Some Essays To Fill Your Time

some essays to fill your time

Just a bunch of things I've read recently.

The Authoritarian Roots of India's Democracy by Tripurdaman Singh

Why is Everything So Ugly?

Casual Viewing by Will Tavlin

“You are Next”: Unmarried Urban Women in India and the “Marriage Talk” by Shilpa Phadke

Crossing Days by Thomas Dai

Inside the Indian Manosphere by Lhendup Bhatia

Optimism and Desperation by Camilla Grudova

Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College by James Walsh

Blunt-Force Ethnic Credibility by Som-Mai Nguyen

When My Authentic is Your Exotic by Soniah Kamal

The discontent of Russia by Joy Neumeyer

On anti-political projects by Kat Rosenfield

'Correcting' historical wrongs is a slippery slope by Manu Pillai

More Posts from Shiddat-se and Others

2 months ago

I hate when I say things like "oh I want an ipod classic but with bluetooth so I can use wireless headphones" and some peanut comes in and replies with "so a smartphone with spotify?" No. I want a 160GB+ rectangular monstrosity where I can download every version of every song I want to it and it does nothing except play music and I don't need a data connection and don't have to pay a subscription to not have ads and don't have popups suggesting terrible AI playlists all over the menus.

Gimme the clicky wheel and song titles like "My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade- Blood (Bonus Track)- secret track- album rip- high quality"

3 weeks ago

i love when characters lie to themselves in the complete privacy of their own minds

2 years ago

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

Virginia Woolf (via resqectable)


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2 months ago

mm I love feeling things. love when something makes me want to run face first into it. i don't care if its love, grief, anger, happiness or dread even. i love when them to engulf me. i love people who make me feel things. i really just want to hold them in my palm and like swallow them whole. i love running my hands through things like grass, hold it against the wind, hold water in them and so much more. gosh there's so much feeling in me i want to tear my hair out and run into a wall.


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1 year ago
Almond Chu - The Bride With White Hair, 2001

Almond Chu - The Bride with White Hair, 2001

1 year ago

Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!


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4 weeks ago
IN 150 CHARACTERS OR LESS - Nikita Gill

IN 150 CHARACTERS OR LESS - Nikita Gill


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2 years ago

what do ya think 'bout the song "Kun faya kun"?

I'm so sorry for the late response 'cause I wanted to rewatch the whole film to feel the heartbreak all over again.

So.. yeah about "Kun faya kun". This isn't a song, this is what people call "a masterpiece". The legendary vocals of Mohit Chauhan, A.R. Rahman and Javed Ali will take you to heaven through this song.

"Jab kahin pe kuch nahi, bhi nahi tha wahi tha"

Even as an atheist,I can say that this line will definitely make you want to believe in an ultimate power which people has named as God. One can literally feel goosebumps when you hear this line. The amazing fusion of the two different languages has created a whole different aura of tranquility.

"Tu hai mujhmein samaaya, kahaan leke mujhe aaya

"Main hoon tujhmein samaaya, tere peechhe chala aaya"

These lines will make you cry in an unknown emotion. The overwhelming feeling of ecstasy will knock you out, which one can never feel even if they intoxicate themselves with some drugs.

"Rangreza rang mera, tann mera mann"

The chorus led by Javed Ali will make you feel like you're wrapped in a warm hug. I've always felt like I'm floating in air whenever I listen to this lines.

Overall I think that this song makes you forget all of the present worries and somehow cleanses your soul in a divine way.

P.S. I absolutely love the other songs of the film "Rockstar". They are "Tum Ho", "Naadan Parinde", "Sadda Haq".

What Do Ya Think 'bout The Song "Kun Faya Kun"?

And this scene, which is the last scene of the film,is just way out of the world. You'll just tear up in this scene, I'm sure of it.

What Do Ya Think 'bout The Song "Kun Faya Kun"?

This is one amazing review of the film by Sanket Thorat. I totally recommend everyone to watch this film. You will never regret it,I promise.

#mine

2 weeks ago

Any idiot can like something thats good. It takes a real genius to like things that suck ass

2 months ago

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