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    Books | Fiction | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Sept Shorts04: Book Lovers

    September 11, 2013August 26, 2025
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    A romance between the pages for book lovers.

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  A Conversational Weekend
    City | Home & Identity

    A Conversational Weekend

    September 9, 2013February 25, 2025
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    Mumbaikers don’t consider a minute well-spent unless it’s used for something tangible. Conversations don’t count.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    I Want Love, Not Marriage

    September 7, 2013February 25, 2025
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    After the debacle of last year, I’ve learnt a few things. In fact, as far as lessons go, that experience has been a gift that keeps on giving. My mistakes give me better and better clarity on what it is that I really want. And perhaps life is nothing more…

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    Fiction

    Sept Shorts03: Mehtavian Maths

    September 6, 2013February 26, 2024
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    A Tiny Tale about settling a score in maths class. My first attempt at a short story for young readers.

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  • Chimichangas/ Burritos
    Fiction | Relationships

    Sept Shorts02: Cryptic Chimichangas

    September 4, 2013March 26, 2023
    2 Comments

    Chimichangas bring together two very different appetites.

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  Content Marketing: The Power Of Story
    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    Content Marketing: The Power Of Story

    September 2, 2013February 25, 2025
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    Content Marketing, yet another buzzword added to the business lexicon. Let’s not go the jargon way. Let’s just talk.

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  • City | Fiction | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Sept Shorts01: Everyone’s Got A Back-up Plan

    September 2, 2013March 26, 2023
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    A short story about people who plan and all their back-up plans.

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  Every Moment Is An Opportunity To Fall In Love
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Every Moment Is An Opportunity To Fall In Love

    September 1, 2013September 22, 2023
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    We can choose to get angry or nitpick or find fault with or be offended by. Or we can choose to look at what a wonderful experience it is. Love.

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  • The 'Heart' of the Grand Canyon (NASA, International Space Station, 01/19/12)
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Open Heart Surgery

    September 1, 2013April 14, 2024
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    The man I called ‘Mr.Everyday’ broke my heart and other things.

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  • City | Politics & Feminism

    Fear Culture: My Week Since The #MumbaiGangRape

    August 29, 2013March 26, 2023
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    One week since this happened. The media has its baby for the fortnight or so.  TV is gruesome entertainment with politico-types competing, reality-show like to see who can say the most outrageous/stupid/TRP-generating things. How has real life been for the regular Mumbaiker? I can tell you how mine has been….

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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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