#telegu

[kadhathudurannu]

[sridevifanforever]

Sridevi in Rajasthan. During the making of Lamhe, she did this shoot with her fav photographer Rakesh Shreshta.

[swimmingwithfish]

Okay you do not understand how seen butterfly soup made me feel as a Tamilan. We get barely any representation in Western media, and a lot of kollywood/bollywood dubs cast light-skinned actors to play characters (also there isn’t much stuff about teenagers in kollywood). But then there’s butterfly soup, a video game no less, and it has one of their main character as a Tamilan. And she speaks tamil and she looks like me and sure, we may not be the exact same person but god does she make me feel so represented and so valid and so deserving of it. We need more representation of South Asians - and not just Indians who speak Hindi. I’m talking about those from Sri Lanka and Gujarat and Karnataka and Kerela and Tamil Nadu. I’m talking about all those South Asians who have to cling onto representation of North Indians when their South Indian culture is so very different. I’m talking about the people who don’t actually understand the Punjabi or Hindi spoken in the TV show or movie even though their South Asain. I’m talking about the people who have only ever eaten pani puri like twice in their life. I’m talking about the people who haven’t watched Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham but have seen Bahubali in it’s original language of Telegu. I love and will always respect and be grateful and proud of South Asian representation but it’s time to start branching out. It’s time to look at all the different cultures and regions and people of South Asia, and not just say “Oh we’ve put in a character that’s speaks Hindi, South Asian representation done.” It’s the 21st century and South Asians are tired of being generalised and not getting the representation they deserve. I shouldn’t have to cling onto a video game to feel seen. I shouldn’t have to dig and search to find something that shows South Asians exist in Western Spaces. It should be there, waiting for me.

[sqwack]

Bharat

That name has almost no meaning anymore. India is all people talk of today. Indian developments, indian food, indian culture.

But when will we realize that by giving so much respect to India, we forget its true origins? India isn't even the correct name.

India was only ever called so because of the British, due to the Indus river, which THEY NAMED. Bharat is the name that we gave ourselves, and it should be used. Whenever one says India, they reference the name given to us by the British, who brutally enslaved many of the people, and attempted to whitewash our culture.

Call India by it's true name. Bharat.

[bongboyblog]

Funny how the West Bengal government gives additional official status to languages like Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Telegu, while indegenous languages like Lepcha, Kol, Toto, Surjapuri, Tamang etc remain ignored.

Stop favouring migrants over natives.

[normalweirdoboy]

A short conversation with my cousin on Hindi imposition and the need for preservation of linguistic diversity.

YT link

[sxfik]

hm out of curiosity, are there any south indian ya authors in the mainstream? i don’t think i’ve read many books that come from south indians or tell stories that highlight south indian culture.

by south indian btw i mean specifically tamil/malayali/telegu/kannaiga authors etc.

[luna-toska]

Mahanati {2018)