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bengali//sad

[luperina]

printed picture of my great-grandma on a silk slip

[diasporaslippage]

Harley Weir Beauty Papers

[deleteyouraccountandactuallyliv]

SANDY LIANG: Leather Mary Jane Pointe Shoe (Black)

[exitwound]

i don’t even know what to do. every single day i don’t even know what to do

[psantanico-deactivated20210108]

my roles in life

GIRL ON VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

RECLUSE

GIRL #6

EMOTIONAL EXHIBITIONIST

GIRL WITH BLISTERS ALL OVER FEET

SNOBBY RELATIVE YOU CANT RELATE

student :) daughter :) friend :)

BITCH

[oldschoolteenflicks]

CRASH (1996) dir. by David Cronenberg

“It’s all very satisfying. I’m not sure I understand why.”

[midiport]

[kaalbela]

Nakshi kantha (Bengali: নকশি কাঁথা) is a type of embroidery tradition from Bengal region, i.e Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and part of Assam. The basic material used is thread and old cloth. Traditionally, kantha was produced by women strictly for the use of the family. However, these days after the revival of the nakshi kantha art form, they are produced commercially.

The name nakshi kantha is derived from the Bengali word naksha, which means artistic patterns, and kantha which originated from the Sanskrit word kontha, meaning rags, as kantha is made of rags. Traditionally kanthas had a white background accented with red, blue and black embroidery; later yellow, green, pink and other colours were also included. The running stitch called 'kantha stitch' is the main stitch used. Even though no specific strict symmetry is followed, a finely embroidered kantha will always have a focal point. Most kanthas will have a lotus as focal point, and around the lotus there are often undulating vines or floral motifs, or a shari border motif. Other motifs may include solar, lunar, wheel, swastika or other circular images as well as flowers, leaves, birds, fish, and animals. Although most kanthas have some repeated traditional motif, no two naksi kanthas are same and the individual style of the artist is retained.

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[akindofemotionaltether]

she worked her way into his mouth.

[digitama3000]

sl33zyskiz collage made by me

[itsfookingloosah]

It's that time of the year again

*balam pichkari starts playing in the background*

[scarysigns]

[givemearmstopraywith]

[2001hz]

Hajime Sorayama: The Gynoids (1994)

[groupieculture]

id never suck someone 'silly' it is serious to me.

[tere-rang]

Devdas (2002) Dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

[postcards]

Listen: my father speaks Urdu language of dancing peacocks rosewater fountains even its curses are beautiful. He speaks Hindi suave and melodic earthy Punjabi salty rich as saag paneer coastal Kiswahili laced with Arabic, he speaks Gujarati solid ancestral pride. Five languages five different worlds yet English shrinks him down before white men who think their flat cold spiky words make the only reality.

- Shailja Patel, 'Dreaming in Gujarati'