Being Desi Is Apsara, Extra Marks For Good Handwriting

Aphrodite took the day off.

Battlescars on shoulderblades, crimson marks in willowy shapes. Chapped lips, naked eyes. Raw. Naive.

The mirror evades her calls, face hidden in pictures. Never truly seen. Never really found. Myth orates Aphrodite looks like the person the watcher is in love with. The observer's eye shapes her nose, paints her flesh, gives her a body to haunt. Shapeshifter. Fluid. Divine.

But what does she see in the mirror? A face? A smile? A touch? Or a soul?

What do you see in your mirror?

-Ritika Jyala, What do you see in your mirror?

(here's the visualizer)

brown parents will ruin your mood and then ask “mu kyun latka rakha hai”

Eric Whitacre; Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe a unique film and musical experience inspired by one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time: the Hubble Telescope’s Deep Field image

I have never seen anyone with more audacity, ungratefulness and hypocrisy than brown dads who call their daughters "kaamchor"

mard ko dard nahi hota kyuki mard dont get periods

Vibes I get from Indian Cities

Mumbai

Mumbai feels like that kid who just doesn't give up. They'll run, fall, hurt themselves but they won't give up. Mumbai feels like a kid that fully believes in "work hard play hard". They may come of as superficial but they have deep understanding and vast expanse of feelings to it. Mumbai is the kid who I generally accepting of everyone, is on good terms with everyone and will not refuse to help anyone.

Pune

You know that meme with the triangle with "Sleep", "Social Life" and "Good Grades" on each of the vertices and says that you can only choose two? Well, Pune choose all three. Pune is an all rounder.

Delhi

Delhi feels like that aunt or uncle who didn't get married or have kids and is young at heart. Delhi is well traveled, has an immersive knowledge about everything and is wise. Lowkey has a drinking/smoking problem though.

Kolkata

Kolkata feels like someone who is very well educated, has spent years abroad and then returned home to take care of their aging parents and because they felt they had to reconnect with their homeland to find themselves again

Chennai

Chennai has a motherly vibe to it. Chennai is traditional and has strong values which may not be as cool or as up to date and Tech savvy as the other cities, but no one provides you with comfort you the way Chennai does.

Bangalore

Bangalore is that 20 something year old who wanted to be an artist of some sort when they were a teenager, but their parents wanted them to get a more traditional degree so they got an engineering degree but ultimately ended up with their own start up and are now doing something they are passionate about. They spend their days drinking coffee and they spend their nights drinking craft beer.

Gangtok

Gangtok feels like a child who just joined kindergarten and sees the whole world with a new perspective everyday and is just learning to be apart from their parents for the first time. Gangtok is hopeful, Gangtok has a sparkle in their eye and a bounce in their step and curiosity in life. Gangtok has nothing but love to give to everyone and everything they see in life.

Jaipur

Jaipur has balance. Jaipur has traditional values with a modern thinking. Jaipur respects their elders but is not afraid to call them out on their bullshit. Jaipur wears kurtas with ripped jeans. Jaipur has the past, present and future in perfect balance.

Udaipur

Udaipur is like the older gentleman who makes you believe that chivalry isn't dead. Udaipur has royal blood, stories of valour and courage and loyalty. Udaipur makes young men want to be like him and young women want to be with a younger version of him.

Varanasi

Varanasi is the grandmother. She had to change her name but didn't let that change her identity. Varanasi has healing powers, the best aam ka achar and will never let you return empty stomached.

Shillong

Shillong is the quiet teenaged girl who exudes radiance. She is beautiful. And not just in terms of her looks. She is beautiful because of her soul and her mind. She has a few close friends, and knows how to party. She will also wake up on time the day after a party and get back to her work on time.

Me

You

2 AM

Rooftop

Holding hands

Looking at the moon

I push you

You dead

This is so true. I do remember my math teacher taking our PE lectures.

"पढ़ने लिखने वाला लड़का, पढ़ी लिखी महबूबा को मिलता है तो फूल नहीं देता है, किताबें देता है”

~ तसनीफ़ हैदर