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    SMS

    August 18, 2008September 17, 2023
    4 Comments

    1:25 a.m. is more Saturday night than Sunday morning, no matter what the calendar says. After a day of light drizzle or no rain, the clouds let themselves go again. For a few seconds all I can hear is the rain. Not the sound the ground makes as the water…

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  • Women bloggers Hindustan Times
    Digital World | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    Blogos Unf@air: Quoted in Hindustan Times article on Women Bloggers

    August 12, 2008April 14, 2024
    25 Comments

    I was quoted in a Hindustan Times story about women bloggers and the problems we face. The story is titled ‘Blogos Unf@air’.

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  • Digital World | WorkSpace

    Misquoted in DNA story on Professional Bloggers

    August 11, 2008March 23, 2026
    17 Comments

    On Sunday, DNA ran a story about professional bloggers. I recognized Gautam Ghosh in there and oh, what’s this – I found my own name there too! What on earth am I doing in a story about earning money from blogging? Nothing I’ve seen in the past four years leads me to believe…

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  • Fiction | Map Of Emotion

    I Am Jill ‘s Last Wish

    August 10, 2008November 4, 2023
    5 Comments

    I started with a wish and turned it into a story. This is a revised version after Kavita Bhanot’s workshop on fiction writing.

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    City | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    Waltz In Matunga

    July 31, 2008November 5, 2023
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    An appointment on my calendar had me venturing out of the busy suburbs and into the quieter heartland of what is otherwise town. Matunga was an adventure.

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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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  I Style! – Happy Feet
    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
    11 Comments

    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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  • Map Of Emotion

    Photographs

    July 9, 2008March 14, 2023
    11 Comments

    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
    44 Comments

    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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