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Ira (wearing blue shawl and maroon shirt) tries to act casual about the best pizza she's ever had (feta, arugula, truffle on half and ham and pepperoni on the other half)

Ira gives up trying to be nonchalant about aforementioned pizza

My friend has pictures of me marveling at the exact same pizza order (the best that i've had every time i have it) from every single trip home since i moved away for school

How to write when sit at computer but write one word and delete three is the only instinct help

- Tumblr before yahoo bought it (rip)
- bluesky (especially the first couple of months after mass migration)
- undergrad
- my friend's house in delhi
- when I was still able to act, the stage was my fav place to be
#SwiftieSkyline

I found old videos of myself from high school - I'm sad for the teenager I was, so anxious, with all these voices (external and internalized) telling me I needed to be smaller

Yes pls!

She's got the spirit...

Black text on white background reading: I still remember the look on your face, lit through the darkness at 1:58.

Black text on white background reading: That July 9th, the beat of your heart.

He's just a little guy

Wise men once read fake news
And they believed it
Jackals raised their hackles
You couldn't conceive it
You were sleeping soundly
When they dragged you from your bed
And I tried to warn you about them

I couldn't find the kind of cucumbers he wanted 🥺

Whoops 😅 sending good vibes with the hope you get a delicious meal soon

Aw bestie maybe one day I'll be rich enough to fly you to my place. My mom looooves cooking for guests lol

YES

It's a crab curry with rice that my mom makes - very similar to a Louisiana crab boil, incidentally! Lots of cumin, some chilli, and garam masala - it's sooooo good in the summer

Posted! Also adorable cat in your profile picture! What's their name?

Happy biiiiirthday

This chai slapped. My dad was smoking so he told me to drink it in the car. After kulhad, glass is my favourite vessel material for chai

Ajwain Parathas, egg curry, and salad

Har gow at a very fancy restaurant (mains were so expensive I got two appetizers instead - highly recommend)

Char siu bao at the same restaurant

Last one for today (7) thank you for entertaining this thread!

Mango milkshake from the same stall at my alma mater - it was soooo nice to see the guy who runs it after YEARS. Also this is exactly what my dorm room looked like way back when so I was sooo sentimental lol

Food at the college mess, especially for our alumni meet up - dal makhani, bhindi, palak paneer, butter chicken, chaach, rice and gulab jamun

My favouritest dhaba on campus, though I didn't get to see the guy who runs it b3cause he was on vacation but I still got smacked with nostalgia. Honey chilli potato and soya chaap, and some sweet lime soda out of frame

Mandatory dosa order no. 2. This one was at Delhi Airport and was named after the bangalore street where I was born!

Tbh I didn't think I had this many pictures (please forgive me for posting in fours, I just like how it looks) (6)

It was so good, my hope is to one day be able to share with all my bluesky peeps

Roti and paneer gravy (I think it was made with cashew and cream primarily) soooo good

Mandatory masala dosa order no. 1

Sugarcane cocktail with a a sugarcane stick stirrer that was tasty too - some of the writing is obscured but I think it said banarasi patiala

More roti and paneer

So how's your day going? I hope you get delicious food today (5)

My mom made a delicious crab curry

My friend makes the best cold coffee

Paneer roll at friend's house

Chutney and egg sandwich like we used to get on the traaaain

More (4)

Steel plate with mangoes

Another steel plate with a different kind of mango

Steel bowl with litchi that my sweet friend hosting me in delhi specially brought for me because I hadn't had them in YEARS

Small bowl with my favourite fruit, mangosteen (it kinda looks like garlic no?)

Mangoes, litchi, and mangosteen (3)

Mango sambar and bhindi

I think this was beganpalli but idk I've forgotten

Imampasand?

Our family friend and go-to taxi guy brought these from his native place

Mangoes (2)

Chitranna, papad, jamun, mango pickle, rasam, palya, rice, raita, dahi. All made by my ammamma!

Vegetable bake that my mom made: Onions, carrots, tomatoes, pumpkin, cheese, olives, and bechamel I think!

Delicious burra kabab at karim's after my visa appointment

Tbh I don't remember what was in this: gin and tamarind I think!

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Hoorayyy

Would y'all wanna see pictures of the incredible meals and fruit and drinks I've been having while visiting home?

I asked my dad if he wanted anything from Delhi when I go back to bangalore...
Cucumbers...he wants cucumbers...

I've been home and eaten so much fruit that I am a mango

We're all gonna have to hold hands when it happens