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    Body & Sex | Poetry

    Beautiful

    June 24, 2008September 17, 2023
    11 Comments

    You’re beautiful. For reasons I can’t explainI find my gaze pulled in the direction of youQuite incomprehensibly,I can’t think of a single intelligent thing to sayWhen you turn and smile at meAnd wait for me to behave like a normal human and respondBut I can’t. I’m lost in the wonder…

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  • Fiction | Home & Identity

    My Ideas And I Often Talk To Each Other

    June 22, 2008March 14, 2023
    2 Comments

    This, she thought to herself, is uncomfortable. Bloody uncomfortable. Like being pregnant and not able to deliver. Or like being married to Prince Charming and not being able to make love to him. *Groan* Those lines might have been really good but sounded trashy. Only because…because…she gave up. I have…

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    Tough Love

    June 21, 2008November 6, 2023
    12 Comments

    To the people we love the most, we are a little bit crueler.

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  • SATC Sex and the city
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    The Old Girls’ Club

    June 21, 2008November 6, 2023
    4 Comments

    I am part of that mob called the Old Girls’ Club. And when it out-numbers the rest, it’s all about loyalty to the tribe.

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    First Rain

    June 19, 2008March 14, 2023
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    On the first week of June, Mumbai welcomed the monsoon of 2008. I watched it arrive, alone…which is probably the best way, with the rain. The skies heralded the season of water.And then I watched the drops paint the sidewalk a shiny, sheeny gloss of life.The traffic revved, feet sped…

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  • Woman play holi colour in group
    Body & Sex | Relationships

    A Woman Among Men

    June 15, 2008November 6, 2023
    4 Comments

    A weekend party where I was a minority woman among men had me thinking about I navigate my gender based on attraction politics.

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  • WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Practical Joker

    June 4, 2008March 30, 2025
    10 Comments

    Hmph. I’m surrounded by wise guys, Alec Smarts and evil pranksters. Working from home for a day and when I get back, I realise my things-to-do list from 2 days earlier is still lying on my desk. As is my habit, I scan through it to see if there are any…

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  I Style! – P for Parmesh, P for Porn Star
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    I Style! – P for Parmesh, P for Porn Star

    June 4, 2008April 14, 2024
    10 Comments

    I promised a new section and here it is! Of note, I haven’t received that many contributions as yet (*disapproving look at readers*). Arre…you expect me to do all the work or what? 👿 Alright, alright I will! So here we go and welcome to a a new episode of…

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  Manguide 5: Bollywood Pin-Ups
    Politics & Feminism

    Manguide 5: Bollywood Pin-Ups

    June 2, 2008March 30, 2025
    7 Comments

    And now that we know them by the cities they live in, the professions they pursue, the interests they devote their time to and the languages they speak, what’s left? The women they love of course! Here’s a look at what you can tell about a man by his favorite…

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  • Two women
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The League of Ex-girlfriends

    May 30, 2008March 30, 2025
    5 Comments

    The one safety valve on a man who goes with too many women is the fact that there are that many vindictive/resentful/ unsure-about-feeling women to league with.

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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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