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dilhhindustani · 10 days

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ginger-by-the-sea · 8 months

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#books to read #sunny spot #Indian summer #lazy Sunday

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quotespile · 2 months

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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

#literature #quotes #Sherman Alexie #The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian #quote #books #lit

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phaedraismyusername · 1 year

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This year some of my favourite books I read were written by indigenous American authors and I just wanted to shout out a couple that I fell in love with

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror being my second most read genre, I did not think books could still get under my skin the way this one did lol. It follows four Blackfoot men who are seemingly being hunted by a vengeful... something... years after a fateful hunting trip that happened just before they went their separate ways. The horror, the dread, the something... pure nightmare fuel 10/10

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

An apocalyptic novel following an isolated Anishinaabe community in the far north who lose contact with the outside world. When two of their young men return from their college with dire news, they set about planning on how to survive the winter, but when outsiders follow, lines are drawn in the community that might doom them all. This book is all dread all the time, the use of dreams and the inevitability of conflict weighs heavy til the very end. An excellent apocalypse story if you're into that kind of thing.

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

This book follows Jade, a deeply troubled mixed race teenager with a shitty homelife who's *obsessed* with slasher movies. When she finds evidence that there's a killer running about her soon-to-be gentrified small town, she weaponises that knowledge to predict what's going to happen next. I don't think this book will work for most people, it's a little stream of consciousness, Jade's head is frequently a very difficult place to be in, but by the last page I had so much love for her as a character and the emotional rollercoaster she's on that I had to mention it here.

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Taking a bit of a left turn but this charming YA murder mystery really stuck with me this year. Elatsoe is a teenage girl living in an America where myths, monsters, and magic are all real every day occurrences. When her cousin dies mysteriously with no witnesses, she decides to do whatever she can, including using her ability to raise the spirits of dead animals, to solve the case. The worldbuilding was just really fun in this one, but the Native American myths and influence were the shining star for me, and the asexual rep was refreshing to see in a YA book too tbh

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

The audiobook, the audiobook, the audiobook!!!! Also the physical book because formatting and illustrations, but the audiobook!!! Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, and this novel is a genre blending of 20 years worth of the authors journal entries, poetry, and short stories, that culminates in a truly unique story about a young girl surviving her teenage years in a small tundra town in the 70s. It is sad and beautiful and hard but an experience like nothing else I read this year.

#the only good indians #my heart is a chainsaw #stephen graham jones #moon of the crusted snow #waubgeshig rice #elatsoe #darcie little badger #split tooth #tanya tagaq #indigenous authors #2022 reads #book recs #books #booklr

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mangotalkies · 1 year

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early morning reading on 16th century maratha empire

#bookblr #studyblr #desiblr #indian academia #indian literature #dark academia #indian history #light academia #books #honey lemon #notes #digital notes #book blog #study blog #studyspo #maratha empire

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pagesofjasmine · 3 months

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drowningin-fantasies · 2 years

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la prima notte di quiete (1972)

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oyeevarnika · 7 days

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

~ तसनीफ़ हैदर

#booksbooksbooks #bookshelves #world book day #desiblr #desi tumblr #desi aesthetic #indian aesthetic #poetry #hindi poetry

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nobrashfestivity · 9 months

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Anvar-i-Suhaili Indo-Persian miniature, Gujarat, 1600–1601.

Monkeys outwit bears.

From a manuscript of a collection of fables called “Anvar-i-Suhaili” by Hussei Vaiz Kashifi.

Ms. Or. 6317, fol. 124 v, London, British Library.

#Anvar-i-Suhaili #Indo-Persian miniature #Gujarat #1600–1601.#Monkeys trick bears.#From a manuscript of a collection of fables called “Anvar-i-Suhaili” by Hussei Vaiz Kashifi.#British Library.#illustration #books #persian miniature #indian minature #mughal miniature

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upennmanuscripts · 2 months

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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2676, is a picture book, containing drawings and miniature paintings of birds and animals, mythological beings, scenes of daily life, court scenes, and more. Many of the pictures are unfinished, upside-down or overpainted, suggesting a work in progress or a sketchbook. It is written in Sanskrit, circa 1700-1850.

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#manuscript #sanskrit #south asia #18th century #19th century #drawings #art #history of art #indian art #india #animals #birds #painting #sketchbook #picture book #book history #rare books

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theinsomniacindian · 2 months

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

#i don't have any fancy clothes nor do i attend a gothic university with vampires lurking amongst the student body #the closest thing to dark academia that i possess is burnt out gifted kid syndrome #i was that one kid you'd find reading books or doodling at the back of the classroom and just wanted to go home and not study at all #chaotic academia is more my style because of its unrefinedness that makes it really versatile and relatable in a way #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #indian dark academia #poc dark academia #chaotic academia #chaotic academic aesthetic #indian chaotic academia #poc chaotic academia #the insomniac archives

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dilhhindustani · 9 days

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quotespile · 6 months

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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

#literature #quotes #Sherman Alexie #The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian #quote #books #lit

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mangotalkies · 1 year

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"after all, how can one feel the loss of a thing whose existence one has become unconscious to?"

a wonderful collection of essential and constant truth bombs.

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pagesofjasmine · 4 months

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Na tum Hume jano, na hum tumhe jane…

#desi tumblr #desi academia #aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #university #classic literature #books and libraries #books and coffee #books and literature #urdu ghazal #desi aesthetic #desi #indian dark academia

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chaiaurchaandni · 3 months

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if u wanna learn more about kashmir + it's resistance against indian occupation + kashmiri struggles for an independent state, might i recommend @ kashmirarchive on instagram

+ @ kashmirawareness for news updates on kashmir

#pls add more platforms that share info about kashmir !!!#whether thats pages on tumblr or twitter or ig or just links to archives or resources or books #stuff ppl can use to read up on the liberation struggle in kashmir #free kashmir #just wanna clarify since a lot of ppl esp indians get mad when we demand an end to indian occupation of kashmir #and always bring up pakistani administered kashmir #so just wanna clarify that i believe kashmir belongs to the kashmirirs and they should be given the right to self determination #kashmir does not belong to either india or pakistan both countries only want kashmir for the sake of their own power #resistance #liberation

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