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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Real Women Don’t Cry

    July 16, 2008November 5, 2023
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    A love story and a heartbreak story may go on to become the origin story of a real woman. I saw one play out before my eyes when I was in college.

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    City | Pop Culture | Roving I

    I Style! – Happy Feet

    July 16, 2008March 29, 2025
    8 Comments

    Welcome to another episode of I Style! It has been awhile since the last viewing and that’s because I haven’t spotted too many interesting people lately. The weather was probably playing havoc on people’s spirits and mine were flagging as well until someone decided to brighten up my day! Richie…

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  • Body & Sex | Relationships

    All You Get From Love Is A Love Song

    July 15, 2008March 14, 2023
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    A well-wisher tells me, At least find that company with someone who’s honest with you. My reply, Honesty. All the honesty I get is “I’m not in love with you but I’d love to sleep with you.” Doesn’t this bug the hell out of you? I hate it. Then why…

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    Photographs

    July 9, 2008March 14, 2023
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    I was burrowing through my closet the other day. Buried beneath the long-forgotten scarves and shawls and tee-shirts, I found an album. Just before he left for his first trip back home to Delhi, he asked me, What shall I get you from there? And I said. Yourself. Lots of yourself….

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    Body & Sex | Relationships

    Can A Straight Woman And A Lesbian Woman Be Friends?

    July 8, 2008May 26, 2024
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    Given the possibility of a romantic connection, can a relationship exist without it? Is a straight woman that different from a lesbian woman?

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    The Vagina Dialogues – 2

    July 5, 2008February 25, 2025
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    My last post was a reaction to watching ‘The Vagina Monologues’. It opened up so much.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    The Vagina Dialogues

    June 27, 2008April 24, 2024
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    Eight years after hearing about it for the first time, I finally watched The Vagina Monologues. Wish me a happy birthday since I’m being reborn. On second thoughts, don’t say a word. Just listen as we speak – my vagina and I.

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    I Style! – Spunky Spikes

    June 26, 2008June 14, 2024
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    I know someone whose mission statement has to be “Mujhse panga mat lena!” She fights off robbers single-handed, she champions the causes of Clean Mumbai, Feminism, Equal rights, Rakhi Sawant and Salman Khan. We love her anyway but for her kickass attitude, she gets the I Style! vote. And if you…

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    Great Company: A Solo Date

    June 26, 2008September 16, 2023
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    Good morning, my lovely readers! I was almost tempted to say ‘ my garam-samosas’ and then I realised I was just carrying the Honey-from-HT Cafe hangover too far. 😀 I had the most brilliant day yesterday! The morning rain ruined the grand plans of the day for me….grrr, if I…

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    In and Out

    June 25, 2008September 18, 2023
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    I like to make a grand entry and a quiet exit.At events, in situations and other people’s lives. There’s nothing quite like making a splash since most people believe in first impressions. On the other hand, goodbyes for me, need to be quiet,Like they almost never happened..so perhaps it will…

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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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