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Rajeshwari Roy's avatar

I absolutely love the nakedness of this piece. Very well written, Samira 🌻

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Rajeshwari!

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Harry's avatar

Beautifully penned! Couldn’t stop reading it!

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Harry :)

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Not The Wife Material's avatar

😅 unputdownable!!!

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Samira's avatar

aww thank you!

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Maanav's avatar

What an incredible piece.

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Maanav!

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Sassygal's avatar

I have just one word to describe this piece: brave! Someday, I hope I can write this way too.

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Samira's avatar

Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏽

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Raju Tai's avatar

Samira ♥️ can’t forget my own facial expressions when i first read it.. i felt so many things.. joy, surprise, inspiration, admiration for you, and most of all curiosity for myself

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Raju! Curiosity is always a winner 😊

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Arzoo Dutta's avatar

I so relate to your writing.

I too was curious about pleasure of the body

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Arzoo :)

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

My god, woman! Hard relate to many bits here but: At forty, it had reached its maturity and was ready to be opened and tasted. I had completed a year of therapy and worked through my years of sexual repression and feelings of shame. I felt bolder and ready to ask for pleasure.

This is mindblowing, Samira! Thank you for writing this!

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Thank you Sanobar! :)

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Preeti Sahai's avatar

Just pure admiration for you Samira!!! This is mindblowingly, shamelessly evocative and so real for a few generations….. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Preeti! I've missed you on Substack, Slack and all the spaces in between. Don't vanish for such long stretches :)

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Preeti Sahai's avatar

Aww, thanks. I do really vanish. Life and livelihood and miscellany take over...also I allow them to. My writing notebook travels the world with me, but I don't write enough.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Brilliant essay, Samira! So honest, so relatable. More power to you!

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Ila!

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Alaknanda Sengupta's avatar

You and your writing Samira - both bold and beautiful! Kaise likh lete ho! 🩵

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Alaknanda! I am able to write because I have writers like you in my cohort who in your own way make space to write boldly.

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Mukta Naik's avatar

This is a stunning piece, Samira! You are a star!

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Thank you Mukta! You are too kind :)

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Charulatha Banerjee's avatar

Honest hard hitting piece! Have the time of your life Samira - thank you for.writing this.

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Charulatha!

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Reema Ahmad's avatar

Loved the piece Samira! Returned to Substack after two weeks and found this! Many cheers for dirtiness.

What was the prompt?

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Samira's avatar

Thank you Reema! The prompt was permission.

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Parool's avatar

Thank you for writing this essay, Samira. ❤️

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Samira's avatar

Parool! 💛💛💛

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Sanket's avatar

Not one word out of place. Not one phrase overdone. Samira, this was phenomenal.

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Thank you Sanket!

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