aen [he/him]

br*tish/indian, i like reading and music and hate having adhd

also started learning pixel art :3

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Cake day: January 1st, 2023

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  • diwali in leicester is awesome, you walk through random streets and you just see people lighting fireworks in the middle of the street

    its a lot louder when you're like directly underneath a massive fucking firework

    you all should come if you ever find the displeasure of being near the midlands of these cursed isles
















  • yay!! tbh i feel like i squandered all the opportunities i was given when i was a teenager to connect with my heritage more, and now its a lot harder to do it. like i had the opportunity to learn gujarati but i mostly messed around in class and now i regret it

    also

    i think hinduism is less of a monolith which makes it harder to be vocal about it, i suppose. and when they are vocal, it's in india and very related to islamophobia. at least in the uk where i live, hindus are either indifferent about preaching about their religion, but when they are super religious, they channel that preachy energy towards islamophobia


  • today is the final day of navratri!! every year i go to the mandir to do garba but this year i was sick and now i have work so i haven't been able to go, but i get to go today. im so excited

    when i think about my indian-ness or hindu-ness, this is the only festival i really think of since its the only one i actively participate in where i feel like i belong. also its still hard trying to describe what garba is to white people lol