Desi Swag

Musings on style, fashion, jewellery, inspirations, art, travel, pictures and sometimes sane and sometimes not quite sane ramblings of a nomadic mind.

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Eleven years ago the theatrical release of a movie called Amu with references to the Sikh Genocide in India was prevented by the CBFC, now they won't let Udta Punjab be released because it refers to the drug problem in Punjab. A drug problem which has been actively encouraged by many in the political establishment and members of a corrupt police force. And Punjab's war on drugs is increasingly becoming a war on drug addicts a bulk of whom are under-privileged Sikh youth. All I see is that the world's largest democracy denies that the Sikh genocide happened and is still happening.

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Can't stop looking at this picture

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Under the bridge in an everyday saree

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Staring up at cascades

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Tomorrow is National Rromani Day!

This is a reminder that-

Rromani are a diasporic people from south asia, mostly scattered across Europe.

Rromani are treated appallingly through out Europe- sterilizations, segregated education, mass evictions, attempted mass deportations of actual citizens, illegal registries made by governments to track peaceful Rromani citizens, and not surprisingly crime against Rroma often goes unpunished. Oh, and these are the current issues.

Dont call us G*psies, its a racial slur stemming from the fact that people thought we came from Egypt. 

Dont call yourselves G*psies. It ain’t your word to reclaim, and dressing up like a bellydancer doesn’t make you Rromani. I’m looking at you Rennfair people.

Other than that, if you have the time, show support for your Rromani friends. Whether its looking up current articles and educating yourself, deciding to eradicate G*psy from your vocabulary if you didnt know it was a slur, or just reblogging their April 8th selfie with a kind word. Showing support will mean a lot.

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So important to understand certain words are loaded with centuries of trauma..

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Pretending to be Mowgli in a tropical rain forest dressed in block-print..

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Exploring urban jungles in desi threads

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Block print anarkalis forever

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Lehengas with sweaters for winter

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THIS OKAY

[ten-and-donna]

You want to get kids out of foster care and into good, loving homes? I’ve got a simple solution to your problem.

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Did you know LGBT couples are more likely to adopt older, children of color and disable children than straight couples? LGBT couples tend to adopt ‘undesired’ children more (basically kids no one else wants.)

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This is so important because I remember being in the system and being so scared that I would never be adopted or loved or whatever and seriously just fucking let them, take the fear out of finding a family

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Exactly. I reblog this every time I see it. EVERY time.

[jungelena]

Before you laugh and make fun of someones accent or mistakes when they speak english please take a moment to realize that you can actually learn alot about their language by their mistakes for example When I was I denmark I noticed alot of danes say “ I will learn you ” instead of saying I will teach you because teach and learn is the same thing in danish Also arabs when they speak english they often say “ beeebol ” instead of “ people ” or “ bebzi ” instead of “ Pepsi ” because the letter P doesn’t exist in the arabic alphabet Theres always something to learn when you stop being an ignorant piece of shit

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Lately I've been wearing heaps of kurtas with curved hems and longer tail for work and play. And I absolutely refuse to call kurtas; tunics, if the world can learn to say pyjama and jodhpurs we shouldn't have to use tunics when we mean kurtas. 

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Oversize cotton anaarkalis make the best summer-wear and winter-wear and all year round wear!

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Representing for the black desi girls who get overlooked. 👌🏾

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💕

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Pracing around on rocks by the water in a Kalamkari cape

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My Street Fighter Auntie Series! I’ve had the idea of this series for a while now, and I finally dedicated myself to completing it. I’m really happy with how it turned out! 

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This is amazing!!!!!

[pychicpixie]

So good!