The Gaali Project

Reforming India's vocabulary, one word of discontent at a time.

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@TheGaaliProject is now on @alexa99. Go on, #AskAlexa to start The Gaali Project and learn new words of discontent.
#thegaaliproject
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[Strong Language @stronglang]

"We have been discovering slang that is so evocative." More on India's @TheGaaliProject:
https://t.co/ckOJYcshmk

[Strong Language @stronglang]

Two Indian women have created @TheGaaliProject, a glossary of insults that don't punch down
https://t.co/2pSnFWcr4O

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@Bluesir9 @sidin @tamanna_0801 This is truly beautiful! :)

[Vishan Seru @Bluesir9]

@sidin @tamanna_0801 @TheGaaliProject Kashmiri's also operate on a healthy diet of "Trath" which translates to a "cloudburst".

Oh F**k!/Shit! == "Trath!"
F**k that person/thing == "Pey trath aemis" i.e. hope a cloud bursts on that person.

Not an alternative to a gender based curse word but still 🤷‍♂️

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

Thanks for the follow @krnx! Hope some of the ungendered abuses make it to your shows too :)

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@sidin @tamanna_0801 Or better still, #AskAlexa to launch The Gaali Project. She will give you a new ungendered gaali. Or 20.

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@sidin @tamanna_0801 This one is from our dear Uttar Pradesh.

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@sidin @tamanna_0801 GO TO INSTAGRAM! Ok, one more - Lur Ke Bhai Fatehpur. Aap batao kaun lur kaun Fatehpur 😅 It simply means a really stupid person.

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

Is it possible to take the misogyny and bigotry out of cursing? https://t.co/qzS4GxMDSQ

[Reem Khokhar @ReemKhokhar]

My new piece on @TheGaaliProject's attempt to find a disagreeable vocabulary that everyone can agree on.

[Cityofwomenpodcast @TheCityofwomen]

Just finished reading @reemkhokhar's story on @TheGaaliProject for Atlas Obscura which crowdsources a range of "cleaner" Indian dirty words as alternates to the more misogynistic and bigoted #swearwords in common use. https://t.co/WwWhYQkZHz

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

Mil jaaye to humein bhi bataana.
#bollywoodmemes #gaalimemes #bollywood #indianmemes #desimemes #funnymemes #hindimemes #memesdaily #thegaaliproject #indianlanguages #indiangaalis

[WeTheWomen @WeTheWomenAsia]

“Why do trolls have all the airspace?”

@TheGaaliProject founders Neha and Tamanna in conversation with @BDUTT explain how to ‘reimagine the gaali’- https://t.co/AGUdUNQZWM

#WeTheWomen #Trolls #TheGaaliProject

[WeTheWomen @WeTheWomenAsia]

“Giving them a tongue twister that sounds like MC-BC.”

Neha Thakur, co-founder of @TheGaaliProject in conversation with @BDUTT on how children have been conditioned to abusive language since a young age.

Watch here- https://t.co/AGUdUNQZWM

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

#HTWknd | The brains of a brinjal. A box of water. A hysterical pup.

Two women are putting together a glossary of curse words that are funny, endearing, and don't demean women or minorities
@TheGaaliProject

(madhusree_gh writes)

https://t.co/hZABLFCa9s

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

#HTWknd | The brains of a brinjal. A box of water. A hysterical pup. Two women are putting together a glossary of curse words that are funny, endearing, and don't demean women or minorities @TheGaaliProject. Via madhusree_gh

https://t.co/hZABLFkyKS

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@harish3912 Branches and classes? You’re not making a lot of sense. So we’ll just let it go. Have a nice day.

[The Gaali Project @TheGaaliProject]

@harish3912 No infringing on free speech. It’s a much more fundamental question - who are you really abusing when your abuse is laced with misogyny? Hardly a tough question to answer.