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enigma-the-mysterious · 2 months
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We have moved on from the reverse casteism phase to the thinly veiled racism phase. Stay tuned to find out what new stuff hindutvavadis are going to come up with next 👍🏽😀
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Trump would be so proud of these people
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sheislosingsanity · 24 days
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got 99 problems but being a bangali naree ain't one✨️💅
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bongboyblog · 9 months
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A walk through Bengal's architecture
Bengali architecture has a long and rich history, fusing indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent with influences from other areas of the world. Present-day Bengal architecture includes the nation of Bangladesh as well as the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam's Barak Valley. West Bengal’s architecture is an amalgamation of ancient urban architecture, religious architecture, rural vernacular architecture, colonial townhouses and country houses, and modern urban styles. Bengal architecture is the architecture of Wind, Water, and Clay. The Pala Empire (750–1120), which was founded in Bengal and was the final Buddhist imperial force on the Indian subcontinent, saw the apex of ancient Bengali architecture. The majority of donations went to Buddhist stupas, temples, and viharas. Southeast Asian and Tibetan architecture was influenced by Pala architecture. The Grand Vihara of Somapura, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the most well-known structure erected by the Pala rulers.
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The Grand Vihara of Somapura
According to historians, the builders of Angkor Wat in Cambodia may have taken inspiration from Somapura. Bengal architecture became known for its use of terracotta due to the scarcity of stone in the area. Clay from the Bengal Delta was used to make bricks.
The temple architecture has distinct features like the rich wall decoration, often known as the terracotta temples, which was one of the remarkable elements of Bengali temple architecture. The double-roofed architecture of thatched huts was replicated by Bengali temples. Square platforms were used to construct the temples. Burnt brick panels with figures in geometric patterns or substantial sculptural compositions served as the temples' adornment.
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Dochala style
These served as models for many temples that were built in undivided Bengal. Construction materials used in ancient times included wood and bamboo. Bengal has alluvial soil, so there isn't a lot of stone there. The bricks that were utilized to build the architectural components were made from stone, wood, black salt, and granite. Bengal has two different types of temples: the Rekha type, which is smooth or ridged curvilinear, and the Bhadra form, which has horizontal tiers that gradually get smaller and is made up of the amalaka sila. Mughal architecture, including forts, havelis, gardens, caravanserais, hammams, and fountains, spread throughout the area during the Mughal era in Bengal. Mosques built by the Mughals in Bengal also took on a distinctive regional look. The two major centers of Mughal architecture were Dhaka and Murshidabad. The do-chala roof custom from North India was imitated by the Mughals.
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Jorasako thakurbari
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The Rasmancha is a heritage building located at Bishnupur, Bankura district, West Bengal.
Influence of the world on Bengal architecture: Although the Indo-Saracenic architectural style predominated in the area, Neo-Classical buildings from Europe were also present, particularly in or close to trading centers. While the majority of country estates had a stately country house, Calcutta, Dacca, Panam, and Chittagong all had extensive 19th and early 20th-century urban architecture that was equivalent to that of London, Sydney, or other British Empire towns. Calcutta experienced the onset of art deco in the 1930s. Indo-Saracenic architecture can be seen in Ahsan Manzil and Curzon Hall in Dhaka, Chittagong Court Building in Chittagong, and Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad.
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Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad
The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, designed by Vincent Esch also has Indo-Saracenic features, possibly inspired by the Taj Mahal. Additionally, Kolkata's bungalows, which are being demolished to make way for high-rise structures, have elements of art deco. The 1950s in Chittagong saw a continuation of Art Deco influences. The Bengali modernist movement, spearheaded by Muzharul Islam, was centered in East Pakistan. In the 1960s, many well-known international architects, such as Louis Kahn, Richard Neutra, Stanley Tigerman, Paul Rudolph, Robert Boughey, and Konstantinos Doxiadis, worked in the area.
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The Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban
This iconic piece of contemporary Bangladeshi architecture, was created by Louis Kahn. Midsized skyscrapers dominate the cityscapes of contemporary Bengali cities, which are frequently referred to as "concrete jungles." With well-known architects like Rafiq Azam, architecture services play a key role in the urban economies of the area. Overall Bengal architecture was influenced by various contemporaries of their time and continues to evolve.
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Gothic architectural style seen in St. Paul's Cathedral in Kolkata.
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Zamindar era buildings in ruin.
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Belur Math in Howrah
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suniah · 24 days
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''Why come to see the moon,
If you’re going to make it rain?''
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-bangla metaphor
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myladytara · 22 days
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আমাদের এক ফেমিনিস্ট বান্ধবী একদিন সিগারেট খাইতে খাইতে বলতেসিলো, অমুকের বয়ফ্রেন্ড নাকি ওরে ক্যাম্পাসের কোন ছেলেদের সাথে মিশতে দেয় না। এতো টক্সিক বাবারে বাবা!!
আর এই যে আমারে দেখ, আমি বিড়ি খাইয়া আমার ছেলেবন্ধুদের সাথে রাতে কনসার্ট দেখতে গেলেও আমার বয়ফ্রেন্ড কিছু বলে না। এতো উদার।
আমি জিগাইসিলাম, তো, তুই রাইতের বেলা তোর ছেলে বেস্টুদের লগে কনসার্ট দেখতে যাস না কেন?
বিড়ির ধোঁয়া ছাড়তে ছাড়তে তার হতাশ উত্তর, কারণ, আমারে কেউ নিতে চায় না।
সুন্দরী মেয়েদের বয়ফ্রেন্ডরা কেন পজেসিভ বা প্রোটেক্টিভ হয়, আর বিড়ি বা গাঞ্জা খাওয়া মেয়েদের বয়ফ্রেন্ডরা কেন এতো উদার হয়, সেই প্রশ্নটার উত্তর সেদিন থেকে আমি জানি।
রাণী রাসমণি আর রইস্যার নানী দুইজনই মেয়ে। রাণী রাসমনি এলিট, তার প্রতি সবার আগ্রহ আছে, স্বাভাবিকভাবেই তার নিরাপত্তার কনসার্ন বেশি হবে, প্রচুর বডিগার্ড থাকবে, প্রোটোকল থাকবে।
এখন ঐটা দেখে যদি রইস্যার নানী নাক সিটকায়ে বলে, "এহহ, ঢং দেখে আর বাঁচি না। এই রাস্তা দিয়ে আমিও তো দিনে দশবার হাটি, কই, আমার তো এতো বডিগার্ড লাগে না? ওর লাগে মানে ঐ মেয়ের নিশ্চয়ই সমস্যা আছে" তাহলে কেমনে হবে?
মানুষ সবাইকে একভাবে ট্রিট করে না। যে যত স্পেশাল, তারে নিয়ে মানুষের কনসার্ন বেশি থাকে, বেশি থাকে হারানোর ভয়ও।
এইজন্য সবার আগে সক্রেটিসের কথাটা মাথায় রাখা জরুরি। নো দাইসেল্ফ। নিজেকে জানতে হবে। আপনি রইস্যার নানী, ঐটা সমস্যা না। কিন্তু আপনি নিজে রইস্যার নানী হয়ে যখন আপনি সবাইকেই আপনার মতো নানী ভেবে বসেন, এবং সবাইকে কেন আপনার মতো করে ট্রিট করে না, ঐ প্রশ্ন করে বসেন, তাহলে কেমনে হবে?
Know the difference.
Happy women's day y'all girlies out there ♡♡♡
@rozatherella girl you inspire me the most ♡lobe u loads 🥺🫶
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jochona · 15 days
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what my humour has come down to
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zindagi-se-darte-ho · 2 months
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I Forget The Rules of This Game.
'one sided shesher kobita'
i gave you my copy of shesher kobita with little pencil annotates in it. i gave you a piece of literature dear to me and i expected you to give me your heart in return; an unfair trade. although i had put a piece of my heart in the pages of the book —my thoughts—, your eyes saw none of it, your heart read none of it.
plath writes in one of her earlier journal entries — "there is so much hurt in this game of searching for a companion, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and you turn away in tears."
and one day you returned the book, you never showed up again. yes, i forgot the rules of this game. and i forgot that you were good at.
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kethabali · 7 months
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i just think its so cool how multilingual people's brains switch automatically when they use another language when i read arabic i automatically start reading from the right without even registering it even though i read left to right most of the time is that not amazing
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binnte-dil · 10 months
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bipasha basu, shob charitro kalponik সব চরিত্র কাল্পনিক (2009) dir. rituparno ghosh
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arachneofthoughts · 1 year
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এক ফালি ইতিহাস
A Slice of History
So my father went to the Kolkata International Bookfair or any Bangali's favourite Boimela. He saw a stall of Sulekha inks...The Sulekha inks and of course he had to explore.
Let me share with you a brief history of Sulekha....
Around 1932 Satish Das Gupta, an ex-chemist of Bengal Chemicals prepares Swadeshi ink, names it Krishnadhara and sells it through Khadi outlets. He then hands the recipe over to Maitra brothers Shankaracharya and Nani Gopal and asked them to make the ink commercially and call it Sulekha ( there is also a story which claims Kobiguru Rabindranath Thakur gave them the name সুলেখা or Sulekha ). After years of an illustrious journey they closed around 1990 and then reopened in 2006.
So my father purchased three things. Two inks and a notebook.
The first ink is a blood red ink called সেলাম ( Selaam or Salaam ). It was made as a gift to Bangladesh commemorating The Language Movement ( ভাষা আন্দোলন ). At first 21 bottles were gifted as a tribute to 21st February. And the creator of the ink mixed in a drop of his blood in the first 21 bottles. Then the ink became popular and was manufactured more. It is a beautiful red colour...and every drop of this ink holds in it the memories of every drop of blood shed for my beloved Bangla Bhasha.
The second ink is a vibrant green. Coloured just like the green of India's Tiranga. This ink was formulated on the day after India's Independence. It is called Swadhin or স্বাধীন.
The third is a notebook made in collaboration with jamini Ray's family. And I absolutely love that notebook.
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modernday-donjuan · 24 days
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বিচিত্র মৃত্যুর আগে শান্তির কিছুটা প্রয়োজন।
Before a mysterious and strange end of life, My heart desires a bit of tranquility.
জীবনানন্দ দাস | Jibanananda Das
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enigma-the-mysterious · 2 months
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hindutvavadis to-
bengalis: get out to bangladesh 👿
christians: haha rice bag 🤣 🫵
TN: low iq [insert colourist slur] who should have also gotten genocided by sri lanka😂
also hindutvavadis: why don’t these people take pride in their indian identity 😡🤬
Hindutvavadis: Embrace your culture! Feel proud of it! Be unapologetic!
Bengalis: Ok
Hindutvavadis: Wait, not like that
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sheislosingsanity · 11 days
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The feminine urge to say, "Ekta thappor marbo" to anyone who ruins your mood.
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bongboyblog · 1 year
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সবাইকে দোল পূর্ণিমার শুভেচ্ছা! 🎨 Happy Dol Pūrṇimā!
Happy Holi to the rest of the subcontinent! 🎨
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meghdut · 1 year
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A little poem
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ক্লান্ত দিঘির পাড়
            সবুজ পানির বুকে
শাপলা ফোটে লাল,
কাজল হতে ধূম ঢাকিলো
ক্লান্ত দিঘির পাড়॥
~ স্বয়ং, সিন্ধু
(tr. "Green waters, where the waterlilies bloom red, as it became dark, fog hid the lazy lake's bank")
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myladytara · 4 months
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"কি অদ্ভুত এক ���িয়ম, এখানে মানুষ মানুষের শূন্য জীবনে আসে, তাকে আরও বেশি একা করে দেয়ার জন্য।"
— সে বসে একা।🎥
Translates to-
"What a strange rule, here people come into people's empty life only to make him more alone."
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