Agnijaat
Boisakh 1426 Critique
By Troy David
Loy @ https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
Agnijaat
Boisakh 1426, April 2019
Agnijaat Book
9, 25she boisakh 1426, 7th May 2019
It’s the Bengali New Year, BS 1426 in
the month of Boisakh, so here’s the last of the eZine critiques
until Jyeshtha’s! Things are going well, but busy, though I hope to
note the high points of this month’s offering by the Authoress
herself!
For this
month’s opening image, we’re treated to a piece
showing a small boat with what appears to be a sealed clay jar, with
a delightful mix of bright shades!
Working
Mothers:
The authoress notes here the problems
of raising children of women in careers in India, and gives three
solutions, three horns rather than merely two, to the dilemma!
India THEN –
History of Goa 2:
Here we are told of the first medical
college in Asia, the Escola Medica Sirugica de Goa, now relocated and
used as a set for fabulous Indian movies! I suspect I may have seen
its interior in early forays into Bollywood films online when I had
my now defunct Tumblr account.
My Pen –
Arrogance is Suicidal:
Here, we find that the arrogant are to
be pitied, not hated, as broken human beings unaware of their
brokenness. The worst part of arrogance, and its evil twin
presumption, is not knowing one is burdened with them, as opposed to
glorious purpose… No, wait, that would be Tom Hiddleson’s Loki
from the MCU franchise.
Nature
@Kolkata in Boisakh!
Hot weather, punctuated with rare rainy
cool-offs, and politics! It’s election season, and the clowns are
out in force, or maybe more like WWE wrestlers!
The authoress notes of her future
plans, too, in trying her hand at Teespring,
and having already deleted her paperback books and websites.
Then, we find out about the day of
Ganga Saptami, dedicated to the
Goddess of the Ganges river and her rebirth.
This month’s
theme is “Ocean”
One:
a cinqku and painting of a woman in bikini on a beach, sunning
herself
Two:
a haiku and painting, of a ship at sea on calm green waves.
Three:
a cinquain and painting of a small sailboat lost at sea.
Four:
a quintilla and painting, showing a boat on a stormy night sea, still
there, still afloat.
Five:
a quintain and painting of a nighttime shore along the coast.
Six:
a diamond poem and painting, on the ocean which has seen so much life
come and gone forever during tens of crores of years.
Seven:
a seventeen word verse and painting, of a boat at sea, mermaid luring
its sailor into the ocean depths.
Very good!
Fir Milenge*
A painting of a young woman waving
goodbye to parting company from her balcony. I like the way is is
arranged, with a good, simple color palette
Serpentines*
Here, we see some cool little cartoons
of the evil serpentines, and the harm they did to their world – an
allegory of humans? Not a farfetched comparison, given how we treat
our own world and only home, and each other! There is no planet B for
us!
So, I’ll be back next month to give
you the word on the latest of cool stuff from the Authoress, and in
Soruggon…Talotaa frang. Talotaa kas. Talotaa tranga suulaat!
Be safe. Be well…
…Be brilliant as the stars!
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