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  The Three Mistakes Of My Thirties
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    The Three Mistakes Of My Thirties

    July 12, 2019February 25, 2025
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    On the last day of my thirties, I look back at the three mistakes that marked this decade.

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  • Ramya looking at Bandra Worli Sealink from Bandra
    City | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    You Don’t Know Me

    June 25, 2019February 25, 2025
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    We’ve spoken. You’ve looked at me and I, at you. You probably thought of me later.

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  Where I Lay My Hands, Is Home
    City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Where I Lay My Hands, Is Home

    June 19, 2019September 10, 2023
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    In 2009, the BMC, Mumbai’s civic body invited citizens to come paint the walls of an arterial road abutting the railway track. Home.

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    Map Of Emotion

    Transactions Of Hope

    June 13, 2019August 28, 2023
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    Do you say all the things to the world that you wish somebody would say to you? Do you hope?

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  Walking The Minefield
    Map Of Emotion

    Walking The Minefield

    June 10, 2019August 28, 2023
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    We glorify anger. We present and consume revenge sagas, hate politics. We keep alive an emotional minefield.

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  • young woman taking photo in mirror of car
    Body & Sex | Digital World | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Go, Selfie!

    June 6, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Why is a selfie taker shamed so much?

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  Don’t Call Me TamBram
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    Don’t Call Me TamBram

    June 6, 2019September 16, 2023
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    I am not a Tamilian. I am not a Brahmin. You erase my identity and you insult my legacy when you call me a TamBram.

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  Hey You In The Dark
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Hey You In The Dark

    May 22, 2019September 17, 2023
    3 Comments

    Hey you in the dark. Have you looked my way lately? I exist.

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  • The High Road
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    The High Road

    May 18, 2019August 28, 2023
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    Walk the high road because that is the path that YOU deserve to walk on.

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  Post-Swim Dating Is A Thing
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Post-Swim Dating Is A Thing

    May 15, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I went for a swim and then I went on a date.

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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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