#chandramukhi tag

[jukti-torko-golpo]

I used to think that physical or sexual intimacy was just a superficial encounter where two bodies clashed and emotions dared not peek in, in fear of being shunned away.

But I was wrong. When it is with the right person, every wall that you had put up comes down. The nakedness is not limited to the body. Some parts of your heart that had long been locked up come out to lay naked in their arms. The tears feel safe. The intertwined fingers seem to transcend the physical realm. Something feels like home. Their scent seems to embrace you just as passionately. Your hearts sing the same song of life...a life awaiting to be lived together.

আমি তোমার সঙ্গে বেঁধেছি আমার প্রাণ সুরের বাঁধনে, তুমি জানো না, আমি তোমারে পেয়েছি  অজানা সাধনে । 

I have given my heart to you and tied our souls together with music You do not know, some unknown devotion led me to you.

[janaknandini-singh999]

Dear Chandramukhi,

I remember watching Devdas and being instantly mesmerized by your character. You were inspired by Meerabai, who committed her life to Lord Krishna, just like you did to Devdas. While everyone pitied Paro - who was forcibly married into an affluent aristocratic family, caged in the lavish mansion - far away from her childhood sweetheart, I was drawn further by your enchantingly melancholic persona - "ek tawaif jogan ban gayi" ( "a courtesan became a devotee"). For a girl who was used for her body all her life in the rangeen kothi (bustling brothel), you were strikingly tethered to your soul.

But when Devdas entered, all bondage of yours was demolished and you finally felt free, only for you to miserably realize that you were just a distraction for Devdas, who loved and shall only ever love Paro. Someone like you was never meant to be truly cared for, that's what they said, it's what Devdas made you feel too in the end, in his own intoxicatingly bittersweet way. You accepted it all nevertheless with a fiercely sweet smile, just like you always had. And you still loved Dev, perhaps you had understood that some things never turn out the way we want them to, but when has that ever stopped us from falling in love? Your only fault that you did so while having been born 'lowly'.

On one day like this, Paro confronted you. Instead of reaping jealousy, you regarded Paro as a kind of Goddess who had the privilege of being showered Devdas's affection, so you bent to touch Paro's feet in deference. And what did Paro do in return? Mock your circumstances and taunt you for coming close to Dev - before complying to befriend you, later on. You had dealt humiliation through your entire life but you chose to suffer the most by Dev's anguish - seeing your love ruined by his love.

Paro and Devdas were eternally each other's souls, but there was no one to make unsung Chandramukhi whole. Paro and Devdas may have ended in tragedy to make us all weep, but Chandramukhi lived her broken tale that our hearts were too heavy to keep...

[zeherili-ankhein]

Main to ye wali Chandramukhi huuu.....

[butimjustagirllll]

My whole life was a lie🙃

[schroedingerscryptid]

oh boi i am not a movie person uhh

this was. so painful. there's a movie here that's cheating and it's NOT the one of the ones in english.

@weed-cat @glmtwnbrtz @distxrtionist @zephyrrr-strike and if you see this, you're part of the tag list 🫵🏽

Rules: without naming them, post a gif of ten of your favorite films, then tag ten people to do the same

I was tagged by @shyravenns , thank you so much !!!

Tagging (but no pressure as always) : @on-a-lucky-tide @a-driftamongopenstars @adhdoomed @lialucis @jgvfhl @gomzdrawfr

@hexxedghost @cod-thoughts @crowbarrd

[ambidextrousarcher]

You know you’ve been studying for too long when you hear Chandramukhi’s famous “Ra Ra” song (AKA Mere Dholna/Ami Je Tomar’s Tamil Version, though the lyrics are Telugu, it’s a song in the Tamil movie) and you think of PML-RARA. (It’s one of the mutations that cause a kind of Acute Myeloid leukemia) *sigh*

Anyway. Theory done. The scary parts to go.

Tagging @enigma-the-mysterious because you might find this a bit relatable 😂

[shame-is-a-wasted-emotion]

people i want to get to know better tag game!

Thank you for tagging me @fallevs . Such a sweet person❤️

1.book you are currently reading:

My medical pathology,microbiology and pharmacology books 😭 I have exams coming up. I need to get marks. I haven't read any novel or books outside curriculum per se. I am not allowed to buy and I do have pdfs of many books. I still don't read.

2.last song you listened to:

This one. I was listening with my group in lunch. This song was the last one before I walked to lab. Such a love song . It's in Tamil.

3.currently watching:

Nothing. I want motivation to watch. I was watching sex education s1. In tamil,it was chandramukhi 2. A crappy spoof of a movie.

4.fic you are currently reading:

I go by age. I am feeling fantasy tooth today after I read my hp/klaine one shot.

Wish by notthetoothfairy on ao3.

I have a bunch (almost 20 tabs) open with other fics to read. I am too tired now.

5.next on your to watch list:

Well I can't answer cause I'm watching nothing. But I want to continue watching young Sheldon, brooklynn 99, young royals, sex education,etc...

6.current obsession:

Music. Especially these

Six musical album.

Of course klaine. Chris. Henry x Alex.

Thank you once again.

Tagging(no pressure,only if you wonna play) @gleefulpoppet ,@spaceorphan18 ,@rockitmans ,@twinkkurt ,@esilher ,@ericdooley

[enigma-the-mysterious]

Give me all the memes

The characters during Dola Re be like

Devdas:

Paro and Chandramukhi:

[zeherili-ankhein]

Thanks for the tagging :3 I remember I did this once before but who cares I'll do again lol..

Z – Zoobi Doobi (Sona Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal — 3 Idiots)

E – Esho Hey (Shreya Ghoshal, Ishan Mitra — Ek Je Chhilo Raja)

H – Hall of Fame (The Script)

E – Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)

R – Raa Raa (Binni Krishnakumar, Tippu — Chandramukhi)

I – Ilahi (Pritam, Arijit Singh — Ye Jawani Hai Deewani)

L – Lungi Dance (Yo Yo Honey Singh — Chennai Express)

I – I Won't Say (I'm In Love) (Susan Egan — Disney Hercules)

A – Adhek Ghume Nayan Chume (Shaan — Rabindrasangeet)

N – No Way (SIX, Renée Lamb)

K – Kizuna no Kiseki (Ashif N — Demon Slayer)

H – Ha Hotobhagini (Jayati Chakraborty — Chitrangoda dance drama by Rabindranath Thakur)

E – Ek Dil Ek Jaan (Shivam Pathak — Padmaavat)

I – Indhana Winva (Falguni Pathak)

N – Nadaan Parinde (A. R. Rahman, Mohit Chauhan — Rockstar)

Open tags hehe...

rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people

Subliminal What Kind of Man Everything She Wants Everytime We Touch Telephone Odds Are Reaper Accidentally In Love Nachde Ne Saare Great DJ Emperor's New Clothes Psychosocial Outside Pretty Girls Toothbrush Alcohol Remedy Toxic

I don't have that many mutuals @alenkorra @badgermolebender @biconickyoshi @lokfeedsthegays @kjthenbee @mellyoraa @ozais-lobotomist @korrasamibottles @assignedpeanutallergyatbirth @appalesbian @thewhorradora @tallanastyflorida @snapcracklepop15 @starshinemaiden sorry if any of you have already done this

[brbremaking]

okay so I know south asians are legally required to think how tragic laila majnu, heer ranjha, sohni mahiwal and mirza sahiban all are but like.

I didn’t watch sohni mahiwal I was told the story by mum and she didn’t explain how she used the pot she just said she used it to float so naturally I assumed she sat in it. The idea that this girl was sat in a clay pot and floating down a river was so fucking funny I didn’t care if she died with her boyfriend or not

[jukti-torko-golpo]

Lately I have been finding great comfort in the concept of romanticising the mundane. Not being extravagantly aesthetic...but finding the aesthetics, or should I say beauty, in what is seemingly ordinary and mundane. I have seen many videos of people going on shopping spree for cute things, decking their place up in colour co-ordinated decor and being trendy. And I have wished to achieve that and hence felt like what surrounds me is sub par. Then it hit me that no, there is beauty in what already surrounds me. I just have to find it. Like yes, cute ceramic bowls look very pretty...but that does not mean that our regular steel utensils cannot be perceived as pretty.

Also beauty is not just something that meets the eyes. It is sometimes that familiar touch or scent that takes us back to sunlit winter afternoons of childhood. Sometimes it is in the laughter or eye contact shared over spilled frozen peas. And often in the kiss that follows a successful cooking venture.

So here is a no frill video of probably one of my love languages...cooking together. Chandramukhi and I cooked bangers n mash and cheese corn ramen in our very desi steel utensils. Just a slice of the very mundane life and an obnoxious cartoon that i have strangely become fond of.

[ramayantika]

Overcoming hesitation, someone has ignited the moon light in my heart.

I stay up all night with my aching heart.

In every bondage, there is Shyam who calls out to me through his flute.

My dark beloved departs after dancing the raas and captivating my heart.

The shivering touch of the peacock feather on my blooming body is the memory that stays with me day and night.

(This is the translation of the song Bai ga from Chandramukhi which I found out from the comment section. And I loved the music video so I ended up using the pictures from the video. And if you haven't watched the video, go watch it! )

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Tags: @navaratna @allegoriesinmediasres @arachneofthoughts @lil-stark @manwalaage @bluebeadss @itsfookingloosah @kalavathiii @thewinchestergirl1208 @kajaaaaaaal @lok-dayro

[jukti-torko-golpo]

Truly a beautiful feeling.

It feels like a blessing......When your ship has been tossed around by storms in the sea of life and it has lost it's way.....And you finally find that person who anchors you to your destination but also gives you the space to navigate the path by yourself.

The presence of this person feels like a warm blanket on an early winter morning. And the physical presence is the sweetest reminder that this is not a dream that will dissolve away in a moment.

Such a beauty when you're truly in love with someone 😌

Truely love the feeling ,when you finally meet with her after some looooooong time and the presense of her actually make a difference in your soul.......!

For some quantum of time you loose your sense of reality, forget about the outer world.... You feel more lighter, more relaxed, gain some energy, feel more connected and confident.

Such a beauty when you're truly in love with someone 😌

[dumdaradumdaradum]

Hi. I was previously @adikavy but that account was a mess so I deleted it.

I lost my taglist. So if you want to be tagged kindly ask again, I'm sorry for the inconveniences.

I'm going to leave my work here just in case somebody stumbles upon my blog once in blue moon- these fics will be here waiting for you, to take you away from the reality for a bit.

Of travels and matches (aemond x reader)

Part 1

Dasarajna

Part 1 part 2 part 3. part 4. part 5

Likhe jo khat tujhe :: Ram x reader (loose series)

Late Of winds. Fair. Touches Kittens Cuddles.

Tumbles. Mera naam ishq. Ishq da rog sayana

Moon Kaali kaali raaton se

Ram x reader prompt.

Mist || Prompt 5 || Prompt 4 || Prompt 3 || Prompt 2 || Prompt Alt ending

Raghuvan series cowritten with @rishi-sita

Chapter 2. Chapter 5

Taarak x reader prompt.

Violence of our hearts || Prompt 2

Anand x reader::

Prompt

My obsessions ::

Kathak Bharatanatyam Jay rang rang

Jay rang rang pt. 2 longing to be at a gurukul.

Janani bhagirath's moms. Chandramukhi.

Sita/chandramukhi rasleela (waiting). Ghazal

radha. ( life with ram(?) ). rukmini. Navratri.

Sawan. navratri 2.0 blinding bright. Dheera sameere

Qala appreciation Surya Narayan

Gayatri mantra - rudra Gayatri mantra

Lalitha lavanga

The rants are back ::

Bheem. ||. Sun. || Krishna

Asks are open

[papenathys]

Indian academia

Recently I have seen a lot of excellent posts in the dark academia tags which call out the euro-centrism of this subculture and also give great recommendations for non-white cultural academia. So I decided to put together works of Indian authors that I read growing up in India as a literature student. Please note this list leans heavily towards works centred on Bengal due to my own heritage, and is by no means comprehensive or meant to represent the entire, varied diaspora of India.

Historical/political fiction:

the lives of others by neel mukherjee: chronicling the rise and fall of a bengali family against historical events like the partition, the 1943 famines, the bengal emergency etc. diverse cast of characters retelling history through multiple povs, lyrical prose, incredible research providing an insight into naxalite bengal. talks about how it feels to be a leftist when you are born and brought up in bourgeois privilege.

the lowland by jhumpa lahiri: everything!! written by jhumpa lahiri!! should be savoured!! but this gorgeous book in particular made me UGLY CRY. to summarise without spoilers, it's a story about two brothers, separated by inches and then by miles, a story about student revolutionaries, bengal burning and boston beaches, and it's a story about a beautiful, brilliant, tormented woman who loves and loathes in equal measure.

the shadow lines by amitav ghosh:** intergenerational trauma, dhaka riots and the entwined histories of two families- one in london and the other in calcutta. sharp, bittersweet and sometimes rather scandalous. if you enjoy ggm's works try this.

a flight of pigeons by ruskin bond**: after her father is killed in the 1857 sepoy mutiny, an anglo-indian girl, her mother, and female relatives are given shelter by the muslim family of one of the chief rebels. set in north india near UP, ruskin bond's writing is powerful and explores found families and the price of imperialism and war. chef's kiss.

train to pakistan by khuswant singh: the horrors of post independence sectarian violence as recounted by a fictional village on the indo-pak border with a population largely comprising muslims and sikhs. a harrowing read but evocative and honest.

shalimar the clown by salman rushdie: allegorical story about the kashmir valley unrest, told through the insane, shakespearean revenge tragedy spun out by kashmiri tightrope walker shalimar who falls in love with boonyi, a beautiful pandit girl, a love that dooms him.

a fine balance by rohinton mistry**: four strangers' lives spill into each other as india crumbles under the 1975 emergency. this one has everything political commentary, social satire, depiction of economic hardships and a whole range of characters from diverse backgrounds. side note: it's a pretty heavy and tragic read, please be careful.

Societal stories

the guide by rk narayan: raju, an impoverished, street smart boy in a fictional south indian town takes to conning people as a tour guide but things spiral out of control when he has an affair with a married classical dancer. allegorical writing, funny and eccentric, and there's a LOT of satire about desi stereotypes: fraud religious leaders, scandalous village affairs, neocolonial mindsets and well, dancing. had a great read of this one. don't watch the film, it's inaacurate and the author himself didn't like it :(

malgudi days by rk narayan: set in the same town as the guide, a collection of short stories about the colourful lives of small town dwellers, from astrologers to doctors to postmen. it's funny and poignant in equal measure. there's not a single mediocre story in here, they're all just......charming.

interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri: stories set in boston and bengal about ordinary indian people and ordinary indian lives which are just so, so MASTERFULLY written and in such crystal bright detail it feels all too real. I recommend a temporary matter, when mr pirzada came to dine, sexy, mrs sen and this blessed house.

em and the big hoom by jerry pinto**: a goan family in late 20th century mumbai + their experience when the mother is diagnosed with bpd. I haven't read this book but it was highly recommended by my friends + authors who are greatly esteemed by me

any and every work by ruskin bond because my man literally GREW up around ayahs and tonga drivers and lonely gardeners and sad kite-makers and friends in small places. I recommend road to the bazaar: a collection of short stories about north indian children involving tigers in train tunnels, beetle races, rooftop gardens and the feeling of being home again.

the white tiger by aravind adiga**: epistolary novel that deals mostly with the class struggle in india as told by a village boy, who travels to delhi for work and his slow rise to success through monumental obstacles. a good read to look into the lives and the plight of underprivileged workers and the persisting class disparity in globalised india.

city of djinns by william dalrymple: travelogue/memoir/anecdotes of the author's time in delhi as he researches for the detritus of history in the country capital. non fiction but every bit as riveting as a well spun story.

Retellings/Biographies

rajkahini (transl: stories of kings) by abanindranath tagore: stories about the rajput rulers of western india and their glorious, semi-mythological histories of battles and heartbreaks and visions. the author was often termed a lyrical artist because his descriptive prose is so good it feels like a painting put into words.

empress: the astonishing reign of nur jahan by ruby lal: a feminist biography of my favourite figure from history, nur jahan, and her deliciously satisfying ascent as the sole female sovereign in the line of the great mughals. but wow, what a woman.

the palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni: retelling of the great epic mahabharata but from draupadi's point of view. poetic and magical, and her descriptions of female rage and the unfairness of society even in mythical canon is SUPERB.

Poetry!

sarojini naidu: patriotism, society, feminism, romance

nissim ezekiel: postcolonial, satire

ak ramanujan: society, classical retellings, folktale inspired poetry

agha shahid ali: socio-political, ghazal inspired poetry

tishani doshi: feminist, contemporary

eunice d'souza: contemporary, gender politics

Pure self indulgent recs

hayavadana by girish karnad: a ridiculous, criminally hilarious play-within-a-play about a love triangle and accidental body/torso swaps and a goddess who couldn't care less and a man with a horse head. yeah.

devdas by sarat chandra chattopadhyay: pls stop shoving the movie down my throat it's the cringiest depiction of bengali culture ever but yeah the novel is 💗💗 and it's about childhood sweethearts dev and paro, the cost of obsessions and lusts and an enigmatic courtesan chandramukhi who keeps loving the wrong things.

any and every work by rabindranath tagore should be considered academia but in particular his short stories, like the kabuliwalah and the postmaster.

the byomkesh bakshi series by sharadindu bandyopadhyay: written in the vein of poirot but in colonial bengal, follows one (1) sleuthy boy and his sidekick as they unravel psychological crimes and murder mysteries. some stories are just genuinely scary and all have eclectic casts. sharadindu said homoerotic/feral women/immoral genius people rights!

Like I said this list is not comprehensive!!! But I tried my best!!! I think we should really try to decolonize our reading tastes. And yes I purposely left out Arundhati Roy (because she is literally the only Indian author ever recommended in lists) Vikram Seth (because I do not like him) and Roshani Chokshi (because any one of the above)

I hope you guys get some good picks from this list :)

[** has heavy trigger warnings]

[i-got-the-feels]

BL Tag Game

Yo @ommited-miscellaneously thanks my for the tagging me. I love needing out over these.

All time favorite bl character and why.

Pat Napat - living, breathing green flag. Respects boundaries, draws one when needed, admits to mistakes and changes. He is the first character that made me realise what the term comfort character means.

Kinn Theerpanyakul - the to protect and comfort instinct he brings in is soo strong. Grown to be a shadow of his father, we already see how different he is - passionate (we saw that in first episode when he murdered traitors and gift wrapped them with a bow) , loyal, honest, dependable and emotionally constipated babie of mine :")

What's your one character from a bl you wanted to punt in to the stratosphere?

(I am probably gonna get a lot of hate but let's go) Phupa - it bugs me that till end he did not apologise. And no he took a bullet isn't a justification to me because he would have done that for any civilian, hell team member. But he didn't apologise to tian and instead said non apology crap like "I forgive you", "torfun forgives you" and I was screaming at screen like WHERE IS YOUR APOLOGY MISTER??

Best music moment from a bl.

Please this answer is gonna be soo basic but Pat and Pran rooftop episode 5. Enough said.

AND to my star - the title track being played when he is running home to Seo Jun.

A popular heterosexual text you would like to see adapted in to a bl.

My mind is a blank. That's how long it has been since I've read a book. I thought of 2 Bollywood movies though - Don and Devdas.

Don - Ohm Pawat as Don and Bright as Roma

Devdas - Mile as Devdas, Win as Paro and the dude who played Mork in Fish Under the sky as Chandramukhi because he dances well - and if gulf can dance - gulf because he has got such expressive eyes! (desis I need yalls input on casting and hence tagging yall) @boysbeloving @surajmukhis @7nessasaryevils @sereinartemishan @m0hinii (I am tagging yall for the game as well)

A scene from a bl that always makes you laugh.

(this is low key mean) but the beach kiss as sotus s because they started a ppt??! Like my guys - you guys could have just faded the screen with a wide shot - WE WOULD KNOW THEY WERE KISSING - but instead they started a ppt

Biggest disappointment

None. I watch "No plot just vibes" bls to shut my brain so I know what I am going for.

If you ask me though, tonhon's characters writing - he could be written soo well and layered but instead we got... yeah, well.

What two random bl characters would make hilarious exes.

Sarawat from 2gether and Tharn from TharnType. The soft introvert and loud extrovert.

Who would be the funniest person to watch a BL in its entirety and which one would you make them watch. 

I think my grandmother because she would be too busy processing it.

Best wardrobe moment/or character wardrobe from a bl.

The list is long people. Hold up.

Tang yi - history 3 trapped - THE SUITS. Especially the striped one.

Kinn Theerpanyakul - the helicopter blue shirt, the ombre suits, the black with white stripes when they were at hum bar and he was judging porsche for eating cocokraches. That shirt has me soo feral. I've written smuts in my head based on that shirt.

Fiat - don't say no- the red suit in finale.

I am tagging @morathicain @smittenskitten @snimeat @petevegas @liyazaki @ahdriking and anyone else who wants to do it