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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Till Death Do Us Part: Ramblings on Commitment

    May 17, 2007November 22, 2023
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    I have been pondering the meaning of commitment. Ha. Today’s thought for the day says,

    Honesty is not something to flirt with. We must be married to it.

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    Fiction | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Acts Of Little Faith

    May 16, 2007November 22, 2023
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    I awaited the drama, watching for all the acts of the characters.

    Presumption and Ego came to me.

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  • City | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    A Day In Chennai

    May 16, 2007April 14, 2024
    5 Comments

    *Yawn* 0430 is just too damn early to start the day. So much for early mornings…it ain’t morning if it still looks like night!!!!! But ah, Chennai is a city that wakes up at ungodly hours and if I have to be there to catch it, I’ve gotta be up…

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  • Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    A Feminist By Any Other Name…

    May 16, 2007March 8, 2023
    11 Comments

    Delhiwallas hit on youMumbai men check you outBangalore’s dudes stare in open admirationChennai guys ogle …..and when I smile, the coffee-bar guy gives me a mug full of warm, liquid chocolate to pour as I like into my drink. The men from the office complex adjoining mine turn their heads…

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    Love, Actually

    May 13, 2007November 24, 2023
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    Some random things that have drifted across my mind recently about love, commitment, identity, abuse and other such:

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    The Real Life In This Metro

    May 12, 2007March 8, 2023
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    I worked hard all week. Stayed out late with friends on a weeknight. Zombie-drifted through work the next day. Slipped up, picked up. Sulked, talked, missed, hit. Friday night I stayed in late, some out of guilt, some because I wasted an hour browsing online not feeling upto working and…

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  Toys and Boys
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    Toys and Boys

    May 12, 2007March 8, 2023
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    The people we are by the toys we like

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  Aphrodite
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Aphrodite

    May 9, 2007September 17, 2023
    5 Comments

    Aphrodite met me. What did she teach me about love or myself?

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    Future Fathers – 2

    May 9, 2007March 8, 2023
    7 Comments

    Fatherhood seems to be the theme for this week, after my Electra-Oedipus discussion last week. After observing the behaviour of emperor penguins, I now discover that fish exhibit loving paternal behaviour as well. Today’s fact tells us that: “A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his…

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    Life In The Fast Lane

    May 8, 2007March 8, 2023
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    Mostly life in this city goes by in a blur and all that you remember of it is the numbers. The numbers really do a number on all of us.

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