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    Two Lessons – Love & Hate

    October 7, 2006March 5, 2023
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    Last week, I was coming home and I stopped at a traffic signal. The car next to me had its windows down and the strains of When love and hate collide drifted to me. Oh, oh, oh. The pain of a treasured memory that will never be real again, is…

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  • Digital World | Pop Culture

    Bollywood Blogging

    October 5, 2006March 30, 2025
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    I started typing a reply in the comments section of a post and then realised it may as well be a post. So picking up Gaurav’s meme, I’ll add the Bollywood touch. Some filmi characters whose blogs I’d like to have seen: 1. Sambha (as of “Arre o Sambha, kitne…

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  • Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Wine

    October 5, 2006April 11, 2024
    1 Comment

    Glasses that have to be just perfect for the drink they contain.A plaintive voice asking Don’t you serve wine in wine glasses? accompanied by a distressed-disgusted look.Non-plussed over why it is such a big deal. Amused.Thoughtful…I can’t bear to sit on a bed that has anything on it…clothes, books, bags,…

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  • Digital World | WorkSpace

    Anonymity versus Openness

    October 1, 2006March 5, 2023
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    Is it about whose opinion matters? This weekend I socialised with my colleagues. We went for a movie, we did dinner, we went book-shopping, we went dancing. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. We also had some ‘moments of truth’ that could have lead to frank discussions but somehow didn’t. At the…

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  • Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    A Glass of Water

    October 1, 2006September 16, 2023
    3 Comments

    In a lifetime of relationships that range from bitter chocolate to arsenic, he is like a glass of clear, cool water. Cleansing, clarifying and healing.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Ex-policy

    September 22, 2006March 5, 2023
    8 Comments

    Does anyone know what the best ‘ex’ policy is? I admire…no, I am deeply envious of those enlightened souls who are ‘great friends’ with their exes. They’ve obviously got it all figured out just great and I haven’t reached my Bodhi tree as yet. I am struggling, as yet in…

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    On The Same Gender Side

    September 18, 2006March 5, 2023
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    Why are same gender friendships so under valued?

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  • Fiction | Map Of Emotion

    55 Words: The Break-Up

    September 18, 2006December 29, 2023
    19 Comments

    A 55 word story about the breakup.

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  • Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Haute Couture Boots

    September 13, 2006March 30, 2025
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    Men have no appreciation for haute couture!!!!!!!! At least the two jokers I sit next do, don’t! SNC: So why are you in casuals on a work-day? Me: I’m not in casuals! SFOS: So what are these then? Me: I’m not wearing jeans! SNC: So jeans are the only thing…

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    The Best Kind Of Guy Friend

    September 7, 2006July 3, 2024
    37 Comments

    You know who the best kind of guy friend 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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