Beth Loves Bollywood (Beth Watkins)

LOOK AT HIM! (Yes I am rewatching Siddhartha. Yes you will hear the results on Filmi Ladies soon.)

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Once again spending some quality time with Shashi Kapoor and his eyelashes.

YouTube video by FilmiLadies Filmi Ladies episode 185: Deepika Padukone (superstars series 28)

We do not doubt that Deepika Padukone is a superstar, but we had a hard time pinning down exactly why. youtu.be/FbeNUxpfkdQ?...

No doubt! And I never made it west of…Hamilton, basically! There’s so much I never saw. Nowadays I keep thinking maybe I could retire to Montreal after some intense refreshing of my French.

Every now and then I wonder what life would have been like if I had never moved back from Canada. In this particular political moment of course it would be infinitely better (but still enraging), but also I could never have afforded to stay in TO.

All is good and normal in my world for a welcome moment: after an evening of fond thoughts about my old Toronto home, I wake up to a text from a friend in Montreal about whether something is or is not poutine.

YouTube video by FilmiLadies Filmi Ladies episode 185: Deepika Padukone (superstars series 28)

We do not doubt that Deepika Padukone is a superstar, but we had a hard time pinning down exactly why. youtu.be/FbeNUxpfkdQ?...

Exhibit going up! I love my job.

News flash! Turns out I DO have a useful skill for the coming apocalypse: yesterday the fire department gave me a medal for being the second fastest person to put out the fire at a training. 💁🏻‍♀️

Cat does not want human grade chicken I am using to try to trick him into eating medicine. Cat wants only standard kibble. I should have trusted my instinct that I am not enough of a strategic thinker to have a cat.

why are cats so soft and yet so sharp

“I believe she is quite insistent on marching into spinsterhood.”

Oh Bridgerton.

The vet has a sign that says “this waiting room has had ___ days without poop” currently set at 3, and that is so much better than we are doing as a society.

More people need to believe me when I say I am bad at Scrabble. This is not false modesty! I love words and writing, so being bad at it is embarrassing for me anyway, and then a second round of shame arrives when whoever plays with me invariably realizes I wasn’t kidding.

it's so useful when the universe saves you from yourself

I thought he was but I can’t find him! He is on insta. He just did a bug video about Harinam Singh when he died a few weeks aho

I bet our friend Aseem knows. I should ask.

Ohhhhh yes indeed. Wonder if Harinam Singh was thus inspired?

I'm doing a Simpsons rewatch from the very beginning, and s1e6 Moaning Lisa is really hitting where it hurts.
"Lisa , there's no room for crazy bebop in My Country Tis of Thee!"
"But Mr Largo, that's what my country's all about!"
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Mmmm coconut chocolate is such a good combo!

YouTube video by Shemaroo Filmi Gaane Music I Love - Avinash Wadhavan - Karishma Kapoor - Paapi Gudiya - Bollywood Songs - Alka Yagnik

Woke up with this unhinged 90s marvel in my head.
"HIIIIIII! Do you love music? SO DO I!"
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That’s lovely!

Are you going to listen to the playlist to try to figure out its inspiration?

I miss it often because I cannot hivemind (neither ask nor contribute to) anything here. Plus I think we were having more fun over there at very specific and long-ago times, like 2010, which is when I mean when I say I miss it.

Deeply uncertain about this pomegranate Tootsie Pop.

I don't think he's a cop either!

A little in awe of Jeetendra's mid-80s suit in Locket. The jacket silhouette! The color! The diagonal zippered pocket!

IFTEKHAR WITHOUT A MUSTACHE
I REPEAT
IFTEKHAR WITHOUT A MUSTACHE

(Locket, 1986)

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From the TheSimpsons community on Reddit: The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it. The Carthaginians knew it. Now you know it. Explore this post and more from the TheSimpsons community

Herman on the Simpsons (at least, as far as I know).
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“The Greeks knew it. the Carthaginians knew it. Now YOU know it.”