#Desi books

[ahamasmiyodhah]

𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙁𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇; 27 year old Krisha Shekhar finds herself in her 15 year old body.

𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐑; well you know what they say.. it takes a bitch to know a bitch

27 | ɢɪʀʟʙᴏꜱꜱ | ꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ | ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ɴᴏ ꜱʜɪᴛ

𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐑; I'm not Hypercritical, I'm just specifically suggestive.

15 | ɴᴇʀᴅ | ᴛᴏᴍʙᴏʏ | ᴛʀɪᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ꜱʜɪᴛ

𝐃𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐀𝐑; Some people just need a hifi. In their face, by a chair.

27 | ꜱᴀʀᴄᴀꜱᴛɪᴄ | ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴇxᴛʀᴏᴠᴇʀᴛ | ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ

𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐀𝐑; your level of intelligence is my common sense.

15 | ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴠᴇʀᴛ | ɴᴇʀᴅ | ᴀᴍʙɪᴛɪᴏᴜꜱ

𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐇 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐘; come on, we'd look good together!

15 | ꜰᴜɴɴʏ | ꜱɪɴɢᴇʀ | ʟᴏᴠᴇʀʙᴏʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴛɪɴɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴀʀᴄᴀꜱᴍ

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐇 "𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐕" 𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐑𝐈; you give me feelings I can't put in words.

15 | ᴄᴇʀᴛɪꜰɪᴇᴅ ʟᴏɴᴇʀ | ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇʀ | ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ

“When life gives you lemons, you make a lemonade out of it babygurl..!"

"What do you mean?"

"Just wait and watch!" And that wink made Her realise that her best friend was going to do something outrageous, which will definitely change their lives.

But weren't they already changed the moment they found themselves back in Time?

And back to FIFTEEN!?

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Yes, Krisha and Debadrita have two aesthetic of both their 27 year old self and 15 year old self.

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡

@mahi-wayy @harinishivaa @warnermeadowsgirl @houseofbreadpakoda @celestesinsight @hollogramhallucination @yehsahihai @thegleamingmoon @thecrazyinktrovert @myvarya @madhoshiyaan @voidsteffy @desigurlie

[shazleen]

My favourite book covers that I've worked on :)

[demigod-of-the-agni]

any cool desi books/media to recommend??

Okay to be fair I am not the biggest consumer of desi media HOWEVER. I have a few niche favourites (some of them come from my research for my Major Work in my final year in high school but here's a quick list):

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - god this entire book changed me fundamentally. It was like watching my own life play in fast-forward and getting hit in places I didn't want to be hit. if you are a first-generation desi in a western country, you will be on the ground sobbing

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel - a collection of short stories that methodically break down some of the most subtle and pervasive stereotypes within desi cultures. I've only ever had time to read the first two stories but I'm hoping to get the full book someday

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhump Lahiri - an anthology I read for my senior year as well. Another one of this heart-wrenching pieces that just resonate with me like damn.

The Aru Shah series by Roshani Chokshi - it's Percy Jackson But Make It Desi and honestly such a fun read!! Reading about the Potatoes (this is what the reincarnated Pandavas call themselves not joking) is always bound to make my day

The Age of Kalki series by Vishwas Mudagal - I read this purely for inspiration on my own original novel, and it was fun to use for comparisons for research and my writing. Also, spy stuff and action and all that

The Spider-Man: India comics - hey, desi stuff is desi stuff, and I enjoy anything that has my boy Pavitr in it (I'll enjoy it even more when @/marvelentertainment hires me to write him a book)

The Ms. Marvel show and comics - in Iman Vellani we trust 🙏 also my girl has such a wonderful variety of comics like. she's so cool. i love her. hoping that Iman does a masterful job as she writes Kamala's newest comic

18 Days by Grant Morrison - listen. there is a 2015 graphic novel and there is a 2010 artbook for the 2015 book. They are both the same thing: a retelling of the Mahabharata but make it electronic/futuristic. Read the graphic novel for the story, but I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the 2010 artbook as well because my god the ART is just gorgeous. It obviously provides insight on the creation of Morrison's 2015 book but god it is just. so so sooooo good. Mukesh Singh is a beautiful artist I need to have his art tattooed on me

Any desi movies from the 90s-00s - my experience with tamil movies in that time period have always been good ones!! They're chill, they're funny, they're silly, they're romantic, they're thrilling. literally all of my favourite song come from this period (don't disregard movies from later periods either, I watched Brahmastra a few months back and it was lit as fuck).

English translations of popular desi stories - and these stories can be anything. from ye old prevailing Ramayana and Mahabharata to anything written by contemporary desi authors. They've got a lot to share

On a side note me complaining to my desi friends that I want good tamil representation in western media often led to me getting smacked in the face with Never Have I Ever (by my DESI friends! who say it is very good!!) and i just want to say no. don't watch that. as a tamil person living in a western country, i apologise for who Devi Vishwakumar is as a person. i will personally pay for your therapy (has only watched two episodes and was immediately turned off)

I'm giving y'all a whole day to ask me whatever

[chyaptagolap]

just got to know the dialogues for "the namesake" by jhumpa lahiri were translated by rituparno ghosh, and it makes sense. i mean who else would write something like “আর আমি য��ি হারিয়ে যাই ?”(what if i get lost?) followed by “তুমি কি ভেবেছো, আমি তোমায় হারিয়ে যেতে দেব?”(you think id let you get lost?) how else does one convey the feeling of home if not by speaking the language of home?

[atihsid]

New WIP on Wattpad!

Account: @Bosedisha

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In the quiet little town of Mussoorie, Dehradun, the elite college of Westview is known for its classist campus culture and thriving music scene. And at the heart of it all lies it's immensely popular band, "New Dawn".

However, everything takes a drastic turn when a mysterious incident rocks the foundation of the band, causing them to break apart. Lead singer, Kaushik Wadia, not only leaves the band but severs his lifelong friendship with Armaan Raiprakash, the lead guitarist. Kaushik becomes an enigmatic figure, retreating into solitude and surprising everyone with his sudden transformation.

Amidst this turmoil, an awkward yet ambitious girl named Inara Ghai arrives at the college with her eyes set on a dream: to win Electra, Westview's most famous music festival and get the hell out of their little town.

As Inara immerses herself in her pursuit, she unwittingly becomes entangled in the bitter rivalry between the past and present members of "New Dawn". As her path intersects with Kaushik's and Armaan's, she finds herself torn between loyalty to her own dreams and the desire to heal the wounds of the past. With time running out before the music festival, Inara must navigate the complicated dynamics, confront her own fears, and reconcile the fractured relationships within the band.

Will Inara be able to mend the broken bonds and unite the once inseparable band, or will their rift echo through the halls of Westview , forever changing its musical landscape?

a twisted tale of love, heartbreak and everything in between!

tune in to find out!

:･ﾟ✧:･.☽˚｡･ﾟ✧:･.:

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

In Sensorium: Notes for My People- Tanais

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“Fragrance has long been used to mark who is civilized and who is barbaric, who is pure and who is polluted, who is free and who is damned.” - Tanais

After listening to just a chapter of this entrancing memoir-meets-cultural history of perfume and scent, I knew I needed a hard copy. Tanais is one of those few authors who reminded me of that Vashti Bunyan song “I’d Like to Walk Around in Your Mind” - not in a creepy way, more of an “I love how this person thinks and wanna discuss a million things with them” way!

In Sensorium is in part a love letter to Tanais’ Bangladeshi heritage, presenting their personal journey in the greater context of the horrors of the caste system, the Partition, and the gut-wrenching violence exacted on women & femmes therein. They follow the through line of perfume and scent - the roles played by colonization, class, and climate; and how the drive to create beauty for its own sake knows no bounds.

Creating beauty comes naturally to Tanais, a self-taught perfumer. After reading this book I had to check out their creations - I am after all the kid who collected perfume samples. Luckily Tanais sells tiny rollerballs of their scents for $8 so I could not only afford them, I could afford several! My favorites were:

Nymphea - an aquatic white floral of lotus and lily with the comforting warmth of sandalwood.

Matí - a tribute to little tablets of Ganges river clay eaten by expectant mothers in Bangladesh. This complex, earthy rose evokes coziness with its notes of cocoa and Ganges clay. These scents are both truly addictive.

I also bought the Heart Chakra lipstick, which looks green in the tube but turns a brilliant berry on me, fading to a popsicle stain (see below).

If you have an interest in memoirs by queer brown femmes, Bangladesh, perfume, or just love lyrical prose, you will be grateful for the journey.

[takemetobogman]

“There are only a few writers who could cut you deep and still make you want to bleed and Manto is definitely one of them.”

Its the 77th Independence day of India and as a person who believes that we can't talk about Independence without talking about Manto's Partition, I shared my two cents in an article on Medium. The above quote is from the article. If you wanna read more, you can check it out here:

[starlightshadowsworld]

Me wondering if there's a book about a whodunit at a desi wedding.

Sad there isn't one.

Stumbles upon the Indian detective book genre.

Finds a book called the Murder at the Grand Raj.

And the detective has a baby elephant side kick.

I haven't read this book but clearly I must.

His names Ganesha.

He is immediately my favourite.

[peaceishim]

[heycallmeplease]

Sylvia Plath

@skyrigel

[ughsahira]

The feminine urge to absolutely melt into a mans arms just to be able to turn your brain off and not be scared or anxious for just a few seconds.

[teddys-draft]

A love language ✨

[skyrigel]

You're my home. You're my religion. And when you smile all heaven sparks with joy, my heart wants to crawl out of my ribs and be home with you.

[ariasmontage]

September 9, 2024

Week 2 of the semester. Monday really is the longest day this time. Not gonna complain at all. Maybe this is the memory of youth.

(but at least let me get a seat on the subway pls 😭)

(i got a seat as soon as I wrote that! 🍀✨)

[hum-budbak-hai]

Okay so lemme runaway because I won't take therapy..

some of yall really need therapy, i am not even kidding

[teaandsunlighttt]

Henry Winter was like "dear diary, guess what" and proceeded to write about k wording someone.