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Yugandhar liveblog part 3

I broke my record today, for the past two parts I was only able to read 6-7 pages in one sitting, but today I read 18 pages in one sitting, and I'm super happy about it!!

It's so idk how to describe it, but the descriptions of olden style kitchen utensils reminded me of my grandmother's kitchen. I realized then that I do know a lot of the words, I had just forgotten them after moving out and us getting a new kitchen setup which didn't contain a lot of traditional utensils.

The names Yashoda uses for Krishna, "Chhakulya", "Sonya" are nicknames I was called as a kid. My cousin had told me that the first section was going to be very cute and I had not counted on it being THIS cute... or nostalgic, more like.

I noticed a similarity with Mrityunjay here... Radha tells Karna to not play by the river much, and Yashoda also tells Krishna to not play by the yamuna that much. Now. They're both little shits who disobeyed that thing but ig that's another similarity.

I was reminded of @sambhavami's fortune teller scene when I read that same scene in this and then I checked when Shri Krishna serial was released, was a solid 6 years before this book got published. That scene has(possibly) inspired so many people, damn. I feel like I need to watch that. But yeah, that monologue went on for 3-ish pages and I had to work REALLY hard to not lose track or get bored.

We're BACK to framing Krishna as a thinker/philosopher in this and I am eating that shit up.

We're deifying Krishna from the time he's a baby and I am NAWT here from it. I'd have loved it more if it was gradual.

SANKUDADA. that's it that's the next bullet point

EKANANGA REP MY BELOVED. 3 MENTIONS OF HER IN A SINGLE PAGE. was the author thinking, "surhut can have eka scenes. as a treat." before I was even born?? This shit is so cute mannnnn, lemme quote the lines "I began to turn, but stopped when I felt someone- a little kid- grab my leg. That was my little sister, about two years old, the sister who called me kutnadada and whom I loved more than life, Ekananga- ekaa. She never used to leave my side. She smiled so sweetly that I couldn't help but pick her up. I kissed her forehead and ruffled her hair and handed her off to dada."

Hmm I don't like the part about names in mathura seeming familiar to him or him having spidey senses for Devaki. idk man it's weird

Ok I have now acquired lots of inspo for Gopaverse and ohot and my other wip about Sutasoma as well. I'm so glad

The friends' overreverance also reads very weird. Dude don't start that shit so soon, wait until he's killed a few monsters... But I have a feeling that isn't going to be included in this. Issok valid but it still feels a bit rushed. Then again our working assumption is that he is telling this while on his deathbed so I can forgive the pacing ig.

The radha scenes either feel awkward or I am too aroace for this shit

ANOTHER similarity btwn Mrityunjay and Yugandhar: The DELICIOUS internal conflict. The barrage of questions they get about themselves their identity and their place in the world.

FINALLY the wrestling scenes are starting thank you sir for giving me excellent worldbuilding I love this. I've tabbed this for both worldbuilding AND character(Bheem, Vishoka, Panchalya, Sutasoma) building.

"I felt like the entirety of Gokul was my home now.

ok stopping for now, will continue later. It's also finals month in April so next post will be late

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Obligatory song rec: halla dhoom dhadakka- Pandavaas

[folkfashion]

Marathi woman, India, by Fotocaters Photography

[survivetoread]

Oh! I forgot to make a post about it sooner, but there's a Marathi film having its global premiere at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival.

It's called साबर बोंड [sābar boṅḍa] ("Cactus Pears"), and it's a very gay love story about a Mumbai resident re-encountering his childhood friend in an Ahmednagar village.

The director, Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, grew up in a Mumbai slum and trained himself as a filmmaker despite having a background in interior design. The film is described as a very personal piece stemming from the director being gay himself.

Nandini Ramnath interviewed him for Scroll.in here, so have a read!

I look forward to catching it when it (hopefully) makes its way to the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival late in the year.

[smiwako]

Learn to say "chup na lvdya" to the world every once in awhile

You have every right to

[miku-earth]

joined in on the cultural miku trend on twt & made a marathi / maharashtrian version of her :] by zeniaerith

[panikk-attackkk]

Life update : Atishaii बावळटपना✨

[ok-jaanu]

the marathi urge to say "Khaalis maati?" after every disappointing incident.

[oh-to-be-a-murderer]

MI ZAATE

MI ZAATE- MALA ZAU DEEEEEE-

I CAN NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE- WHY ARE COWS SO CUTE??????? WE HAVE A LITTLE FARM AT MY VILLAGE AND WE HAVE LIKE 9 COWS THERE AND IM LIKE- HGJFHFKGJFJGHDKGJKFHFJF WHY ARE THEY SO CUTE-

@sajra-savera @your-darling-gaze @we-love-redwing @iwasmadetobeasoldier @fluffycows4life

ASE KAEEEEE SUNDARRRRRRRRRR

[suvarnarekha]

छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराजांच्या जयंतीच्या हार्दिक सुवेच्छा! 🚩

[thegleamingmoon]

सुंदर तें ध्यान उभे विटेवरी ।

कर कटावरी ठेवोनियां ॥१॥

Beautiful is that vision/thought (of Vitthala) standing on the brick with his hands

तुळसी हार गळां कांसे पीताम्बर ।

आवडे निरंतर तेंचि रूप ॥२॥

Adorned with Tulasi garlands and Pitaambara. I am always fond of his form.

मकरकुंडलें तळपती श्रवणीं ।

कंठीं कौस्तुभमणि विराजित ॥३॥

He adorns his ears with fish-like earrings. The kaustubha gem rests around his neck.

तुका ह्मणे माझें हेंचि सर्व सुख ।

पाहीन श्रीमुख आवडींने ॥४॥

Thus, Tuka says, this is all my happiness (that I seek)

I will behold his auspicious visage with great joy.

- Saint Tukaram.

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Wishing everyone a prosperous and blessed Ashadhi Ekadashi. May Vitthala and Rakhumai always be with you. This composition by Saint Tukaram resonates with each and every devotee who seeks their joy in Vitthala / Naryana. I have tried to translate it as precisely as I could with whatever little knowlege of Marathi that I have. You can let me know if I have made a mistake somewhere.

🐚🪷 ।। रामकृष्ण हरी ।। 🪷🐚

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Reading Yugandhar: Part 1:

Yugandhar is a novel by Shivaji Sawant focusing on, as you might have guessed from the cover images, Krishna. I am reading the marathi version(mine is the one in the middle, the photo I took myself to send to the discord. ft., my puke green bedsheet!) Plan to read english and marathi(and if I'm too much of a nerd, then hindi) side by side and compare translations, and come up with alt translations if I get annoyed with the official ones. Liveblog part 1 under the cut, graciously annotated and painstakingly typed out:

ok so I skipped the achaman because I had very little energy to read it, I started from the first chapter directly

Krishna first person POV is something I ADORE a lot and I was told that I would eat up the first section of it. Mr Sawant is DELIVERING.

To be honest, though, the book starts in the standard fashion: "I must speak my truth, I must tell my story, what have y'all done to me you have skipped all the gay shit" The last part is my own addition, but you gotta admit that this opening for two characters who get queer-coded VERY often today is making me laugh.

The prose is, as usual, BEAUTIFUL, and GOD I LOVE IT.

"Kontya natyani aaj tumchyashi bolu?" "Mi tumha pratyekat nandato aahe" "Tumchya manachya devaryatla achyut" EXCUSE ME GUYS I NEED A FUCKING MOMENT

Oh wait, another tree comparison. Dude what's with all the tree comparisons.

Krishna going "I'm just a simple guy who tried to provide answers to all the questions you had. Y'all liked the answers and so you made me into a god! Damn!" is doing things for me. Him portraying himself as a philosopher is doing things for me and it is driving me insane.

Krishna is so exasperated in this I love it. I love it

Dude why are you saying horses are your favourite animal? I mean we know you like. lie a lot. but come on.

I skipped over 2 paragraphs, will read later and report on them, I was just very very tired last night

FUCK I JUST REALIZED this is some sort of Krishna's 7 minutes or shit, he described he's bleeding from his foot... The memories slipping through like the blood is. THAT ISSUCH A BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY BHAI YOU CANT DESTROY ME LIKE THIS(will post translations later when I get around to doing them this afternoon)

Ok NOW he's starting with the actual story. AFTER SEVEN PAGES OF MEANDERING

Vrindavan worldbuilding here we come(Even karna does a lot of champanagri worldbuilding in mrityunjay. Why does Shivaji Sawant like worldbuilding so much?)

DOGGIES!!!

Stopped on page 7 last night, bye bye

Obligatory song rec: Araj, from Bandish Bandits S2

[survivetoread]

Happy new year!

Split ergativity in Marathi really confuses me. I think I’m getting the hang of it, but I’m still confused by when past tense verbs should agree with the direct object and when adding the instrumental suffix to pronouns is mandatory vs. optional. Is there a pattern to determine the agentivity of a subject/whether the verb should agree with it or not?

Happy new year to you too!

Split ergativity is completely invisible to native speakers, so it was hard for me to formulate a response to this ask, and that's why I'm answering it after nearly a month. 😄

I don't have the bandwidth or the linguistic know-how to break this down, but my layman answer is that as a native speaker, there's no pattern to it. You simply get used to it by gaining a feel for it.

Sorry if that's not much help!

Perhaps other followers more proficient in linguistics can help here?

[stargazer3700]

तुझ्यासाठीचं माझं प्रेम आहे किती हावरट,

माझ्या ह्रदयाच्या सीमेशी आहे त्याला घृणा;

जगाच्या अंतापर्यंत ही सीमा‌ खेचत नेवून,

ह्या ह्रदयात बनवतो तो आपला एक‌ किल्ला.

[mr-breathaway]

Am i the only one who has never cried in my life while listening to दमलेल्या बाबाची ह्या कहाणी performance??

[estera-shirin]

Bene Israeli Purim Song

I found this amazing video on the Jewish Language Project's website! They wrote: "Purim Kirtan, a traditional Bene Israel song, sung in Marathi by Rivkah Moshe in Mumbai, India."

[samsrdhaa]

Hot couple here