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  Honesty, The Men-Only Policy
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Honesty, The Men-Only Policy

    August 30, 2005April 14, 2024
    17 Comments

    Navigating relationship honesty: Should one disclose their past? Exploring societal expectations and gender double standards. #Relationships #Honesty

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  • Body & Sex | Books | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    Crush

    August 25, 2005July 3, 2024
    7 Comments

    My 14-year-old cousin thinks the Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant ‘has nice eyes’. She has his album carefully tucked away between her best clothes. And she thinks the contestants of Fame Gurukul are so lucky because one of them got to sing a duet with him. Ah….it is beginning! My kid…

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  • Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Money Management

    August 23, 2005March 30, 2025
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    Not a week goes by without one of us having a problem with a bank. Login access problems, wrongly debited entries, incorrect charges…the list is endless. We got to thinking of some ways to keep our money safe and out of the reach of those moolah-monsters…. SNC: I think I’ll…

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  • Death Carrying a Child
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    When Masculinity is Forced Into Strength

    August 22, 2005August 22, 2023
    4 Comments

    There was a death. And I watched who was allowed to grieve and who was required to show strength. It made me ponder masculinity.

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  • Mirror of Erised Harry Potter
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Mirrors Don’t Cry

    August 14, 2005January 5, 2024
    15 Comments

    Reflecting on the profound connection between self and mirrors, a poetic exploration of emotions, vulnerability, and the unspoken truth within reflections.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    What’s Love Got Go Do With It?

    August 14, 2005March 4, 2023
    12 Comments

    A lot of us confuse love and lust. I tend to think men do that more often than women. All my aware life, I have been hearing about how men distinguish sex from love but women equate the two. Real life shows the contrary. True, at least in our early…

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  • WorkSpace

    Office Capers: Inter-office etiquette

    August 8, 2005March 30, 2025
    2 Comments

    Note: SNC (Someone From the Next Cubicle) and I sit adjacent to each other at work. —–Original Message—–From: Smith, IdeaSent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:05 PMTo: S N CSubject: Wossup? Not seen you around today…————————————————————————– —–Original Message—–From: S N CSent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:06 PMTo: Smith, IdeaSubject: RE: So…

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  Recessive Gene
    Home & Identity

    Recessive Gene

    August 3, 2005March 30, 2025
    47 Comments

    Let me tell you about my recessive gene. It involves idlis, questionable pronunciations and the Great South Indian Software Dream.

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  • City

    Notes From The Surviving City – 2

    July 29, 2005January 5, 2024
    7 Comments

    My first day back in the world after two days in a shell of immediate survival. Everyone in the office had a story to tell. One of the girls left office on Tuesday and we had no news from her till late this morning. She still hasn’t managed to get…

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

    Solitaire

    July 29, 2005January 5, 2024
    2 Comments

    Emotional solitaire: A journey of self-contentment, embracing the beauty of being a loner. Explore the bliss of enjoying your own company.

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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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