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    Reasons A Woman Should Stay Single

    February 14, 2007April 12, 2023
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    A guy I know, takes great pleasure in explaining to me, why he’s sooo thrilled to be a bachelor. According to him, if he were married, he’d have to put up with frequent calls from his wife complaining about the bai/her boss (depending on whether she’s a working wife or…

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    Body & Sex | Poetry

    Virgin

    February 13, 2007September 17, 2023
    5 Comments

    So you’ve been held in passionate embracesBut never captivated by someone’s glanceYou’ve made love,But have you ever lost your sense of self, becoming one with another?So you have never been sullied by someone’s touch. You bear the unmarkedness of sweet innocenceVirginal in your soulNot burdened by other people’s attentionsCrystal clear and…

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    Poetry

    Blue

    February 12, 2007September 17, 2023
    6 Comments

    So you’re feeling blueon a day that I’m wearing blue and feeling good about it You call me to tell me that it reminds you of Anil KapoorAnd I know you’re thinking of my wailing Why’s everything so blue??? at a movie we saw onceYou liked the idea but it…

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    Weird Weather Day

    February 12, 2007March 7, 2023
    6 Comments

    It rained this morning. In Mumbai it only rains between June and September. Deadening, depressing, gloomy rain. But today was a cloudy, cloudy day when I left home. Dark clouds blotting out the over-hot sun that turns a Mumbai morning from morning-sun-pleasant to god-its-hot HOT. Dark clouds are supposed to…

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    Politics & Feminism

    Bird-Watching For The Birds

    February 12, 2007December 28, 2023
    2 Comments

    Discover the discomfort of being stared at through the eyes of a woman. Bird watching doesn’t feel like a compliment. I turn the tables on the watchers.

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  • Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Who I Am

    February 9, 2007March 7, 2023
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    Who I am is so not determined by what I do. Why then, am I sitting in office on a Friday night? Let’s rephrase Who I am is not determined by what I do, but by how I do whatever I do. Okay, I got my answer. Back to work.

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  • Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Damning Darwin: The Want World

    February 9, 2007March 7, 2023
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    Everyone wants something, someone, someplace, someday. I’ve said once that When I want someone or somethingI want it like I want air to breathe and that I’ve been asphyxiating for far too long I don’t want to chokeI don’t want to claw at others and be clawed at, for wanting…

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    Office Capers: Aching butt and split sides

    February 7, 2007March 30, 2025
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    PJ Rani says this morning, SNC, you baboon, you took the laptop home yesterday? My butt hurt all night!!! SNC has been frozen in a state of giggly shock since then. After the rest of us pick ourselves off the floor and sewn up our split-from-laughter sides, PJ Rani explains…..

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    Office Capers: Idiotic Workaholism

    February 7, 2007March 30, 2025
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    I sabotaged a great Friday night I’d looked forward to, as a reward for being good at office. Call me anything.

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    My Best Friend’s Wedding

    February 7, 2007March 7, 2023
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    My best friend got married last week. That deserves a post. But I can’t think of anything meaningful to say. I’ll miss her. She’s not leaving me. But people change after marriage. She won’t. Even if she does, I’ll still love her. Does she know that? She knows everything. Is…

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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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