Yuri Gagarin in Calcutta

not a sitcom but madhubala was also notorious for breaking into laughter mid scene/song and here is one of her most famous examples 🥹💌

Imagine your blooper reel being so stunning it can level hearts 75yes later too

JRF/SRF scholars out there, is it normal for your university to take 4-5 months+ just to initiate your fellowship claim once you submit it? My field work has been severely marred by no disbursement for the entire length of my research!

Hindi cinema used to have working class men as their heroes to reflect the audience of the time. With globalisation and the advent of multiplexes—where the rich buy movie tickets at exorbitant prices—the audience profile changed and so did the heroes and the content of cinema.

i might have bitten off more than i can chew

natural history museums dekhne ke itne saare khwab sajaye hain bachpan se excellent reason to stay alive and earn a living honestly

had a rough day and an upheaval with mother and i feel more clear headed than i would've a few months ago. i know i would've gone down a spiral. hey maybe therapy good maybe anti depressants good

In case anyone wonders why academics, students, journos with no history of violence get jailed: At the time of Gramsci’s sentencing (1928), prosecuting attorney Michele Isgro is rumoured to have said: “We must stop his brain from working for twenty years.” (Ofc, they couldn’t).

haider yesterday. of the three, this one ive watched before. the pace was a little sluggish, but overall so good. loved noticing new details that i hadnt before. made me feel empty inside at the end, as expected. this brings us to the end. thinking of the next watch party theme.

Dhadak 2 is now an example of why you need people from marginalized communities to play the roles that resonate with them. I do not think you can support RSS and play a dalit-buddhist character in an anti-caste film at the same time.

LGBTQIA+ circles are very small. The communities and the families that we build for ourselves are even smaller. If people are violated in these places, for being who they are, it defeats the very purpose of having communities.

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re: internet's favourite therapist. she's an excellent example of why you'll be an ineffective therapist if you engage so publicly and so disastrously with social media. you'll be an effective brand though.

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ

Still can't wrap my head around the fact that internationally renowned activist Greta Thunberg said she was tortured and sexually humiliated by Israeli soldiers when she was abducted for trying to bring aid to starving civilians and the world just shrugged and moved on.

YouTube deleted all my coverage of Israeli soldiers shooting civilians, including children targeted on a live stream, along with my entire account. No community guidelines violated & 3 separate excuses given to me. Then Google deleted my email & won’t respond to appeals.

A pillow?