#NOT ALL INDIANS ARE HINDU

[causereyna-artie]

“aren’t you like hee-ndu? Don’t you worship cows?”

Nope, actually I only kneel for women.

[sneeplerbeepler]

Hindu girls: remember that our ancestors didn't do purdah. our goddesses don't do purdah. Does Saraswati cover her hair? Does Lakshmi cover every inch of her body? No. So why should you? Seeing the female body as something sexual to be covered up is the mindset of our colonizers, and they've sadly colonized a lot of our minds. Decolonize!

[aahanna]

"God also knows the power of women's beauty"

That's why he took the avatar of Mohini to lure the monster during the Amrit Manthan." (She uses the power of seduction and her alluring charm to trick the Asuras into giving her the nectar, which she then gives to the Devas.)

Lord Vishnu takes the form of Mohini to accomplish tasks that he could not have accomplished in his original male form. Vishnu has taken the form of Mohini on several occasions.

[lilithism1848]

[scltbvrns]

right winged indians are so (i don't want to utter that word) when it comes to media literacy but all of them literally grew up in godi media so i cannot blame them either. like no one is saying INDI alliance is good. it's just the lesser evil out of the two.

[usedtobekrampus]

I want to make an ilustration of Ratri, the Hindu goddess of the night, but I don't know anything about this subject myself, and I want it to be as authentic as possible, their are aparently no primary source depictions of her. can anyone give me some advice for how i can make it more acurate?

most basicaly, id like to know what all these outfits and symbolism mean and what would be most fitting...

...but litteraly anything would be a great help

please reblog, i don't have enough followers to reach the intended audience

[dreamyeyedrose]

listen if we brat summer our way out of fascism I'll fuckin take it

[sillyguy-supreme]

the thing about religion is that i’m only casually religious so i don’t think my politics are irreconcilable with hinduism, plus there are movements that practice hinduism without perpetuating casteism. however diaspora hindus are fucking crazy. i can be casually hindu but i don’t want to be hindu american

[an-absolute-nightmare]

me: india is not secular anymore it's turning into a hindu nationalist country :(

my so called liberal and open minded parents: india is not secular anymore it's turning into a hindu nationalist country :D:D:D:D:D

[purple-worm]

Some excerpts from Adv. Vrinda Grover's statement at the Supreme Court of India, as a part of the 15 petitions that were heard for the marriage equality bill. She presented arguments for the concept of a chosen family which was a more progressive stance on how families/unions could be defined by the constitution and it goes beyond just same-sex marriage. It could cover polyamory and recognition of queerplatonic intimacies between 2 or more individuals, and much more:

“During COVID, a study that was done on trans persons found that when trans persons due to lockdown and the nature of the disease, had to return to their natal families and their homes. Over there they faced violence. They faced conversion therapy which is prohibited. And that was actually an illustration of what would happen if other social formations of care and support did not exist. This is what has been described as an atypical family. This form of chosen family is recognized in our law; for instance, adoption.

Adoption is a form of chosen family. Today we recognize families and we conceptualize family as by blood, marriage or adoption."

"There is increasing legislative and judicial recognition of a person who may not necessarily be conjoined through marriage or conjugal intimacies. In relation to the advanced directive, every person who is not a minor shall have a right to make an advanced directive in writing specifying any of the following individual or individuals in order of precedents he wants to appoint as his nominated representatives.

"..Ensure that laws and policies recognize the diversity of family forms, including those not defined by descent or marriage and take all necessary legislative, administrative and other measures to ensure that no family may be subjected to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity of any of its members, including with regard to family related social welfare and other public benefits, etc. "

"I would say that what we are canvassing before this court is a different imagination. A new imagination of marriage and relationships and of family. An imagination which actually places at the foundation, love, care, and respect which may or may not come from the natal family because of my sexual orientation and gender identity.”

"There can be a feminist jurisprudence and feminist critique of family and that family can perpetuate caste purity and patriarchal control; so there may be persons who are of different sexual orientations and gender identities, which because of the hostility of natal families actually form intimacies that are non-marital, non-procreative, which are intimacies that are the only social conclave and support they can find."

Her statements were pleasantly surprising. Most of the earlier petitions chose to only focus on gay marriage and trans people having the right to marry, and I didn't expect any of the (star)lawyers/petitioners to go beyond that. But this. This is a sign of liberation. It reminds me a lot of the family code that granted marriage equality in Cuba. I love that we have some very progressive minds fighting this case.

[demigod-of-the-agni]

me: mum i'm going to write a story about kalki

mum: but we already have a kalki story at home

the kalki story at home:

[tendercoretroglodyke]

monkey man was such a fantastic movie... which only makes it all the more devastating (and bewildering??) the ways it stopped short of being perfect :/

[misalpav]

🎶 jaya srinivasa jaya venkatesha vrusha shailanatha sri padmanabha vaikunthanatha jaya jaya jaya vishwateja rajadhiraja tava jaya jaya jaya devadi deva jaya vasudeva sri ramachandra jaya kalkiroopa shaureesha modha byri ninadha jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya 🎶

or

🎶 mammu kachina vaadu maa manasu dochina vaadu mangalakarudu maa srinivasudu 🎶

and u my bestie, on this very fine day, have made a very good cinematic decision. feel free to pat yourself on the back, sit back, relax, and enjoy the next 2-3 hours of your life

[peachiyyy]

ind*a’s h*nduv*ta issue needs to be addressed globally bc they essentially want to do the same thing isr*el is doing to non-hindu indians. They’re also one of isr*el’s biggest supporters + isr*el funds the indian occupation in kashmir. B*p and m*di are garbage and I pray for their downfall everyday. Considering the history of 🇮🇳 , being in favor for genocide should be anti-indian but they hate muslims so much that they don’t care. But when I talk about it some yt saviour on here wants to tell me, a DESI- not just south asian, a DESI person, that im ‘racist’ for calling majority of them garbage lmfao.

[outlanderalien]

Keep thinking about Trans-coded Mayuri.

Mayuri is a woman's name, it means Peahen (a female peacock) but his design mimics that of a male peacocks plumage, blue, bold, flashy etc. It gives the impression of him being AFAB and switching to masculine presentation.

Mayuri is also quite short for a man (5'8") but that would be tall/average for someone assigned female at birth.

And he has the ability to self modify on a whim, if Mayuri was AFAB and wanted to adjust his form/voice/etc, he'd be able to with ease.

So in conclusion:

[menalez]

Religion in India is kind of complicated, I'm not going to take sides, Muslims have attacked Hindus for a long time and now Hindus are tired of this shit and so they have started attacking Muslims too. You should look up the Kashmir genocide but also don't because you'll lose your appetite after that. Muslims put the Hindus in chainsaw machines...alive. they gang-raped Hindu women, a lot happened, that's why many Indians are right leaning as of now. But the right has it's own problems, but it's like the lesser evil. Anyways, I like how your opinions are always unbiased, but if you don't live in India, then it can be difficult for you to fully understand the situation.

muslims arent renowned for acceptance of other religions especially not polytheistic ones so i’m not surprised unfortunately but i don’t think the solution would be to reverse the tables tbh