sat down parents and made them watch rocky aur rani. i was so scared to do it because of how sm randhawa family's "issues" aligned with mine's and how dola re dola almost felt like a "test" coming out. i was scared of what they'll react to and how they'll feel and suppress.
now that we're at it, let's also push for a better alternative to UGC NET itself. i mean why such a useless exam is used to decide who should get research funding and who can teach in universities. the concept of that exam is the biggest scam in itself
JNU, HCU and DU are going to use NET scores for PhD this year and this means yet again the session will start incredibly late. not to forget that there's no way NTA won't be incompetent again like they've been at all times since their inception. all of this is just a big gamble
"To ensure the highest level of transparency and sanctity of the examination process, the Ministry of Education, Government of India has decided that the UGC-NET June 2024 Examination be cancelled. A fresh examination shall be conducted, for which information shall be shared
the audacity of this lsr girl to compare herself to mary oliver and ada limon when someone called her mediocre poetry, "trash". hiding behind the garb of "oh i want to write stuff that's accessible" is even worse. also pls since when ada limon is "canonical"? shut up already
i didn't have the courage to look at their faces. i took long breaths because of how i was trying to not cry. the room was silent. i could hear them crying (maybe only mom), trying to control tears. i couldn't look at them. it's over now, idk how i feel. hope it touched them❤️
if u see me wheezing it's because i saw my favourite poet ocean vuong responding to australian kids harrasing him and i cannot take that out of my mind
indian academics who go to us/uk for a phd stop trying to use "postcolonial" as an adjective for every single thing for when you're back home for the summers challenge MISERABLY FAILED
i suddenly am feeling so much yearning to be with someone,,,, like one feels delhi winters in their bones. i am standing in metro with like a hundred more people but i wanna scream and cry about this unnamed absence in my life that is piercing my heart like a dagger rn😭
all those posting "what's stopping you from looking like this" tweets, you all are contributing to the world to horrific beauty standards that marginalises and alienates people who don't follow them. (1/n)
rani chaterjee as a journalist having only econ, finance and medicine exes is so sus to me because gurl you went to columbia where's your spivak stan comp lit ex or art history gender studies ex with black nailpaint???
gyllenhaal sounds such a punjabi name. jaise abhi mohalle wali auntiyaan will go "haaye handa behenji tussi gillan-haal bhaisahab de baare suneya? ehna jaahil aadmi hai, taylor beti ne gaana likh'ta poora da poora. haaye aadmi honde hi ne aijehe!!"
it's fucking hilarious that
@flanaganfilm
started "the fall of the house of usher'" by playing another brick in the wall. he always gets it right with songs. if i go i'm going at the end of hill house, i shall believe at bly manor's end. all fucking PERFECT choices!
jnu has had such a downfall in the last ten years– from having those beautiful essay type questions for entrance to the hideous, useless multiple choice questions and to finally being the first uni to do phd admissions using NET scores. awful!
@gilmxres
EXACTLY IT WAS SO STUPID
and honestly that whole set of episodes was so difficult to watch like mother lorelai JUST got so much hurt from rory and right when she returns luke starts behaving like shit with her i cannot watch lorelai being so sad and heartbroken 😭
i am not the one for watching movies in the theatre, i have barely watched any movies on the big screen. i was really excited for
#RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani
and goddddd it lived upto each bit of that. so many goosebumps moments, so much crying, so much laughter. WHAT A SHOW!🤌🏻🩷
so tired of reading PDFs from phone or laptop, need that much money so i can buy paperbacks or hardcovers and peacefully devour them in the winter sunlight. (cannot wait for phd to start so i can read actual books from university library aaaaa)
hello! is anyone pursuing masters in comparative literature in india? (mostly from DU, EFLU or Hyderabad University)
i wanted to know about entrance exam prep and some stuff about the course itself.
RT for visibility. thank you!
hello!! if anyone does or knows someone who does freelance writing in news/media websites, magazines, etc., can you please help me out on how to go about all of this? i have no clue how freelancing in these organizations work and i will be v grateful for ur help🌻
@UP16banaccount
it's insane how this has gone from being a very west delhi to south delhi gurgaon thing to now even in bombay and that too amongst the bollywood folks. few days ago i saw a clip of a guruji convoy on his birthday in fucking melbourne and it was all crazy rich people
shreya ghoshal waise hi itna sundar gaati hai aur phir insaan usey rabindrasangeet gaate hue sun le toh mar hi jaaye. her voice really flowers into that language like it was made for bangla!
every other day i think about how national museum of india is going to demolished for no logical reason whatsoever. scary to think what these people are trying to do with these decisions that have seemingly less shock value for the masses but are huge!
"i wish i had olivia rodrigo when i was 15" you had tu jaane na by atif aslam you ungrateful piece of shit you were sobbing to "kaise bataye kyu tujh ko chahe yaara bata na paaye" for that guy with horribly low waisted jeans and shaturmurg jaisa haircut
the way i am so insufferably obsessed with rocky aur rani, i am sure in no time it'll force me to finally venture into film studies to write a paper about it
what in the world is wrong with IP university?
offline exams? ten steps ahead of DU in being fucking insensitive and acting all privileged
#ipuagainstexams
@gilmxres
it was INFURIATING !!! like i hated luke so much during that whole sequence because of what first rory put her through and when she finally came back luke started this bs. the fact that it was bizzare made us viewers all the more angrier and thereby feel bad for lorelai
“All things fade. All things. Flesh, stone, even stars themselves. Time takes all things. It is the way of the world. The past recedes, memories fade, and so, true, does the spirit. Wake, walk, forget even more.”
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
the film isn't about rural-urban relations. neither the women in the world of laapata ladies are shown in need of a rescue. it is simply a world, backward as it may be, and women finding their own ways within that world. stop projecting!
very disappointed with Laapata Ladies' punchline feminism---the film does less for women empowerment and more for legitimizing an elite urban feminism that is content with watching its rural counterpart as backward and in need of reform
that influencer who posted the casteist reels calls THAT an apology??? that too on her alt account with 3k followers while everything just goes all "normal and fancy" on her main account with 68k followers with no information and no conversation after spreading hatred.
man this girl likes to throw words like "literary theory", "art history" when talking about her twitter thread level thinking as a terminally online person when in reality she is FAR from either and doesn't know about either at all. trivia and fun facts are NOT analysis. STOP!!
i'll slap anyone who says money doesn't bring happiness because literally more than half my problems would go away with money and i would get the space to deal with the remaining and yes life does look much calmer and happier that way so stfu or i'll kick your rich ass. GM!
man i love
@Su4ita
and the energy she brings to the absolutely beautiful work she does. koi movie aati hai main pehla review sucharita ka hi search karke dekhta hoon. her interviews are as delightful as her reviews. beautiful beautiful woman!! ❤️🌹
need someone who'll bring a plate full of cinnamon buns and freshly brewed hot coffee for me in bed to help deal with the cruel delhi winters and also give a nice cute forehead kiss after putting the tray down
bhai theek hai good for rupi kaur for speaking up like this big slay but that doesn't mean whatever she writes will suddenly be nice. nope! the sun and her flowers can shine in another field miles away from me idc.
a man is standing five steps across from where i am sitting in the metro and he is watching something on his phone and smiling very adorably. i just wanna go say hi to him and ask him what is he watching and if he can take me home i am unflinchingly in love with him
my then 5 year old niece two years ago comes to our house and tells me that their teacher has asked them to not burst firecrackers and she understood. her mother responded with "hindu'on ka ek hi tyohaar hota hai, hum toh phodenge"
I know plenty of kids who have refused to even touch firecrackers, not just this year but since 8-10 years ago cause they were taught in schools about pollution.
And I know plenty of adults who refuse to give up firecrackers cause they think they have the Hindu right to pollute.
@sadigalisabzi
BIG RELATE
the huge amount of money required just makes me close it all right awayyy
i have kinda internalised that it's never going to happen perhaps
rohit shetty really needs to stop his kink for cops. and how does this look "ferocious"?? she looks like she ran from the psych ward and got into a uniform
want to get day drunk with someone and go from here to there in delhi metro and wander the roads of delhi till we are tired as hell and then sit somewhere nice for a dinner and walk more and have ice cream and go back at midnight and fall asleep cuddling :")
in trying to find a picture of me in my fav hoodie, i stumbled upon a picture of me in my fav shawl and god my eyes with kajal in them and the long hair, sitting in my pretty lil hostel room few hours before november sun set in. i felt pretty, i was happy. i miss that🧿
i performed after exactly 21 months today and i received so much love and i didn't expect even one bit of it. so thankful for it🧿🥺 strangers gave so much love, made friends with a few of them. it was so nice!!🧿❤️
putting it out in the universe: pls mujhe classical music seekhna hai ache se i love it too much to look at it from distance and not drown it (i can argue i am still drowning in it but then you get what i mean). MANIFESTING IT HAPPENING ASAP🧿✨
i want my wardrobe to be full of kurta salwars but rani chaterjee style, ykwim? like the plain colourful kurtas with embroidered heavy salwar and chunni!!