thinking of my dad who wrote me detailed flight instructions for my first trip abroad and then for years just kept going
Mithila Phadke
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Mithila Phadke
@PhadkeTai
Mumbai ➔ Beijing ➔ London
Joined February 2010
- ngl i have not once whined about how “bras shouldn’t be so expensive!!!” since the day i found out from @lingerie_addict that every single bra, including every element on it, is put together by hand by an actual human person
- Marathi family nickname system for girls: Make it smol 🥰 and pretty!! 🥰🌸 And cuuute af 🥰🌸🐥 Results: Chiutai, Chimu, Rani, Sonu, Sonudi ———— Marathi family nickname system for boys: Add a fuckin “ya” Results: Shantya, Pushkya, Bandya, Padrya, Hagrya, Shembdya
- wanna date a british guy literally just to impress him with my vast knowledge of their slang like “chuffed”, “knackered”, “wanker” and “tum saala ghulam log humari jooti ke neeche hi rahega”
- okay SO. We're a family of four living in Vile Parle -- me, younger sister, and our parents. since the lockdown started, the only person leaving the house very occasionally (once a week at most) was my dad to get essentials. (1/n)does anyone want me to do a thread on what you gotta do on a personal and procedural level when you get covid-19
- “normalise eating in a restaurant alone” “normalise socialising that doesn’t involve alcohol” “normalise going to the movies by yourself” “normalise going on vacation to just relax” did you know you’re an adult and can do whatever you want
- me: knows lbs is pronounced “pounds” also me: elbeez
- no need for the ghagra babes we know what "desi" meansWhat Desi books do you want to read?
- why do we (privileged Indians who speak and write in English) act like knowing the language hasn’t been a major gateway to a far better standard of living? it’s actually been a prerequisite for a long while.
- my pressure cooker brings all my firang flatmates to the yard and they’re like um is it supposed to sound like that
- is there an anonymous complaint line to report private businesses that are forcing employees to come to work during lockdown?
