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    Why I Love Saturdays And Hate Mondays

    August 23, 2004March 30, 2025
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    I slept over and nearly missed the bus, watched grey rain soiling the already wonderful roads of Mumbai and finally got to office to kick-start Monday with this conversation with SNC (Someone from the next cubicle, for those who missed my earlier post) Me: *Groan* I hate Mondays.SNC: Yeah, it…

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Superwoman

    August 17, 2004July 3, 2024
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    The Superwoman origin story:
    I am the only kid on the tree in pigtails
    I am the daughter who will one day be the ‘man of the house’

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    The Tribulations Of An Ant

    August 9, 2004March 30, 2025
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    Wednesday: Meeting at 10:30, made it after wading through knee deep water, rolled up trouser legs, precariously balancing laptop on one shoulder (uggh….why don’t they make these things lighter?) and handbag on the other. Made it into the office! Soaking umbrella dumped into the bucket at the door, hair slicked…

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    God At Work?

    August 6, 2004March 30, 2025
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    Conversations with God also known as the BOSS on a rain-drenched day. Prayers remain unanswered – a humorous take.

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  Parallel Monologues
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Relationships

    Parallel Monologues

    August 2, 2004September 17, 2023
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    A brooding player. A sensitive charmer. We are running parallel monologues.

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    ~ A Milestone ~

    August 1, 2004September 17, 2023
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    This day of August is a milestone.

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    Never Forget

    August 1, 2004February 18, 2023
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    If I could utter just two words for my whole life I would say, “Never forget.” Never forget anything or anyone. Any experience that changes you has already left an inerasable impression on you, which is the cause for the way you are after it has passed. Any person who…

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    “She used to have a life once”

    July 30, 2004February 18, 2023
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    Eyes ringed with dark circles, lids drooping, dull ache at the back of my neck..and my weekend’s only just beginning. I’ve been having a ‘social life’ in the past two days that I haven’t had for a long time – courtesy a friend who’s here from the city that really…

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    An Ode To Wednesday

    July 14, 2004March 30, 2025
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    Wednesday is the name that the hope angel takes in the working world.

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    FINE FINE!

    July 12, 2004September 17, 2023
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    The weather sure is fine.I like fine food and fine wine.I am so, so very fine.Fine to the point of snappingHairline fine, gossamer fineOf course I’m in a fine messWith all the unpaid fines Fine, fine, FINE!Yeah, sure, I’m fine

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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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