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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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    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
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    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)
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    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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    India Hates Its Women: This Mumbai Woman Bows Her Head In Shame

    August 23, 2013October 10, 2025
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    Mumbai, masquerading as the exception in a country that boasts of daughter-in-law burning, honor killing, female infanticide and as of December, gang-rapes in metros, has been outed.

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    I’m Not A Real (Something Something)…

    August 21, 2013March 26, 2023
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    You don’t have to be a ‘real’ anything to be real.

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  Everything That’s Wrong With Raksha-Bandhan
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    Everything That’s Wrong With Raksha-Bandhan

    August 20, 2013February 25, 2025
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    It might seem that I’m opposed to all Indian festivals but I’m actually, not. Not even to today’s grand occasion of Raksha-bandhan. Well, I have no problem with honoring the sibling relationship. If anything, I’m all for occasions that remind you to be grateful for the presence of special people…

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  • Marina & Ulay - The Artist is In
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    On The Gentleness Of Silence

    August 18, 2013April 14, 2024
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    So much comes up in silence, even somebody else’s silence.

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    The Friendship Frisson

    August 17, 2013March 26, 2023
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    I like to call it a frisson in friendship, not even something important enough to merit beginning with capitals and being preceded with a ‘the’

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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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