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    Objects In The Rear-View Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear

    December 31, 2008November 29, 2023
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    I wake up remembering that it is the last day of the year – and with rueful reluctance – a birthday. For a chilling moment, comes my horoscope for the day, Someone you used to have strong feelings for comes back into your life today, either in the real world…

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    ‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly

    December 24, 2008October 24, 2023
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    Celebrations are things you don’t exactly notice until you have to make a conscious effort to make them happen. Christmas season has been an integral part of my life for years and years now – one of the consequences of growing up in a Christian environment and having a devout…

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  Chick Lit
    Body & Sex | Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Chick Lit

    December 19, 2008January 15, 2025
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    Chick Lit is the new Romance Novel. And it isn’t. It’s empowering in a very strange way.

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    Kinsella Fever – Don’t Go Beyond Shopaholic!

    December 18, 2008April 14, 2024
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    Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella My rating: 1 of 5 stars The premise of spilling your secrets to a total stranger and meeting them later is interesting. Unfortunately this book doesn’t exploit that idea to its full potential. Predictability may have been forgivable in this genre as…

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  Not One Of The Family
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    Not One Of The Family

    December 15, 2008April 14, 2024
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    If your family isn’t people who share a blood line, why is it people who share a sexual orientation?

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  Matte Finish
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    Matte Finish

    December 13, 2008October 24, 2023
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    She perfects her face. She polishes her demeanor. There is a matte finish over her entire being. – A poem on the sheen finish of our lives.

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    The Straight Voice of Gaysi

    December 13, 2008October 29, 2023
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    My friend and founder of Gaysi, India’s first blog for gay people invited me to contribute, asking if I’d like to be the straight voice of a gay desi blog.

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    Motherhood

    December 9, 2008September 22, 2023
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    Motherhood. Have you thought about it? I have.

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    Light A Candle: Remembering The C.S.T. carnage

    December 1, 2008October 29, 2023
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    The terror attacks of 26 November 2008 at C.S.T. hit the core spirit of resilience of Mumbaiker. Light a candle in the memory of those who fell.

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    Mumbai Limps Back To Life

    November 30, 2008March 29, 2025
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    I traveled into town today, in the aftermath of the terror that Mumbai has lived in the past week. The reason was a Tweet-up/Peace walk/gathering at Colaba Causeway. Honestly? I stand in deep respect of the police force, the fire-fighters and the NSG who delivered us from the terror. And…

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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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