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Product Placement
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Ce que je pense (et câest cela que je voulais dire) câest que je devrais pousser un grand et beau cri, un long et joyeux cri qui rĂŠsonnerait dans toute la vallĂŠe, que câest ce bonheur-lĂ que je devrais mâoffrir, hurler une bonne fois, mais je ne le fais pas, je ne lâai pas fait. Je me remets en route avec seul le bruit de mes pas sur le gravier.
Ce sont des oublis comme celui-lĂ que je regretterai.
â Jean-Luc Lagarce, Juste la fin du monde
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Indian academia
Recently I have seen a lot of excellent posts in the dark academia tags which call out the euro-centrism of this subculture and also give great recommendations for non-white cultural academia. So I decided to put together works of Indian authors that I read growing up in India as a literature student. Please note this list leans heavily towards works centred on Bengal due to my own heritage, and is by no means comprehensive or meant to represent the entire, varied diaspora of India.
Historical/political fiction:
the lives of others by neel mukherjee: chronicling the rise and fall of a bengali family against historical events like the partition, the 1943 famines, the bengal emergency etc. diverse cast of characters retelling history through multiple povs, lyrical prose, incredible research providing an insight into naxalite bengal. talks about how it feels to be a leftist when you are born and brought up in bourgeois privilege.
the lowland by jhumpa lahiri: everything!! written by jhumpa lahiri!! should be savoured!! but this gorgeous book in particular made me UGLY CRY. to summarise without spoilers, it's a story about two brothers, separated by inches and then by miles, a story about student revolutionaries, bengal burning and boston beaches, and it's a story about a beautiful, brilliant, tormented woman who loves and loathes in equal measure.
the shadow lines by amitav ghosh:** intergenerational trauma, dhaka riots and the entwined histories of two families- one in london and the other in calcutta. sharp, bittersweet and sometimes rather scandalous. if you enjoy ggm's works try this.
a flight of pigeons by ruskin bond**: after her father is killed in the 1857 sepoy mutiny, an anglo-indian girl, her mother, and female relatives are given shelter by the muslim family of one of the chief rebels. set in north india near UP, ruskin bond's writing is powerful and explores found families and the price of imperialism and war. chef's kiss.
train to pakistan by khuswant singh: the horrors of post independence sectarian violence as recounted by a fictional village on the indo-pak border with a population largely comprising muslims and sikhs. a harrowing read but evocative and honest.
shalimar the clown by salman rushdie: allegorical story about the kashmir valley unrest, told through the insane, shakespearean revenge tragedy spun out by kashmiri tightrope walker shalimar who falls in love with boonyi, a beautiful pandit girl, a love that dooms him.
a fine balance by rohinton mistry**: four strangers' lives spill into each other as india crumbles under the 1975 emergency. this one has everything political commentary, social satire, depiction of economic hardships and a whole range of characters from diverse backgrounds. side note: it's a pretty heavy and tragic read, please be careful.
Societal stories
the guide by rk narayan: raju, an impoverished, street smart boy in a fictional south indian town takes to conning people as a tour guide but things spiral out of control when he has an affair with a married classical dancer. allegorical writing, funny and eccentric, and there's a LOT of satire about desi stereotypes: fraud religious leaders, scandalous village affairs, neocolonial mindsets and well, dancing. had a great read of this one. don't watch the film, it's inaacurate and the author himself didn't like it :(
malgudi days by rk narayan: set in the same town as the guide, a collection of short stories about the colourful lives of small town dwellers, from astrologers to doctors to postmen. it's funny and poignant in equal measure. there's not a single mediocre story in here, they're all just......charming.
interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri: stories set in boston and bengal about ordinary indian people and ordinary indian lives which are just so, so MASTERFULLY written and in such crystal bright detail it feels all too real. I recommend a temporary matter, when mr pirzada came to dine, sexy, mrs sen and this blessed house.
em and the big hoom by jerry pinto**: a goan family in late 20th century mumbai + their experience when the mother is diagnosed with bpd. I haven't read this book but it was highly recommended by my friends + authors who are greatly esteemed by me
any and every work by ruskin bond because my man literally GREW up around ayahs and tonga drivers and lonely gardeners and sad kite-makers and friends in small places. I recommend road to the bazaar: a collection of short stories about north indian children involving tigers in train tunnels, beetle races, rooftop gardens and the feeling of being home again.
the white tiger by aravind adiga**: epistolary novel that deals mostly with the class struggle in india as told by a village boy, who travels to delhi for work and his slow rise to success through monumental obstacles. a good read to look into the lives and the plight of underprivileged workers and the persisting class disparity in globalised india.
city of djinns by william dalrymple: travelogue/memoir/anecdotes of the author's time in delhi as he researches for the detritus of history in the country capital. non fiction but every bit as riveting as a well spun story.
Retellings/Biographies
rajkahini (transl: stories of kings) by abanindranath tagore: stories about the rajput rulers of western india and their glorious, semi-mythological histories of battles and heartbreaks and visions. the author was often termed a lyrical artist because his descriptive prose is so good it feels like a painting put into words.
empress: the astonishing reign of nur jahan by ruby lal: a feminist biography of my favourite figure from history, nur jahan, and her deliciously satisfying ascent as the sole female sovereign in the line of the great mughals. but wow, what a woman.
the palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni: retelling of the great epic mahabharata but from draupadi's point of view. poetic and magical, and her descriptions of female rage and the unfairness of society even in mythical canon is SUPERB.
Poetry!
sarojini naidu: patriotism, society, feminism, romance
nissim ezekiel: postcolonial, satire
ak ramanujan: society, classical retellings, folktale inspired poetry
agha shahid ali: socio-political, ghazal inspired poetry
tishani doshi: feminist, contemporary
eunice d'souza: contemporary, gender politics
Pure self indulgent recs
hayavadana by girish karnad: a ridiculous, criminally hilarious play-within-a-play about a love triangle and accidental body/torso swaps and a goddess who couldn't care less and a man with a horse head. yeah.
devdas by sarat chandra chattopadhyay: pls stop shoving the movie down my throat it's the cringiest depiction of bengali culture ever but yeah the novel is đđ and it's about childhood sweethearts dev and paro, the cost of obsessions and lusts and an enigmatic courtesan chandramukhi who keeps loving the wrong things.
any and every work by rabindranath tagore should be considered academia but in particular his short stories, like the kabuliwalah and the postmaster.
the byomkesh bakshi series by sharadindu bandyopadhyay: written in the vein of poirot but in colonial bengal, follows one (1) sleuthy boy and his sidekick as they unravel psychological crimes and murder mysteries. some stories are just genuinely scary and all have eclectic casts. sharadindu said homoerotic/feral women/immoral genius people rights!
Like I said this list is not comprehensive!!! But I tried my best!!! I think we should really try to decolonize our reading tastes. And yes I purposely left out Arundhati Roy (because she is literally the only Indian author ever recommended in lists) Vikram Seth (because I do not like him) and Roshani Chokshi (because any one of the above)
I hope you guys get some good picks from this list :)
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shoutout to all high school dropouts, students who didnât get accepted into college, students who used to be on honor roll but became overwhelmed, students who study for hours but still fail tests, or student who donât study at all due to depression/anxiety, you are all stars and Iâm wishing y'all the best luck possible to get back on your feet
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In remembrance of all those who lost their lives 25 five years ago in Srebrenica. NEVER FORGET SREBRENICA!
On June the 14th the constitutional court in Belgium stated that prohibition of wearing religious signs in an establishment of higher education does not constitute a violation of freedom of religion nor a violation of the right to human dignity which includes the right to education. This declaration meant that Hijab-wearing women donât have the right to get higher education. Some will, unfortunately, give up on their dreams and some will be forced to remove the hijab to get an education. âI was in a school establishment where wearing a hijab was forbidden. Therefore, every morning, when I go to school, I had to take it off and put it in my bag. I had the feeling that I was enduring microaggressions from a system that was supposed to protect meâ. #HijabisFightBack was a way to protest this discrimination. âđ˝ The right to education should not be negotiable. (source)
A gentle reminder to all that the first university the world ever saw was founded by a Muslim woman. Today, we have to beg to be able to wear a hijab and get an education at the same time â both of which are fundamental rights that our women are being stripped of.Â
as someone with a bachelorâs degree in english, i am inexpressibly tired of people telling me to get highly specific jobs that often require highly specific degrees. âjust go write for a magazine!â you need a journalism degree for that. âjust teach!â you need a teaching certificate, and also fuck you. âjust go work at a tutoring place!â tutoring children with learning disabilities, which make up the majority of the clientele at those places, requires not only a teaching certificate but a specialized masterâs degree. âjust go work at a library!â you need a masterâs degree in library science to be a librarian. it is actually a highly skilled and extremely competitive field. you donât just âgo work at a library,â you train for years in the vain hope that you will get one of handful of available jobs. âjust go work at a library.â the nerve. the unmitigated gall. âjust go work at a library.â ugh.
Iâve been bombarded with similar unsolicited âsuggestionsâ of people and I can unequivocally attest that nothing ruffles my feathers more than being inconspicuously chastised for pursuing a subject that, solely in their perspective, doesnât yield lucrative opportunities. It really ticks me off. I know people who unabashedly cast a scornful glance at literature as contributing to my future prospects. Iâm also an undergraduate in English literature. In order to make my account hold water, Iâve got to be candid and unadulterated. Honestly, I didnât plan to pursue literature as my undergraduate course. It never flitted across my brain. Not even in my wildest imagination had I pictured myself mulling over literary theories and novels for the next three years of my life. I have a science background and started pulling my weight behind economics during the phase of exasperatingly searching for colleges. Fortunately, my parents have been a supportive pillar in my life and never coerced me into something against my wishes. They never even tried to steer the course of my life and only encouraged me in my endeavours. And I would even go on to concede that I myself presumed that literature would be a cakewalk in comparison to other courses. I was pushed into literature by fate and I couldnât be more grateful to the unexpected turn of events and the turning point in my life where I chanced upon literature which led me to scour, relish and dismember it. It took me three years to realise the pivotal essence of the world of literature in my life and how it transformed me as a human. I dawdled first two years under disdain and dejection. I was crestfallen because I had yet to get acclimatised to the literary world and the concomitant ingenious professors who indisputably piqued my interest in literature. It was only after having plunged into my final year that I gradually took a shine to literature. My classmates used to vex me with questions pertaining to postgraduation and I incessantly used to fend off their inquiries with upbraiding literature. âI would pursue anything but literatureâ used to be my retort. And voila! here I am filling up forms for my masters in literature with the unwavering support of my parents. I had my own set of reservations toward this subject but now Iâd much rather apprentice in a library or publishing house or open up my own bookstore somewhere in the country without caring a fig about financial stability. I want to be able to take delight in my future profession even if it doesnât appeal to the senses of my peers. I would not succumb to anybodyâs relentless persuasion and obdurately lend wings to my goals which will one day, In sha Allah, materialise into my dream. I hope people can chase their goals without caving in to the cacophony of derisions. It is your life and you can only find complacency after unfalteringly heeding your goals which will beget eternal satisfaction. Rather than striving towards perfection which is purportedly an illusion, we should strive toward bettering ourselves than our past cowered selves. :)
I believe in free education, one thatâs available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc⌠This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!
FREE ONLINE COURSESÂ (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)
AlisonÂ
Coursera
FutureLearn
open2study
Khan Academy
edX
P2P U
Academic Earth
iversity
Stanford Online
MIT Open Courseware
Open Yale Courses
BBC Learning
OpenLearn
Carnegie Mellon University OLI
University of Reddit
Saylor
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
TED
FORA
Big ThinkÂ
99u
BBC Future
Seriously Amazing
How Stuff Works
Discovery News
National Geographic
Science News
Popular Science
IFLScience
YouTube Edu
NewScientist
DIY & HOW-TOâSÂ (Donât know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)
wikiHow
Wonder How To
instructables
eHow
Howcast
MAKE
Do it yourself
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
OpenStax CNX
Open Textbooks
Bookboon
Textbook Revolution
E-books Directory
FullBooks
Books Should Be Free
Classic Reader
Read Print
Project Gutenberg
AudioBooks For Free
LibriVox
Poem Hunter
Bartleby
MIT Classics
Many Books
Open Textbooks BCcampus
Open Textbook Library
WikiBooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
Directory of Open Access Journals
Scitable
PLOS
Wiley Open Access
Springer Open
Oxford Open
Elsevier Open Access
ArXiv
Open Access Library
LEARN:
1. LANGUAGES
Duolingo
BBC Languages
Learn A Language
101languages
Memrise
Livemocha
Foreign Services Institute
My Languages
Surface Languages
Lingualia
OmniGlot
OpenCultureâs Language links
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING
Codecademy
Programmr
GA Dash
CodeHS
w3schools
Code Avengers
Codelearn
The Code Player
Code School
Code.org
Programming Motherf*?$%#
Bento
Buckyâs room
WiBit
Learn Code the Hard Way
Mozilla Developer Network
Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. YOGA & MEDITATION
Learning Yoga
Learn Meditation
Yome
Free Meditation
Online Meditation
Do Yoga With Me
Yoga Learning Center
4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING
Exposure Guide
The Bastards Book of Photography
Cambridge in Color
Best Photo Lessons
Photography Course
Production Now
nyvs
Learn About Film
Film School Online
5. DRAWING & PAINTING
Enliighten
Ctrl+Paint
ArtGraphica
Google Cultural Institute
Drawspace
DragoArt
WetCanvas
6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY
Music Theory
Teoria
Music Theory Videos
Furmanczyk Academy of Music
Dave Conservatoire
Petrucci Music Library
Justin Guitar
Guitar Lessons
Piano Lessons
Zebra Keys
Play Bass Now
7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS
Investopedia
The Chess Website
Chesscademy
Chess.com
Spreeder
ReadSpeeder
First Aid for Free
First Aid Web
NHS Choices
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Please feel free to add more learning focused websites.Â
*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as Iâm aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.
nobody is irrelevant. nobody is invisible. your neighbors know your name and see you set off to school or work or the backyard everyday, sometimes with a spring in your step and sometimes with hunched over shoulders. there was this one time some stranger pointed you out to their friends and said âthatâs the haircut I wantâ or âI have that shirt, tooâ or âthey go to my schoolâ. someone has admired the way you carry yourself or gave a presentation or even the way youâre so polite when you first meet a person. youâve made comments or jokes that have stuck in minds of overhearers and eavesdroppers. when old classmates of yours think back to kindergarten or fourth grade or sophomore year they remember you and have an opinion of you. youâve made recommendations of songs and restaurants and even cookie brands and actually introduced people to their all-time favorites. the cashier at the grocery store knows exactly what laundry detergent your household uses, or even if you donât do your laundry at all.
you can never be irrelevant. thereâs pieces of you everywhere, in a dozen lives, in a hundred dreams, in a million memories. maybe itâs true that you donât have any friends, and you have a sucky relationship with your family or no family at all and no-one ever checks up on you, and youâre really very lonely, but that doesnât determine your worth. you do. and so do the billions of small attributions youâve already made to the world, both long-term and short-term. so thank you.
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Being a procrastinator with a violent fear of failure is almost hilarious because like 80% of the time Iâm like âIâm not even going to think about thisâ and then thereâs like a distinct moment when everything switches and it turns to âI canât fail oh my god I need to turn this into an A in like a day why am I like thisâ
really tempted rn to make a minimalist, beige ish, soft, naturecore, soft academia themed Instagram but Iâm just gonna end up binge stalking all my peers whose feed make it look like theyâve gotten their shit together, so no.
depressed studyblr culture is filling your bullet journal with tasks and ideas at 2am on a cold night just to check it after a week and realize that time is a social construct
shoutout to the studyblrs that
- fail
- donât have neat handwriting
- procrastinate
- are poor
- are self conscious of posting their own work
- arenât doing âhardâ subjects
- donât take pretty aesthetic photos
- donât know what they want to do after education
- have mental illnesses
- have personal issues
i love you all
will nvr stop reblogging this
Iâd reblog this every day if I could
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talk about yemen. talk about the 63,000 yemeni children that died of preventable causes. talk about how the UN dubbed it â the worldâs largest humanitarian crisis â. talk about USâ major role in backing Saudi Arabiaâs bombing. talk! talk! talk! this needs to get the deserved and much needed attention.
hereâs some petitions you can sign and share, as well as some appeals and foundations to donate to if you can!!
stop the war and end famine in yemen
stop the flow of weapons into yemen
yemen appeal
yemen relief
studying doesnât have to be highlighters and a warm cup of coffee with sunlight shining through the window. it can be frantic reading, writing notes on scrap paper on a desk that barely fits your textbook because goddamn you just need to get this done is all.
studying isnât an aesthetic, itâs learning. donât let this fandom make you think otherwise.
