the mountain where all good souls come to rest

[tearsofthegods]

तू शाहीं है परवाज़ है काम तेरा

तिरे सामने आसमाँ और भी हैं

[pukicho]

Been getting into ceramics lately

[radlite]

A big reason why I think I became a marxist is bc I read A LOT of Calvin & Hobbes and Bill Watterson really went out of his way to lay the groundwork for teaching people critical analysis. Like take this panel for example:

EVERYTHING one knows about American/Western culture, especially in the late 80's/early 90's, would lead to the logical next line being some form of "Kids These Days Are Succumbing To The Evils Of Satan" or some likewise cheap Reaction™ But then Bill pulls the rug out

He criticizes the "satanic" bands not for some lack of christian morals but because theyre a byproduct of hyperconsumptionist culture. Bill takes no issue with the subject matter bc his issue is knowing its only being done to sell rebellion as a consumer product rather than to say anything truly provocative or inspired.

[avvallach]

Once / John Carney

[deprivedmusicaljunkie]

rest in peace, glen

[les-fleur]

Heart of Glass (1976, dir. Werner Herzog)

[longseasons]

there are no sex scenes and the food looks horrible

[tiredguyswag]

dont get me wrong, its great that pradhan resigned and all, but i cant help but think that the only reason that this protest reached its (toothless) goal is because of how a lot of the people involved in it and heading it were privileged UC/middle-class people who although politically opposed to BJP were ideologically aligned with it. thats the only reason their voices were heard, that it was so widely televised in comparison to the trans bill protests or ken-batwa etc. this protest was just a drop in the ocean compared to the CAA NRC protests and farmers protests and what have you. his resignation was dipke's only goal, and the only reason a lot of the involved students spoke up is to get the situation back to the status quo. i hope you all remember that the education system in india needs radical change. the entire system of neet and competitive exams is flawed. and the resignation of dharmendra pradhan is in the end simply to appease, it does not contribute much to any meaningful, necessary radical change.

dont stop fighting.

[loveridden1999]

education minister dharmendra pradhan resigns!!!!!

[smeared1992]

you used to be able to get a job just by circling a listing in a newspaper in red pen

[valend]

Awww he was so happy going to the lsd sign

[lustcannibalism]

you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for a nuanced reason

[beatlesandbollywood-deactivated]

sex is a lot like the let it be album. you experiment. you decide you fucking hate each other. you grow awful facial hair. billy preston is there

[milf-king]

Just a reminder that Saudi Arabia is responsible for one of the world's largest and most severe man made humanitarian emergencies. Their blockade of Yemen, which prevents food, water, medicine, and fuel from entering the country has caused a significant death toll. Emphasis here on man made as these were preventable.

Yemen relies on most of its food and medicine via imports and this blockade (land, sea, and air) has created an environment where 80% of Yemen relies on aid for survival. It's lead to so many people, mostly children, dying of starvation.

The rate of child malnutrition in Yemen is among the highest in the world with 2.3 million children under 5 requiring treatment for acute malnutrition. At one point a child died of starvation every 75 seconds.

This blockade is ongoing btw.

[phenakistoskope]

look, i abhor police brutality against workers and students, though i do believe the latter comprised the bulk of yesterday's protests, but i would like to point out that these protests that are ostensibly being held under the aegis of, or at least being monopolised by, the cockroach janata party (one that has barefacedly announced itself as 'apolitical' and upholds the UAPA in their manifesto, fucking egregious) is to demand the resignation of the education minister in the wake of the mishandling of the NEET and the tragedies that followed. it is intended solely for the instigation of liberal reforms within education to uphold the merit based and casteist system that already exists, nothing more, nothing less.

the ideology (though i don't believe every protestor subscribes to it) is merely one that privileges the already privileged; government medical colleges are 'affordable' i.e. the annual fees is about 10,000 rupees at their lowest, not counting living expenses, while private medical college fees skyrocket into the lakhs, the field is highly competitive, and india is quite possibly a country with one of the worst healthcare systems in the world, and it has been so for a little over forty years, as neoliberalisation has gradually worked toward the privatisation of both education and healthcare. without addressing the roots of the problem (which many student and civil society organisations have been doing for a long time, while being sidelined and ignored: see NEP protests 2019-2020) these protests will mean nothing.

[loveridden1999]

New Delhi - 20-07-2026

[loveridden1999]

for those unaware today india experienced one of its biggest protests in half a decade. there were protests all over the nation for various causes but the major one was in delhi. all we asked for was the resignation of the education minister because he's failed the students of this nation time & time again. but we were met with brutality, the police had barricaded the main site of protest (jantar mantar). metro stations were shutdown, the public was restrained from reaching the protest site and all the adjoining areas had signal jammers to make sure the crowd had no access to constant updates. they had us blocked from all the sides. they were lathi (baton) charging students from one side & releasing tear gas from the other. you couldn't walk 100 m on streets without having a tear gas shell thrown at you. there were many students, women & kids bleeding — some from their head. some couldn't walk anymore. the police had removed their nameplates & acted with full impunity to resort to unprecedented levels of violence. they were pelting stones at us, beating up people for no reason, forcefully detaining them and attacking us constantly with tear gas & rubber bullets. they wouldn't let you exit either. the crowd was peaceful & looking out for each other yet they were met with violence. i made a friend who was all alone & she asked to join me & my friend because a policeman wouldn't leave her alone. he constantly prodded her for personal info, invited her back to the jeep saying they have food there, wouldn't stop following her around. you couldn't call or ask anyone for help, we were left to fend for ourselves & be on a constant lookout if you did not want to be beaten up to death by police. all for what? asking a resignation? shame on this country.

[loveridden1999]

Tens of thousands of Cockroach party protesters defy police with Delhi march

Youth-led movement calls on education minister to quit in one of India’s largest anti-government rallies in years

Police attack Cockroach activists as thousands march on Indian parliament

More than 10,000 protesters braved tear gas and baton charges in their largest challenge yet to PM Modi's government.

[tearsofthegods]

जो इस पागलपन में शामिल नहीं होंगे

मारे जाएँगे

कटघरे में खड़े कर दिए जाएँगे, जो विरोध में बोलेंगे

जो सच-सच बोलेंगे, मारे जाएँगे

बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जाएगा कि किसी की क़मीज़ हो

‘उनकी’ क़मीज़ से ज़्यादा सफ़ेद

क़मीज़ पर जिनके दाग़ नहीं होंगे, मारे जाएँगे

धकेल दिए जाएँगे कला की दुनिया से बाहर, जो चारण नहीं

जो गुन नहीं गाएँगे, मारे जाएँगे

धर्म की ध्वजा उठाए जो नहीं जाएँगे जुलूस में

गोलियाँ भून डालेंगी उन्हें, काफ़िर क़रार दिए जाएँगे

सबसे बड़ा अपराध है इस समय

निहत्थे और निरपराध होना

जो अपराधी नहीं होंगे

मारे जाएँगे।