
    Dignity? Sensibility?

    Just my survival skills about love.

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    Digital World | Home & Identity | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Long Distance Relationships

    August 24, 2009July 15, 2025
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    Let’s be honest. Given a choice, I would never pick a long distance relationship. I mean, what’s the point? Like DeePad says in Love Aaj Kal, Kya fayda? Relationship ke jo achche things hai woh nahin. (What’s the point? The benefits of a relationship aren’t present.) And yet, I guess…

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    City | Pop Culture | Roving I

    The Wall Project: BMC Plays Tom Sawyer & Everyone Wins!

    August 21, 2009April 7, 2025
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    It has been nearly a week now since The Wall Project and I’m so happy to say that it was a stupendous, tremendous, awesome success! I was thrilled to have been part of the event. The photographs are still surfacing on Facebook, people tagging each other and comparing notes. Having…

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    Freedom at 30

    August 18, 2009July 3, 2024
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    For the first time ever,in my conscious memory,none of my dreamsor things that I look forward toin the future with anticipationhave anything to do with a man. Isn’t that something? Even if it did take me three decades to get to it.It was so worth it. 30 is good. —————————————————————————————————–A version…

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    NovelRace Week 7: The View From The Shoulders’ Of Giants

    August 17, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I had to ration internet usage this week and ended up concentrating more on Novelrace. It was my first lesson in cutting out distractions while writing.

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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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