Reading On The Floor As The Rain Rains Very Erratically

how morally corrupt is your 19th century love interest on a scale of “aloof rich guy who doesn’t know how to express his feelings” to “has a secret wife in the attic” and “tries to dig up your grave so he can embrace your dead body”

finals season is upon us

Oxford, Oxfordshire by Alixe Lay

do you have any recs for Indian art history and science history?

Yes, here you go

Art history

The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent by J. C. Harle

Indian Art by Partha Mitter

(both are histories from the early times to modern art so they’re good introductions to get a brief idea of art in India)

The Dance of Shiva by Ananda Coomaraswamy - a collection of essays on Indian artistic tradition in aesthetic and philosophical terms

The Spirit of Indian Painting by B. N. Goswamy - specifically about painting; explores different themes in different regionals tyles; also check other books by Goswamy, he’s kind of a big deal in art history

Indian Painting: the Lesser Known Traditions by Anna Dallapiccola - pretty much what it says; takes into account a ton of styles and traditions that are lumped together ‘folk art’

Science history

Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World by Angela Saini - not a history, but it’s really interesting, basically what it says

Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India by David Arnold - part of a Cambridge University Press series on science in India; pretty good insight

History of Science and Technology in Ancient India by Debiprasad Chattopadhyay - pretty straightforward, contains what the name says it does

Hope that helps & happy reading :)

Arabic dark academia consists of drinking black Arabic coffee while listening to um Kalthoum and learning about constellations.

Light Arabic academia is wearing white loose conservative clothing, sipping sweet mint tea, and humming 'ahwak' to oneself in a sunny garden.

for @desi-dark-academia​ 

Do you ever think about how many of the items now considered priceless artifacts were once commonplace items? The coins we now marvel at from behind the glass at a museum were once tossed around, stepped on, and traded around. The pottery painstakingly pieced back together was somebody’s favorite wine jug. The decorative pin now rusted and bent once held together the shoulder of someone’s chiton. History is simply a trail of ordinary people going about their day, and I think there’s an odd sort of beauty in that.

Good morning, I’m wishing everyone a productive day today. This week I’ve really focused on setting goals and accomplishing them and it’s going well so far. I’m feeling very balanced and content.

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