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  I Wear: Saree Funk
    Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    I Wear: Saree Funk

    January 17, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I have adopted the saree as my go-to garment. Its versatility really appeals to my creative side and liberates me from the shackles of womens wear.

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    Body & Sex | City | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Evenings In Mhaari/ Saadi Mumbai

    January 15, 2014April 14, 2024
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    I miss the Mumbai of my childhood. I suppose I’ll have to stop calling it ‘amchi Mumbai’ and shift to ‘maari Mumbai’ or ‘saddi Mumbai’ instead.

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  The Crush Taxonomy
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Crush Taxonomy

    January 15, 2014March 30, 2025
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    I tweeted about a funny guy crush. A friend asked what other kind there was and challenged me to write a list.

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  • Body & Sex | Books | Pop Culture

    S.E.C.R.E.T. Shared – L.Marie Adeline:

    January 13, 2014September 16, 2023
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    Secret Shared by L. Marie AdelineMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve read more of the genre after I read S.E.C.R.E.T. so I’m inclined to be a little kinder in my assessment of this book. There is a lot of crass bilge passed off as erotica and this is not…

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  I Focal: The Other Side of The Tracks
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    I Focal: The Other Side of The Tracks

    January 9, 2014March 29, 2025
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    East and West of Mumbai train tracks

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  The Trouble With A Woman Asking A Man Out Is…
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Trouble With A Woman Asking A Man Out Is…

    January 6, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I’ll vouch for the self-confidence this gives a woman. But are men ready for this?

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    Things I Learnt In 2007 (That Are Still True)

    January 4, 2014March 27, 2023
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    Things that are just never ‘right’ Things that shouldn’t but do enough work well enough Things that are sure-fire bad ideas because…trust me, I’ve tried them!

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    Can A Man Be a Feminist?

    December 30, 2013February 27, 2025
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    These were my thoughts in 2013 on the male feminist. I have since recanted in 2023 with greater understanding of gender & allyship. Please read in context.

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  Soft Touches
    Digital World | Map Of Emotion

    Soft Touches

    December 27, 2013June 12, 2025
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    This article (‘Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss‘) may seem rather formulaic, soppy and trite to some of you. Maybe it is. I know I’m a soft touch for stories like this. But I also think, soft touches are getting increasingly rarer in a cynical today. Independence doesn’t…

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    What Do You Miss?

    December 26, 2013March 27, 2023
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    When you miss someone, you think of all that happened and wonder,

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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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