Apparently some student group in the Jamia Milia Islamia university premises disrupted Diwali festivities, kicked diyas and desecrated the rangolis. They were heard raising the slogans of “Palestine Zindabad..”.
Did Palestinians benefit by the destruction of a hindu festival celebration?
I fail to understand these people.
zayn saved the band by leaving.
let's be honest. he took the hit when he left. he lost so many of his fans then. but you know what he did?
he showed the boys that there was life after one direction.
he showed them that the hell they were enduring was escapable. that they could make it out and still sing and write songs and be happy.
if they'd really been as happy as they seemed to us, they would've come back after the hiatus. they promised us 18 months. its been 9 years.
im sure they loved us with all their hearts. that they enjoyed their time together as a band, as brothers. however, they were exploited and taken advantage of every step of the way.
now, liam's passing is the fucking culmination of the hell they endured. you can't argue with me that the liam of 2011 was SO SO FULL OF LIFE. he had so much promise. you just knew this boy was gonna go places.
but somehow, along the way, his light dimmed. that wasn't the liam we knew. we all subconsiously could see it. that liam hurt so much that he hurt a lot of people. that liam could've done better. that liam should've been given the chance to make amends.
but the young boy that was so full of life, he didnt deserve any of this. he deserved to have been kept safe and away from the shit that could destroy him.
the boys should have been protected and maybe, just maybe, we wouldn't have to endure this devastating loss. maybe, just maybe, liam would still be alive.
i'd take an unending hiatus over this loss any day.
do not go gentle into that good night
when the devil couldn't reach me so he made me feel like i didn't belong to anyone or anywhere.
'Sphynxe' by Joseph Urban, 1903.
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Narayana and Mahalakshmi
We were supposed to be mourning our 1D boys in our 80s. Not now. I’m speechless.
i have no idea how to process this. it’s not unfathomable and it’s something i’ve thought about many times but i don’t actually know how to process it. what do you mean he was such an integral part of me growing up and he did some fucked up things in part bc of the fucked up environment he grew up in and now he’s DEAD and can’t do anything to try and make amends. what do u mean the boys now means harry louis liam niall zayn. what do you mean he left behind a child less than 10 years old. what the fuck do you mean
'Stand up for yourself' girl I have low iron. i see a parallel universe when i stand up.
Every time, every single time, anybody is raped in India, it gets brushed off, and when once in a while it reaches the national television, the general public stages protests and screams for justice, yet nothing truly comes out of it.
A resident doctor getting brutally raped and killed just days before India's independence day shows just how far behind India is. Economically we might be progressing but we keep on stepping back when it comes to protecting our women or people in general.
She was found in a half naked condition, bleeding from her privates and other parts with her pelvis broken. Even in such a bad state, the hospital didn't allow her parents to even see her, lied to them that she commited suicide. Only after hours of waiting were they allowed to look at their daughter.
Just last year, India had its major Shraddha Walker case. She had been cut to pieces by her boyfriend and kept in the fridge until he slowly disposed every piece off in different areas. There was widespread rahe and anger. People were disgusted, they revolted but soon the news died down and now nobody's sure what happened. And this happens every single time.
This independence day, what do we even have to celebrate? We most certainly do not feel free. A place where even my workplace could be my crime scene is not a place I would like to celebrate. This revolt will go on, and then it will die down and then, it will start all over again, every time, every single time.
Henry Winter was like "dear diary, guess what" and proceeded to write about k wording someone.
A man raped a woman on a busy street in India recently and the bystanders (all men) recorded and posted the videos on the internet, instead of saving her.
Another recent news from India, A 6 year old girl was saved from a rape attempt by a troop of monkeys who attacked and chased away the rapist.
We live in a world where even animals who have no socialisation about basic morals are safer than men who create those morals and laws.
Men talk about being protectors to protect us from dangerous animals when in reality it’s the animals protecting us from these parasites.
The irony!
No wonder women chose the bears 🐻
“false rape cases are ruining men’s lives” my brother even real rape cases aren’t ruining men’s lives
Oh to be sleepy and crawl into bed with someone who's warm and safe and you know will take care of you in all the right ways, who'll hold you and tell you that its all gonna be okay.
Sometimes I look at Kanha and all I wanna do is hug him tightly and cry my heart out.
I found it funny (but actually it's sad)
I actually find it interesting. It's funny to see how our art influences other people's perceptions, don't you think?
Can people please talk about the absolutely disgusting thing that got uncovered in Tirumala?
Honestly I don't engage with many politics or news posts, as they can often end up in conflict- but this absolutely disgusts and saddens me to no end.
There are so many things on so many levels that hurt me about this- and I'll be talking about it in this post.
If you do not like this post, or disagree with my opinions, please do not engage with this post.
QUICK RECAP, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW OR NEED A REFRESHER:
Recently, it was uncovered through lab reports that there were animal products (such as beef, pork and fish) in the prasad (food given as offerings to the deity in the temple, in this case, Lord Venkateswara, and then given to the devotees) of the Tirumala temple, more specifically, in the Laddos.
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The following is my view on this is my opinion on this whole incident, from what I know about it.
Again, if you do not like or disagree with the contents, please do not interact.
First of all, the fact that this went under the noses of so many people, so easily, is a complete dissapointment.
Hundreds, if not thousands of devotees visit the massive temple complex every day- and consume the prasad- hell, this doesn't even include the people who get the prasad as a gift from people who visited Tirumala.
Not even counting faith- this was so wrong on multiple other levels- including health. This was obviously a massive food safety violation.
Fine. Let's say that this alarmingly large issue went unnoticed accidently. But that still doesn't justify the responses of the people in charge.
And then going into that temple and saying that 'if we did this wrong then the lord will take care of us' is absolutely shameful.
Pushing all the wrongs onto god's name, just so that no-one will question them, instead of acknowledging a huge, huge wrong is just absolutely so so disappointing and shameful.
I am just immensely, immensely disappointed by this chain of events- and all I can say is that I'm absolutely ashamed of it all.
This whole incident speaks a lot about these 'organisations' and their actions- and just breaks my trust in them even more.
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I was scared to post about this incident- but after a point, I simply could not take it. Tirumala is a place very, very close to my heart and honestly I considered it a safe haven- but now this incident has shaken me up. Tirumala will never lose its divinity- but this just makes me so much more reluctant to go there- not because I don't like Tirumala, or that I think of it as different- but because of my distrust at the organisation handling matters regarding it.
I'll probably add on more to this post soon, but for now, this is it.
the bittersweet feeling of seeing people coming of age enjoying and having a time of their lives at a "dandiya/garba" night—
but the ick in you just can't help but critique the sheer lack of dilution of mesmerizing dances like dandiya and garba into yet another teenage fanatic disc jockey and a generic norm of generation z cohort.
garba has become a glamorous night out with friends rather than a genuine, traditional festival, and everyone merely wants to relish it for the sake of getting validated based on the trends on social media.
the community feeling, amiable get-togethers to practice garba, performing crooked steps, and dancing to rejuvenate and learn rather than to fit in–it's all in the past.
Sometimes I look at Kanha and all I wanna do is hug him tightly and cry my heart out.
Navratri Mashal Raas 2024 -
- Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Post credit - Roshgulla
little miss "communication is the key" but bottle up her feelings because she thinks she's annoying and her feelings aren't valid
i'm the kind of nerd that enjoys all the different kinds of nerd stuff but i could not tell you a single thing about any of it, i am a black hole of "oh, that's cool" and then it's gone
the intimacy of inside jokes
Can you match my freak ? No but how about you match my level of kindness and love and empathy I hold for everyone around myself
ATTENTION EVERYONE. wake up. they just refilled the wet food downstairs