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blaft, (edited ) to folklore
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Editing a story for our Anti-Caste SF book, I have just been alerted to the fact that the colloquial expression for a "sunshower"--in languages ranging from the southern tip of India all the way to Korea and Japan--is "a wedding of foxes/jackals".

My mind is a little blown!

In the Philippines, it's a wedding of Tikbalangs!

There's a cool-looking academic paper about how this might have been transmitted, but it's in Korean

https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003068703

#sunshowers #folklore

eternaltyro,

@blaft a wedding of fox and crow in Tamil

blaft,
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@eternaltyro Apparently some people say kakaikkum kuruvikkum kalyanam

blaft, to random
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Supernatural love stories from Mizoram (featuring the bride-gobbling Phungpuinu), country tales from Tamil Nadu (featuring a naughty & dirty section), and ghostlore from all over the country (featuring 300+ demonic entities). Pick up some folklore today!

https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India by Rakesh Khanna & J. Furcifer Bhairav
Mizo Myths by Cherrie Lalnunziri Chhangte

blaft, to random
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New in our "Other Indies!" section: Comic zines by Sunny Kumari (a.k.a. Sunny Goes Bananas)

https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1

blaft, to random
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APPUPEN is one of India's most prolific graphic novelists. His work ranges from hallucinogenic fantasy to dystopian cyberpunk nightmare to biting political satire. Check out his first graphic novel MOONWARD, which we brought out in 2009:
https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/moonward

Some of his more recent self-published work is available on our "Other Indies" page:
https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1

blaft, to random
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New in the Blaft webstore: Zines by Larchtongue!

We met Larchtongue at their Indie Comix Fest tables in Mumbai and Bengaluru and we love their work! These zines explore serious topics like queer marriage, the compulsion to create art even though you're broke, and the politics of privilege--but it's all expressed through wiggly lightning-vine lettering and shimmery cackling demons

https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1/larchtongue

Institutionalised by Larchtongue

blaft, to random
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Somehow missed this beautifully illustrated review of Kuzhali Manickavel's latest collection till just now

Buy CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE FATALISTIC OUTLOOK OF THE COMMON MAN

https://t.co/H3hg7RgPdk

blaft,
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STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA by Yukichi Yamamatsu now available in Europe! Free shipping!

https://www.sendaieditora.com/loja/p/india

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blaft, to sciencefiction
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A favourite at Indie Comix Fests: PORTALPETTAI by Avakkai & Chukka is a portrait of a diverse South Indian community and its resilience in the face of an alien life force intrusion. In the sequel TROUBLE IN PORTALPETTAI, the gang goes to visit the Geargleplex! And in SAMUDRA RANI & THE MAA-LEES, a group of gardener robots are marooned on a distant asteroid, centuries in the future...

#Quirk #ScienceFiction #Zines #Dinosaurs #AndhraMeals #Robots #Vines #GiantLeeches

https://www.blaft.com/products/portalpettai

blaft, to random
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Now in our webstore -- A collection of books by other great Indian independent publishers and comics artists. Find titles from @bakarmax_ , @WorldOfHalahala, and @studioekonte. We'll be adding more indie comics and zines soon!

https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1

ashwink,
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@blaft please stop doing this. I have zero self control. :) 😭

ashwink,
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@blaft a friend has taken my copy of Ghosts and Monsters. So I ordered another one yesterday. And now you post this… like whyyyy.

What is this behavior pooja?

blaft, to random
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We have a new section of our webstore for comics published by other Indian independents -- including the redoutable Bakarmax, a crew that started out doing webcomics about literal turds with magic powers, and has graduated to making smart, satirical graphic novels about the Maoist insurgency in India's Red Corridor and the Kashmir conflict.

Check it out!

https://www.blaft.com/collections/other-indie-stuff-1

Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari
Karejwa
Icchadhari Tatti

blaft, to random
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"A story in the Hausa language ended up entertaining me while also infinitely exasperating me."

Kalpana Mohan on SIN IS A PUPPY THAT FOLLOWS YOU HOME by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu

https://kalpanamohan.substack.com/p/sin-is-a-puppy-that-follows-you-home

(Buy the ebook:
https://www.blaft.com/products/sin-is-a-puppy-that-follows-you-home-ebook )

blaft, to random
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Earlier this month we took a trip to Ahmedabad, where we met with veteran pulp authors H.N. Golibar, Bansidhar Shukla, and Ekta Doshi, all of whom will be featured in our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology, scheduled for December.

Pre-order here: https://www.blaft.com/products/the-blaft-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

The meeting with H.N. "Atom" Golibar and family was especially amazing!
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blaft, (edited )
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In 1976, a colleague told him that a weekly magazine could never survive without selling space for advertisements. Golibar took it as a challenge--he stopped running ads and kept Chakram Chandan completely ad-free for another 45 years. (Remember: not monthly, but weekly!!!)

blaft,
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Atomji and Fatakadi today:

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Back in stock:

Yukichi Yamamatsu's STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA

Kuzhali Manickavel's THINGS WE FOUND DURING THE AUTOPSY

Ki. Rajanarayanan's WHERE ARE YOU GOING, YOU MONKEYS? -- FOLKTALES FROM TAMIL NADU

Avakkai & Chukka's PORTALPETTAI

We ship worldwide!

https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals

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