February 2012
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“An airport once smelt of local history, or was perfumed by its culture. Stressed...”
– MJ Akbar The Joy of Trash
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“Credo,” by Jane Kenyon, from “Having it Out with...
Pharmaceutical wonders are at work but I believe only in this moment of well-being. Unholy ghost, you are certain to come again
Coarse, mean, you’ll put your feet on the coffee table, lean back, and turn me into someone who can’t take the trouble to speak; someone who can’t sleep, or who does nothing but sleep; can’t read, or call for an appointment for help.
There is nothing I can do ...
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“When I was born, you waited
behind a pile of linen in the nursery,
and when we...”
– Jane Kenyon
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Censorship is the new Sterilization: Amruta... →
“I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in...”
– Jeffrey McDaniel
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“It’s liberating when you realize that someone doesn’t love you anymore. Well, at...”
– Why You Can’t Make Your Ex Fall In Love With You Again « Thought Catalog
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“If I had the room to myself I’d stay in bed and stare out the window. Kids, my...”
– Her Secret Lair: Part 3 of how i met your father
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Hey Google: You’re Really Starting To Piss Me Off! →
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“Mr.Malhotra summarized his arguments saying that said that 377 does not affect...”
– possibly the funniest court hearing ever.
Supreme Court hearings on Naz: Feb 23 2012 | orinam
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“All of which leaves you wondering about the things that do NOT offend...”
– Manjula Narayan on the Indian outrage-culture
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Homosexuality in India: A Literary History -... →
Here, There & Everywhere Adiga and @joylita on the... →
joylita:
Aravind Adiga in one sentences captures the beauty of learning many languages in the Daily Beast.
Language becomes for me what German must be for those who have learnt it well enough: a new way of understanding the world.
As Adiga points out, most of us Indians grow up ‘in an archipelago…
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DETAIL TALK: My Pedagogic Creed by Dewey →
detailtalk:
At work, I sometimes muse about the state of education in India and around the world in general. Not sure about how it looks like elsewhere, I am sure that India has gone way off the track as far as true spirit of education and child upbringing is concerned. Schools and colleges no longer are what…
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A L B: Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge... →
Fully agree with everything. Except when some of those things arent sexist.
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “ho”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion more than a woman’s, or when you...
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Transnational Desi Pride →
For Desis who drape our saris and salwars over the secrets of our bodies: the abortions, the secret birth control, the unwanted touching by a respected uncle
For Desis who know, that one phone-call to their parents by a malicious ex-lover could mean the funding pulled, college dreams crushed, but who are brave enough to own the rights of our bodies and make love anyway
For Desis who are...
Ethics of Social Media →
In social media, there is no difference between public and private.
Just because you can post something doesn’t mean you should.
Your online and offline selves might not be identical, but they’re joined at the hip.
Will what I post cause harm to others?
Finally, call it the Social Media Golden Rule: post about others as you would have them post about you.
“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then...”
– Karen Marie Moning (via erikangstrom)
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“So, do you think that one of the main challenges presented to men in their...”
– Hannah Imogen Jones
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VS Ramachandran : Adventures In Behavioral... →
Geeky giddiness
The Tambrahm Chart of Progessive Food Tolerance
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Inspired by a conversation with @anantha, @techrsr and @sarcasan
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“Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without...”
– “the seven blunders that human society commits, and that cause all the violence” Mahatma to his son Arun
Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi via Lists of Note
Walking on the bunds: rant →
Uncomplicated people are my worst nightmare.
The Best Words in the World by Luke Conley «... →
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If there was a total meltdown of society, how long... →
Geekgasms
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Why Sex Is Not Spiritual -SF Weekly →
I think that the whole point of being sex-positive is to seek out fluffy bunnies in sex and gender, wring their little necks, skin them, and sink our teeth into the meat with relish.
Now, that’s a thought.
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What A Lingerie Shop Is Like For A Man « Thought... →
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