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    And Then There Was Music

    January 10, 2017September 17, 2023
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    I sang. There was music.

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  The Grand Villain And A Concrete Wall
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    The Grand Villain And A Concrete Wall

    January 3, 2017April 14, 2024
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    Heartbreak. It’s hard work getting past it but hard work never scared me. It’s lack of hope that terrifies me. Yet, my automatic reaction has been to freeze up into a wall of silence, stoicism, concrete hardness. There is no hope beyond a wall of that nature. I decided to…

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  The Trials Of The Girl Who Reads
    Books | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Trials Of The Girl Who Reads

    January 2, 2017March 30, 2025
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    The Crush has given me a book. The question is to read or not to read?

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  I’m Looking For Love But Not Really
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    I’m Looking For Love But Not Really

    January 1, 2017March 31, 2023
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    I haven’t been my prolific self of the past decade, in 2016 and I intend to change that. It’s not that I haven’t been sharing. I’m realising that I am the kind of being that needs to share. It feels good to let it out, to bleed in the open air….

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  1AM on 1-1
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    1AM on 1-1

    January 1, 2017April 14, 2024
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    1AM on 1-1.
    Welcome.

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    Tired Is Good

    December 30, 2016March 31, 2023
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    The last few years have been better after a living nightmare. But I’m tired.

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  Relationship Status: Between Swipe Right & Made In Heaven
    Digital World | Relationships

    Relationship Status: Between Swipe Right & Made In Heaven

    December 14, 2016July 25, 2023
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    Millennial Dating has changed how we think of the Relationship.

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    On Losing A Voice And Remembering How To Speak Again

    November 24, 2016February 25, 2025
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    Men will never stop attacking my right to speak. My voice is my only weapon and my sole identity.

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  Nine Ways To Survive The Rs.500/1000 Demonitisation
    Politics & Feminism

    Nine Ways To Survive The Rs.500/1000 Demonitisation

    November 14, 2016July 23, 2024
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    India announced demonitisation – that Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes would no longer be valid currency. How do we survive this?

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    Welcome To Friendship Dial-In Services…

    November 7, 2016July 25, 2023
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    A phone crash made me realise just how much friendship has become equated to customer services.

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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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