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A Guide to Desi Dark Academia
since the dark academia aesthetic is awfully eurocentric, here is a little post about desi dark academia :) writing this made me romanticize my culture so much...i fell in love with it all over again!
Literature:
A few classic literary works include:
The Mahabharat by Vyasa
Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chottopadhay
Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chottopadhay
Amost everything by Rabindranath Tagore( e.g Kabuliwala , Gitanjali, Shesher Kobita, Chokher Bali, Charulata etc)
Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Film:
Satyajit Ray's works like Charulata, The Apu Trilogy, Shonar Kella etc
Dipu Number Two, based on Mohammad Zafar Iqbal's novel
Haider , an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Padmavat
Kai Po Che
Rang De Basanti
Masaan
Lootera
3 Idiots
Music:
Oldies by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi
Sufi music like Qawwali and Kafi, by Kazi Nazrul Islam, A.R Rahman, the Pakistani sufi-rock band Junoon etc.
Ghazals (a form of poetry)by Pankaj Udhas, Jagjit Singh, Ghalib and Ghulam Ali
Flutist Hariprasad Chaurasiya
Sitarist Ravi Shankar
Fashion:
Jamdani sarees made of dhakai muslin (a delicate ancient fabric made by the Mughals that were given names like "baft-hawa", meaning "woven air")
Chikankari kurtas!!
Wearing gajras (flower garland made of jasmine) in your hair
Colourful bindis and bangles (the larger your collection of bangles the cooler you are, its the south asian dream)
Payals and jhumkas <3
Old silk shawls and dupattas during winter >>
Using attars(alcohol-free perfume)
Wearing mehendi on your hands
Styling almost anything with gorgeous nagras
Classical Dance: a few forms
Bharatnatyam
Kathak
Odissi
Manipuri
Kathakali
Activities:
Roaming around historical sites and grand havelis
Visiting old zamindar baris and mosques and temples then being enchanted by the architecture
Watching jatras ( folk-theatre performances)
Growing up listening to your grandparents read folktales to you ( e.g Thakumar Jhuli, meaning grandma's bag of tales)
Trying to learn ancient languages like Sanskrit and Persian
Learning classical dance since you were like 4 and bragging about how many different forms you know (look me in the eye and tell me madhuri dixit was not your childhood idol)
Boat trips on the Padma river, pretending to be Tagore
Waking up to the azaan at the break of dawn
Having steaming hot tea at a small tea stall on a rainy day
hope y'all enjoyed this :)
ITS SPOOKY SZN
THIS IS GREATT
It’s the way I nearly tripped acid when this popped up on my FYP
i think it would melt in my mouth
i need to put a slice of moon in my mouth like a cold fruit
omg ive tried to shift to dps dr a few times but failed :((
Okay but, has anyone here tried to shift into the DPS DR?? Why cant i find anything about this???? GUYS? A DR in which Neil happily acts and doesn’t khs and Keating helps the boys live through HS and they go to Yale or something????? And continue with the DPS and Todd becomes a professor like Keating and he dates Neil??? COME ON 🥺😭
okay but imagine charlie dalton meeting francis abernathy?
yes please
REBLOG IF IT IS OKAY TO COME INTO YOUR INBOX AND SAY THE RANDOMEST SHIT I CAN THINK OF BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU.
my mom's name means 'knowledgeable'
my dad's name means 'ability'
my least fav character is mr perry
fuck zodiac signs tell me the meaning of your parent(s) name and your least favourite dps character
HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE EVERYONE
ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO MEE
TO ME
Who wants to sing Bohemian Rhapsody with me?
I start:
IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
IS THIS JUST FANTASY
CAUGH IN A LANDSIDE
NO SCAPE FROM REALITY
thanks for the tag!
1. MUSIC
2. my grandparents
3. autumn in my city
4. the moon
5. photography
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Pass the happy!💖 When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy and send this to the last 10 people in your notifications!
1.stargazing (because looking up at the infinite sky makes me feel at home)
2. creating and listening to music
3. being free
4. the desire to get more and more knowledge about life
5. my family and my soul family
6. this fandom (i had to add a 6th one for this;)
(this has no specific order)
thank you so much <3 @strawberry-cow-enthusiast
tagging my beloved: @burgerkingyawper @tortiespaw @izzyneedsabreak @charliedaltonsteponme @irodalomjunkie @cupiiid @ughgclden @moonylupinhasdemonpox @realneilperry100 @theneilperryy (no problem if you don’t want to though:))
and everyone else who wants to join <33
Make a picrew with this link (sorry you have to click on the link in the post) and make you before and after quarantine!
Here mine!
The pink hair is before, and the brown hair is after
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