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    Books | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Too Many Questions And Not Enough Trust

    May 29, 2009October 19, 2023
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    Reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Namesake’ and watching the film based on it, made me reflect on trust – how each generation perceives it in their relationships.

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    Pop Culture | Relationships

    Game-Playing

    May 28, 2009March 15, 2023
    3 Comments

    I’ve just returned from an old-fashioned family vacation at the ‘native place’, complete with grand-parents, cousins and mangoes. It was nice to not have to be a boss, a sparkling wit, a responsible citizen, a busy commuter or any of those multitudinous other roles I seem to keep juggling. On…

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  13 And 30 On The Beach
    City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships | Roving I

    13 And 30 On The Beach

    May 22, 2009March 29, 2025
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    I’m back from my week-long break and I’ll write a more detailed post in due course of time. It’s been a week full of experiences (traveling to another place always is, isn’t it?). I still have to sort out my thoughts, shake the sand out of my shoes (yes, there…

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  • drunk frog
    Pop Culture

    Getting Drunk Is Like…

    May 2, 2009March 30, 2025
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    A few thoughts on alcohol… Don’t drink and drive!! Yes, I really do believe that! I don’t endorse rich brats mowing down pavement dwellers in their inebriation. Okay, public service message done, I’ll proceed with my more mundane thoughts on inebriation. Every drink is unique as is every experience of…

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    Pop Culture | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Manguide 6: Alcohol

    May 2, 2009March 30, 2025
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    Alcohol is like a man. In its many variations, delightful or otherwise, it mirrors the vagaries of my favorite vice. Here’s how. Breezer – This is the boy you grew up with, the one who sat next to you in fourth grade and helped you with your homework. You don’t…

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  Surreality Show Mumbai
    City | Roving I

    Surreality Show Mumbai

    April 30, 2009March 29, 2025
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    He called me the gatekeeper of the great suburban conscience of Mumbai. Am I? Each time I write something serious about the city, I’m reminded of a friend bitching about the ultra-intellectual types who eat at McDonalds and come out and talk about the poor people in the country. Am…

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    Map Of Emotion

    At The End Of The Lane

    April 28, 2009March 15, 2023
    6 Comments

    The Raja family took the flight out today. Uncle has retired so they’re moving to the house they bought in their native city awhile back, in anticipation of just such a time. They leave behind a spacious flat on the top floor of a building at the end of a leafy,…

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  • Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    So There, Needy!

    April 20, 2009March 15, 2023
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    You may want to feel needed,But that’s no reason to make me feel needy. It doesn’t say much about your masculinity,if it feels threatened by my independence. I’d rather be alonethan with someone who needs to change meI’d rather be alonethan be someone other than myself.

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    Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    Ideart: Peacock

    April 17, 2009June 27, 2024
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    I painted a peacock (India’s national bird) on a purple cotton top. This is my adventure into wearable art.

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  Director Of Office Relocation
    Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    Director Of Office Relocation

    April 14, 2009April 14, 2024
    5 Comments

    I’m moving offices and have been put in charge of the move. It’s a professional responsibility. It is also a personal upheaval.

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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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