Agnishatdal
Boisakh 1426 Critique
By Troy David
Loy @ https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
Agnishatdal
Boisakh 1426, April 2019
Agnishatdal Book 9, 25she boisakh 1426,
7th May 2019
Namaskar. It’s Bengali New Year, for
the month of Boisakh, BS 1426! This issue has such things to show us,
and I hope to do them at least some justice in this critique!
This month’s
first image shows a young woman wearing a dupatta. I like
the color palette for this one, with the shawl of deep Indian Red and
blouse of crimson, unless my knowledge of colors is based on mistaken
assumptions, a possibility!
Berlin 2 An
unexpected Trip:
Brian treats us to a story which cries
out for further details, of a part of family history from his
mother’s time in the military, a photo showing her in an Airforce
Auxiliary uniform. This was brief, but enjoyable!
Fruitful
Quest:
Raghu here gives a story of a raja’s
whim, to taste a fruit he’s never tasted before. Giving the duty to
fulfill this whim to his minister, at great cost of failure, he
finally gets to sate this desire, by a clever offer from his
minister’s daughter, a wise young woman indeed! Short, to the
point, and delightful!
Then, Dom
offers some freeform verse on the Law of Attraction,
something often discussed in the New Age literature and not without
its critics, but never mind that, as the verse is quite good, and
better than my unpracticed hand!
Religion 1:
Dose 18
BP opens up on the “R” word! Pull
up a chair and pour a drink, as things will get interesting from here
on, from the Bitter Pill’s own perspective.
Then, Juliette
gives her story, accompanied by a photo that could well
come from a collection of ghost-photo candidate images, with the
double-exposure-like overlay of the man’s face seemingly close to
the camera. This is better technique than I’ve attained so far!
Here, Pat
Ritter gives us a glimpse of his book, Click Go The Shears,
in which a young man switches identity, and places, with another man,
for what may not necessarily be the most noble of motives!
Lisa then
shows a picture-quote that I liked, as it reminds me of
the shores of the bay near where I live. The colors and choice of
typeface for the font are huge pluses for this one!
In Treats off
the Month, there’s a couple of calls out for reviews of
books, one, “Memoirs of a Pakhtun
Immigrant,” by Teresa Schapansky at
teresaschapansky@gmail.com, and “Beyond
God’s Reach,” by Siddharth Shukla at https://fromsidart.com.
Give them a click, and if you will,
a look at their work!
Thanks to the Authoress here, too, for
the shoutout for my newsletter, though I’ll add that I’ve updated
my plans on the book based on my serial The
Last Dance; I’ve decided to finish 2019 researching
things South Indian, Tamil stuffs in particular, and add my fictional
Kai’Siri warrior culture(s), with the story surrounding the
collision of worlds resulting when women of those two
cultures meet. But I’ve also decided
to spend the next three years writing the book, so expect it in 2022.
I’ve set things up so the original serial The Last Dance will
provide no spoilers for the final work!
Then, we are treated to various
performers/performing artists, including Indian classical dance
revivalist Rukmini Arundale, actor Kieffer
Sutherland, and mrindangam player Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer!
For this
month’s recipe, it’s a cabbage dish, which I’ll have
to suggest to a friend of mine who cooks far better than I do. While
this sounds delicious, my experience with cooking is limited to
dishes involving garlic and fried rice. This calls for an expert!
Minutes
Together’s image this month shows Lord Krishna and his
paramour Radha in a tender, well, moment together.
Then two pieces of history, one in
Pieces of Past: about the Bhakti movement in
Maharashtra, and some of its leading figures and a bit of
mythic history in this month’s Story of
Ved and Purana: Putra Tirtha, in which we are informed
that even Gods can be on the receiving end of a curse, especially
when they act in a manner unworthy of a God! If only the Gods of
non-Indian
religions could be held so accountable
for ungodly acts!
So, I’ll continue this series with
the critique for Jyeshtha 1426’s issue, next month, so stay cool,
or warm depending on your hemisphere and local climate, and in
Soruggon, as those wacky Kai’Siri would say…
Talotaa frang. Talotaa kas. Talotaa
tranga suulaat!
Be safe. Be well. Be brilliant as the
stars!
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