I was approached by 2 young Christian missionary boys today who wanted to talk to me about Jesus Christ. Clearly they didn't know that they were barking up the wrong tree. My question is, how do you respectfully decline such advances in a foreign country?
Choices and Compulsions:
Today marks the 7th year since I left India. I left on my own volition. I often wonder what it would be like, to raise a family here. I live in a beautiful city, with mountains and rivers. (1/n)
I owe everything to the generations before me, and I will ensure that my descendants imbibe this. So much has already been lost. We cannot afford to lose anything anymore. (N/n)
TIL that Sangitaratnakara, a seminal musicolocial text that forms the basis of Carnatic music, was composed by Sarngadeva, a Kashmiri Pandit. His family had fled to Devagiri, Maharashtra in the wake of Islamic invasions in Kashmir in the 12th century. (1/2)
Fate works in mysterious ways. My family members were forced to leave their place of birth whereas I chose to leave my hometown. I grew up far away from kashmiri culture because I would probably have not even existed had my family not left kashmir on time. (3/n)
It would be a shame to think that my ancestors sacrificed so much to hold on to their religion and culture, only to have their descendants relinquish it all upon immigrating to a different country. (7/n)
I would have loved to grow up here, amidst all this natural beauty. And I probably would have grown up in such a place, had my ancestors not suffered from religious persecution. (2/n)
My children may grow up far away from kashmiri culture because I chose to move to a different country. Back when I was a kid, I'd meet my relatives and feel some sense of community amongst other kashmiris whenever I'd see my extended family. (4/n)
Given the kind of cultural dilution I see around me, especially amongst Hindu immigrants, I will be happy if my descendants are able to practice just 10% of our ancestral customs. The light of my ancestral faith and customs must not die down. (9/n)
My children may not even be able to do that if I raise them here.
I don't think I regret moving here. Seeing how things are in India at the moment, I think my children will probably have a better life if they grow up here. (5/n)
Although I am going to do everything I can to pass down the practices of my people, I fear that within the next 2/3 generations, much of my culture will be diluted or even lost. (6/n)
Thread on kashmiri pandit samskaras:
Ps. Many of these samskaras are similar to the ones carried out by other hindus all over India. I will be summarizing koshur samskaras and emphasizing on how they've evolved due to various social and political circumstances.(1/n)
I think even if I am able to pass down 10% of the practices of my ancestors, it will still mean something. I would want it to be 100%, but I am just being practical. Very few of us, even amongst non KPs, are able to practice 100% of the rituals our forefathers did. (8/n)
We probably won't. All successful hindu actors are included/wish to be included under the umbrella of 'south asian' actors. Whereas it's a completely different story for Muslim actors.
A popular TV star in America Hasan Minhaj rejoices that a Muslim girl is in the TV series Ms Marvel and says it is a great time to be alive. So cute. What are the chances we will see a Hindu actor hailing another actor’s success just because she is Hindu? 😊
Some of the QTs on this are vile. These people expect 2% of a civilian population to pick up arms, fight against trained terrorists and actually win? They'd rather see us die by taking part in a losing battle than stay alive and lead a life of dignity elsewhere.
Literally every Bollywood movie on Kashmir has talked about the experience of Kashmiri muslims. We have one mainstream film, after 30+ years of KP exodus, that finally talks about what KPs faced and these guys find that bigoted/one sided.(1/2)
The tragic story of India’s Kashmiri Pandits deserves telling, but in a way that recognizes complexity and doesn’t portray all Muslims—many of whom suffered too—as bloodthirsty bigots. Singapore works hard to maintain social harmony. It doesn’t want to import poison from India.
The white grills response about family just goes to show how individualistic they are. Both grills and guys should care about their SOs family and not just the individual they're marrying.
Omg. I sat next to a lenguaz supremacist tonight for a 2 hour long dinner. This Telugu dude proceeded to tell all these other non-indians at our table about how south Indian states were more advanced and how they were forced to learn Hindi for no reason.
Why do girls these days think that they're throwing off the shackles of 'the patriarchy' by refusing to take their husband's surname and holding on to their original surname? At the end of the day, they're both last names of the male lineage of either family.
I read somewhere on twitter that caramelizing sugar while making chai deepens the flavor of the chai. Whoever tweeted that: thank you so much! I'm gonna be making chai with caramelized sugar forever now. 🙏
Successfully defended my thesis. My exam was not at all what I was expecting and I'm kinda annoyed that I studied so much only to be asked questions that I thought weren't so relevant. Whatevs... I'm off the hook, for now.
@broomland4
It's pathetic. It's one thing to encourage someone to learn the local language and another to jeopardize someone's safety by intentionally hiding important information.
No human male would be able to fulfill this. If you find someone like that, he's not truly a guy. Most women would eventually not want to be with such a person even if they think they want to be with someone like that.
where to find a guy who is loyal to only one woman, who is physically, mentally & all over-ally attracted to only her, who wanna be with only her, who flirts with only her, who gives all his attention & time & affection to only her, who talks only about her, that a one-woman man?
Sawry but there should be extra barriers in place for users aged 19-23 on social media platforms. This age group is the meanest and most vile of them all.
Men mock women here saying they post their pics for validation.
The same men also get into petty e-lafdas with other men over their looks only to post their own pics to 'mog' the other dude. Eeeediots.
I genuinely think a majority of people here have comprehension issues. Like despite being able to read and write in English, they are unable to comprehend what it actually means.
Will go a step ahead and say that KP grills should focus on preserving and celebrating their own traditions and festivals (kaw punim, herath, pann etc) rather than picking up new ones that their ancestors didn't really celebrate.
Lest I am misunderstood,I've no issue with ladies celebrating,dressing up,putting mehndi-it's their life,let them enjoy
#KarwaChauth
.I am uncomfortable with mindless copying of alien traditions one has picked up from films w/out understanding,esplly by unmarried KP girls(for BFs)
@Gjjwlihl
@IndianTintin_
The first guy also gives me really mean vibes. Like someone who purposely likes to put other people down and insult them to flatter his own ego.
I know I said that I'll stay away until October but I just need to share one story before I delete this app again for a bit.
This has happened to my husband and I on separate occasions. My husband worked with a Lebanese M for a while. (1/n)
I am seeing some very disturbing tweets on my TL where people are posting all sorts of nonsense about women belonging to a certain region. It's disgusting. Some people here do not deserve an internet connection.
Most people in power in Ivy Leagues + other top unis have left leaning political opinions. Even if an UC hindu girl tried to do something for her community, she would be labeled as a brahminical oppressor and would be ostracized by her peers + professors.
A punjabi girl who sat next to me on the bus today asked me if I was kashmiri because she noticed my dejoor earrings. She then also said that they looked beautiful. 🥰✨
How do you discourage a tambrahm grill, with parents whose marriage didn't work very well, from pursuing a wyt goi. I am looking for serious and constructive advice wonly. Thx. 🙏🙏🙏
I realized last night at my friend's birthday, after she made everyone present there take a bite of the same slice of cake, that my Indian friends have no concept of 'jhootha khana'. I am now afraid to eat the food cooked by them. 😖
This side of twitter perpetually shits on one of the following: TB, KP and Bengalis. They will choose a few exceptions and use that to malign/dehumanize the whole community.
Men are way more spiteful about their women dating out. A woman can be r*ped stabbed dismembered and the second they find out the man is from a community they don’t like, its “Deserved” “She asked for it”. It’s so vindictive it feels like childish jealousy
@NoOne_0002
I'm not talking about what language it should be written in. Someone went out of their way to hide a sentence written in a different language. Why do that?
An apostate to Islam, a ‘مرتد الاسلام’ (for abandoning basic principles and tenets of Islam), a Gustaakh-e-Rasool ﷺ (see recent pictures from Dr. Sahab’s residence below) has the AUDACITY to become a Khateeb and an evangelist on and off.
Show me ONE Muslim home where a model of
To those responding to this question. It was a rhetorical question. Most of you with idiotic takes on this probably don't know more than 100 KPs. That is not even 1% of us. Learn some basic math before extrapolating your views to an entire community.
Literally every Malayalam movie I've seen has at least one scene where people are seen eating beeph. And every single time, this scene has no connection to the plot. It's just there to make a statement.
सौरमान ऋषभ मास की पूर्णिमा के पावन अवसर पर आज हम कुमार अर्थात् स्कन्द देवता का वन्दन करते हैं। इस गाथा का वर्णन हमें वाल्मीकि रामायण में मिलता है। देवताओं ने आप ही एक महामन्त्र से स्कन्द नाम का उद्घोष किया था। वह मन्त्र है, "स्कन्द इत्यब्रुवन् देवाः"।
I am watching bhool bhulaiya again. Here are some observations:
1) Manoj joshi and paresh rawal are phenomenal actors. Literally no one else in the film comes close to them.
Literally all the people I've met so far from POK are pakistani Punjabis/Gujjars larping as Kashmiris. It's one thing for the government to assign that identity to you and another for you to actually claim it as yours.
Str8 Men who are inherently feminine are threatened by other masculine men. At the same time, their femininity causes them to seek a masculine presence. They do so by surrounding themselves with masculine women and calling themselves 'progressive'.
Thx for coming to my TED-talk.
Most older KPs are so anti-M that they fail to acknowledge other historical reasons behind violence in the valley. Much introspection about the valley's pre-M era needs to be done to guide future policies and steps. Otherwise history will repeat itself.
I am a little surprised though that they knew so much about Kashmir, considering that they were all born and raised in America.
Just goes to show how strong their sense of identity is and how involved they are in the lives of their fellow qaum members. (5/n)
I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted today. The silver lining is that my sustenance for the next couple of days will be only khichdi-kadhi and milkshakes. 😋😋😋
Certain biological realities have shaped societies to value youth + innocence in females and power + experience in males. Women will often be rejected for being too old, men will often be rejected for not making enough money.
Imagine being rejected by mothers of 28 and 31yo men because you’re 25 not 22yo 🤡
Imagine people saying no to you because you dont look like an 18yo at the age of 25.
“Age zyada lag rahi hai larhki ki”
Im so done. With everyone and everything.
True. I have this one friend who has a cat. She lets the cat walk everywhere, including the kitchen countertop, shelves. I'm pretty sure she has ingested her cat's hair cause that kitty sheds a lot. Istg I have never and will never eat/drink anything at her place.