Agnishatdal
Ashwin 1426 Critique
Agnishatdal
Ashwin 1426, September2019
By
Troy David Loy
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 way to interpret for the commander of the Free
French Forces in Germany.
Tenali
Raman
turns
to sleuthing
3
Raman
continues his testimony in court and the conclusions drawn from his
investigation, the outcome enhancing his court status and reputation
as an inquirer and thinker. Well done, Raghu!
Happiness
first, wealth will follow Dom here gives some verse on The Secret,
‘nuff said.
Bitter
Pill Dose 23 | Religion 6
BP notes the dangers of online religious fanaticism, of fire
breathing zealots who damage their own cause in attacking perceived
enemies of the faith.
Changeling
Freya gives the story of someone drawn to the sea, and who,
transformed, becomes one of its denizens!
Many
thanks to Sharmishtha for the birthday wishes! It was a hectic time
as we transitioned from our old home and moved much further South,
but the celebration was fantastic!
Robert
Englund
I’ve only seen one Nightmare on Elm Street movie, but enjoyed
Englund’s performance as Freddie even then. I can only imagine the
tedium in applying the makeup he wore for his role, in a movie
industry not yet using such computer animation technologies as
motion-capture. It was his acting ability that really made his role
as villain, or perhaps true movie-monster!
Bengal
This Month
The creator offers her hopes for the coming Durgapuja, of relative
peace in a city of boisterous celebration!
Pieces
of Past | Glimpses:
Ancient Religions 4 Here, we get a look at the great religions
founded in India, Hinduism and Buddhism, and those in early China,
with the practice of ancestor worship and the notion of “Tian”
(heaven).
Story
from Ved and Puranas:
Sage Agastya and Vindhya mountain Here’s a tale of an ancient sage
and his encounter with an angry mountain. That it leads to such a
colorful expression is fascinating!
Words:
Milky Way
The Authoress relates some of the fantastic findings that have been
made of our home galaxy, one out of trillions in the observable
universe alone – observable, as the universe beyond what we can see
is almost surely vaster still!
Let’s
Be Together
I love this month’s closing image, with a selection of lovely earth
colors to bring out the feel of being in nature.
That’s
it for this issue. Join me again for Agnishatdal in Kartik 1426, and
until then… …Tf. Tk. Tts.
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