taara

ephemeral dreams 🪐

[arjunaradhini]

like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky.

she/her, literature enthusiast, mahābhārata and rāmāyana fanatic, and an artist.

यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: ।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥ ७८ ॥

meaning, wherever there is Shree Krishna, the lord of all yog, and wherever there is Arjun, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be unending opulence, victory, prosperity, and righteousness. Of this, I am certain.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

[arjunaradhini]

Krishna paused playing his flute.

She had fallen asleep, he noticed. Her eyes were puffy and his heart clenched. She loves him, he loves her. Why does it hurt them both?

The agony of a god who has fallen in love with a human. His Shri. Must she agonise him like this?

“You made me wait in Vrindavan, now wait for me in Vaikuntha.”

Gopika murmured in his ear, and his teary eyes weren’t able to hold her back from going away. Just like hers weren’t able to, back in the past.

He keeps calling for her. She avoids his gaze despite calling for him every moment.

As if roles were reversed; he is here and she is there. This time, she’s the one who’s doing miracles while making him wait.

Poison turned into elixir, pebbles turned into peacock feathers.

“Meera.” He calls.

She hears it in her mind, and he knows that.

Shri and her Hari.

Meera and her Giridhar.

Always, always, always.

happy birthday @illegibleramblings! i wanted to make it longer but this is what came up instead. also heavily inspired by our convos :p

[lordsabove]

Tag your mutuals and say what you like about each of them!

GOD THIS GONNA B A LONG ONE

@mayakrish08 cause she saved me

@abhayamurali cause she saved me

@mimaridoesmurari cause her aura is infinite and she introduced me to gopiblr

@i-like-to-eat-cotton cause obligatory mata and SUCH A VIBE my humor frfr

@hamaarmaati mamashree took us in without hesitation when mata attacked us mercilessly and he's incredibly nuanced with very intriguing perspectives on loads of things

@vailove chote mama is just a mood bro. He's just my best friend atp

@dwarpharini i want to be her when my software gets updated she's so funny she's so laid back she's so chilled she's literally ice

@maryy-who literally just like her mother coolest cousin in the world we're always at the same wavelength and she gave me bazooka so i love her and she's so easygoing and approachable cmere lemme give u bracelets

@aprameya-mahima my twin sister literally would not be alive if not for her timeless help in escaping mata and she's so supportive and cute and patootie please send her cake she has so much soul

@riddzei works so hard at her alt @krishridh and is so funny on her main i love her. I missed her when she left and when she came back for my bday it made my day I have never gotten this close to someone online before she deserves everything. She tries she really does she never gives up and even when things get her down she comes back i love that about her she TAKES HER TIME VERY NICELY OFC but she comes back.

@dev-saransh tunna. You my ride or die. Pls don't become mata's favourite ur such a cool dawg.

@viansparkles met them on your ai slop bores me. Loyal post liker and primary recipient of all my hugs. Youre so cool kiddo i love ur art

@charlie-deunicorn HOW DO YOU WRITE LIKE UR RUNNIN OUTTA TIME (such a vibe)

@au-academy author of my most favourite fanfic ever. I literally swear on it she has the best takes the best ways to express stuff best word magic ive ever seen and a record of making me ugly cry multiple times over one (1) story

@arjunaradhini 's writing does something to me internally i momentarily feel my organs become something else entirely. She also calls everyone darling and does such cute anon asks she's like my cooler elder sister (obligatory)

@page78 is genuinely an academic WEAPON and I hope you get it bro i hope you make it you're so resilient i do not know how u do it. I think about you so often keep going my dawg

@pastelroll aapko jaan boochkr mata se dur rkha h Maine take the hint. Best sport ever manages to twist every one of my evil concoctions into something filled with love against my will very chill and very gold humouer

@benignburnout my favourite person ever btw. Good luck for re neet i will take revenge for you omfg. I can't wait for your songs you're so cool ahaha marry me

@illegibleramblings HAPPY ALMOST BDAY!!!! SUCH good writing, such good timing and SUCH creativity. Please post your writing trust me i love reading it and I'm always reading it

@merevasudevmeremadhav pookie. Definition of pookie. Will give you handmade bracelets at the end of the school year. Im rooting for you to find kanha because seeing you fangirl over him makes me so happy bestie

@alwaysyappinghere DID YOU FINISH READING THAT FIC I TOLD YOU TO YOU'RE REALLY NOT LIVING UP TO YOUR USERNAME (with love)

@irantaboutkanha very username accurate. Very yummy pictures are generated in her head. And her writing should be in a published book i swear to fucking god

@tum-naam-sochlo-merese-ni-hora pride month aagya and I am taking this opportunity to profess my love for your hands. How do they make such edible art. India wants to know (meant with love I'm not weird i swear)

@bigsimp69 i need her thoughts and visuals injected into my nerves guys I'm telling you. Carnal desires take physical form in her neural pathways. Im so here for it (meant with love)

@weedletum you're so awesome. You're actually so Awesome™ i really love talking to you it's a shame we both have the social skills of a wet blanket you're actually hilarious and a blast to chat with

@chaoticallystupd21 finally someone who gets my love for shinchan finally someone who is also ridiculously influenced by him since childhood

@desikanya you once commented on a picture of my krishna that I took and i have never forgotten u ever since

@anyone i forgot cause I'm actually bombarded with love from you guys actually. You brought me back to life

Anon i love you too have a great life you're a ball of joy

special shout out to ranchodxrites (not on Tumblr anymore) she pulled me out of some tough times and genuinely just guided me ever so softly like I was her real blood sister. I love her from the bottom of my heart she deserves so much peace

Everyone gets a tight hug and a forehead kiss from me love you guys good night ♡〜(⇀ω↼〜)

[arjunaradhini]

ilysm @lordsabove

let me go cry now 🥹

[lost-rxverie]

friday | may 15

rereading frankenstein as a real-life scientist instead of a high schooler is slightly alarming because victor and i have a similar approach to work-life balance in the chemistry lab.

[my-dailydreams]

[arjunaradhini]

Top 5 summer non-negotiables for you when it comes to lifestyle / habits etc

Okay this is interesting. I’m taking this as top five things which I always do during summers.

1. Watching Studio Ghibli movies :p just binged watched My Neighbour Totoro and I’m dying to get some of their merch.

2. I drink very little water so this year I’m trying to drink at least 1l a day. I’m carrying my water bottle literally everywhere now and I just placed an order for a really cute bottle since my current one looks like it was beaten up. Waiting for that rn lol.

3. Journalling/ maintaining a diary? I make a four month diary every year for may-june-july-august.

4. I’m trying to walk 3k steps daily. It gets really hot so I do it either early morning or at night around my house. No in-between lmao.

5. My summer vacations haven’t started yet but when it does, I start working on my wip(s). This is that one time of the year where I end up doing most of the writing. Rest of the year has me all occupied otherwise.

Thank you for the ask!

[arjunaradhini]

Krishnaa was loved, that she knew.

Krishnaa was loved, that she knew.

It was the deep laugh of her father, his affectionate pats on her head. It was her mother’s teary eyes that fell on her, the longing in the queen’s eyes to see her as an infant.

It was her siblings’ unspoken acts, somehow always ensuring she had everything she needed.

Love was what she felt most deeply.

It was her husbands’ lovelorn looks. The archer’s copper eyes forever enchanted, it was the way she was respected as the queen- and the goddess of their house.

A goddess and a mother, so full of love.

It was her children, the subjects of her queendom, it was every person-old and young-who never slept hungry in her watch.

Krishnaa was loved, that she knew.

But, then why were her cries for help unanswered?

“Protect dharma and it shall protect you,” that she did but wasn’t she loved? Wasn’t she loved? Why did no one stand up? Why did no one-?

And now she doesn’t believe that.

But you’re Krishnaa, the fire of the preserver incarnate. You’re fire’s daughter, aren’t you? So burn your culprits, burn the dice hall— why do you stay gentle even in a crisis like this? Agnijaa, PavakaPutri, so many epithets circling back to fire who sired you. Who are you? The dusky empress remains silent. Who are you? Shachi, the queen of heaven.

“Protect dharma and it shall protect you.”

“What is dharma?”

“Krishna.”

“Krishnaa?”

“Krishna.”

Love is what that grounds people. Love is what she has always felt so deeply.

So when she bled in that court, her heart heavy with rage and sorrow-

“Have mercy on them, Kalyani.”

She loved them. She loved her family, the people of her queendom. And she loved her husbands, deeply.

“Give them a chance to repent.”

That she did.

Maybe that is why she was loved by Shri and Hari both.

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This needs to be edited so heavily. So at first I wanted to do something else (you can notice by how the format suddenly changed) and it turned into something else entirely.

For someone who had both Shri and Hari as her close confidants, she had to be so full of love and mercy. Something rarely discussed as an aspect of her persona, I believe.

@illegibleramblings had seen the first draft and it turned out so different from what I had sent her for the moodboard inspo lmao. And a very huge thank you to her for making such a wonderful aesthetic for Draupadi. <3

[shenanigan42]

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[rice-w0lf]

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[goldenbunny30]

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[lordsabove]

thanks for the tag omg 🤭

@mayakrish08 @abhayamurali @i-like-to-eat-cotton @hamaarmaati @dwarpharini @vailove @ranchodxrites @aprameya-mahima @riddzei @mimaridoesmurari @illegibleramblings @arjunaradhini @irantaboutkanha @alwaysyappinghere @au-academy @charlie-deunicorn @viansparkles @bigsimp69 @merevasudevmeremadhav @makkhanchor and anyone I missed ♡

[arjunaradhini]

Aww, thank you! <3

@mayakrish08 @yadhvika012 @illegibleramblings @merevasudevmeremadhav @lordsabove @mimaridoesmurari

[my-dailydreams]

[lordsabove]

Anon game : 3

1. Iced tea or soda?

2. Summer or winter?

3. Spring or autumn?

Tagging is optional but appreciated.

YAY IVE BEEN CHOSEN 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

1. iced tea I will eat a glacier at this point

2. WINTER. I WANT TO BE MADE WARM AMIDST COLD NOT BURNT AGAINST MY WILL

3. Autumnnnnn cause leaves go crunch

@mayakrish08 @abhayamurali @i-like-to-eat-cotton @hamaarmaati @dwarpharini @ranchodxrites @aprameya-mahima @riddzei @merevasudevmeremadhav @arjunaradhini @illegibleramblings

@mimaridoesmurari

[arjunaradhini]

1. Iced tea

2. I’m 50-50 for both, but summer ig because birthday season lol

3. Spring

Tags open!

[illegibleramblings]

anon game : 7

1. One thing (not your phone) you never leave the house without?

2. Favourite colour?

3. Writing by hand or writing online?

4. Big friend-group or small friend-group?

5. Pancakes or waffles?

6. Sandwiches or wraps?

7. Ocean water or fruit juice?

My specs

It depends but currently it's blue

Currently writing online i don't make writing notes in notebook any more

No group i don't really have friends

Waffles

Wraps

Fruit juice

@merevasudevmeremadhav

@arjunaradhini @mimaridoesmurari @bigsimp69

[merevasudevmeremadhav]

my earphones

blue since childhood

online because i type faster

small friend group

waffles

wraps

fruit juice, ocean water sounds like scam istg

tagging @bigsimp69 @darkskytenjiku @yoogini @lordsabove @makkhanchor

[lordsabove]

thanks for the tag!!!!! 🤭

1. an impending sense of doom

2. turquoise

3. by hand cause it's yummier

4. both depending on which personality i let out of the cage today

5. waffles

6. sandwiches, if all the filling has decided to fall out I want to see a whole ass revolution

7. ocean water I'm a bigger scam trust 💪🏻💪🏻

tAAAAAAging @mayakrish08 @abhayamurali @i-like-to-eat-cotton @hamaarmaati @dwarpharini @ranchodxrites @aprameya-mahima @riddzei @mehtab-bagh @alwaysyappinghere @charlie-deunicorn @arjunaradhini

[arjunaradhini]

thankyouu for the tag @illegibleramblings and @lordsabove <3

1. My glasses

2. Currently it is pink

3. Writing by hand

4. Small but solid friend group

5. Waffles

6. Sandwiches

7. I think I’ve only had one flavour of ocean water lol, so going with fruit juice.

Tags open!

[my-dailydreams]

[arjunaradhini]

Anon game : 10

1. Regular notebooks or spiral notebooks?

2. Your favourite pen brands?

3. Mangoes? Yay or nay?

4. Drop down two of your most used lip balms!

5. Sunny days or rainy days?

6. Good grades or extra curricular activities?

7. Netflix or Amazon prime?

8. Coffee or sodas?

9. Regular pencils or mechanical pencils?

10. Birthday cards? Yay or nay?

Tag someone who you'd like to participate this game!

Whoever is the one sending these anons, please continue to do so :pp these are so fun to do!

1. Spiral notebooks.

2. Kaco, flair (glass gel ones), and parker (roller ball pens, haven’t used the other variants.)

3. Yess. Mangoes are love!

4. Currently it is 52 sundaze and laneige.

5. A breezy sunny day. :D

6. Good gradess. Also because except for art and craft, I’d prolly suck at other activities :(

7. I’m currently using netflix so going with that.

8. Sodas. (Please don’t hate me for not choosing coffee.)

9. Both! I really need some good recommendations for mechanical pencils lol.

10. It’s a 100% yay. I love giving and getting birthday cards.

Tagging @lordsabove @merevasudevmeremadhav @illegibleramblings @mayakrish08 and everyone to join!

[arjunaradhini]

Paperback or hardcover?

Hm, I usually go for paperbacks but if I like the book a lot then I purchase a hardcover to maintain a collection lol. But I’ll go with paperbacks if I’ve to pick one.

[arjunaradhini]

HIIIIIIIIIII DAARRRRLLIIIINNNHGG YOU'RE MY NEXT VICTIM

(ヘ￣▽￣)ヘ

give me the name of the book you didn't expect to like but ended up loving

a genre/book which you absolutely despise for giving the wrong message despite having INCREDIBLE writing

one song which you're terriblg proud of finding first without any outside influence

the name of your first stuffed toy

a character/fantasy name you never got to use but found absolutely precious

your bank account details

Hiii! Thank you for the ask sweetheart 💗

Here are my answers lol:

1. The Secret History by Donna Tart. I think it was my first “dark academia” novel lol, so wasn’t sure how it would be for me but I loved it.

2. Indian “mythology” (I wish that it was termed as our itihas but nvm). I feel the genre could’ve been a really strong one, only if the writers would’ve done some proper research instead of spreading false narratives. Creative liberty should be taken within a limit, I believe. Show extra scenes, show your “what if” scenarios but without altering the dynamics of the people and without giving them false attributes just for the sake of it. Especially about retellings, it tends to create sm drama. I haven’t picked up a single book in that genre ever since I came across the palace of illusions. Lmao. And I think I should end my mini rant on this one before it gets too long. 🥲

3. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. See, I know that it is a pretty famous song but I wasn’t on that side of internet when I discovered it. So if it counts, then this is it. Otherwise I don’t know lol.

4. Ohh I love this one! It was a little purple/pink elephant soft toy. And the name was softy. I don’t know why I chose such a basic name but it was really soft so yeah… I look back and I think I could’ve given a better name lol.

5. Lunette. Idk I like that name, will use it someday if I get a plot that matches the vibe.

6. Bro 😭😂

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[page78]

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[illegibleramblings]

Here we go !

@merevasudevmeremadhav @arjunaradhini @kamal-nayan

[arjunaradhini]

Thank you so much for the tag!

@mayakrish08 @lordsabove @merevasudevmeremadhav

[krsnaradhika]

Krishnavataram is either gonna be a relief from all the pitting goddesses against each other for cheap damned trp or the same behti maili ganga mein haath dhona. The latter seems more likely, but we hold onto wretched hope because the movie ain't out yet. Krishnavataram istg if you don't redeem your trailer and teasers of even the subtlest Shri rivalry with the movie being decent to every one of them, Kanha is gonna personally see you for sure. Because even Shishupala was killed for speaking ill of Shri Rukmini. Canonically Kanha’s his wives’ lover man and no amount or versions of shitty retelling will change that. Unfortunately modern day Hindus know very little of his Dwarakadheesha life. Like do you really think a man who lived 125 years, orchestrated a whole war to reprieve the earth of useless men, killed multiple demons and men to make sure everything goes well with dharmic society, actually danced on the hood of a vicious serpent as a child, defeated Jarasandha 17 times as a teen — did not grow beyond his years in Vrindavana? HE WAS 11 WHEN HE LEFT FOR MATHURA. PICK THE HARIVAMSHA FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY. Redeem yourself ffs. Either way the role of the said 11 year old character is being played by a man in his early thirties, going around breaking pots. You have the chance to fucking explain yourself in your movie and I think the only reason why I'm holding onto dear sanity is because the director was also involved in the making of Devon ke Dev Mahadev and Siya ke Ram. Not like the two serials didn't shade divine characters in a different way but they weren’t as blasphemous as Radhakrishna serial which Krishnavataram resembles to some extent. EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE ASHTABHARYA ALONE. BOHT HO GAYA HAI. FROM ILLITERATE KATHAVACHAKS TO EVERY OTHER SHITTY REEL ON INSTAGRAM KEEPS ON DISRESPECTING THE QUEENS. Y'ALL ARE NOT ESCAPING THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISRESPECTING SHRI. Your moral bankruptcy is on full display anyway. Not long till y'all suffer as she forsakes you in the form of Yamuna Maiya anyway. You have the most accessible form of divinity right here, the earth goddess, and you have the gall to portray her as petty and envious? Really? How humankind can be so ungrateful and obnoxious to our very mother is beyond me. I don't think these are the type of devotees Shri Radhe is looking out for anyway, who do not recognise her own og source in different forms. I think the gods are more just than kind and I really really hope so, because kindness is not what such devious people deserve.