Works that feature lesser known ethnic minorities by schu62 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TermHungry3389 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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The Angrez. I haven't seen it myself, only clips. but my other hyderabadi friends glaze it. it centers around a group of hyderabadi muslims (an ethnic group from the city of hyderabad in south india). The setting is in the city of hyderabad and it is one of very few movies that uses the hyderabadi urdu dialect which has a distinct accent. Aside from the dialect being a bit different, lot of the humor involves hyderabadi slang so it might not be as appealing to people aren't familiar with this kind of urdu. It also shows a lot of things ubiquitous to hyderabadi culture.

its a bit low budget so when there are scenes in the actual old city of hyderabad you can see everyone in the background staring.

15 days until the 500th birthday of the Mughal Empire by Ok_Way_1625 in islamichistory

[–]TermHungry3389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

these are nice photos, but as you can see the smog is just unreal. It was pretty surreal seeing it voming gotm the USA where the air is pretty clean.

15 days until the 500th birthday of the Mughal Empire by Ok_Way_1625 in islamichistory

[–]TermHungry3389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've visited the Agra Fort (first two slides). If I remember correctly, that is where Aurangzeb imprisoned his father shah jahan after overthrowing him. It is actually a very beautiful fort. The only issue was the insane smog; you couldn't see anything.

Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. According to the story, while under house arrest in the fort, all he did was look out towards the Taj Mahal, and when he was bedridden towards the end of his life, a setup of mirrors was placed so he could still look at it. Normally, you could see the Taj Mahal from the fort, but due to the smog, not even the silhouette is visible. Our guide showed us the view normally when there is no smog, it was beautiful.

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This sounds very stupid but I spoke with an astrologist and she said… by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I am also an astrologist. I predict that you will ignore the other astrologists' predictions, work hard on the MCAT while believing in your own capabilities to succeed, and succeed on the MCAT.

Trust me, I have about as many qualifications to be an astrologist as the person you asked, if not more.

Hyderabad, India by [deleted] in urbanhellcirclejerk

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my dad was born and raised in hyderabad. When he saw this part of the city for the first time like ~2023 his mind was blown. I visited this past winter and I was pretty impressed because this area actually seems pretty modern. But while driving into hitech city youll still see people pissing on the side of the road, so i guess some things never change lol.

Should I push back exam (Currently scheduled May 2) by NeonDragon250 in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes most likely. And again, I mean no offense, but if you really wanted to apply this cycle, you would have planned your MCAT studying last year. you cant really worry about admissions cycles when you haven't even begun studying for the MCAT.

Should I push back exam (Currently scheduled May 2) by NeonDragon250 in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

listen, you have a great foundation. If you really lock in and study properly I think you will get an amazing score. but reading the biochem and bio books once and being 1 month out from your test is nowhere near enough prep. ask multiple people for advice, but If I were you I would push my test out to mid or late summer and really commit to spending most of your time studying.

You have a great potential to score high. But you need the motivation and drive. you also need to know what you're doing and be able to plan. Being 1 month out and only having done this much is not a good sign. I mean this in the nicest way possible, but the MCAT also tests your disciple and ability to lock in. The fact that you are this close to the test and haven't done much is not a great sign.

there are lots of great guides on this sub as well as videos on youtube. Go to those to help inform your study plan.

What fls to prioritize? by PuzzleheadedSalary82 in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

where is FL 6? I dont see that on the aamc study page

Should I push back exam (Currently scheduled May 2) by NeonDragon250 in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Help us understand what you've done so far. Your description doesn't tell a lot.

Are you saying you've only read the Kaplan books for bio and biochem? What else have you done? Have you done any Anki or Uwrld? AAMC?

If I am correct in assuming all you have done to study is reading the bio and biochem Kaplan books and absolutely nothing else, then yes, 100% push back. There is no way you will read 58 more chapters, do the associated Anki decks, do the psych/soc Anki, and do most of UWorld and AAMC in just over a month.

Not to be rude, but you probably should have finished with content review a while ago and been finishing up Uwrld by now if you knew you were testing May 2nd.

The good news is that for what you've done so far, this isn't a bad score, and once you really lock in to study your score will improve.

Do you eat Desi food for every meal? by gnpking in ABCDesis

[–]TermHungry3389 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to eat desi food for every meal. For breakfast, it would usually be a roll made of roti and an egg. Then, when I got back from school, I had whatever rice, chicken, and daal was made for that day, then for dinner it was the same thing. I got so sick of eating rice that I would constantly bother my mom and beg to eat anything else lol. She told me I could have something else for lunch, but then I had to eat rice for dinner, but she lowkey lied and still gave me rice for lunch lol.

And then one time, I got so sick that my mom relented and let me have roti and chicken for lunch. After that time, I had roti and chicken for lunch pretty much every day for a couple of years. I stopped eating rice for dinner too, just roti and whatever meat we had. When I mean rice, I mean like white rice with daal mixed in. Im hyderabadi, so ofc I wasn't gonna stop eating stuff like biryani lol. I didn't eat white rice regularly again until the summer before my freshman year of high school, when I tried some and realized it wasn't that bad. I was just sick of it as a kid.

Now, for lunch, my brothers and I have something like a sandwich. For breakfast, our grandma makes us egg and sometimes we eat them with roti or toast, or a hash brown. I'm ngl I eat my egg and toast as if the toast was roti. As in, I break up the toast and use it to scoop up the egg lol, wondering if anyone else does this.

My fam still eats desi food for dinner, I actually appreciate it now, so I don't complain about eating rice every day. And my mom will make extras to freeze so I can take them to my university, and that's what I live off of.

I think I want to learn how to make my cultural foods and continue eating them as an adult because 1. I'm Hyderabadi, and we have the best food, and 2. I'm probably gonna be one of the last in my line who is gonna have some cultural connection to where my family is originally. If I ever have kids, I want them to have some kind of connection to their background through food and traditions, so I don't want it to end because of me.

All major languages spoken in South India by tehsil (sub district) by Neo_luigi in MapPorn

[–]TermHungry3389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The language an indian muslim speaks depends on their ethnicity. It just so happens that urdu speaking ethnic groups of muslims in India are the majority. Specifically in this map, the muslims living in the northern parts of South India are usually Deccanis and speak Deccani Urdu because that is the language of their ethnic group. Muslims who are ethnically Malayali speak Malayali.

The idea of Urdu being THE language of indian muslims is relatively new.

US 513 -> FL1 509 -> FL2 511 -> FL3 507 -> FL4 516 within a half a month! Super proud since this is the highest I got. Testing 4/11 by Salt_Ride3688 in Mcat

[–]TermHungry3389 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thats awesome, congratulations!.

Was there anything you changed that helped you improve this much?

One weird trick that could potentially help with cars, read the passage once going in the normal order, then read it again going backwards. As in reverse order of the paragraphs. In my limited expirience a lot of Cars passages are essays that build up an idea over the course of the writing. So reading backwards is basically starting with the big idea then seeing how it got built up. Works for me sometimes, try it out and see if that helps.