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  A Noob’s Guide To The Mumbai Metro: The First Mumbai Metro
    City | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    A Noob’s Guide To The Mumbai Metro: The First Mumbai Metro

    June 9, 2014April 19, 2025
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    A review of the newly inaugurated Mumbai metro from Versova to Ghatkopar.

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  • three gigantic elephants staring at a tiny man
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Unimpressive Me

    June 8, 2014September 20, 2023
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    I’m starting to feel unimpressive in most social situations these days. Unimpressive seems inappropriate. I’m not allowed to underwhelm

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  #IdeaStory: Merry-Go-Round
    City | Fiction | Relationships

    #IdeaStory: Merry-Go-Round

    June 4, 2014September 16, 2023
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    Life with youis like being on a merry-go-round, she says.But, he asks, did you see the view?Yes, she says, on our next upswing.

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  Affection, Conversation & All Else Digitalia Made Possible
    Digital World | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    Affection, Conversation & All Else Digitalia Made Possible

    May 31, 2014February 25, 2025
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    I met a friend-from-digitalia. She addressed a talk called ‘Geographies of the Heart’. It made me reflect on my own journey.

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  Three’s Company
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Three’s Company

    May 28, 2014September 16, 2023
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    I love him. I love her. He loves her. She loves him. They both adore me. We’re three people who know each other from different times and places.

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  The Human Resources Princess
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    The Human Resources Princess

    May 22, 2014February 25, 2025
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    I wrote about several Human Resources professionals I’d known. A friend in the space shared it on his network which brought up some angry reactions.

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  #IdeaStory: Mermaid
    Fiction | Relationships

    #IdeaStory: Mermaid

    May 21, 2014March 28, 2023
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    You learnt to float, she yells,ducking under him smoothly.When she surfaces,he’s walking on the water.Away.

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  An Older Man
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    An Older Man

    May 14, 2014April 14, 2024
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    I went out with an older man recently. Age, steadily creeping up on me, doesn’t seem as scary if it looks the way he does, a few years from now.

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  • alone man person sadness
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Minefield Hopping

    May 7, 2014January 10, 2024
    3 Comments

    “No day is safe from news of you” – Sylvia Plath

    Each day is a minefield to navigate.

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  I Want To Be A Modern, Female Superman…
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    I Want To Be A Modern, Female Superman…

    May 6, 2014March 30, 2025
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    No, this is serious. I am friend, businesswoman, creative thinker, socially aware voice, family woman, hot single girl, gal pal and a host of other things.

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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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