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  The Public Personal
    Digital World | WorkSpace

    The Public Personal

    March 9, 2021March 16, 2023
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    When your life is lived out on the digital space, where does the public end and the personal begin?

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  ZODIAC-A-RAMA: Bachchon, Yeh Mat Khao
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    ZODIAC-A-RAMA: Bachchon, Yeh Mat Khao

    March 4, 2021March 30, 2025
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    I love listicles about astrology! Here’s one more on my theme of #Zodiacarama. The zodiac signs as 80s/90s Indian sweets. ARIES: Mango Mood & everything from the sour things thela wala – Makes weird faces. Makes you make weird faces. Everything is a dare. TAURUS: Monginis slice cake – Soft,…

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  Bleeding Colour
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Bleeding Colour

    March 1, 2021July 16, 2023
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    Body positivity starts with treating your self as a work of art.

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  Paper Lovers
    Books | Fiction | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Paper Lovers

    February 28, 2021February 25, 2025
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    We didn’t speak at our first meeting. He wore orange trousers & skulked in a corner.  I was the life of the party in pinstripes. Irony clinked glasses all around. I discovered he had a blog & I visited from my anonymous account. It was much better than the one…

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  Happy Journeys
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    Happy Journeys

    February 26, 2021February 25, 2025
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    How do you recognise happy?

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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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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
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  • 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…”
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  • 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…”
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