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diasporoid who can't pronounce retroflexes and aspirated consonants vs. homeland scholar who wrote a book about Proto Indo-European in Sanskrit

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I do not know whether I am mourning,

the fate of so many civilizations, languages

and ways of seeing the world,

lost because of the greed of

a handful of men who wanted gold,

five hundred years ago,

as you know best,

Or whether I mourn

that you are gone,

I can not even ask you

how a line drawn on a map

can cause so much destruction

you left me to ponder the horror alone,

leaving me at the edge of a world

I’ll never understand,

while the sights I wanted to see

within my lifetime

The knowledge I craved,

was all within you

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Her large, dark eyes are a night sky full of stars — offering a glimpse of the eternal, 

containing more wonders than in the whole universe  — the very thing she seeks when she enters mosques and temples though sometimes, it is as though she sees God everywhere and sometimes, she thinks the entire universe can not hold the weight of her love, her passion, 

Her warmth  —  it is the only thing that can can make brokenhearted souls feel safe enough to forget their own names  — to forget how to speak — while she paints the word alhamdulillah with a calligraphy brush, reads you a love poem with a subtle trace of idolatry in the way the lover exalts the beloved, her voice is gentle, her fragrance soothing, her touch healing,

Her body  — soft, she is bursting with love. An oasis, with pomegranate trees, she is a rose so lovely it can only bloom in dreams, not here on earth, she is Hope itself  — she is a prayer, she is a vision of Paradise 

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The Aztecs called this flower cuetlaxochitl and used it to make red dyes. They used the white sap for medicines. These are now known as poinsettias in English after Joel Poinsett, an American botany enthusiast, and are used in Christmas decorations.

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Nahuatl words I like:

-Yollohchicahuac (this means "strong heart." I see it as being able to resist temptation, or having high standards)

-Teyollalih ("thing that consoles" I call my diary this.)

-Xochimiqui ("flowery death" a human sacrifice)

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The Aztecs believed men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth went to heaven. Childbirth is no less glorious than being a warrior, and no less important to the state.

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Sometimes you just need a catastrophic heartbreak to reset your life 😭😢😥😫😩

The world has been destroyed four times before, after all 👍 💯We lost lady Chalchiutlicue with the world of the fourth sun but now we have lord Huitzilopochtli 👍 #aztecmythology

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ipalnemohuani why did u put me on this earth just to suffer¿

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I'm literally obsessed with like every culture but I think the most Chad, based and sigma one is the Sentinelese because they don't allow anyone on their island and are extremely hostile to outsiders (as they should be).

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if i see a pretty indian girl with kajal rimmed eyes i will go weak in the knees

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I can't sleep without my axolotl Squishmallow 😔

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Anup Gomay’s paintings of Indian women

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My cat is a big supporter of maize-eating people

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#india 

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The heart of Mira is entangled

In the beauty of the feet of her Guru; 

Nothing else causes her delight! 

Mira says: My whole world is Shri Krishna; 

Now that my gaze is turned inward, 

I see it clearly

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still goes so hard

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the world lost so many books and languages and ways of seeing the world just cause a handful of men wanted gold 500 years ago