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  Mind Readers
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    Mind Readers

    August 16, 2006September 17, 2023
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    We are mind readers. Does that scare you or does it intrigue you?

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  • WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Job Description – Fire fighting

    August 10, 2006March 30, 2025
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    I get people asking me what I do for a living, all the time. After much debate (with I, me, myself and an annoying group known as ‘the rest of the world’) I have reached the following conclusion: I am a fire woman. And here’s why: I spend my day:…

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  • Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Raksha Bandhan: Bonds and Securities

    August 8, 2006March 5, 2023
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    This is a blog about gender roles and male-female relationships. This time its going to be about a non-sexual (so it is hoped!) relationship. I am an only child and probably am not really qualified to speak about sisters and brothers. On the other hand, I see and hear, I…

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  • WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Rising Stars

    August 3, 2006March 30, 2025
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    So now that we have a fresh batch of recruits, we aren’t the new kids on the office block any more. NB is as purana as the canteen’s breakfast poha. SNC and SFOS have put on weight (and so have I!)….last year’s training photographs look like they’ve been shot in…

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  Office Capers: All play and no work….
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    Office Capers: All play and no work….

    July 29, 2006March 30, 2025
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    The last office workshop we attended was on ‘Stress management’. And on the neatly bulletted suggestions for relieving stress was the following idea…”Have your desk look clean and beautiful. Keep a stuffed toy or photograph on your table.” Ah…ours not to question why, but to do or die….——————————————————————————————————————Someone on the…

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    Office Capers: Personality Splits

    July 17, 2006March 30, 2025
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    The office seems to be a permanent school of life in ‘Things you didn’t learn in b-school’. And some of those were lessons that sound familiar but I didn’t really understand them till I came to live them. During my management program, I worked on a lot of ‘team projects’…

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    City | Poetry

    Phoenix City

    July 12, 2006September 17, 2023
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    The city of Mumbai is a phoenix.

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  • She
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Judgment Call: When Women Make War On Each Other

    July 8, 2006December 29, 2023
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    Women judge each other and we make war. If a woman’s best friend must sign off on all relationship decisions, then she also has the power to wreck you with judgment.

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    Office Capers: Colleagues can be human too

    July 5, 2006March 30, 2025
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    Unveiling untold tales of office life! From morning mishaps to shared quirks, I explore the human side of my colleagues after a week of travelling with them.

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Men Are Like Waves

    July 5, 2006December 29, 2023
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    I navigate eligible men in the second wave of companionship. No rose-tinted glasses, just practical decisions & a pursuit of love without societal pressures.

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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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