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  Quoted In HT Cafe: ‘A Shot In The Dark: Why Artistes Love To Perform With The Lights Out’
    Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    Quoted In HT Cafe: ‘A Shot In The Dark: Why Artistes Love To Perform With The Lights Out’

    July 26, 2016July 8, 2025
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    HT Cafe carried a story by Sapna Mathur on darkroom performances in Mumbai. I was quoted for my spoken word poetry. They were also nice enough to include a video of my collaboration with Karthik (performed in the light, so you can see) of the same act we did during the darkroom event – Lullaby.

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  • Body & Sex | Pop Culture

    I Wear: The Girl In Transparent Boots

    July 25, 2016October 15, 2023
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    Getting a haircut, being compared to a celebrity, trampling around puddle-filled lanes and keeping up the look through rain & sunshine – I Wear.

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  • Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Performing To The Gallery: Alcohols & Men – Tuning Fork

    July 22, 2016March 30, 2025
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    I went to an Open Mic after nearly three weeks and I’m glad I picked that Monday to do it. It was an evening rife with unusual performances, from a poem-turned-song to a monologue to a haiku battle to a truly moving piece that made everyone’s eyes well up. I had…

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  A Retro Generation: Burnt Out Firecrackers & Faded Flowers
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    A Retro Generation: Burnt Out Firecrackers & Faded Flowers

    July 20, 2016February 25, 2025
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    “It was rebellion. Just like every other generation.”

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  • Pop Culture

    I Wear: The Girl With A Cameraphone

    July 18, 2016April 14, 2024
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    I Wear goes video! My first everyday style post but with a view.

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    Fiction

    Tiny Tales: The Apple Lion

    July 6, 2016February 25, 2025
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    I realised during the Alphabet Sambar meet yesterday that I wrote this story but never put it up. So here it is for your childhood-scented reading pleasure. Don’t forget to play! ~O~O~O~O~O~O~ The Apple Lion It started with a spelling test. Ma’am had threatened the class with one later in…

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    Digital World

    Lights Out

    July 4, 2016February 25, 2025
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    I’ve never really taken a break from social media. But it looks like it’s time for me to turn all the screen lights off.

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  • Digital World | Politics & Feminism

    A Lifetime Sentence of Being Woman

    June 29, 2016February 25, 2025
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    Earlier this month, I tweeted the following: “More and more it becomes obvious that testosterone and machismo are the biggest problems this world faces. Can we just ban men?” The reactions I received proved my point and make me firmly NOT apologetic for it. Personal attacks. Rape threats. Attack threats….

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    Map Of Emotion

    The Room Speaks

    June 29, 2016September 18, 2023
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    The inside of me feels like an empty room. Does the world know the body is just a cloth coat hung on air?

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    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Light Walker

    June 7, 2016September 17, 2023
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    A poem about a light walker

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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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