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  Featured In Mail Today, South Delhi Plus: Confessions Of A Netaholic
    Body & Sex | Digital World | WorkSpace

    Featured In Mail Today, South Delhi Plus: Confessions Of A Netaholic

    July 20, 2009July 3, 2024
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    I was quoted in a Mail Today piece on internet addiction with a separate column titled ‘Confessions of a Netaholic’.

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    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    NovelRace Week 4: If You Fall, Get Up & Run Again!

    July 19, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I slacked off Novelrace for a week, using my thirtieth birthday as an excuse. What did I learn in that stead? Because I am back and with lessons.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Dancing In The Rain

    July 17, 2009July 8, 2025
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    I love this song. Unabashedly. I wish I could dance outside in the rain singing this very song. In fact, maybe I will. I was talking to a friend about (what else?) a guy we both knew. Nothing much to tell except that he was cute and thought I was…

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    The 30 Diaries

    July 14, 2009March 16, 2023
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    I started the 30 diaries three months back because I couldn’t wait for the answers that I hoped would come to me with the big Three-O. I turned thirty yesterday and guess what? There are answers. Just waiting for the right questions to be answered. Just like 42 is the…

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships | WorkSpace

    What Do We Look For In A Partner?

    July 10, 2009February 25, 2025
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    I asked Twitter what we look for in a partner. The responses made me ponder strength and how I seek it out in men. And other things that people look for.

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  The Garden Of Eden Within
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    The Garden Of Eden Within

    July 10, 2009July 3, 2024
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    Self care is like tending to an inner garden.

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  Katy And I
    Books | Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    Katy And I

    July 6, 2009July 22, 2024
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    My school had an interesting way of encouraging children to read. An annual Book Fair was held every year in a couple of the classrooms. After school-hours, parents coming to pick up their kids could buy those books. It was a much anticipated event for me and I’d go and…

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  • white notebook and yellow pencil novelrace
    Digital World | Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    NovelRace Week 2: Adventures Galore!

    July 5, 2009February 25, 2025
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    NovelRace, I’m very happy to note, is up and running well. It has been exactly a fortnight since I signed up and it has actually been an adventure so far.

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    Politics & Feminism

    Independent, Not Men-O-Phobic

    July 5, 2009October 18, 2023
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    I find myself in a hectic life, juggling plans, people and work. And none of these plans are centered around men. What does that make me now?

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  The Bandra-Worli Sealink Opening
    City | Politics & Feminism

    The Bandra-Worli Sealink Opening

    July 2, 2009April 11, 2024
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    The much awaited Bandra-Worli sealink opened yesterday. In the unlikely case that you don’t know what I’m talking about (in which case, what are you doing reading this post?), this is a bridge built across one of the bays between the islands that comprise Mumbai. It connects Bandra reclamation to…

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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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