𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

//𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘫-𝘢//𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢, 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤//22//

[dafancyuhinspiration]

[thephilocalistpen]

rekha in silsila will never NOT be iconic.

[thephilocalistpen]

तू ही तू, आरज़ू आरज़ू,

छूती है मुझे सरगोशी से,

आँखों में घुली खामोशी से,

मैं फ़र्श पे सजदे करता हूँ

कुछ होश में, कुछ बेहोशी से|

only you– my desire,

touch me like a whisper,

become the silence in my eyes,

i worship you, on the floor now,

sometimes consciously, sometimes in trance.

-Satrangi Re, Dil Se, 1998.

[thephilocalistpen]

matcha, some books, scented candles, and a gloomy day. 🌧️🍵📚

[thephilocalistpen]

back to using Tumblr in the™ year of 2025... not on my bingo list for this year but alright. how has everyone been?

[introspectres]

Howl's Flying Castle Cross Section (or, Califer's Relatives Pay a Visit) || [prints]

Can you find?: [ ] four star children [ ] the magic broom [ ] suliman's guitar [ ] howl's welsh rugby jersey

[thephilocalistpen]

hello all.

i am in love. he is the kindest man i've ever met. this man will be my biggest win, or my biggest loss ever. nothing else to say.

[thephilocalistpen]

दिल की जो बातें हैं, बातें जो दिल की हैं,

दिल ही में रखना पिया|

लब तो ना खोलूँ मैं, खोलूँ ना लब तो पर,

आँखों से सब कह दिया|

पियू बोले, पिया बोले,

क्या ये बोले जानू ना।

the things your heart needs to say, keep them to your heart.

though i haven't said a word, your eyes have heard me.

my sweetheart says something, but i don't understand a thing.

—Piyu Bole, Parineeta, 2005.

[tamper]

[thephilocalistpen]

ऐ अजनबी तू भी कभी,

आवाज़ दे कहीं से|

मैं यहाँ टुकड़ों में जी रहा हूँ,

तू कहीं टुकड़ों में जी रही है|

ऐ अजनबी|

hey stranger,

call out to me from somewhere, sometime.

i am living here in pieces,

you are living in pieces somewhere,

dear stranger.

—Ae Ajnabi, Dil Se, 1998.

[id1367]

One of my reading goals for 2022 was to read more books by Indian authors so I made this list for myself and posted it privately but I thought this would benefit some of you so making it public

Indian dark academia #1 (classics/fiction)

Indian dark academia #2 (books based on mythology and history)

Indian dark academia #3 (historical/mythological fiction)

Indian dark academia #4 (romantic/thriller)

Bengali academia (book recs based on bengali culture)

South Asian lgbtq+ book recs

Books based on partition 1947

Books based on caste system practised in India

English translated Indian texts

Indian non-fiction

(Credit goes to every account mentioned in this list, who took the effort to type those lists)

[thephilocalistpen]

one day you're going to find someone, that one sunshine to your cold grey day, and you'll fall in love with the summer.

[stuckinapril]

i spend hours daydreaming about fictional things in bed so i can have the energy to get up and daydream about fictional things for the rest of the day

[plainwater-pdf]

bobby's house from george neuman

[mihipulsat-blog]

[calellon]

i’m surviving solely on day dreams and fantasies at this point

[achillesdespair]

and when i finally fell for you, my soul recognised its equal— its intellectual partner, my home.