lizaattwood:

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mood: phoebe tonkin carrying flowers while looking depressed and annoyed

damn-salvatore:

And yet crime has continued.

langblrwhy: “[Just because white people couldn’t do it, doesn’t mean it was aliens] ”

langblrwhy:

[Just because white people couldn’t do it, doesn’t mean it was aliens]

vintageindianclothing: ““ Of course it is impossible in cold countries to display the beauty of ornaments, which have to be worn on the bare body, for if they did so they would suffer severely from cold. So the fondness for ornaments is transferred...

vintageindianclothing:

Of course it is impossible in cold countries to display the beauty of ornaments, which have to be worn on the bare body, for if they did so they would suffer severely from cold. So the fondness for ornaments is transferred to, and is satisfied by, the niceties of dress. As in India the fashions in ornaments change very often, so in the West the fashions in dress change every moment. Civilisation and Dress, Swami Vivekananda: Complete Works.

Vivekananda’s perspective on the Indian use of jewellery and how it has multiple meanings regarding style, status and the like.

Today is Yuva Diwas/National Youth Day.

The artwork is Palli Badhu (Village Bride) - described as a watercolour on silk, in the wash style that features a bride with embellishments against a lightly coloured sari - by the Odia painter Bimbadhar Varma. Via IPCA.