#india explained

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

i explain india but i'm drunk.

Hello maggots of mine you're all such babygirls and bastards just like Aziraphale and Crowley. I'm so proud of you all for existing. Yes i'm a wholesome drunk you now know this about me. The wine tastes like rotten grapes and smells of battery acid and cost 245 rupees INR. Speaking of INR, thanks to a maggot's ask, I'm here to explain India. I've never set foot outside of this country. But I'm also very very shit at general knowledge.

To any non-Indians reading this, this is a totally legit 1000% everything covered all-inclusive summary. To any Indians reading this, I'm so so fucking sorry.

India, explained.

So there's south india and there's north india and there's north east india. north india is very racist about south india and they're both very racist about north east india. Most of these people are also probably racist either to other countries or they have internalised racism. It's a wild trip.

There are. A lot of languages here. And a LOT of scripts. I can read two scripts, understand four Indian languages and speak in two of them (badly), and those two are not my native tongues. I cannot speak in my native tongues. It's basically English at this point. These aren't dialects, those are separate. Picture like, Europe, but more, in terms of how many languages.

Everyone hates each other which is valid for the entire planet honestly.

In south india we have a lot of coconuts. Like a lot. There are so many coconuts you have no fucking idea guys you cannot escape the coconuts. I was nearly killed by a shower of coconuts when I was 5 I escaped by one second.

There are also cows. People will tell you that you are being racist when you say India has cows everywhere. But it's true. Two weeks ago I had the pleasure to be stuck in a traffic jam. Next to the street barrier thing (what divides a street im too drunk for this) I saw a huge bull fucking HUMPING a cow. The vehicles just had to move around them. They were having sex right there.

If you're a middle class Indian kid, your career options are: doctor, engineer, scientist, CA, lawyer, government official or family disappointment.

Needless to say, I was going to be doctor and am now instead family disappointment. I'm babygirling so hard it's insane. The prodigal son.

It's very ace-friendly and heterophobic in the sense that you are not supposed to be exhibiting any sexuality whatever in a respectable household. Just shut up and give virgin birth already. But be married. That's crucial.

Oh yeah gay marriage isn't legal trans people are constantly othered by society and/or given no respect whatsover and we're just all vibing here this is totally not why I'm finishing a small bottle of cheap wine on a thursday past midnight alone in my room.

Foreigners are like a zoo species you see them you're instantly concerned like what are they doing outside the TV screens and then either people are normal (rarely), they run up and take photos or try to slip into conversation (more often than you'd think, even I've been guilty of the conversation thing as a kid) OR they start talking about how 'this western culture is ruining our culture'. Which is fair but honestly both the 'cultures' these people are talking about usually involve incredible amounts of bigotry and are more similar than they think.

I think the lesson here is that humans just suck as a species. Except for you maggots. I love you all and I will defend you with my life.

THE CHAAT. THE CHAAT IS INSANELY AMAZING. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHAAT. I HAVE NO SPICE TOLERANCE SO I HAVE TO BEG ON MY KNEES FOR THE SPICES TO BE REDUCED BUT STILL. THE CHAAT. THE CHAAT, YOU GUYS. YOU NEED IT.

Sorry yes I'm normal. ALSO THE STREET DOGS. THE INDIES. THEY'RE SO LOVELY AND SWEET AND CHAOTIC AND I KEEP TALKING TO THEM. Once when I was crying I made the dog distress while and like five dogs that I didn't know came running to me and comforted me and licked me.

INDIAN DANCE MUSIC. I FUCKING LOVE IT IT'S INSANE. My family were elitist as fuck so I never got to listen to Bollywood music as a kid but it's AMAZING I'm so glad it exists. Bhangra too.

Beaches very very pretty hills very very pretty honestly the nature is fucking beautiful if you can just quickly pretend humans don't exist, which again is true of this entire planet. Yeah. Okay I'm so fucking drunk.

Yeah lots of diversity which is very nice when the humans aren't screaming at each other about it but the rest of the time it's very nice

The garbage and sewer stories? yeah they're all true im sorry

Traffic rules more like traffic suggestions amirite

Well, we still have far better healthcare access than america. so. there is that.

If you speak English well you'll be mocked and isolated. If you speak English poorly you'll be mocked and isolated. Honestly, just be rich. That'll fix it all.

All the conservatives hate each other and don't realise they're the exact same but in like different flavours.

Oh yeah we have auto rickshaws. Look them up. They're so much better than cars I don't get motion sick as easily in them. But the drivers all hate you and never want to take you anywhere.

Eyyyyyyyyyy it's so fucking fun here *drinsk more alcohol* I am so fucking not looking forward to college.

Please someone crowdfund me out of here let's all go chill in Alpha Centauri I've heard it's nice this time of the year.

I will, however, miss the casual live cow pornos. A true highlight.

[I got this peer-reviewed by my friend in India's top law school, just in case, because I'm too drunk and generally dumb. They say I will not be killed. And they've been on Twitter so.]

Irrefutable legal proof y'all. I don't mean to offend anyone except bigots. Fuck you, bigots, if you're not offended then I've disappointed my community.

[bixels]

The idea that uni protesters are "elitist ivy-league rich kids larping as revolutionaries" on Twitter and Reddit and even here is so fucking funny to me if you actually know anything about the student bodies at these unis. Take it from someone who's going to one of the biggest private unis in the US, 80% of the peers I know are either from the suburbs or an apartment somewhere in America, children of immigrants, or here on a student visa. I've heard about one-percenter students, but I've never met one in person. Like, don't get me wrong, the institution as a whole is still very privileged and white. I've talked with friends and classmates about feeling weird or dissonant being here and coming from such a different background. But in my art program, I see BIPOC, disabled, queer, lower-income students and faculty trying to deconstruct and tear that down and make space every day. So to take a cursory glance at a crowd of student protesters in coalitions that are led by BIPOC & 1st/2nd-gen immigrant students and HQ'd in ethnic housings and student organizations and say, "ah. children of the elite." Get real.

[shehzadi]

ram mandir inauguration day. you know what that means! hindutva mobs, vandalising muslim property, yelling genocidal slogans (not only in india but in the US), putting up saffron flags on places of worship

[silverfoxstole]

Recording the first Eighth Doctor audios, way back in 2000.

[aph-binch]

china, showing america’s instagram profile: do you think he’s cute?

india: no…..but maybe for the plot?

[menlove]

my beef w many compilations of mclennon proof is it's all the weakest stuff like cmon guys we need to bust out some truly insane stuff if we want to convince ur average tumblr user. where's the "if I were a girl maybe I could go out and..."? or "HE gave me loving in the palm of my hand *jerking off motion*"? cats named after the lovers they played? if I fell valentines day card with "to paul with love" on it? or paul saying if his dead bestie who again is Literally Dead were back for just ONE SINGLE DAY he'd spend it with him "in bed"? beetles fucking on ram? john thinking dear boy is about him (INCRIMINATING)? any of paul's songs that are genuinely actually truly and accepted to be about john by many (this one, call me back again, best friend.........)? WE HAVE TO GET TO THE HARD HITTERS! we can't just go up to some random guy on the street and bring up india like it's real!

[dieanywhereelseart]

It seems the reaper has it out for our lady detective

[lady-joker]

god babel hurt me more than i thought it would. i went into it knowing absolutely nothing about apart from what i read in the blurb and that absolutely did not prepare me. it was so beautifully inevitable. nothing they could have done would have changed the final outcome. robin's story ended where it began. we don't know his name. ramy, poor sweet lovely ramy and oh god victoire, choosing to live not despite it all but because of it all. and letty. her fate was always decided from the start wasn't it? she was always going to betray them. god my stomach hurts when i think about them 😭

[itsvivekgupta05]

🎉🇮🇳 Congratulations to Manu Bhaker for making history at the Paris 2024 Olympics! 🥉

Manu clinched the bronze in the Women's Air Pistol event and also with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in an Olympics. Your dedication and hard work have made India proud! 🙌👏

#75seconds#paris2024#olympics#parisolympics2024#teamindia#shootingstar#proudmoment#manubhaker#cheersforbharat#explainervideos#animatedvideos#explainervideocompany

[fuchsea]

💀

[milimeters-morales]

okay wait i’m thinking about miles feeling a new pressure to be her mom’s perfect son and suppress her transgender thoughts and amp up the toxic masculinity but under the guise of being very comfortable with her masculinity and just wanting to bond with her dad more. But then she feels like she’s just using her dad and tricking him to feel better about herself despite also genuinely wanting to bond more. so she just distances herself from both her parents because she’s failing at being a good son so she doesn’t want to further mess anything up. out of sight out of mind with them. that’s nothing new, but now i want Pavitr to talk to her about it because he’s pretty masculine like the stereotypical masc dude. and nobody really questions that about him because he’s confident. masculinity is subjective and it varies in different areas of the world, pavitr stresses this & how Miles is already masculine in multiple ways that don’t take away from being whatever she’s got going on. and she shouldn’t have to be like. ugh okay look i’m in anguish and agony forever maybe…? do you understand what i’m trying to get at??? pavitr is trying to say that if miles wants to say that she’s doing “boy stuff” then it doesn’t matter what she’s doing, it’s “boy stuff” same with “girl stuff” or just “stuff”???? don’t trap yourself in the box bc that’s how you suffocate and die???

[lightedpath]

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds.

The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment.

You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.

Guide us on the Straight Path,

the path of those who have received Your grace; not the path of those who have brought down wrath upon themselves, nor of those who have gone astray.

[tododeku-or-bust]

Tumblr be like "yeah I fight for queer rights! These are the many different, well researched forms of identities and their specific oppressions! I'm so progressive! By the way, fuck Black people in particular!"

[masterofrecords]

Angstober 2024 day 18: Falling stars

Make a Wish

The sky is changing.

Kalidasa does not rely on its guidance like Qiao Xiu, and isn’t well-versed in deciphering its hidden messages like Zamani. But even he can see the emptiness where the stars have suddenly dimmed, and each night he watches, wondering what else will change.

Zamani has once brought hope with the tales of stars that would light up the sky as bright as the moon did, a glorious sight and a sign of the star’s demise. Kalidasa remembers those tales with wonder, but can no longer pretend that the shifting constellations are some far-away miracle rather than a sign of a changed, doomed world.

Kalidasa’s eyes and memory are sharp, but still each morning of change he etches the sky of the previous night into the surface of a palm leaf, the smell of charcoal paste a familiar comfort. There is another book beside the leaf-book – one with thin, near-translucent paper – a gift from Qiao Xiu. To that one, with careless strokes of a brush free from the propriety of priesthood, he tells his worries.

They are things he doesn’t dare tell Zamani when they come to ask about the night sky. They are conjectures, interpretations of dreams that don’t feel like divine provenance.

They are fears taking form, of divinity fallen and companionship in ruins.

Under the cold night sky, Kalidasa tries to be dispassionate. There are things he doesn’t know – none of them do. But there is a sky full of fallen stars, and there is a duty to the Twin Gods, and there are bonds that Kalidasa refuses to forsake, so each night, he walks up the mountain to where the the moon is brightest, and keeps watch.

Falling stars grant wishes, Remi once told him. A childish notion, a superstition from a faraway land – and still Kalidasa finds himself raising his hands in prayer.

May this, too, pass.

[e-learningsoftware]

S1000d Software Working Process - Code and Pixels

A new buzzword in the technical publishing world. New word? Not exactly new, but surely it’s a new word in the Indian Defense Technical Publishing segment.

S1000D is an Interactive Electronic Technical Publishing(IETP). It’s also called #ietm too.

S1000d is not new but very few Indian companies, which support documentation of foreign Airline documentation are similar to #S1000d word. But almost 90 % of the people who do S1000D conversation do not know what s1000d is.

[kaurwreck]

for the ask game: LILAC CHARCOAL AND RASPBERRY

anon this is so sweet 😭

[ask game provided below for reference; if you'd like to play, please reblog from OP here:]