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Salwar Suit Saga
Home & Identity | Pop Culture

Salwar Suit Saga

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
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Salwar kameez, the ubiquitous subcontinental garment has a varied history in my own personal life.

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The One Who Was Lost In Translation
Books | Relationships

The One Who Was Lost In Translation

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
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I read a gifted book after the one who gifted it left my life. It helped me understand what went wrong. We were lost in translation.

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What’s Your Poison, Eena, Meena, Deeka?
Body & Sex | Digital World | Poetry | Pop Culture

What’s Your Poison, Eena, Meena, Deeka?

May 8, 2023July 24, 2023
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I created this piece for an UnErase Against Drugs event. I wanted to go beyond the PSA-style message and tell a story. What’s your poison?

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Sindhu-Bhairavi‘s Male Gaze & Strong Woman Tropes
Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

Sindhu-Bhairavi‘s Male Gaze & Strong Woman Tropes

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
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The 1985 Tamil film ‘Sindhu-Bhairavi’ under a feminist lens shows a nuanced male storyteller gaze and some strong woman tropes. Does that make it feminist?

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A Mumbai Kind Of Welcome: Vileparle Variety
City | Home & Identity | Poetry

A Mumbai Kind Of Welcome: Vileparle Variety

April 28, 2023July 24, 2023
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Mumbai says welcome in many languages. There’s one place where you can taste them all. Vileparle says welcome home.

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Musical But Not By Identity
Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

Musical But Not By Identity

April 25, 2023April 26, 2023
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I come from musical history. I trained in vocals & an instrument. I’ve won prizes, performed concerts. But music is not my identity.

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The Deaths That We Deserve
Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

The Deaths That We Deserve

April 24, 2023April 23, 2023
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How I learnt to value deaths as I learnt to value life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?

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CUSTODY – A Spoken Word Piece
Poetry | Pop Culture | Relationships

CUSTODY – A Spoken Word Piece

April 20, 2023September 17, 2023
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Each time I perform this, men tell me, “You really understand how a guy feels.” I still feel wrecked by my custody battle.

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Sugarbread: Balli Kaur Jaswal – Like Eating A Green Chilli
Books | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

Sugarbread: Balli Kaur Jaswal – Like Eating A Green Chilli

April 17, 2023April 16, 2023
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Reading SUGARBREAD was like eating a whole green chilli. It made me feel like I’d been punched in the gut. Satisfaction came after tears.

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Big City Girl: Marol Memoirs
City | Home & Identity | Poetry

Big City Girl: Marol Memoirs

April 14, 2023July 7, 2023
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The joke goes that people from anywhere else in the city need a visa to enter Andheri. The Marol of my past was another world.

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  • Karishma on That One Seat At The Table: “It is the same reason why mothers-in-law perpetuate the same atrocities they experienced on their daughters-in-law: the Patriarchal Bargain. It…” Sep 21, 23:08
  • IdeaSmith on “I Did Everything Right; Where Did It Go Wrong” Girls: “@Deena: Perspective – yes, that is true. How have you been, my dear friend?” Sep 16, 17:03
  • IdeaSmith on STEMinism & The Bros – Love On The Brain: “@colls: Thank you so much for reading! I’d love to hear more about your experiences. Too many of us are…” Sep 16, 17:03
  • Deena on “I Did Everything Right; Where Did It Go Wrong” Girls: “I don’t think any of us are right or wrong. Life isn’t binary…..Good/Bad ….right/wrong Through it all, I do think…” Sep 16, 16:53
  • colls on STEMinism & The Bros – Love On The Brain: “Repeating my comment from blusky (glad to have found you there!) I have been in a STEM-adjacent field for 20+…” Sep 4, 18:59
  • IdeaSmith on A Time-Traveler’s Guide To Bangalore: “@Aditya: It was such a good, good day. Nonsense people, electronic bird cries and all!” Aug 14, 17:26
  • IdeaSmith on Barbie vs Oppenheimer: Commoditised Identity: “@Kunal: Thank you for reading and for the comment. I’m not sure that this rant was enough to dissuade anyone…” Aug 14, 17:25
  • IdeaSmith on Lullaby 🛌: “@Karishma: Just another of those things we should spend the rest of our lives complaining and giggling about together.” Aug 14, 17:24
  • Aditya on A Time-Traveler’s Guide To Bangalore: “Thanks for showing me around the whole Brigade road and Church Street area and the wonderful conversations at parks, metros…” Aug 13, 10:32
  • Kunal on Barbie vs Oppenheimer: Commoditised Identity: “Quite apt when you say “Does having a woman director negate the millions of girls who have lived their lives…” Jul 24, 11:10

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