Agnishatdal Magh
1425 Critique:
By
Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
Greetings,
O readers! It’s Falgun, so here’s the latest in a not-so-new
series of critiques, noting what stood out, what’s new or updated,
and what I liked. I’ll even throw in some questions on these as
well, as this is a critique after all! So, let us begin!
Kanika
Banerjee:
A
renowned student of Tagore songs, even with her most popular tune not
actually from Tagore himself, she made a good career from her skills,
though was taken from life in her seventies, too soon in my
estimation. Along with Kanak
Das, and the differing
vocal styles they used,
The
Little Boy and the Tiger, P. 5
Brian
ends this serial with more of the brief part of his life in Cambodia,
and from years later the revelation of the baby tiger. I too hope
Petite-Ami lives still, a survivor of the terrible regime that
dominated his country! A fitting conclusion.
Brahma
Rakshasa 4:
Raghu
gives a good ending to this piece, with the final fate of the
Rakshasa, the curious music played by the villagers in the demon’s
absence, and hints of a possible link to the ancestry of the unnamed
visitor to the village…. Could it be? Good job, Raghu! I enjoyed
seeing this play out!
Deeply
in a fog*:
Dom
offers a short verse of a wish for sunny weather despite pea-soup
dreariness in the day! Coolness!
Haters
5:
BP
discusses the vileness of Raja Rammohan Roy’s critics, defenders of
a horrible system he rightly had banned. I hear the same thing from
intellectually dishonest types who try to defend American slavery,
even more than a century after a bloody civil war that they lost!
Budapest
Missives:
Juliette
offers a striking image in warm colors, of statuary with the full
moon behind it. Quite good.
The
unfaithful earl, Part 5:
Doug
relates a tragic end for one of the Americans in this ghost story,
the only casualty of a haunted glen other than the shade of the earl
himself! Never bring drugs and a heart condition to a ghost-fight!
What
is within my grasp*
Lisa
gives here a cool quote-pic that could show either dawn or dusk.
Beautiful nonetheless!
YouTubia:
Camengat!
Ooh!
This looks interesting! I love both astrophotography and conceptual
paintings of planets for both sci-fi movies and early space paintings
made before we sent probes to the planets!
Birju
Maharaj:
It’s
always good when truly gifted innovators revitalize and repopularize
a field, and especially the art of dance and dance-drama. This was a
brief piece, but enjoyable!
Efiles
from Agnimalya Patreon:
Detective
Agni continues her investigation, and finds her client has made many
enemies, enemies who want to settle a score!
Saraswatipuja*
This
image shows the Goddess Saraswati sitting with her veena and a swan
nearby. I like the color palette for this one and simplicity of form!
Republic
Day*
An
image celebrating the founding of the Republic of India. This one is
very economical with color, form, and arrangement. As the text says,
Jai Hind – from the US!
Pieces
of Past: Dadu Dayal:
An
interesting piece of medieval Indian history, and worth looking up in
greater detail. The authoress has provided useful clues to do so.
Spiritual leaders tend to live interesting lives, and advocate
interesting ideas.
Story
from Ved and Purana: Ila Tirtha:
Cool!
Here, a king has a complicated… transition in life… after
entering a magical forest. This was a fun read on several levels as
an ancient narrative!
Ponga
Pandit: Evil Teacher:
Here’s
a cartoon of an instructor who uses his skills to serve dark ends,
indoctrination rather than education.
So,
that’s it for Magh’s Lotus of Fire issue! I’ll see you again
after Falgun with the next critique, and in abbreviated Soruggon….
Tf.
Tk. Tts!
*sigh*
Take care regardless!
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