one time wanderer

1989 by Taylor Swift (2014) I'd been meaning to listen to this album for quite some time now in one go, and I must say, it's definitely one of the better ones that queen T has graced us with. I listened to it on a moody afternoon, wind blowing, signs of rain in the sky, and I found myself quietly appreciating Taylor's voice, her words, the many personal highs and lows that we are but spectators of. My favourite song would hands down be the third one- Style. It's just a perfect encapsulation of WHY Taylor is still around, and why she just continues to get bigger. When she goes crashing down, she does back each time, and for the foreseeable future, I don't see her going out of style. Blank Space  is of course, Taylor's attempt at "satirising" her own urban legend. Sure sis *winks* it's a parody . Also, throwback at all the annoying gals on my social media who posted their photos with the caption- "Darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like...

SPOILER ALERT (I guess) Okay, I really don't know where to begin, I'm still slightly reeling from the effect this movie had on me. I think the most appropriate place to start would be the thing I can't stop talking about- Manoj Bajpayee's talent as an actor. That man is worth more than all the nepotism products of Bollywood combined. His genius for method acting shines through in every movie of his I've watched, the most recent being Aligarh (2015) (WATCH IT RIGHT NOW IF U HAVEN'T), so I literally can't wait to watch the rest of his filmography. I am honestly still a little stunned by his presence on screen. Now, coming to the second thing I really appreciated about this movie- the screenplay. The fact that it was written by Khalid Mohammed, the son of the actual Zubeida Begum, makes it even more heart-wrenching for me. The dialogues are some of the most beautiful that I've heard, and unlike a lot of Bollywood movies that I've seen, they make th...

SPOILER ALERT FOR PARASITE  (2019) So I recently watched the movie Parasite  and well, I really really loved it. I was trying to come up with some fancy way of saying that, but it's alright to be at a loss for words sometimes. I knew the movie was related to class and capitalism, but I WAS NOT expecting this. The first half did not prepare me for the second half. The former was cool, smart and funny. It had the familiar trope of the clever street smart poor conning the naive and easily manipulated rich. It drew me in, and it made me root for the Kim family. AND THEN. Oh my god. I think this movie has converted me into a Korean movie stan (I've watched 2 already- will list below). I'm going to start haunting the filmographies of the director, Bong Joon-ho, and actors now, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM DID SUCH A BRILLIANT JOB. YUM YUM. My two favourite actors were- 1. Cho Yeo-jeong, who played Mrs. Park- oh god. I just loved watching this woman. Every scene that she was in...

lowkey want to lie down the ground and let the song "dil jalaane ki baat" by ali sethi submerge. go and listen to it if you haven't already. i sent this photo to my girlfriend and she asked me if it was taken from the dining table area in my home. i replied yes, it was. and she said you can call it "from the dining table" in honour of a harry styles song we both love. so there you go, another song recommendation for you. i'd just woken from a heavy afternoon slumber. i get out of my room to make some coffee, and this is what i see. an ordinary evening of extraordinary beauty. in times like these, this is all that we have- beauty in the tiniest things. constructing our own notion of beauty, if you will. it's the raw emotions that pass through you without any conscious effort. love, and all its attendant necessities of feelings. vulnerability, sensitivity and patience. virtues that have to be cultivated, for the rawness to survive. and that's ho...

just another gal shouting into the void. sup?