#queenofmahishmati

[alwaysthesideofwonder]

Hi! I've seen your posts on the PS tag, and I was wondering if you were reading an English translation of Ponniyin Selvan? If so, where did you find/buy it? I've seen a couple of places to buy English translations on Amazon, but always see reviews mentioning missing pages or chapters, so I've been hesitant to take the leap and buy it.

Hi! Given that my Tamil reading comprehension skills still remain at 5 year old level, I definitely have been reading an English translation.

There was a post running in the PS tag earlier I believe with a link to translations, I'm just not sure where it is or if there are others who may have recommendations for a good English translation, free or otherwise. @foolgobi65, @avani008, @queenofmahishmati may be better resources than me but in my case, I bought the Kindle version of the ones done by Sumeetha Manikanda. (The downside was that the 5th book wasn't published until right before PS-1 came out but thankfully I did manage to get it...)

Regarding concerns about translation and missing pages/chapters:

-I haven't noticed any missing pages/chapters but I am also the only person in my family to have read Ponniyin Selvan (somehow I ended up being dubbed the story teller for them instead) so no one could tell me otherwise. But Kalki generally never writes any extraneous chapters and in reading it I never felt like I was missing needed information as the story progressed so I think it's fairly complete?

-I got my dad to read a bit of the Tamil copy of Ponniyin Selvan and he's read some of this translation and his verdict is that the translation does a pretty decent job of the understandably very difficult task to translate Kalki's writing verbatim along with the feeling evoked by his prose. I, at least, feel that reading the translation gave me at least a window into the beauty of the writing itself and from the lines that I think are preserved in the movie, it seems to be fairly accurate though I would not be surprised to find that there are some modifications to express the ideas in English

Hope this helps!

[carminavulcana]

Please, PLEASE do write the Baahubali fics! I love you, I love your fics and I love the Baahubali fandom! I badly miss some of the older folks like BB, Sharme, Kaadhu, Liya, Prajna, Shubhra (did Liya and Shubhra delete their account or something??????) I wonder if you are in touch with them, but if yes, do convey my hugs to them all! I

Trust me, I do plan to return to my Baahubali fics. As soon as I have the time for it and can get the RRR horses to stop running at top speed 😅. The fandom is sort of inactive right now. But I know some people are around and kinda-sorta into it even now @bleedinknight @vidhurvrika @avani008 @ambidextrousarcher @fierarain @glyphenthusiast @dr-woodsprite @allegoriesinmediasres @amarsenadiehardfan @ratnas-musings @heyifinallyhaveablog @queenofmahishmati @puppyloveblog24 @chaanv @tuulikki @parlegee @worddiva179

Folks, this anon sends you their hugs! And tbh, you have mine too! Please tag anyone I may have forgotten:)

[herawell]

1, 2, 39, 41 for the handwriting ask 💗

[thefankid]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU LIL MENACE 🎂🎈💕🤗 love ya xx

thank u paati 😌😘

[anandamayenu]

queenofmahishmati replied to your post: The Baahubali Fandom is dead as a doornail. I like...

I did it. *flips collar proudly* I made IndiraBhalla ship *dances around I’m victory*

Shit you have no idea how MUCH I love that ship dude! 

[kpopfanfictrash]

Chism— one will have to pry this fic from my dead cold hands because that's how long I'm going to hold on to these characters and this world. Shanna, the real magic in everything here is your words and how you weaved them together to create this fictional perfection. I loved it & a little part of me is sad that it has come to an end. But I /loved/ it & I know I will revisit this feeling every time I re-read it 💕 Btw, there are 9 elements in this world meaning there are 9 Gods? 🤔 I'm intrigued!

WAHHH YOU ARE THE NICEST PERSON IN THE WORLD! Thank you so, so much TT I am so happy you enjoyed Chism and its characters, they’re near and dear to my heart, as well ahhh thank you so much for this lovely compliment 

and INTERESTING. No one has asked me that yet, except for @underthejoon :) There are, indeed, 9 Gods/Goddesses. Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn…. but also Fire/Wind/Earth/Water. There is also a ninth element, Spirit/Aether, but there is no God/Goddess of it currently and largely, even the other Gods consider it to be a myth. o.o

[cruelniklaus]

♪ (( have a great weekend!! ))

Thank you!

Shinedown - What A Shame

They never knew how much a broken heart can break the sound and change the season now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after

SEND ME A  ♪ I WILL PUT MUSIC ON SHUFFLE AND GIVE YOU A SONG AND MY FAVOURITE LINE FROM IT

[merrative]

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[incorrectbaahubaliquotes]

Baahu: Indira would never date a jerk like you.

Bhalla: I’m your brother!

Baahu: Which is how I know you’re a jerk.

[hachinana87]

@queenofmahishmati があなたの投稿に返信しました “I love your Telugu film sketches ! Thank you for all things Prabhas :)”

I attest to this!!!!!!!!

cuteness attested!

[adiyaathi]

I'm sorry I caused you to wheeze upon reading my last ask, but rana really does look like my uncle😂😂😂😂

LDJDLAJSLSA IM DYING OMG ANON YOU ARE A BLESSING is your uncle really tall @forestpenguin looks like the maams aint as unique as paatti sharme says he is

[hedevimaiyya]

Get to know me uncomfortable well meme - Fibonacci sequence 😜

0,1, …

1. What is your middle name?

This is awkward to answer because, my family name excluded, i have 3 names (i know) and they are all supposed to be my first name somehow? But I’ll give you this, my second (hence middle??) name is Shikha.

2. How old are you?

I’m 22 ugh… 

3. When is your birthday?

December 1st!

5. What is your favorite color?

I don’t have one? I can never decide on that omg 🙈

8. Where are you from?

I was born in Mauritius, live in Canada now and my ancestors are pretty spread out from all over India for all I know and there might be a Chinese ancestor from my nani’s side but we don’t know much about them..

13. What talents do you have?

Oh, my top talent is to annoy people as I just did with you and triangular numbers 😂😂😂

21. Have you ever been to the hospital?

Many times

34. Have you ever fired a gun?

Nopee

55. Most used phrased?

“Oh my god”

89. Do you like your age?

Honestly? No, it’s wayy older than I feel… Like I literally still feel like a c h i l d ? ?

That was fun!! 😂 Thanks for asking, Sharme!! 😘❤

[hellsbellschime]

I put your last ask into a binary translator and it means "Do you know the binary numeral system?"

The message with zeros and ones was a binary question.

lilbreck said: “do you know the binary numeral system ?” pretty sure that’s the translation.

queenofmahishmati said: i think they’re binary codes for alphabet??

In this household we do not talk to robots.

[sheathemes]

I love your theme Infamy so much!! Thank you for sharing it with us

Thank you so much and I am so happy you like it

[queenofmahishmati]

tretayugi → queenofmahishmati

url change 👑

[cruelniklaus]

My vote for bewitchedpotter - 🎃🍁 thank you!!

Thank you!

pumpkin cookies | candy corn |candy apples | mellowcreme Candy Pumpkins

pumpkin patch| hayrides | corn maze | picking apples

orange | yellow | purple | red | black

haunted house |scary movies | long drives | bonfires | playing in fallen leaves

School: Hogwarts | Beauxbatons | Durmstrang | Ilvermorny  | Castelobruxo | Koldovstoretz | Mahoutokoro | Uagadou

House: Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor | Slytherin

era: Founders | Riddle | Golden Trio | Next Gen.

Favorite subject:  Charms | Transfiguration | Defence against the dark arts | Potions | Herbology | Astronomy | History of magic | Divination | Care of magical creatures

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