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    Home & Identity

    Harvest Festival

    April 27, 2020February 25, 2025
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    I’ve moved away from a lot of festivals steeped as they are in religion, the biggest reason for violence & turmoil in my country right now. I was talking to a stranger yesterday when I realised just that this is a good time to remember abundance. But it only feels…

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  First Deaths
    Map Of Emotion

    First Deaths

    April 23, 2020August 22, 2023
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    The first time you watch someone die is a surprise because wasn’t death supposed to be silent?

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  • Ramya looking up at the moon
    City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Moonlight

    April 20, 2020February 25, 2025
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    I make the decision to let go of the validation & security they offer while I’m on this quest to discover who I am.

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  • Ray & I in sarees
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    I Wear: Saree Sisterhood

    April 17, 2020February 25, 2025
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    When a wave of stories about men’s atrocities began coming out a couple of years ago, she and I found ourselves shoulder to shoulder and talking. And we also discovered a mutual love of sarees, especially when personalised to our contemporary lifestyles.

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  • Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    Menstrual Cup Anniversary: Third Time’s A Charm

    April 16, 2020February 25, 2025
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    This is a recap of my menstrual cup journey. I have not one but two that suit me now.

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  Prison Perspective
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    Prison Perspective

    April 14, 2020March 23, 2023
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    I’ve been in situations before where I’ve felt like there is no way forward. Like being in prison. This is a good thing.

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    City | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    A Word Called TRUST

    April 13, 2020February 25, 2025
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    A wave of anti-CAA protests swept across the country. Terror gripped the country and still the political rhetoric continued. We have forgotten trust.

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  Rebirth Feels A Lot Like Near-Death
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    Rebirth Feels A Lot Like Near-Death

    April 13, 2020September 10, 2023
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    I lost all my Instagram Drafts, at least 15 Drafts in stages of completion. Gone in one shot.

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  Fragile: Learning Boundaries
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    Fragile: Learning Boundaries

    April 6, 2020February 16, 2023
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    The idea of boundaries gained a lot of favour in the last decade. For a generation ravaged by economic meltdowns and the cultural volatility caused by connectivity, it seemed important to move to some kind of structural safety. We were (and still are) otherwise living in schedules with no day,…

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  • Ramya at Worli fort
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    Island

    March 30, 2020August 14, 2023
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    I am struggling to reconcile my identity as an island girl with my citizenship in a fast-paced, cut-throat metropolis.

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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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