i dont actually look south indian, so i get to hear all the 'oh these madrasi people' jokes. then i quietly inform them i'm malayali. the flustered awkwardness is great.

aye haye. if i ever visit amrika i'd try and be snooty but that'll probably get me killed.

in fact, christianity in india is older than colonial india (i had to study church history before i could take communion), and a great deal of indian christian culture is adapted from the culture around, depending on where the churches were initially established.
god the baseline for indian tourism is about the sheer…

and in ra.one, apparently eating curd with noodles, with hands. because we're incapable of commonsense.
my dad took to referring to all north indians who called him madrasi as bihari it was basically the best.

exactly. and since we wash our hands afterwards like hygienic human beings, i feel crusty asses shouldn't be judging at all.

hahahahaha
i am very south indian, living in north india makes me emphasize it even more because lord knows if you dont subscribe to their stereotype you're nigh invisible.

haan no? and when i visited europe i was horrified by the lack of bum showers like why do you not wash after you take the poopies?

oh god those are the worst like. the cities you're walking in are just as real this isn't some everything is maya situation here.
also whit people in indian beaches are hilarious because they think they can tan but mostly turn lobster red.

you south indian child i feel great affection for you rn almost as much as i feel for sambhar.

ahhhh i love the smell of the bubonic plague with my coffee

but hey what do they care, maybe we shouldn't mention that other people at risk includes immigrants because it might fuel the anti-vaxxers.

hate-read is now my favourite description

its such a matter of great pride and relief when the indian government was all- i think we're finally rid of polio guys.
its hella funny that immigrants are asked to produce reams of paperwork assuring the american government that we've had all our shots even if its a shot business visit but actual citizens get to…

fairly certain fifty shades of grey takes the idea of consent and forgets it among the many many times when ana is not 'supposed' to like things, gets her interests ignored, and gets yelled at for safewording. BDSM isn't the problem genius, an abusive controlling Dom is.

also Partition is arguably one of Queen B's most take charge songs on that album which i suppose explains his discomfort.

why would you be careful if you intensely dislike it?

yeah i mean babies have never seen breasts before they must be totally traumatized.