It’s Not Just The Believer-nonbeliever Dynamic That Makes Ghost Files Work. It’s The Fact That The

wait what

here its basically the barter system. you tie rakhi, give gifts, and the older cousin/brother has to give you a gift

i hate diwali <3

Aru: I don’t know how to tell them that without hurting their feelings. Brynne: Punch them. In the face. Straight hit.

Aru: What? No! Brynne: You said, “without hurting their feelings.” Punch them in the face. Their feelings aren’t hurt. Aru:... Brynne: Face might be, though.

some of you haven’t stayed up late to read a 100k+ word fic even though you had to be up early the next day and it shows

this cannot be the same jawani sheila was talking about

So answer is yes we do want an Indian Cinderella next

your life is not meaningless, you just haven't seen the sea in a while

not enough people talk about how rf kuang immediately writes a book shitting on anything she decides is bad no matter her connection to it and how iconic it is. lived in the us? fuck you, here’s tpw. graduated oxford? babel. harper collins published her book?? here, publish this one thats directly a call out about you.

how to fall in love with life again

go cloud-gazing, lay down in the grass on a sunny day, or empty roads on a rainy day, stare up at the sky and let your mind wander.

read a book so complex that you don't understand anything, fill your arms with scrawled definitions.

writing poems and notes of kindness, hiding them for other people to find and pass along!

read passages of love in another language, untranslated and realise that love can surpass even the greatest of barriers.

find your favourite flower! hunt for it, research it, write an essay on why you love it and how much it means to you!

buy another copy of your favourite book, fill the pages with annotations and give it to a second hand shop for somebody else to experience it the way that you do.

fill a journal with moments of your life, even if you don't think they're very interesting.

listen to music whilst looking at the moon and stars, realising how beautiful life is.

visit an art gallery or a museum near you. become familiar with it, visit it until you know it inside out. make it your special place.

learn the little things about people, including yourself. find their favourite colour and why, find their music taste, their taste in books until you know them perfectly.

the small things! taking sips of warm beverages becomes the most comforting thing, closing your eyes for a moment on a bus and focusing on the lull of movement.

bake/cook your favourite treat. experiment and find the way that makes it taste simply ethereal.

purgatory is not a circle in hell, it is a thermodynamics lab where the water refuses to boil and the gas-flask is leaking and the temperature won’t stabilize