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Agnijaat Poush 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnijaat Poush 1426 Critique: Agnijaat Poush 1426, December 2019 https://gumroad.com/l/jKvWy https://shoptly.com/i/mom by Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. Welcome to the Poush 1426 review of Fireborn! There is much to see here! We have this issue… Indie Author Speaks – A Few Tips 9 Here the creator shares notes on being one’s own mentor, driven by courage and perseverance to success. From the Quill of Femme Sole: One Boat Please! Here, the Authoress offers a suggestion to women desiring both genuine liberalism and social orthodoxy – take one or the other, not both! Techbabble: Shove it! The Authoress notes the all-too frequent inconveniences of so-called updates to software. India Now: poverty Here’s a look at history, to one of the leading figures of the Maurya dynasty, and a quote attributed to him, one that could apply just as it did then, today! Be careful who yo

Agnishatdal Agrahayan 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnishatdal Agrahayan 1426 Critique Agnishatdal Agrahayan 1426, December 2019 https://gumroad.com/l/QYloB https://shoptly.com/i/kjc by Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. Let’s get straight to this issue’s critique! There are things that need noting, and so shall they be! Let us Begin… Our Virtual Trip to India This month’s piece shows a young woman in what could be mourning, or sadness for some reason. Debendranath Tagore An interesting man, he, as an Indian rationalist, and with little doubt neither the first nor the last. It would have been an illuminating experience to have studied under him were our eras not so separate. Farce in Name of Justice 2 Saptarchi relates a recent lynching, of all things, of a Muslim youth, and his resulting death from – ahem – “cardiac arrest.” Words fail me. Berlin 2, Part 2.8 Brieuc concludes his mother’s story, with a bit of the re

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1426 Critique Agnijaat Agrahayan 1426, November 2019 https://gumroad.com/l/uIAlLA https://shoptly.com/i/kjo by Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. Here, I give my review of agrahayan 1426’s issue, and here is what really stood out! Indie Author Speaks: Few Tips 8 I agree with the creator on this, on the usefulness of a good newsletter and mailing list, and on the effectiveness of social media sharing! From the Quill of Femme Sole: Partial The Authoress comments here on bias and favoritism of society and, unfortunately, the modern legal system in the treatment of women. Techbabble: Electrocution Here, are noted the problems of tablet computers, and the issues that often make them less than ideal for certain tasks! India Now: Messing with Corrupt Here’s a discussion of the dangers of fighting corruption in India. Without comparing countries, because that’

Agnishatdal Kartik 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnishatdal Kartik 1426 Critique Agnishatdal Agnijaat Kartik 1426, October 2019 https://shoptly.com/i/jow https://gumroad.com/l/PJQvb by Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy Iravu vanakkam. Naandaan Troy. Let’s look at those things about Kartik’s issue that really jumped out at me! First, there’s… Let us Begin… Our Virtual Trip to India Here we see a young woman in traditional garb and a good balance of cool and warm shades. Chandidas While pinning down his identity has shown difficult, as has establishing fact from legend in the man’s life, he nonetheless had a powerful effect on the arts, literature, and religious culture of the time. That’s kinda cool! A true culture-maker! Farce in name of justice Government corruption is on the rise throughout the world, and here, Saptarchi writes on that of the state government of Uttar Pradesh. Governments don’t like people covering the dirty things they do, and will go

Agnijaat, Kartik 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnijaat, Kartik 1426 Critique Agnijaat Kartik 1426, October 2019 https://shoptly.com/i/jo7 https://gumroad.com/l/xzpKY by Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. Welcome to Kartik 1426’s Agnijaat issue! Please join me in a look at some of this issues’ highlights! Kalipuja A digital painting of Goddess Kali in one of her less combative moments. Even a Destroyer of Evil needs time for reflection! Indie author Speaks, Few Tips 6 The Authoress notes the challenges of success on the Internet, of pursuing one’s dreams and making it happen. From the Quill of Femme Sole: smell the coffee Digital quote pic of a young woman enjoying play in a small boat, her hand splashing the water gently Techbabble: Think twice A warning of the annoying consequences of merely formatting a USB drive without first manually deleting files. India Now: cracker menace A reflection on the use of

Agnishatdal Ashwin 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnishatdal Ashwin 1426 Critique Agnishatdal Ashwin 1426, September2019 https://shoptly.com/i/dfv https://gumroad.com/l/ZPHiA By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. Let’s see what lept out at me in Agnishatdal’s Ashwin 1426 issue! Chaitanya A biography of a Hindu mystic, a remarkable man whose influence on Bengali Vaishnavaism, and his sect and spiritual movement, appears mostly a result of his students’ work after he died. Still, his influence is felt. What struck me was his relatively modern understanding, for the time, of epilepsy, when Europeans were still attributing such seizures to things like demons. How conveniently they die: S4 S4 notes the suspicious turns of events when witnesses die or disappear in cases against Indian states, and failures of the media to report on them Berlin 2, Part 2.6 a tale, from the tail end, of WWII, when Brieuc’s mother, was assigned and on her

Agnijaat Ashwin 1426 Critique by Troy David Loy

Agnijaat Ashwin 1426 Critique Agnijaat Ashwin 1426, September2019 https://shoptly.com/i/dfu https://gumroad.com/l/gjIUz By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy iravu vanakkam. naandaan Troy. After a far, far too long hiatus, let’s go over a few of the outstanding points of Agnijaat’s Ashwin 1426’s issue! Indie Author Speaks: Few Tips 5 The Authoress offers useful suggestions for managing tasks, and so doing, managing our time. It’s good that she emphasized the importance of considering possible obstacles. From the Quill of Femme Sole: What a life! This one’s a digital painting in which the Authoress offers thoughts on being single in a world when marriage has problems of its own! TECHBABBLE: sixth Sense a commentary on the horrors of Windows 10. Who knows what will fail in a machine with this – ahem – update! India Now: Carrots and Donkeys Here, the Authoress comments on Independence Day, and on how t

Agnishatdal Book 11, Saraswatipuja 2020

Agnishatdal Book 11, Saraswatipuja 2020 agnishatdal book 11 saraswatipuja 2020 https://gumroad.com/l/wXRZN agnishatdal book 11 saraswatipuja 2020 https://shoptly.com/i/oaz This quarterly is sharing some quite serious works of Bitter Pill, a cherished creator of Agnishatdal, someone who clearly speaks own mind. BP keeps personal life away from writing life, so you won’t be able to contact directly, you will have to read BP’s works via the Ezines and contact through the Ezine sites or editor. Agnishatdal you know is a monthly English Ezine created by a group of amazing people scattered all over the world, they create as per their whim so their creations are unpredictable and awesome! You will have to read the books to understand fully. You know that these works are copyrighted to BP. Do let BP and me know your opinion of the book. Love. Sharmishtha Basu 29.1.20

Agnijaat Book 11, Saraswatipuja 2020

Agnijaat Book 11 saraswatipuja 1426, 2020 agnijaat book 11, saraswatipuja 2020 https://gumroad.com/l/SsRFKT agnijaat book 11, saraswatipuja 2020 https://shoptly.com/i/oay Wish you a blessed Saraswatipuja, may all the blessings of the divine mother shower down upon us. This Quarterly of Agnijaat is sharing a few words from a single woman, who has passed extremely happy single life in a very orthodox and quite a bully sometimes society, yeah, my words of course! Tried my best to soften the edges. Hope you will like them! If you want something extra, else don’t be shy, write to me! My email id is added in the end of the book(s). I will love to hear from you, compliments, suggestions anything will do! All works are copyrighted works of Sharmishtha Basu. You can share them with your friends but please acknowledge the creator. I will be very grateful for your sweetness. Wish you a blessed time ahead! Love. Sharmishtha Ba

The lotus of fire 2020

The lotus of Fire http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00o8m3o5e This year the book has changed its mood, you will enjoy a set of poems written about God’s beautiful creation- nature. The sets are sky, fort, ocean, rain, desert, flowers and river plus a few extra poems. There are different themes and poems written on those themes. I rather enjoyed this trip of imagination. Hopefully, you will like them too. When you have finished the book do write me an email expressing your opinions, I will be much obliged! The earlier year books will be published in shoptly and gumroad with the same name, that is the 2019 version of The lotus of fire will be published in Shoptly and Gumroad as The Lotus of Fire 2019. 2019 will be the first bunch. I may add the earlier years later, but the coming years will be regularly published in Shoptly and Gumroad. It will be a good idea to keep the older versions around I believe.

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Few photos from neighbourhood on 4.3.20

SBPnB February 2020

SBPnB February 2020 Sharmishtha Basu’s Pen n Brush https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu A bunch of old stories, stories I wrote around 2010, I have been editing, rewriting them since July end. Hope you will enjoy these stories from a past decade and past mindset. I write absolutely different stories these days! The stories this month are revolving around human beings only, human nature in different colours are out for you. Don’t forget to share your views, suggestions without any hesitation. My contact details are at the end of the book. As you all know these are my creations, copyrighted works, you are free to use them as long as you treat them as my property-mention my name as the creator and leave a link to my blog and inform me with the details of your use (non-profit) or discuss the financial side if you like them enough to publish them in your ezine, blog etc to sell.

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Few photos from neighbourhood on 4.3.20

Coming Kingdom February 2020

Coming Kingdom February 2020 https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu Upcoming Kingdom this month is sharing stories from previous decade! This month you will read bunch of short and very short stories spinning around human beings mostly- yes again! Apparently my mind was absolutely in human beings mode back then! These are my old works from 2010-11 that I am ruthlessly editing, rewriting! That is, I am done with that and will be sharing with you. Hope you will like them! Share your views, your tips and if you want me to add something in it, exclude something from it… feel free to tell me! You have all the details in the final two pages! You know the drill about copyrights, these are my works, copyrighted so if you want to share them in your blog or site please ask me, and send me a link after you have shared it so I can use that for my promotional ventures. Happy Reading! Sharmishtha Basu 14.2.20