tucking your girl’s hair behind her ear is an underrated form of intimacy

Indian Chaotic Academia Pt. 1

Wanting to wear jumpers and hoodies but changing your mind after looking at the daily temperature

Scoring 97% in English in your board exams but your spoken English makes you sound like you are an illiterate crackhead

Messy yet (somewhat) intelligible handwriting

A weak spot for old Bollywood songs regardless of your personal taste in music

Wanting to study in a park or a cafe but you can't as they're too loud and busy

Adrak chai is the solution to everything

Muting the class WhatsApp group so you can read angsty fanfiction at 3 a.m. without alerting your parents

Buying several highlighters but still end up using blunt pencils to mark important study material

At some point, a B is the best grade you'll ever find in your report card

Reading the Mahabharata at the back of the class in the same way you would read a modern novel ("Nooo, why did he have to die 😭")

Coming up with ideas for study charts but never actually making them

The poem you have to learn in your regional language class is actually your favourite childhood song

Getting the 'Slytherin house' that always comes last in every school event

orange peel theory this pomegranate peel theory that. but have you thought about badaam peel theory? when they soak the almonds overnight and peel them in the morning for you. now that right there is love at its peak.

Indian Slytherin Aesthetic

And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great Ambition

Other aesthetics: Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | Ravenclaw

@padfootastic @narcissa-black-supermacy @gracelesslady23 @in-flvx @fiendishfyre @mycupofrum @mmavverickk @the-chaosbringer @remen-nyoodles @ji-jii-visha

American philosopher Ralph Emerson once asked a heart-wrenching question:

"How much of human life is lost in waiting?"

And the stalwarts of Urdu poetry Jaun Elia, Parveen Shakir and Faiz Ahmed Faiz expressed the agonizing feeling of waiting for someone who is never coming back through their poetry:

Jaun Elia wrote:

Woh jo na aane waala hai na us se mujh ko matlab tha aane waalo se kya matlab aate hai aate honge.

Parveen Shakir Wrote:

Woh na aayega hame malum tha is sham bhi Intezaar uska magar kuch soch kar karte rahe.

And Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote:

Na jaane kis liye ummeedwaar baitha hu Ek aisi raah per jo teri rahguzar bhi nahi.

And I felt like being stuck in time where every moment feels long filled with some hope and the worry that the person I'm waiting for may never return.

It’s October and I’m starting to feel alive again

Important events pe periods ne apni aukat dikhadi. 🗿

coffee, chocolate, books, roses, papers, ink, doodles, bakery, wood, cushions, rain, tea, steam, aroma, assignments, notes, exams, studying, bread, pencils, pages, words, cards, calligraphy, music, honey, soil, leaves, water, graphite, light, stars, winds, heat, sunshine, compass, scale, test tube, silver, pens, lipstick, rings, calculator, violin, candles, mathematical instruments, chandeliers, graphs, maps, globes, brass, velvet, cakes, headphones, practice, perfume, scars, trinkets, monuments, socks, stamps, boots, doors, blankets, milk, glass, fire, wool, cotton, pets, warmth, spices, stairways, curtains, shadows, paint, brushes, canvas, coins, piano, coats, moisturizer, ladders, chairs, vanilla, libraries, handwriting, letters, touch.

[desi] music to listen to while studying, depending upon the mood:

• shiv tandav stotram: for projects and work due soon, the fast and powerful tunes help you write quicker and provide great motivation.

• krrish flute bgm: when you're in the mood of romanticizing and the breeze is cool, to feel like a movie character on her way to achieve her goals.

• nirvana shatakam: put it on loop, perhaps light an incense stick. the dissolved and deep voices chanting the mantra help you focus more on what you're writing/doing.

• piku sarod theme: on low volume to cancel out much unpleasant noise surrounding you while you're trying to read something. might as well try the rain version available on youtube @dreamilytical

• ujjain mahakal aarti: either for writing fast or to listen to while on a break. the sound of power drum is oddly helpful to decrease the tension in your mind.

desperately trying to romanticize what's killing me

one side of tumblr wants death and the other side wants sex

In theory, I'm dark academia. In practice, I'm chaotic academia

female friendships are so precious and beautiful. sisterhood is so inherent in women. there is a life force where many women are sitting together and conversing. their giggles reverberates through the deepest chambers of the even the coldest of hearts & softens them. when they take care of each other together from oiling their hair turn by turn by to putting henna on each other’s palms, everything is a sacred offering to some source unseen; but only felt. they spend hours talking about things unfathomable from the basis of love to the state of the world, the soul, beauty, last, present & future & many other philosophies. because when they’re sitting in a room together that’s where they’re easily allowed to ‘be’. here, they aren’t someone being smothered by alotted identities. they aren’t just someone’s sister or daughter or even lover, but just humans trying to make the most out of their freedom to breathe.

Na tum Hume jano, na hum tumhe jane…

Kitabein