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  My Solo Dating Life
    Home & Identity | Relationships

    My Solo Dating Life

    April 10, 2022April 12, 2023
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    Solo dates are my most enjoyable dates.

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  Colonising Love
    Map Of Emotion

    Colonising Love

    April 4, 2022March 3, 2023
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    “You can give yourself a city if you love the whole world.” – ‘The High Priestess Never Marries’ by @sharanya_manivannan. Is that what Kannagi did? Do we love people or are we just uncontrollably drawn to colonise their minds, their bodies, their lives? Do I love? Do I love the…

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  Bridgerton 2: Kamasutra Chic & Colonial Racism
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Bridgerton 2: Kamasutra Chic & Colonial Racism

    March 27, 2022January 10, 2024
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    Is Bridgerton Season 2 entertainment or perpetuating stereotypes? A critical examination of historical accuracy, cultural misrepresentation & racial dynamics.

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  Sweet Tooth
    Body & Sex | Fiction | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Sweet Tooth

    March 21, 2022February 27, 2025
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    Sweet Tooth. I didn’t have one. There was no room for it in my world of efficient kitchen logistics & transactions of nutrition.

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  Out Of The Closet
    Home & Identity

    Out Of The Closet

    March 19, 2022October 9, 2023
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    We are getting some long overdue renovations done on our home. So we’ve moved out temporarily. I moved my belongings and from my closet, fell old wounds.

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    Body & Sex | Books | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Journal Entries, 2016

    March 17, 2022February 25, 2025
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    A love poem in pieces of my heart and pages from my journal.

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  Bombay Meri Hain: A Konkani Slice
    City | Home & Identity

    Bombay Meri Hain: A Konkani Slice

    March 12, 2022August 14, 2023
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    My history is a slice of Bombay culture. A Konkani song sent me down nostalgia lane.

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  In Memorium: Thinking Of Jaideep
    Fiction | Map Of Emotion

    In Memorium: Thinking Of Jaideep

    March 7, 2022February 25, 2025
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    Flowers & an endless supply of pens for you, Jaideep Khare. Written for an @alphabetsambar writing exercise on Clubhouse.

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  A Skin Of Dignity: Kiran Nagarkar’s Legacy
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    A Skin Of Dignity: Kiran Nagarkar’s Legacy

    March 5, 2022April 21, 2023
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    Kiran Nagarkar’s legacy is making me ponder questions of dignity.

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  SOARING SOLO
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    SOARING SOLO

    February 23, 2022March 3, 2023
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    Life feels easier when you realise they don’t understand you. Can’t, won’t try & probably never will. But that is okay because when there’s no one around to live your life for you, is when you start to breathe. And you realise you don’t need anyone to understand you. It…

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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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