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  Happy Bhaag Jayegi Makes A Surprising Escape From Patriarchy
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Happy Bhaag Jayegi Makes A Surprising Escape From Patriarchy

    August 25, 2016February 25, 2025
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    I didn’t expect to find feminist ideas in a mainstream Bollywood film called ‘Happy Bhaag Jayegi’

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  I Wear: Feminist Fashion
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    I Wear: Feminist Fashion

    August 24, 2016March 31, 2023
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    Feminist fashion & how to do it. (Includes a video)

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  • Ramya in a tiger-print top with a pink bag, Shaunak in the background looking at his phone
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Thinking Pink: Fashion As A Feminist Statement

    August 23, 2016February 25, 2025
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    What does feminist fashion mean and where does the colour pink fall in it?

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    I Wear: Family Weekends

    August 22, 2016April 14, 2024
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    I like to keep my Saturdays as quiet as possible. For one, I do live a rather crowded, loquacious life. And in addition, weekends witness horribly obnoxious behaviour by people in malls, multiplexes and on roads (and where else is there to go on a weekend, after all?). I usually…

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    I Wear: Peacock Power

    August 19, 2016March 31, 2023
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    Unisex power, peacock blue power, khadi power, I own it all!

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  Healing Into Thirty-Seven
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    Healing Into Thirty-Seven

    August 17, 2016September 16, 2023
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    This is sort of a birthday taking stock that’s late. But it has been the kind of year that merits that.

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    Shaping Spaces & Relationships: The Poetry Club @ Theosophy Hall

    August 16, 2016September 17, 2023
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    The Poetry Club tied up with the French Consulate to host a poetry workshop and Open Mic at the Theosophy Hall. They also did this last year after the COP21 conference where they asked attendant poets to write about environmental change. The piece that I wrote for that event was…

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    I Wear: A Star Is Always On Stage

    August 15, 2016February 25, 2025
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    I started the week after my birthday by going back to Tuning Fork for their Monday Open Mic and I’m so glad I did! It was a fabulous evening of unexpected, varied performances ranging from music, comedy to the kind of poetry that makes one remember what art truly is. I…

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    ‘Fitness Fanatics’, Kindly Get Lost

    August 12, 2016September 18, 2023
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    If health was a linear equation, our demigods wouldn’t be doctors prescribing but engineers computating. Fitness freaks need a reality check.

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    I Wear: Citrus Sunday

    August 11, 2016February 25, 2025
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    Alphabet Sambar Sunday is a chance to bring out the citrus.

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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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