Will: I Can Hear Him, Feel Him…

holy shit. the season 2 of kota factory hits too close. i havent even watched the whole episode but im crying.

also the colours turning back to black and white? poetic cinema. im getting cultish vibes from maheshwari.

moral of the story- give up on your dreams!

im under a lot of stress rn and ABBA's new album is definitely gonna help

i wish i could carpe diem like ferris bueller.

Legends only ✌️

Mukaish or Muqaish work is a form of embellishment work in which strips of metallic wire are inserted into the fabric and then twisted to create metallic embroidery. This type of embroidery involves twisting thin metallic threads to create patterns all over the fabric. Traditionally, real silver and gold were used, but is increasingly being replaced with cheaper metals.

The metal that is used in the Mukaish work is usually in the shape of a wire. The metal is first stretched into strips and then passed through the fire so that metal takes on different hues. After this, metal is then cut into wires of finer breadths. Next, the wires are beaten using a small hammer so that the density of the wire is almost paper thin. Only when such density is achieved the wire can be weaved in and out of something as delicate as a fabric. Once the embroidery work is complete, the fabric is spread out flat. The embroidery is then flattened and brightened thoroughly over with a glass bottle or cowrie shells. This is done to work out any lumps in the embroidery. It also burnishes the metal and leaves it brighter and shinier.

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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 :)

BREAKING NEWS

The World’s First Unmanned Flying Deskset allegedly knocked Mr. Perry off the face of the planet and his son, inventor Neil Perry won a Tony for his brilliant performance in an off broadway, local production (at Henley Hall) as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

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