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  Laying The Best Laid Plans To Rest
    Map Of Emotion

    Laying The Best Laid Plans To Rest

    March 1, 2019October 25, 2024
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    Some of us like making plans. We are list makers, time trackers, note takers.

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  Storytellers On The Streets – Musicians & Me
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Storytellers On The Streets – Musicians & Me

    February 16, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Gully Boy was rife with triggers. Musicians have hurt me. But we’re storytellers together.

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    City | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Roving I

    Conversations with a tree: February In The City – Part 1

    February 15, 2019March 29, 2025
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    I spotted this tree at the junction of a rapidly disappearing Mumbai and the greedy new city emerging in its place.

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  Where I Regret Doing The Right Thing
    Body & Sex | City | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Where I Regret Doing The Right Thing

    February 15, 2019March 28, 2023
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    It was respite from the morning’s fight, a common occurrence in the horror story I lived in. It didn’t feel right.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Jealousy Object – And How To Deal With Being It

    February 9, 2019September 10, 2025
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    I do not fight territory battles over people because people are not property. The Jealousy Game, I won’t play. How do I deal with others who want to drag me in?

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  Feeling in HDR
    Map Of Emotion

    Feeling in HDR

    February 9, 2019September 16, 2023
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    Do you remember that place? A time when every emotion was a Picasso painting. A place where every feeling was in HDR.

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    Body & Sex | Digital World | Politics & Feminism

    No, I Do Not Want To Take Your Dating App Virginity

    February 6, 2019September 16, 2023
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    Dating app virgins who open with “This is my first time here”. The Indian man is already an unappetizing offering on a dating app. But a dating app virgin?

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    Map Of Emotion

    The Sign Of Confusion

    February 4, 2019August 28, 2023
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    How scared we are on confusion, to even admit to being confused!

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    I’m Calling Bullshit on Wokebro Fuckbois

    February 2, 2019August 28, 2023
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    The wokebro is just a guy using the feminism fad for personal gain. I call bullshit.

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  • coconut tree against a blue sky with white clouds
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Rules Of Engagement

    February 2, 2019August 28, 2023
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    We only remember the two extremes of love and war. But conflict and alliance are inseparable.The rules of engagement are very clear. 

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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…”
  • Harshaman on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “Which for me means, looking back at the past with a discerning and curatorial eye I had been thinking about…”
  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • 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…”

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