#nyc desi

[carlosroborto]

The Best Outfits of Easter Parade NYC 2023

Experience the epitome of style and cultural vibrancy at the Easter Parade NYC 2023, as captured by NYC DESI एनवाईसी देसी. This sartorial showcase brings you the crème de la crème of Easter fashion, where attendees flaunt their most exquisite and imaginative outfits along Fifth Avenue. From elegant pastel ensembles to whimsical Easter-themed costumes, this event is a visual feast that celebrates creativity and diversity. Join us in this exclusive glimpse of the Best Outfits of Easter Parade NYC 2023, and be inspired by the fashion-forward crowd that graced this iconic New York City tradition.

[sreehari28]

During the Palki Yatra, devotees gather together and form a procession, carrying the palki on their shoulders or atop a vehicle. The palki is adorned with flowers, garlands, and other decorative elements, creating a visually captivating sight. The procession moves through the streets, accompanied by devotional singing, chanting of Sai Baba's name, and the playing of traditional musical instruments. The Palki Yatra serves as a symbol of Sai Baba's divine presence being carried from one place to another, spreading blessings, love, and positive energy to all who witness or participate in the procession. It is believed that Sai Baba's grace and blessings flow abundantly during such yatras, providing spiritual upliftment and fostering a sense of unity among the devotees. The Sai Baba Yatra in NYC offers a unique opportunity for devotees to experience the divine presence of Sai Baba in a vibrant and diverse city like New York. It provides a platform for spiritual seekers to deepen their connection with Sai Baba, find solace in his teachings, and cultivate a greater sense of inner peace, love, and compassion.

[citizenscreen]

Errol Flynn joins a conga line lead by Desi Arnaz at La Conga night club, New York City, 1940

[bbyberetta]

photographer: https://www.jorgmeyer.com/

[firsttarotreader]

So is Pedro’s character named “Desi” then? 👀 That’s what it seems like. 🤔

ETA: Apparently the trailer this and other anon reported are washrooms. But they got confused because Dakota’s character name is Lucy too. 🤣🤣🤣

At least we all had a laugh for a change!! 🤣🤣

Thank you very much for this pic! 🥰🥰

[thebucklesmellslikeacid]

“Apologize to your body. Maybe that is where the healing begins.”

[herefortarlos]

I had a wonderful time in NYC with plenty of friends and great food! One of my New Years resolutions is inspired by @heartstringsduet and it's to take more pictures of my friends and experiences and I am happy to report that I took over 200 pictures 🤣 I only went slightly overboard! I hope you all also had a lovely weekend!

[kasdotjpeg]

desi in pardes

[carlosroborto]

They Shut Down The Airport Runway For This | You Won't Believe Why | NYC Desi

In a shocking turn of events, New York City's bustling airport was brought to a standstill as authorities made an unprecedented decision to shut down a major runway. The reason behind this extraordinary measure left both travelers and locals in disbelief. "They Shut Down The Airport Runway For This | You Won't Believe Why | NYC Desi" unveils the astonishing and intriguing story that led to this runway closure, promising a captivating glimpse into a truly extraordinary event that unfolded in the heart of the city that never sleeps. Join us as we unravel the mysteries behind this unexpected disruption that had everyone talking.

[sreehari28]

Embark on a transformative journey and experience the unparalleled power of Sai Baba Yatra in New York City (NYC). This unique pilgrimage allows devotees to connect with the divine presence of Sai Baba, immerse themselves in his teachings, and experience the love and compassion that radiates from his spiritual legacy. During the Sai Baba Yatra in NYC, participants have the opportunity to visit various Sai Baba temples, centers, and sacred spaces dedicated to the saint. The yatra typically includes a series of guided visits to these places of worship, where devotees can offer their prayers, participate in bhajans (devotional singing), engage in Satsang (spiritual discourses), and seek solace in the divine presence of Sai Baba. These gatherings foster a sense of community and unity among devotees, creating a supportive and nurturing atmosphere for spiritual growth.

[lemonpastrys]

📍 Sea Link, Mumbai

[lullabyes22-blog]

Dropping in just to tell you how much I LOVE your Sevika x Silco portrayal. I never considered Sevilco a ship before reading your fics but you make them work so well, and I really like that you gave Sevika so much more backstory and character development. As a desi girl, I also appreciate your Sevika giving us desi rep and making it so relatable and believable. The kavya, the payasam, the bidi, I can feel her being desi on my skin, lol.

And for Silco, you make him such a hot bastard, it's unbelievable.

As someone who's a huge Grishaverse fan, they're giving Kaz x Inej vibes. I think you mentioned reading Six of Crows so I believe you're familiar with the duo, but I can really see similarities between Kaz and Silco. They're both badass villains, they're both dark and twisted and have done questionable things, they both have an intense obsession with destroying a rich and corrupt society and replacing it with something better. Also Inej and Sevika are both poc women who can kick ass and they both have a complicated relationship with the men they love. I love Kaz and Inej to death but if they were a little darker and older, they could totally be Silco and Sevika.

I'm sorry, I'm rambling, but I wanted to share. Keep up the amazing writing! I hope you write a lot more Sevilco fics. You've become one of my favorite Arcane authors, and I look forward to your updates.

Thank you so much<333

I'm so glad you're enjoying Sevika and Silco content. They've been a weird 'sleeper hit' with certain pockets of the fandom (and horrified a few others) and I'm really happy the ship's being considered as a viable option.

I really did want to try and give Sevika a bit more depth re: her family, motivations and flaws, simply because there's so much (justifiable) thirst for her character as a hot mama, and plenty of 'yas queen'ing everytime she does something terrible - but not a lot of consideration for the human, complex, flawed person behind the muscle, and why she'd choose to throw in her lot with Silco and stake everything on Zaun.

I'm also so pleased the representation feels authentic - I'm basing Zaun on RL Manchester in some ways, and Queens NYC in others - both of which are very diverse, with a huge South Asian presence. If FnF was taking place IRL, Silco would've been a no-good-bounding English boy of working-class immigrant parents (probs half-French, half-German) growing up with his best friend Vander (also of German descent with a little Greek thrown in) and Sevika and Nandi would've hailed from the nearby South Indian community, all set in the 1980s. The boy would've known his way around a good plate of biryani, though I doubt Nandi would've let him within 100m of her kitchen, let alone into her bed.

Sevika, on the other hand, would've hung out with him aaaaaall the time, just so she could bum his cigarettes and booze, and snog questionable girls behind the local pub.

(He would've paid her a tenner so he could watch her and her mate snog at his twenty-fifth birthday party. She'd have agreed, and maybe tried to goad him into joining in…)

Roflmao I do remember reading SoC, but it was very long ago, and I was a bit old for the 'young adult' genre by then. I did enjoy Kaz x Inej, although the dynamics would be somewhat different, and in many ways, far less toxic: none of this 'let the monster out' nonsense as Inej wants Kaz to be a better person, not a more ruthless one.

But really, all things aside, this is all I can think of whenever I see the comparison made:

Also we fuck. A lot.

Thank you so much, and I'm very happy you're enjoying the story<333

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Aita for never making white ttrpg characters?

Title is a little weird, but I play a lot of ttrpgs with friends. I (M19) am white, so is all but one girl in our ttrpg group (F23), she’s Puerto Rican.

Anyways, all the games we play are rpgs based in the real world, whether they be urban fantasy or horror, they’re never in fantasy worlds. I like to explore different cultures, researching them and designing accurate characters for these games. I made a Bangladeshi girl for a MASKS: New Generations game who wanted to be the first desi superhero in America and was attending a superhero boarding school in upstate New York, I made half Iraqi/half Black boy in a homebrew power by the apocalypse game who was raised by his Chinese step-mother and was adopted into a giant extended family that took place in Brooklyn NYC, I made a black camp counselor for a Sleepaway oneshot, and I made a Mexican/Cajun boy for a Monsterhearts game taking place in south Louisiana.

For every character, I took my time and did days of research into backgrounds, cultures, and potential sensitivity issues. The last thing I want is to misrepresent a culture. The Puerto Rican girl in our group, let’s call her “Mary”, has never had a problem with my characters, but I’ve gotten comments from other players that it’s weird that I never play any white characters. I’ve made a white character twice; one for a Ten Candles game who was a 50 year old vet (and I miss him everyday, easily one of my favorite one-off characters because of his intense hatred of the Dallas Cowboys), and one for a homebrew 80’s slasher game who somehow because the first jock to be a final girl (He was too pure for this world, can’t wait to play his reincarnation in an ALENS game)

Our forever GM hasn’t ever had an issue with my characters, she even brings a giant variety of NPCs from all over to her games and makes the whole experience so much fun. The few times she’s made characters, they’ve always had great chemistry with mine and I’ve always had a good time

But, even with Mary’s and the GM’s approval, I still feel off about the comments of the other players. I love my characters, and the research I do for them helps me as a writer as that’s my profession atm. It seems like every time I propose a new character who isn’t white, I get asked “so what part of the world are they from now?” or “aren’t you German? Are you scared of doing a German character?” or other questions like that

I don’t play ttrpgs to insert myself into different fantasies, I play ttrpgs to explore new characters and new settings through different experiences. I don’t want to be labeled racist, but I understand if I’m coming off that way. If I’m voted the asshole, I’ll reflect and learn why. Commenters, deffo tell me how I can be better.

Anyways, AITA?

TL:DR, I’m white, I make primarily POC characters in ttrpgs, my group is annoyed and makes passive aggressive comments each time I do so. Aita for not making more white characters?

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to find this later ^^^

What are these acronyms?

[booasaur]

In the scene where Aaliyah introduces Cruz to her mother, did anyone notice how she seemed nervous? She starts fidgeting with her engagement ring. Wish we got to see a little more of the beautiful henna on her hands. She doesn't seem to have a close relationship with anyone in her family, everything is cold and formal.

Ohhh, that's true! It's quite visible:

Kind of sucks that her mom was so rude then, given how nervous Aaliyah was.

I did notice Aaliyah doing that in another little scene where you could see the nerves working on her:

As for the henna, there was this look later:

It did make me wonder if Arab bridal henna isn't as involved as desi? Ours is like if you were wearing an elbow-length chainmail glove. :P

You know, I wish it had been a bit more apparent later on, during the kiss:

You do see this much here, but like... okay, the show doesn't ignore Aaliyah's background, certainly, but we see so much of her through a certain lens, in a bikini on the beach, clubbing, drinking, upscale NYC stores, it'd have been nice to see the juxtaposition of something nice from her culture with this particular side of her.

In fact, my friend wondered, when she was still watching the start, if the show would be brave enough to show something gay while they were doing hijab, and you know, I'd have loved to see even just a simple kiss. I know the optics would be a bit eyebrow-raising, especially for the reach a show like this gets (compared to, for example, The Bold Type), but stilllll.

[thenycbratzdoll]

Lashanti’s 2024 essentials

Hey besties🫧 I finally have the ENERGY to make a post about products I’ve been in love with this year.

Hair

Let’s start off with hair. This year I’ve been heavily into hair mask and oils. I have very curly hair that’s been hard to maintain, but these products been making the detangling process way easier. Also leaves my hair healthier and stronger with less breakage. These include

Tgin miracle deep hydration hair mask

Mielle rosemary hair oil

OUAI leave in

Mielle rosemary mint clarifying sugar scalp scrub

These four products alone cause significant change in my hair

Body care/Feminine hygiene/ Perfume

This is one of my FAVORITE parts of my restock days. I spend so much money on this category and I’m not even mad at it. I love to stay feeling clean, fresh, and just smell so sweet and general. My favorite products I SWEAR by are

Rose water good wipes

Honeypot sensitive wash

Sugar cookie Native body wash

Sweet like candy Ariana Grande perfume

Philosophy fresh cream perfume

Philosophy fresh cream body lotion

Victoria's secret Tease perfume

Whole body deodorant from First aid beauty

YSL Black opium le parfum

Victoria's secret Sugared petals body mist

Victoria's secret Pistachio Crème body lotion

Kora organics turmeric BHA pore & brightening treatment mask

Trader joe's rosewater

Peter Thomas Roth pumpkin enzyme mask

Laneige cream skin toner and moisturizer

Vanicream gentle face wash

Vanilla sugar body oil

warm sugar cookie body oil

Tree hut birthday cake body scrub

Eos vanilla cashmere hand cream

I also love to do random sheet, feet, eye, and hand mask. I don't have any specific ones but I do gravitate towards earth therapeutics, tonymoly, the crème shop, and patchology.

Makeup

I enjoy getting dolled up. Makeup just be the icing on the cake. It's literally art to me and it's so fun. I feel like I finally found products and a routine that fits my face. I love to just enhance my natural features and add TONS of glitter. Here are my current MUST haves🥰

Victoria's secret fruity cereal lip mask

Victoria's secret sugar high lipgloss

Too faced kissing jelly gloss in bubble gum

Mac cremesheen gloss in deelight

Patrick Ta lip shine in is she younger than me

Dior lip glow in pink lilac

Cover girl yummy gloss

Fenty beauty invisimatte

Maybelline fit me press powder in toffee caramel

Essence lash without limits extreme lengthening mascara

half magic eyeshadow singles (I have so many of them they're so pretty and glittery)

Natasha denona mini starlette eyeshadow pallet

Butterfly effect by desi glitter highlighter in it girl

Butterfly effect by desi body glitter

Eva nyc glitter spray

Kiss natural trio false lashes in noir

Jewelry/ Accessories

When it comes to my jewelry i'm a bit simple. I love crystal jewelry from crystal shops that I can pick out myself. I don't accessorize much but hopefully this winter i'll get into more. My jewelry and accessories must haves consist

Crescent moon necklace

Crystal beaded bracelets

Evil eye bracelet

Ruby ring

Kyanite ring

I like to stay protected and wear crystals that fits me as an individual or what kind of energy I want to put out. I always been obsessed with moon anything. Since I was born under the crescent moon I found it so me to wear since it literally represents me. Due the weather dropping I love to bring out the furs such as fur earmuffs and hats. Nothing screams warm, cozy, and boujee than fur. Whenever I wear mini skirts I LOVE to wear the most prettiest/dolly leggings I can get my hands on. I’m not really into claw clips but the flower hair clips was a little staple piece for me this spring/summer.

Misc

These are extra little items that I love to have on me this year that i’m not sure I should categorize them in. These items I never really leave my home with and these includes

Angel aura quartz

Aquamarine

Mini note pad

Pen

Cotton swabs

Pain pills

Hand sanitizer (I always get my hand sanitizers from bath and body works because they have the best smelling scents. My go to scents are strawberry poundcake, rose ivy, and vanilla romance)

Rose and lavender essential oil

A water bottle

Bag charms (I always keep hello kitty and my melody on me)

Pocket mirror

Mini hair brush

Gum

I hope you guys enjoyed my 2024 essentials list of products I loved throughout this year and will be using for as long as I live probably. I love taking the time to invest in myself and taking steps to become my ultimate dream girl that younger me always imagined. Hopefully one or five of these products would catch your attention to try out🩷

[sgiandubh]

What do you think about the ring?

Dear (insisting) Ring Anon,

I see the topic itches. I have answered this question three days ago, but somehow kept receiving Anon upon Anon upon Anon about it and, to be honest, I was surprised to be thinking about it, too.

Which is exactly the intended - and achieved - effect of this new plot device.

Mordor went berserk, including Meow Kabob's Gay Clique. The Shire hummed and buzzed with DMs. Lasagna Lady could have testified before a Grand Jury it was gold. Another halfwit joked on X about giving it to Desi, then retracted when things went completely out of control. A perfectly executed spin for a drier, longer Droughtlander.

If all this hullaballoo were happening at the Olympic Games, I'd give Desi a Comăneci 10.

This ring is all about using very useful and cost-effective props. It will fuel endless speculation, vanishing and reappearing whenever convenient, with no further need for painful pap walks, Flukenzie Floozy clones or a new round of The Matrix Bikini Game.

And that brings along another thought. We often use the expression going down the rabbit hole, when we talk about how this charade started for anyone in this fandom. But I begin to wonder if we didn't go down a funnel: at first wide open and then narrower and narrower (IFH, EFH, Remarkable Week-End, etc). Then COVID, followed by this strike made it even narrower, if at all possible, because now we don't even have the customary promo/banter periodically thrown in to keep the sacred fire alive. The Vestals are bored and already yawning.

But there is also a new book and some more booze to be sold. He knows - because he reads us, make no mistake- this fandom's documented obsession with rings (his or Lucy's, for that matter), so let's assume he indulged us. Yeah, I am grinning as I write it. Desi is trolling us big time and let's be honest: we love every single second of it.

As an aside, allow me to share a little something about me:

This is my left hand, of course. And that is a beloved family heirloom madame Mère gave me on my eighteenth birthday. It belonged to my Armenian great-grandmother and I never took it off. Not even when doing the dishes, swimming or walking around Phnom Penh's slums. I am not married and I am not especially looking forward to, for personal reasons.

In Desi's case, The Ring appeared at Starbucks (who the hell shows an 'engagement ring' while staying in line for covfefe?), on one of those very hot & humid end of summer days when NYC turns into a giant sauna. Understandably, he was dressed to suggest he casually went to record that book at Hachette's after a workout session: but if also weightlifting, why bring The Ring?

So read my lips, Anon: it means nothing and also anything you want it to mean. Yes, at the same time. This is OL, after all.

We didn't even start to see the end of this, mark me. It's way too juicy and the night is young.

PS: The good thing about going down a funnel is that at the end of the day you know you'll be out of it, somehow. That moment will come. Not a single doubt or worry in the world about it.