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    A Crush

    January 10, 2007April 14, 2024
    2 Comments

    A story about a crush in 55 words.

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    City | Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    Day Zero

    January 8, 2007September 28, 2023
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    I returned to a familiar campus for day zero recruitments. It was a professional step up and a personal reset.

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    Fallen Eve

    January 6, 2007March 7, 2023
    11 Comments

    To ‘the one special woman’, You are the stuff of memories that never fade, rust or get forgotten. You are the overriding factor above everything hormonal, practical, emotional, logical and fair. Indeed, you must be special. I’ve been thinking about you a lot. Do you know who I am? I…

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    Doctor Love’s Insta-Manual

    January 1, 2007March 7, 2023
    1 Comment

    Tips from a seasoned love player.

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    The Last Look

    December 28, 2006December 28, 2023
    12 Comments

    Friendship pops up right in your face when on a solitary ramble Understanding suddenly sparkles in thus far unresponsive eyes And fun and laughter cosy up to you in a sudden burst of affection Love twinkles from unlikely corners while heartache comes to you mixed into a glass of sweet…

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  A Woman’s Best Friend’s Role In Romantic Relationships
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    A Woman’s Best Friend’s Role In Romantic Relationships

    December 28, 2006December 28, 2023
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    A woman’s best friend has to sign off on all big relationship decisions, says the Date Doctor on ‘Hitch’. I examine my own love life to see if that’s true.

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  Just A Friendly Conversation
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    Just A Friendly Conversation

    December 27, 2006February 18, 2023
    5 Comments

    You know you really need to get out and find some sex. Are you offering? Shoot the idiot who thought that men and women could be friends. Can anyone tell me why the above conversation annoyed me? I know why….I’m mad at myself for imagining that I could have a…

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    Wild child*

    December 23, 2006April 14, 2024
    9 Comments

    I had my hair done today. Cropped short, coloured, highlighted…woddeva. Would you believe I don’t feel a thing now, 2 short hours later? The last time I had my hair done, the colour ran out in the shower and for a year after I endured a muddy-coloured thatch on my…

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    Just A Date: That Heady Ol’ Feeling

    December 21, 2006December 29, 2023
    3 Comments

    She said she was going out to dinner. Not family. Not an old friend. Not a classmate or a colleague. Not a ‘marriage prospect’. Something quite like..a date!

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  Comic: The Progressive Woman
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    Comic: The Progressive Woman

    December 16, 2006March 30, 2025
    7 Comments

    And I’ve created my first comic! Thanks to Sensorcaine for giving me the lead (do see her collection too!)

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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
  • Harshaman on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “Which for me means, looking back at the past with a discerning and curatorial eye I had been thinking about…”
  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • 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…”

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