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    Map Of Emotion

    The Vagina Dialogues – 2

    July 5, 2008February 25, 2025
    8 Comments

    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
    96 Comments

    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
    Pop Culture

    I Style! – Spunky Spikes

    June 26, 2008June 14, 2024
    5 Comments

    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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    City | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Great Company: A Solo Date

    June 26, 2008September 16, 2023
    9 Comments

    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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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    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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    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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    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    The Old Girls’ Club

    June 21, 2008November 6, 2023
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    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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    City

    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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