vtoasia:

Mithun promotes the VCR. Vintage Bollywood.

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indian-food:

Lays Magic Masala Chips

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nerdyninjanicole:

Lakshmi Bai, the Jhansi Ki Rani (queen of Jhansi), was one badass woman. When she was growing up at court, she studied self-defense, horsemanship, archery, and formed her own army out of all her female friends. She married and had one son and adopted another, but both her son and husband died, and since an adopted son couldn’t take the throne, she became queen. In 1857, a rebellion began in India against the British after rumors spread that the bullet casings for rifles were coated in pork and beef fat, insulting Muslims and Hindus alike. She ended up fighting against the British, one of whom called her “remarkable for her beauty, cleverness and perseverance”, as well as “the most dangerous of all the rebel leaders”. She was killed in battle in 1858.

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fuckyeahapihistory:

In California, a small “Mexican-Hindu” community rose up in the early 20th century, as male immigrants from Punjab – mostly Sikh – married Hispanic women and started uniquely bicultural families. U.S. immigration laws restricted South Asian women from immigrating to America, while miscegenation laws forbid South Asian men from marrying white women. Marriages between South Asian men and Hispanic women – classified by law within the same racial category – resulted in bicultural children with names like “Maria Singh” and “Jose Rai.”

courtesy of Talha

Aww boo-hoo.

Apparently “desi hunks” are more popular than “desipunks.”

This is how we do.