Yoongi: Before Calling Me… Ask Yourself… Is This Textable?

I can’t wait for the day a woman’s strength isn’t dictated by how much abuse she can endure

in a desi household arranged marriages is as strangers to lovers as it gets

“I guess that was what happened when girls with a need for academic validation grew up. They developed a praise kink.”

—

 Twisted Lies, Ana Huang

Truer words have never been spoken before.

I stan the right group

Vibes I get from Indian Cities

Mumbai

Mumbai feels like that kid who just doesn't give up. They'll run, fall, hurt themselves but they won't give up. Mumbai feels like a kid that fully believes in "work hard play hard". They may come of as superficial but they have deep understanding and vast expanse of feelings to it. Mumbai is the kid who I generally accepting of everyone, is on good terms with everyone and will not refuse to help anyone.

Pune

You know that meme with the triangle with "Sleep", "Social Life" and "Good Grades" on each of the vertices and says that you can only choose two? Well, Pune choose all three. Pune is an all rounder.

Delhi

Delhi feels like that aunt or uncle who didn't get married or have kids and is young at heart. Delhi is well traveled, has an immersive knowledge about everything and is wise. Lowkey has a drinking/smoking problem though.

Kolkata

Kolkata feels like someone who is very well educated, has spent years abroad and then returned home to take care of their aging parents and because they felt they had to reconnect with their homeland to find themselves again

Chennai

Chennai has a motherly vibe to it. Chennai is traditional and has strong values which may not be as cool or as up to date and Tech savvy as the other cities, but no one provides you with comfort you the way Chennai does.

Bangalore

Bangalore is that 20 something year old who wanted to be an artist of some sort when they were a teenager, but their parents wanted them to get a more traditional degree so they got an engineering degree but ultimately ended up with their own start up and are now doing something they are passionate about. They spend their days drinking coffee and they spend their nights drinking craft beer.

Gangtok

Gangtok feels like a child who just joined kindergarten and sees the whole world with a new perspective everyday and is just learning to be apart from their parents for the first time. Gangtok is hopeful, Gangtok has a sparkle in their eye and a bounce in their step and curiosity in life. Gangtok has nothing but love to give to everyone and everything they see in life.

Jaipur

Jaipur has balance. Jaipur has traditional values with a modern thinking. Jaipur respects their elders but is not afraid to call them out on their bullshit. Jaipur wears kurtas with ripped jeans. Jaipur has the past, present and future in perfect balance.

Udaipur

Udaipur is like the older gentleman who makes you believe that chivalry isn't dead. Udaipur has royal blood, stories of valour and courage and loyalty. Udaipur makes young men want to be like him and young women want to be with a younger version of him.

Varanasi

Varanasi is the grandmother. She had to change her name but didn't let that change her identity. Varanasi has healing powers, the best aam ka achar and will never let you return empty stomached.

Shillong

Shillong is the quiet teenaged girl who exudes radiance. She is beautiful. And not just in terms of her looks. She is beautiful because of her soul and her mind. She has a few close friends, and knows how to party. She will also wake up on time the day after a party and get back to her work on time.

Craving a Studio Ghibli hug 🫂

"luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands."

-Daphne du Maurier

I have never seen anyone with more audacity, ungratefulness and hypocrisy than brown dads who call their daughters "kaamchor"

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

— Aldous Huxley,  Music at Night and Other Essays