#rep the south

[rang-lo]

Cinematography in Ponni Nadhi Ponniyin Selvan: I (dir. by Mani Ratnam, cinematography by Ravi Varman)

[crunchycrystals]

this makes me want to cry

[haliaiii]

Boothill

[babygirlhaljordan]

one of my biggest complaints for dc is the lack of indian ppl in gotham. like if ur setting a city in new jersey, a state thats literally dubbed as “little india” from how many indians are there yet not a single 1 in gotham?! how am i supposed to take you seriously

[creativelycomplex]

https://t.co/iVNh8NkAv1

Nothing but praise for my Vampire Armand. Assad Zaman you deserve the world 💗

[akajustmerry]

not saying anything new but it bugs the shit out of me as a researcher when an article talks about "asian filmmakers in hollywood" and then the filmmakers in question are (almost always) exclusively east asian. like......asia is more than east asia. do americans know that? like it's a 3rd of the world's regions, including the "middle east." i really think the term "asian" is just unhelpful on every level other than as a label for a continent, and should be retired as a term denoting ethnicity or culture, etc

[pixiatn]

POKEMON AND DISLYTE CHARACTER DESIGNERS, SNEAK INTO HOYO HQ AND MAKE DARK SKINNED CHARACTERS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS‼️‼️‼️

[crazyrichxplainr]

Raymond Ablack for The Juggernaut (ph: Morgan Hotston)

[bobateababe]

✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. going to a relatives wedding south asian ver. - w/Sukuna .:**:.☆*.:｡.✿

pairing: Sukuna x desi reader

Sukuna hasn't been to a lot of weddings, so the amount of confusion on his face is almost laughable when he sees how excited you are for your cousin's wedding.

However, he adores the way your eyes light up and how excited you get when you explain to him that desi weddings are filled with dancing and food and lots of people!

Sukuna's eyes go full blown with astonishment as you stride out of your room, wearing a red lehenga adorned with a garland in your hair and beautiful gold bangles clinking at your wrists. He can't help but lean back and stare at you, a faint smirk playing on his face as you brush by him; rushing to get your sandals.

He grabs you by the waist, holding you firmly as you walk past him. He whispers in your ear "Look at you, my darling girl..dressed like the Queen she is." His arms trail down to your wrists and he grasps them "You look as if you were made to sit on a throne" he purrs, slowly lowering yourself on his lap.

"-S-sukh" you managed to choke out your affectionate nickname for him. "I-i need my shoes.."

"Sweet girl" he murmurs. He grabs your face from behind, squeezing your cheeks and making your lips pucker. "The princess needs her shoes does she?" "Actually" you answer him, smirking slightly while looking deep into his eyes. "The Queen demands that her King put her shoes on for her." He laughs loudly, finding your demands amusing, adorable almost. Notheless, he obeys; kissing your henna covered hand and looking up at you. "Very well my queen"

The two of you arrive at your cousin's wedding, around the time of the reception. Sukuna decided to wear a red kurta as he said, "It would only be right to match with my queen." making you scoff yet blush at his act. Dark kajal surrounds his eyes complementing his magnificent dark red irises.

The reception lasts late into the night. Sukuna tastes Indian food for the first time, which he actually loves! He loves the spicy taste, not a single boring feeling on his tongue.

You force Sukuna to try gulab jamun. Begging and tugging at his sleeve. "Please 'kuna! Please it's so yummy!" you look up at him, batting your eyes, and looking at him with desperation; trying every trick in the book to make your boyfriend try the sticky sweet.

You bring the spoon to his lips, the sticky residue slightly coating his lips. He brings his mouth over the spoon, not breaking eye contact with you as he licks the sticky honey from his lips. "It tastes just like you" he breathed.

You smacked his shoulder for saying that, as a group of aunties were sitting right behind you.

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The moment finally comes, when they finally announce that it's the time to dance! You whoop and cheer along with the others as hoards of your cousins, uncles and aunties all rush to the dance floor.

You drag Sukuna to the floor with you. Laughing and giggling as your favorite song starts to play. "Dance with me!" you shout over the noise. "aao naachen!"

It gets messy real fast. Your shoes are kicked off in some random area, your dupata slid off your neck a while ago and pooled to the floor. You can feel Sukuna's firm hands on your hips as you move them up and down. His eyes watch intently as you spin around him, your red lehenga flowing just grazing your ankles, as your feet move in perfect coordination with your body.

To Sukuna, you looked just like a flower in the wind. Delicate, yet fierce and swaying with the wind. He turned his body to watch you spin, watching the pure bliss on your face and the excitement that came with it.

He grabbed you hand suddenly, disrupting your spin and causing you to be thrown into his chest as he caught you by the small of your back. "You really are a Queen my sweet girl." he whispered. His arms snake around your waist and pull you closer.

"Hmm am I now?" you smirked and slowly started to sway with him. "mm, not only that but a little minx too" he muttered, kissing your neck making you shiver in response. "You love it though." you retort, circling your arms around his shoulders playing with the back of his hair. He throws his head back, chuckling lightly. "You know I do."

sry ya'll I know that was really long but honestly I was debating if I should write a story or do more head cannons. (I'll probably do a poll abt it). constructive criticism is always welcome in the comments, i love to hear about ways to improve my writing!

>3333

[rang-lo]

Devaralan Aattam

by Ilango Krishnan, AR Rahman, Yogi Sekar

செங்குருதி சேயோனே, வங்கொடிய வேலோனே O king of crimson blood, wielding the dangerous spear (Vel)  செவ்வலறி தோளோனே, என் குடிய காப்போனே O broad-shouldered lord, protector of my people!

கடம்பா இடும்பா முருகா Kadamba, Idumba, Muruga! கதிர்வேல் குமரா மருதா O young lord of the illuminous spear (Vel)   துடிவேல் அரசர்க்கரசே O king of kings with your ever-speedy spear வடிவேல் அருள்��ாய் மலர்வாய்! O Vadivel, bless us with your compassionate speech!

மாமழை பெய்திடுமா? மாநிலம் ஓங்கிடுமா? Will the great rains pour? Will the great lands prosper? ஒப்புக்கழி தாங்கிடுமா? கைகளும் ஓங்கிடுமா? Will the glory of our ruler last? Will our populace thrive?

- An Invocation to Murugan, the Tamil God of War

[batmobilestires]

fun fact: Nanda Parbat is canonically in Pakistan since it’s inspired by Nanga Parbat

and bc of that fact, i loveee head canoning Damian enjoying South Asian foods

(*Damian isn’t ethnically South Asian - he’s Arab - but he did grow up in Pakistan which is good enough for me!!)

[heaven-zent]

thinkin’ bout buying land for a farm

[ah0yh0y]

Hands down one of my favourite details in Across the Spiderverse is the fact that when Parvitr refers to his aunt may he puts her name first.

the line is “…have chai with my Maya Auntie”

Maya Auntie not Aunt Maya

Maya Auntie

and can I tell you my heart screamed with joy

this this is how us south asians refer to our aunts and uncles related or non related

and I love that they actually adhered to that

[anonynaomi]

I haven’t read this book but respectfully, it’s about time we get some positive South Asian male representation on the screen!!!

we’ve recently made positive strides with South Asian women in popular media (Bridgerton, Ms Marvel, Never Have I Ever etc. to name a few). even in these shows (and others) the fmc is usually paired with white men/men of other ethnicities.

I’ve spent way too much time in my youTH trying to find South Asian, male characters in Western movies/tv shows and finding none. Hollywood represents South Asian men in a negative light (if they exist at all) and our own South Asian media (from the motherland) glorifies toxic masculinity and controlling behavior.

I want to see good, supportive, male characters on the screen! I want them to be South Asian!! I want brown girls to know that they exist!!!

as a brown girl surrounded by questionable men, I know how important it is to see them in popular media. give us hope! give us representation!!

PSA: this is a wholly personal rant and not meant to offend or contradict anyone. maybe no one really cares about this aspect but thank you, Holly Jackson.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday in Chile that it was imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on Washington’s involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup.

“The transparency of the United States could present an opportunity for a new phase in our relationship between the United States and Chile,” Ocasio-Cortez said in Spanish in a video posted on Instagram alongside Camila Vallejo, the spokesperson for the left-leaning government of President Gabriel Boric.

The Democratic congresswoman from New York is part of a delegation of lawmakers who traveled to the capital of Santiago ahead of the 50th anniversary of the coup against President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973.

The delegation had first traveled to Brazil and will now go to Colombia, both of which are also ruled by left-leaning governments.

The goal of the trip was to “start to change … the relationships between the United States and Chile and the region, Latin America as a whole,” Ocasio-Cortez said outside the Museum of Memory and Human Rights that remembers the victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1973 to 1990.

“It’s very important to frame the history of what happened here in Chile with Pinochet’s dictatorship. And also to acknowledge and reflect on the role of the United States in those events,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Ocasio-Cortez said she has introduced legislation to declassify documents related to Chile’s coup and Vallejo said a similar request had been made by the Chilean government.

“In Chile as well, a similar request was made … that aims to declassify documents from the Nixon administration, particularly certain testimonies from the CIA director. This is to attain a clearer understanding of what transpired and how the United States was involved in the planning of the civil and military coup, and the subsequent years that followed,” Vallejo said. “This is very important for our history.”

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat from Texas, said after the delegation’s approximately hourlong visit to the museum in Santiago that it was important to recognize the “truth” that “the United States was involved with the dictatorship and the coup.”

“So that’s why we’re here,” Casar said in Spanish to journalists, “to acknowledge the truth, to begin a new future.”

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro from Texas said the visit to the museum was a reminder that it was important “to make sure that a tragedy and a horror like this never, ever happens again in Chile or in Latin America or anywhere else around the world.”

Earlier in the day, the delegation also met with Santiago Mayor Irací Hassler.

Reps. Nydia Velázquez of New York and Maxwell Frost of Florida also traveled to South America as part of the delegation sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Washington-based think tank.

[tu-es-gegg]

hindi on the qsmp hindi on the qsmp they really are going to put all of asia omg omg:::::;;;;;