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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
    11 Comments

    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

    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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    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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    The Sound Of Loneliness

    August 3, 2009March 16, 2023
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    I know the sound of two hands clapping and sometimes I try to figure out the sound of one hand clapping (as the Zen koan goes). But recently I’ve discovered the sound of loneliness. What is the sound of loneliness? It isn’t silence.Some of us actively seek silence. Some of…

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    Protection – A Monologue

    August 3, 2009April 14, 2024
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    A man’s protection of a woman – what is the foundation of this? And how does this masculine protectiveness work for a modern, independent woman?

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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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