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    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Games I Play

    November 2, 2005September 17, 2023
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    I don’t lieI just make the truth a little less easy to findHide-and-seek is best played between two people If I am foundI don’t runThis is not tag and I don’t mix games I find tag mind-numbingHunting is quite different from chasingI stake out, I stalk and I pounce Sometimes…

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    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Diary Entries – A Walk Back Into Reality

    October 31, 2005March 4, 2023
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    I kept a diary for 4 years till I transitioned into blogging all my thoughts.I have still kept those diaries though and once in a while I look through to see what life was like then.Some excerpts from my last diary that I called ‘A walk back into reality’: ———————————————5…

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    My Wonder Years

    October 30, 2005March 4, 2023
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    Lately I’ve been feeling like I’ve been too tame and safe, not done enough in my years to have a life I can be proud of.

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

    Domestic Violence And Beyond: I’m Not Just A Victim

    October 28, 2005October 22, 2023
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    The next time you hear about a victim of abuse and think of her (or him) as weak, think again. Violence is so much more complex than you know.

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    Office Capers: Piggy ‘s Poison Plaza

    October 26, 2005March 30, 2025
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    Surviving Piggy’ s Poison Plaza: A humorous take on workplace canteen woes. Join the journey from toxic meals to a new contractor’s trial.

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Indian Man: A Doll That Goes “Mama”

    October 25, 2005January 1, 2024
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    Unveiling the ‘Mama’s Boy’ syndrome in Indian Culture – the complex relationship between the Indian man and his mother, and the impact on relationships.

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    Digital World | Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Going Downhill Is Fun

    October 24, 2005March 30, 2025
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    The Art of Misdirection in the Office Sleuth Saga. A techno-greek’s hilarious attempt at creating a decoy blog & the colleague’s funny reaction.

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    Office Capers: Guess Who Blogger?

    October 19, 2005March 4, 2023
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    One of my colleagues is a blogger and he mentioned the fact proudly at our introductory session. Since I was the first in the group to check out his blog, he figured (quite accurately) that I must be a blogger too. And ever since then, he’s been hounding me for…

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  • Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Men & Women In Social Settings

    October 16, 2005April 14, 2024
    5 Comments

    As promised Iyer, here’s the link…yes, I keep my promises, I’m not a man! I have said before that I like men and in this post I’m going to demonstrate why. But first, dear readers, please trot over to the aforementioned link for a prelude to this post! I was…

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    Poetry | Relationships

    Conversation (Say My Name)

    October 10, 2005September 17, 2023
    17 Comments

    I like the way you say my nameBecause you say it so very rarelyWe talk so much about other peopleRarely about ourselvesAnd there is so much soliloquyThat the need for “I” and “you” doesn’t exist I like to hear you say my nameBecause it reminds me of this game we’re…

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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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