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(I'm half malayali half black and fully down bad for shanti)
It’s all fun and games until the film producer who murdered you in a past life shows up at your awards party and ruins your giant group dance number
Stop, O friend, stop fanning me with leaves of lotus and of palm,
the fire in my heart may just suddenly erupt into flames.
~Subhashitavalli
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desi dark academia mood board
eldest child. artistic, botany student. hiding behind saccharin smiles and soft frowns. voice tingling until it stops serenading. will the expectations ever stop?
sing to me to me, Aaranya. the forest you grew around yourself, is humming, with the vibrations of your music.
✨ANCIENT INDIA AESTHETIC MOODBOARD✨
For @suvarnarekha
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Man Kyun Behka Re Behka Aadhi Raat Ko
She lay on the bed with the man dancing away to the rhythms of his own pleasure. Yes, he was just a man....She couldn't remember his name. It didn't even matter. She didn't care anymore. Her mind had danced away into the humble room filled with the scent of the jasmines adorning her hair. Is this how Krishna's flute sounded to Radha?....The way her quiet giggles sound to her?......The way she has stolen her sleep just like Krishna stole Radha's heart. The entire day seemed like a dream. But the night was ethereal. Their hearts spoke after years. She felt like she was not alone after so long. Their joy was drunk in moonlight and their laughter heralded the moonrise.
Why did her heart feel so restless that midnight?
She wanted to keep hearing the sounds of her anklets. For one night that music was only for her. She had said that her anklets were singing differently that night. They had laughed and then she had looked at her...Into her eyes, her soul...Not just her body. She had smiled and looked away. Is that the shyness her mother used to tell her about? The one which was supposed to come swooping down like a veil whenever her husband looked at her but never did? Why did the sindoor feel so different when she put it on her forehead? It hadn't felt like that in the ten years of her marriage. They had talked that night....Talked of life, of sorrows that had so long been confined within the four walls of their hearts. Nights had always been quiet....But that night rang with the words that had been buried under the shadows of loneliness.
Why did her heart feel so restless that midnight?
desi pride moodboard: mlm pride flag
"he's freed some fire from ice in pity for heaven. he's left open- for god - the doors of hell tonight." // agha shahid ali, tonight
[ image ID in alt text. terfs dni. ]
dark/light academia moodboard
[ moodboard for an oc in the novel i'm working on. she is interested in vintage bollywood and mughal history. ]
desi dark academia set in south india
"girlhood was as ephemeral as a drop of water on a lily pad." // chitra banerjee divakaruni, the forest of enchantments
dark academia moodboard set in uttar pradesh, india
"in the softened light i too am able to look at the taj without screwing up my eyes. as the boy said, it does not change. therein lies beauty." // ruskin bond, footloose in agra
Arre jhumka gira re Bareily ke bazaar me in jhumka gira re
तू जहाँ जहाँ चलेगा मेरा साया साथ होगा मेरा साया साथ होगा…
कभी मुझको याद करके, जो बहेंगे तेरे आँसू तो वहीं पे रोक लेंगे, उन्हें आ के मेरे आँसू
मैं अगर बिछड़ भी जाऊँ, कभी मेरा ग़म न करना मेरा प्यार याद करके, कभी आँख नम न करना
तू कोई जनम भी लेगा मेरा साया साथ होगा…
I would have opened this letter with a ‘dear’, however I wondered for a long time if it would indeed be a correct way for me to address you, after all this time. A lifetime seems to have passed between that evening of 1952 and now, sometimes even making me feel that I have slept through the last 30 years. I would often look at faces of my children and grandchildren, wondering if I am stuck in some never ending dream from which I might wake up any minute now. My hair has greyed in the fringes of my temple and forehead, my smile is showing signs of wrinkle and my fingers feel heavy. It’s not a terrible feeling, I enjoy my experiences most of the time, but sometimes my body feels like it is living the life of someone else. And that in a different timeline I am still there playing with you behind that tree. Is it still there? I was so sure I will forget everything, you, those lanes, that house and all else. Are you also there? Do you also, like me, go to sleep in the expectation of reliving our lives till 16 years of age again and again, like listening to a record on loop or going to see one particular cinema multiple times? If you are coming back from there, can you accompany me back to myself as well please?
This night seems to be taking all away from me again. The moon is cruel.
Deewangi ki had maine nochi, o parvardigara
- Yeh Fitoor Mera, Arijit Singh
Dark academia moodboard set in Madurai,Tamilnadu
//I want to be a mystery, yet be known.I want to be together, yet alone is too much to ask, to be famous yet unknown? To be a wanderer, yet have a home?//
-Kara Douglas
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Dark academia moodboard set in Pune
//Sometimes in the evening, around twilight, I'm unable to hold back my tears. But then I pull myself together again.//
-Nikos Kazantzakis, Letter to Galateia Kazantzaki wr. c. July,1922
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A thousand years ago, we made love.
Alexa play Tillu Anna DJ Pedithe
Time to party🎉🎉
King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer.
Also see :
The Koh-i-Noor Diamond is a 186 carat diamond with a curse affecting only men. According to folklore, a Hindu description of the diamond warns that "he who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God or a woman can wear it with impunity."
Source (and is also a very well known story in India)
Currently, it is set as one of the jewels within a British monarchy crown that is kept at the Tower of London Jewel House.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT. Desis, it's Our Moment *flips hair*
people have been reblogging my old pakistani miku art from four years ago so i just want people to know i can draw better now
from a (half) south asian american who's dark skinned, i think one of the best examples of south asian representation in video games as of recent is frye from splatoon 3.
i think they did so many things great with her. even though she's not really desi considering human culture has been extinct for over 1000 years in the splatoon universe, they did a great portrayal of her as a south asian. the inclusion of her dark skin really adds to that, because as someone who's half south indian, with dark skin, colorism and racism against dark skinned ppl in south asia is a really big issue, and is rooted in the caste system. and even though i doubt the inclusion of her dark skin was meant to break that stigma and stereotyping, it really adds to her regardless!
some other great examples of south asian influence in frye that makes her great rep:
- her singing in splatoon 3 is based on indian vocal music, especially carnatic (south indian) music. there's also traditional indian instruments such as sitar/veena, dholak, and nadaswaram used in songs where she performs. her dancing performance is also reminiscent of indian dances like bharatanatyam, odissi, and kuchipudi.
- her fighting style in her boss battle is based off of snake charming, using a pungi flute to control her moray eels to fight the player, in a manner similar to snake charming
- her outfit is based off of western-south asian or indo-western fashion and clothing, wearing a dupatta over what looks like a choli, and her pants resemble patiala pants. her headpiece also resembles mango chutney or another south asian condiment
- the locker decoration received from story mode that depicts her, sunken scroll 11, is based off of traditional indian art, especially from south india. the pose she strikes and the surrounding motifs are reminiscent of south indian and sri lankan sculpture and art depicting hindu figures; an example of a work of art similar to this depiction of frye is the bronze statue Shiva Natarāja, depicting the god shiva as nataraja, the cosmic lord of dance.
- and although i don't know for sure if her big forehead is based in south asian traditional beauty traditions, i still think it adds to her greatly as south asian representation. video game characters from any underrepresented culture are often depicted under western beauty standards, and frye's appearance that defies both western beauty standards AND colorist standards of south asian beauty truly makes her a great example of south asian rep in video games.
special thanks to twitter user rosierajin, who also compiled a list of examples of south asian influence in frye's character
anyways, that's my conclusion about why frye is an amazing example of south asian rep, hope you enjoy :3
Wow🤩....Cutieeeee....dost...🥰😁.....thank you so much miss fool 🤪😂 for giving me phooolll....💐🌷🌸.
miss Chandi star 😁 ( silver star ) aap chandi nhi diamond ho..💎..🩶😁
"Confession: I once fought the moon and lost."
sometimes loosing a fight with beautiful things is necessary..like ..pyaar ke samne kabhi kabhi fight haar jaane se rishta ...aur aage badhta hai... 😄
"If you were a soup, what soup would you be?"
Bhai ham Sattu pine wale log hai ham se soup ka na puchho 😂
"Pick one: magic powers or unlimited snacks
Magic powers so i can turn you into a butterfly 🦋...miss silver star 😁 who loves to be with beautiful flowers...🌸
"If you could hug any fictional character right now, who would it be?"
My....Girlfriend...👸