Can't stop thinking about the fact that there's a Pakistani Panjabi movie from 1986 where Hitler survives WW2, runs off to Panjab, settles down with a local wife and raises a son named Hitlar who grows up to be a gangster in rural Panjab.
Most people hear heavy metal and think aggression. Elif Shafak listens to metal while writing award-winning novels about water, Yazidi grandmothers, and ancient cities. She believes we have it all wrong when it comes to heavy metal:
"Heavy metal is so honest. It's so raw. It's all about raw emotions. I love the contrasts, particularly in melodic death metal — the clean vocals with the guttural, the harshness, the intensity of it. It's not pretentious. It is what it is.
It's a myth to think that people who listen to this kind of music are aggressive souls. Many metalheads are actually very gentle souls, including many heavy metal musicians.
When I like a song that speaks to me in that moment, I can listen to that song on repeat, maybe 70 or 80 times. I don't jump from one song to the next. That's how I zoom in and zoom out, and then I'm in a different place.
When I listen to this kind of music, I feel calmer."
so good. everyday, what would have been a milestone purchase - gets put on the same shelf, making almost everything equivalent, accessible and disposable. Almost dissolving aspiration while labelling it “within your reach now!”
it’s a universal law that every hair dresser you go to for the first time - must begin the styling ritual by roasting tf out of any hair cut / color choice you’ve ever made
Our Kutchi Bags - a bestseller from our store since the past 2 years - are made by a crew of 5 - led by everyone’s favourite Radha Didi. Our latest drop will take you behind the scenes - to the village that crafts these into the gems we love.
sometimes, I have days where I look at my 6 people team churning out 10L / month and just go - GUYS, WE ARE REALLY DOING THIS, WITH NO MONEY, JUST VIBES.
other days - I look at cash flows and STFU