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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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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    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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    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    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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  I Style! – Biting Nuts
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    I Style! – Biting Nuts

    August 8, 2009March 29, 2025
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    I was just about to give up on this section as I found it rapidly running out of options. What’s more, it has gotten a little tiresome to discover that even the wildest of us only show our individuality in our footwear! Then, like a ray of neon, electric-strobe light,…

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Man-Child: Tribulations Of A Twenty-Five-Old

    August 7, 2009October 13, 2023
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    There is a new kind of man about making me rethink my notions of relationships. Welcome to the 25 year old who comes with his own tribulations.

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    NovelRace Week 6: My Characters Are For Real!

    August 6, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I think I’m getting a little better at what I’m doing with Novelrace. The characters have me in their firm grasp, rather than the other way around.

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  • Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    A Letter

    August 5, 2009October 13, 2023
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    I received a letter. What I didn’t say changed the conversation she started.

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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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