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  #Ideastory: Glasses
    Fiction

    #Ideastory: Glasses

    February 27, 2014July 3, 2024
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    Love is blind, he says and falls asleep.So cliched, she thinksBut she takes off her glassesAnd snaps them in half. #ideastory View on Path

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  #Ideastory: Photographer
    Fiction | Poetry

    #Ideastory: Photographer

    February 25, 2014July 3, 2024
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    Five of us in this photograph, she says,I wonder where the rest are.Six, he thinks,I was behind the camera. But she’s already looked away.#ideastory View on Path

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  #Ideastory: Poetry
    Fiction | Poetry

    #Ideastory: Poetry

    February 24, 2014March 28, 2023
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    Poetry,comes rolling out of my pursed lips,like smoke curling under the door. Somebody’s going to get burnt soon.

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  #Ideastory: Doll
    City | Fiction | Pop Culture | Relationships

    #Ideastory: Doll

    February 17, 2014March 28, 2023
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    Let me be the mole on your chin, he says,One you touch when you’re thinking, unthinking. I’m a plastic Barbie, she says,PERFECT. *If you like this you might want to check out my photostory collection or my Instagram stream.

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  • Politics & Feminism

    What’s It Like Being The Other Sex?

    February 13, 2014September 20, 2023
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    I watched a French video titled ‘Oppressed Majority‘. It’s a satirical, dark take on patriarchy. It does so by reversing traditional gender roles. What would life look like if the way each sex was treated was reversed? Dear men, I understand now.* Honestly. I found myself thinking things that I’ve…

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  • Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    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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  • Tamil in Tamil script
    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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  • 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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