Strider

Consultant-turned-product-manager who posts about music, film, maps, geopolitics, and hikes in California

[Strider @StriderEl]

@missmaddenstein Maybe you could just block the front camera and record the audio.

[Strider @StriderEl]

Incorrect comparison because Europe is not a real continent. It’s an interesting peninsula at best.

[Jacob Hayseed @HiraethHayseed]

Europe's shape is just better than every other continent

[Strider @StriderEl]

I’m a simp 𝗅̶𝖾̶ ̶𝗆̶𝖺̶𝗇̶ 𝖿̲𝗈̲𝗋̲ ̲𝖫̲𝖺̲𝗋̲𝖺̲ ̲𝖣̲𝗎̲𝗍̲𝗍̲𝖺̲. I see her pic. I hit like.

[D @krrzz231]

Is that Lara Dutta ??

[Strider @StriderEl]

You literally called Beijing terrible in your other list. Make up your mind, or maybe stop using AI to create lists.

[CR Sanchez @crsanchezx]

🥈 Peor

· Seúl 🇰🇷 (Pekín le gana por goleada)
· Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 (vive a la sombra de Dubái)
· Yakarta 🇮🇩 (agotadora y muy ruidosa)
· Kuwait City 🇰🇼 (carísima y nada especial)

🥇 Terrible ↓↓

[Strider @StriderEl]

Kudos to Gen Z for coming up with “bhaang-bhosda.” I’ve been laughing for the last half hour.😂

[Chirag @chiragiscooking]

Everyone is bullish on India until they start their own business and they need 15 papers of bhang bhosda and a current account just to integrate a payment gateway.

[soybean @treatyoma]

look at all the Indian-origin people on that list

[Strider @StriderEl]

@ABiggerSpalash 🤝

[Strider @StriderEl]

@curious_omni The music director is her husband Vishal Bhardwaj.

[Strider @StriderEl]

Case in point: Rekha Bhardwaj is an all-time fave but even she has a hard time pronouncing “baadal” in this stunning Haryanvi folk composition called Baadal Uthiya.

She ends up saying “बादड़” (left video), whereas Prem Dehati correctly says “बादळ” (right video).

[Strider @StriderEl]

More on Sanskrit-derived words in Bollywood music: Check out how crisply Shreya Ghoshal pronounces “vatavaran” (atmosphere) in Milan Abhi (Vivah).

I come back to this line every time just to listen to how she relishes the retroflex ण. Most singers today can barely enunciate.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@KumaoniDeepti No idea but the film was mostly shot in Uttarakhand.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@squickachu Tbf Alia clearly put in a lot of effort here but she simply doesn’t have striking beauty or strong screen presence needed to stand out in a period setting. I was still looking at Madhuri just standing while Alia twirled around.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@Manish_Pajan Both Shreya and Udit got the ण sound right in the earlier video, but there’s always a khanak in Shreya’s voice that simply adds a new dimension.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@Manish_Pajan Rekha Bhardwaj doesn’t have the range of Shreya or Sunidhi, and her Hindi/Urdu syllables tend to be inconsistent. However, I think she’s an exceptional singer for specific genres.

Ab Mujhe Koi is one of my absolute favorites by her, but she struggles with “aitbaar” (एतबार) here.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@Ketanomy Papua New Guinea. Also IIRC India is 3rd, not 2nd.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@WineNWhine_ Yeah, and it came very naturally to her. She didn’t need to try too hard to look simple and graceful. Unfortunately, Bollywood didn’t give her much to work on.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@rameenwhile It’s double entendre. Via Agra, yes, but also Viagra because she in a ghaghra turns people on (“Ghaghra ghaghra tera Via-agra”).

Agra is nowhere on the route from Baghdad to Delhi, so it’s an unrealistic pit stop anyway.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@Main_Khamakha They were probably kids when they first heard the song, so no one told them about the joke.

[Strider @StriderEl]

@insaneani_ Hehe, this gif reminds me that the entire movie is very Sanskrit-coded actually.

[Strider @StriderEl]

More on Sanskrit-derived words in Bollywood music: Check out how crisply Shreya Ghoshal pronounces “vatavaran” (atmosphere) in Milan Abhi (Vivah).

I come back to this line every time just to listen to how she relishes the retroflex ण. Most singers today can barely enunciate.

[Peak Lyricism @yoonshabnami]

what's your favorite use of a rare word/phrase in a song?

[Strider @StriderEl]

Theme: Framed

A window, a doorway, branches, shadows or anything else that frames your subject.

[Amit Dabas @amitdabasphotos]

Photo challenge 📷

Theme: Framed

A window, a doorway, branches, shadows or anything else that frames your subject.

Let’s see your best photo.