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    City | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Rebirth

    February 25, 2021October 27, 2024
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    I’ve been taking tentative steps towards normal life (or whatever that looks like) in 2021. Is this a rebirth?

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  What Makes The Culture Of A City?
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    What Makes The Culture Of A City?

    February 24, 2021February 25, 2025
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    I love cities. I’m a city dweller and I have a powerful connection to every city I have been in.

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  Island Cruising
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    Island Cruising

    February 23, 2021February 25, 2025
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    Mumbai people often forget that in addition to the financial capital and Bollywood, we also live on a tropical island.

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  Social Ladder: Mumbai Class System
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    Social Ladder: Mumbai Class System

    February 22, 2021February 25, 2025
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    What about the Mumbai class divide?

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  Cityzen – A Mumbai Retrospective
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    Cityzen – A Mumbai Retrospective

    February 21, 2021February 25, 2025
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    My divided love affair between the cities of Bangalore and Mumbai

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  The Romance Show
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    The Romance Show

    February 20, 2021February 25, 2025
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    ‘Romance’ originally implied something extravagant & usually of a fantastical (so unrealistic) nature.

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  The Zen Of Change
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    The Zen Of Change

    February 19, 2021March 29, 2025
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    We assume mountain lovers are all about the zen. But sea lovers know that the zen is also in the changing tides and the still sand. Children of the water remember that happiness is not the same as cheer or even calm at all times. And that life is about…

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  Checklist For Letting Go
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    Checklist For Letting Go

    February 18, 2021February 25, 2025
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    At some point, you have to let go of the people who you think healed you because they’re no more than crutches. Maybe you needed them once but letting them go is part of growth. There is no glory in suffering, no love in neediness. Shared pain is an opportunity,…

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  Romancing A Girl Who Is Too Much
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    Romancing A Girl Who Is Too Much

    February 17, 2021February 25, 2025
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    I think I can only experience romance when I feel happy. I can only play the games of flirting when playfulness is possible. I can only smile at the mirth of charm when I’m just looking for an excuse to smile anyway. That’s why love becomes a common destination for…

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  Meeting Desire
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    Meeting Desire

    February 17, 2021September 17, 2023
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    You wouldn’t recognise desirein the emptiness in your mouthmaking way for wordsthat your stomach is already breaking down You wouldn’t know desire if it licked youYou think it’s meant to kick & clawNot snuggle between your cellsBreathing the quiet places between people You wouldn’t trust desireEven if you laid bare…

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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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