

Aditya Pant ناؔقِد
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Poetry, music, films.... #Naaqid https://t.co/YsDOtQ6KuT Adhoore Haafize https://t.co/KMU2IuuGcL




Post your favorite first-watches of March 🍿

Another reason to learn Persian as an Indian H/U speaker — less so for Pakistanis ig — is how impenetrable high register Urdu can sound with its Persian loans. For instance, I just heard someone say "aaKHirash" on a podcast. I'd never seen "aaKHir" with the "-ash" suffix before.










bit late but here's fire (1996), a film said to be loosely based on ismat chughtai's story 'lihaaf'. it's the first depiction of lesbianism in mainstream indian cinema. plus a documentary on the homophobic backlash it received from hindu supremacists. transfer.it/t/3UIRgdszmDpA

Presented by Spike Jonze and David Fincher, this Tarsem Singh film was self-financed, shot in 28 countries and took over four years to complete.




Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🧡