#pakistani academia

[chezmeh]

I love love love Abdur Rahman Chughtai paintings <3

[andaaz-e-aafat]

Unpopular opinion: the whole 'Lost;Found' album of Faheem Abdullah is simply beautiful.

[localrants]

Finally, a purpose.

[literature-cult]

desi academia

studying late at night because the mornings are too noisy. drinking chai with too much sugar despite your mother's protests about it causing acne. arguing with your teacher for that extra half mark on the history paper. the class group chat blowing up the night before an exam. everyone procrastinating together. the entire class suddenly becoming besties an hour before the exam and passing out notes. everyone complaining about how bad our education system is. getting into political debates with your classmates. silently commenting on the uncles and their biased and unknowingly misogynistic remarks on the news channels.

[jaane-ghazal]

90s bollywood x dark academia pt 2

[chezmeh]

A love letter to Lahore

[chezmeh]

When Ahmed Faraz wrote:

sunā hai rabt hai us ko ḳharāb-hāloñ se so apne aap ko barbād kar ke dekhte haiñ

(I heard, she’s empathetic to those down on their luck.

If so, let’s ruin ourselves to such a state, to see.)

[chezmeh]

میں دل پہ جبر کروں گا تجھے بھلا دوں گا

مروں گا خود بھی تجھے بھی کڑی سزا دوں گا

main dil pe jabr karunga tujhe bhula dunga

marunga khud bhi tujhe bhi kadi saza dunga

یہ تیرگی مرے گھر کا ہی کیوں مقدر ہو

میں تیرے شہر کے سارے دیئے بجھا دوں گا

ye tergi mere ghar ka he kyuun muqaddar ho

main tere shahr ke saare diye bujha dunga

ہوا کا ہاتھ بٹاؤں گا ہر تباہی میں

ہرے شجر سے پرندے میں خود اڑا دوں گا

hava ka haath bataunga har tabahi mein

hare shajar se parinde main khud udaa dunga

وفا کروں گا کسی سوگوار چہرے سے

پرانی قبر پہ کتبہ نیا سجا دوں گا

wafa karunga kisi sogvar chehre se

purani qabr pe katba naya saja dunga

- Mohsin Naqvi