On this day, 15 August 1973, the radical Dalit Panthers group organised a protest of 200 people through the streets of Mumbai. The group, formed the previous year, fought for the rights of Dalits (also known as “untouchables” in the Hindu caste system), and was inspired by the US Black Panther party. The demonstration coincided with the 26th anniversary of Indian independence, and was entitled “Kala Swatantrya Din” – Black Independence Day, and the group declared that they “claim a close relationship with this [US Black] struggle”. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/2058178984367241/?type=3
Chikan (Urdu: چکن کاری, Hindi: चिकन की कढ़ाई, चिकनकारी) is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow in India. Translated, the word means embroidery, and it is one of Lucknow's best known textile decoration styles. The technique of creation of a chikan work is known as chikankari. Chikan is a delicate and artfully done hand embroidery on a variety of textile fabrics like muslin, silk, chiffon, organza, net, etc. White thread is embroidered on cool, pastel shades of light muslin and cotton garments. Chikan embroidery is mostly done on fabrics like cotton, crepe, chiffon, silk, or any other fabric which is light and which highlights the embroidery. The fabric cannot be too thick or hard, else the embroidery needle won't pierce it. The piece begins with one or more pattern blocks that are used to block-print a pattern on the ground fabric. The embroiderer stitches the pattern, and the finished piece is carefully washed to remove all traces of the printed pattern. The patterns and effects created depend on the stitches and the thicknesses of the threads used.
“ I’ve always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey. ”
Lata Mangeshkar (September 28, 1929 - February 6, 2022)
mahira khan for mohsin naveed ranjha ✨
Taj Mahal, Agra, India by Ran Chakrabarti
I’m worthy of good things it doesn’t matter what weight I am or what my body looks like 💕
Brihadeeswara Temple an Architectural Marvel!
And its literally bringing tears to my eyes seeing people from 1st world countries being anti vaxx because what kind of fucking privilege u must have :/ literally people r dying to get vaccinated over here and they don’t even get to bc there isn’t enough vaccines :/ this pandemic has hit the global south the hardest and people who get the chance to get vaxxed but refuse to... its no longer a personal choice... you have blood on your hands.
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“there are many children in afghanistan, but little childhood.”
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Never Forget the Reign of Terror waged against Muslims (and by extension, Sikhs profiled as being Muslim) in the nearly two decades following 9/11.
Mahira Khan on FUCHSIA magazine, Sep. 2019
Chinese brushwork meets Indian dance.
From the Indian Dancing Gesture series of Ye Qianyu dated from the 1970s 1977 and 1988 (thanks na-vidya-na-avidya for pointing out the error).
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