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    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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  Menstrual Myths and Products That Matter
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    Menstrual Myths and Products That Matter

    May 28, 2016March 29, 2023
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    Busting menstruation myths, unboxing a menstrual cup. (Includes a video)

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    Building Poetry, Shaping Me: Architect @ Tuning Fork

    May 24, 2016February 25, 2025
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    Another Monday at the Tuning Fork and how can I possibly hate the week when it starts that way? I’ve been struggling a bit with performance poetry. I now know the difference between performed poetry and spoken word. I can’t entirely articulate it but I can see, hear and feel…

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  DNA Feature: From Business Consultancy To Performance Poetry, This Woman Manages It All
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    DNA Feature: From Business Consultancy To Performance Poetry, This Woman Manages It All

    May 19, 2016March 23, 2026
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    Anvi Mehta ran a feature on me for DNA, focusing on my work on stage as a Spoken Word artist.

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    Tuning Up The Poetry At Tuning Fork

    May 19, 2016September 17, 2023
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    So Karthik showed up at the Open Mic earlier this week. I was running late and we barely had a few minutes to catch up and sync up. There was a super ANNOYING couple at the table next to us talking LOUDLY during a performance and saying things like “He’s…

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    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Paper Towns

    May 16, 2016February 25, 2025
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    …is the name of a book by the guy who wrote ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. I happened to mention what an amazing title that was and what a shitty book it turned out to be. My AlphabetSambar peeps suggested we reclaim it by writing something else around it. And…

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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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