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    There’s A Woman In Your Friendzone!

    February 11, 2014April 14, 2024
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    Dear men,

    What’s that you say? Women don’t get into the friendzone? Allow me to introduce you to…

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  • Books | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings – Kuzhali Manickavel: Quirky & Enjoyable In Tiny Doses

    February 10, 2014March 30, 2025
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    A review of ‘Insects are just like you and me except some of them have wings’ by Kuzhali Manickavel.

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  Ideart: Mumbai Skyline On A Bottle
    City | Pop Culture | Roving I

    Ideart: Mumbai Skyline On A Bottle

    February 3, 2014March 29, 2025
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    I painted the Mumbai skyline on an old pickle glass bottle.

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    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Power Play

    January 30, 2014December 29, 2023
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    Power play – a poem.

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    Home & Identity | Poetry

    Limericking

    January 28, 2014March 30, 2025
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    I tried limericking. I didn’t follow syllable count rules. Saying something in 5 lines in rhyme and being funny was challenge enough.

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  • Books | Pop Culture

    Sita – Devdutt Pattanaik: Repackaging The Indian Superhero With The Same Old Religious Tripe

    January 27, 2014March 28, 2023
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    A review of Devdutt Pattanaik’s ‘SITA’ contrasted with his other book ‘JAYA’.

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    Digital World | Fiction | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships | WorkSpace

    Why My Life Really Began At Thirty

    January 26, 2014April 1, 2023
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    I started ‘The Thirty Diaries’ a month before I hit 30. Now, six months from my 35th birthday, I do a mid-way check.

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  #Ideastory: Your Secrets
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    #Ideastory: Your Secrets

    January 25, 2014March 29, 2025
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    Your secrets

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    City | Poetry

    Mumbai Haiku

    January 21, 2014September 17, 2023
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    I attended a workshop on Haiku writing and this is what I came up with about my city.

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  ‘Do You Want Kids?’ Is Not A Yes Or No Question
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    ‘Do You Want Kids?’ Is Not A Yes Or No Question

    January 20, 2014September 23, 2023
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    Why is motherhood a decision taken by consensus, not my consent? Do I want kids? I don’t know.

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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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