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April 14, 2018
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Agnishatdal Chaitra, March review by Troy David Loy
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Agnishatdal Chaitra 1424 Critique
By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
Bah! This will be my last piece for the year 1424 for Agnishatdal, so I’ll try to make it a good one!
Shraddarghya — Salutations:
Here we have an image with a really nice selection and balance of color. The authoress is really upping her game with this and other of her recent pieces! It features a flower blossom centered in a stylized heart. Simple, and good!
Dr Meghnad Saha:
That this man contributed as much as he did to the scientific process is impressive, and not at all surprising to me. Pre-Independence India has produced many great scientists, while modern India continues to. Thumbs up!
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay:
Hmmm. I’ll have look for Ingreji translations of this author’s books. If not there are bound to be copies online in the original language for me to practice on during study. For one whose life took a darker turn much of the time, his writings are with little doubt bound to be insightful.
Happy Holi:
Hemdiva’s story is a sound warning of the celebratory hazards of careless or harmful pranks during an otherwise enjoyable and generally fun festival.
The future looks bright from here:
Null gives a bright perspective this month on teenage advocates of social change.
The Black Queen, Piece 3:
Brieuc’s serial adventure in French Indochina continues, with a bit of foreshadowing into a darker turn of events.
Pritamji and his Nuskas 2:
Verbal mischief rears its lighthearted head, with strike and counterstrike in a
conversation about remedies among friends. Fun stuff!
A dot signs the page:
Dom gives here a verse on cold weather, the snowstorms following the nightfall.
K 3 OF KOLKATA:
BP speaks of lecherous old men being, well, lecherous old guys toward younger, often much younger, women, but worsening the matter by not acting their age.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:
Here is a good singer to look up online. If he’s anywhere near as good as suggested here, it’ll be well worth it!
Pandit Raghunath Seth:
I love flute music. I don’t know why, but I do. Perhaps it was during an episode of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, but nonetheless, this artist’s stuff sounds delightful.
Creator’s Quill:
This is a really cute digital painting of a lion cub. Good separation of colors here, even without a gradient mapping.
Minutes Together …:
This digital painting shows a girl reading with a rabbit nearby. Simple color selection, with sparing use of outlines.
The Lotus of Fire 2018 book—few works
Here are a few interesting digital paintings with poems. Four in all, they show a good choice of colors, shades, and font selection to allow easier reading against the image background.
Shukatara — Morning star & badal ka saya — shadow of clouds:
Good reads, both of these photo-poetries. I’ve saved them to Evernote for further reading during study days.
Basantipuja:
EXCELLENT digital painting this month, for the eponymously named festival. Lots of colors in this one, and VERY well arranged.
Pieces of Past — Bairam Khan:
Not unlike nowadays, dirty politics has always been a frequent companion to leaders, as this bit of history from the Mughal empire shows.
Story from Ved and Puranas — Two Ganges:
The origin story of the Two Ganges Rivers, the Godavari and the Ganges, is told.
Modern Lovers (!!):
Two cartoon pics of typical guys turning down possible brides for underhanded reasons. For stick figures, these are very expressive in their body-language.
Final Image:
This one shows a girl in green with fawns. Nice one!
That’s it for this year! I’ll see you again next month now that are into the BS 1425, so do take care, and in abbreviated Soruggon….
Tf. Tk. Tts.
A Scary Vacation Cover — Hemdiva Dev
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Agnijaat Chaitra, March review by Troy David Loy
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Agnijaat Chaitra 1424 Critique:
By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
Well, well! This will be my final critique of this eZine for the year BS 1424. Let’s do this!
Summer hours!
This image shows a pair of women in traditional garb reclining and attempting to survive the encroaching summer heat. Good proportions, great mix of colors, too!
Indie Author Speaks 8 – help others!
Sound advice to writers and bloggers alike, for no one is an island in the publishing world, and there is a real sense in which a rising tide raises all ships.
From the Quill of Femme Sole 2:
Pic memes of the affairs had by both young and old guys — on the same women!
Unemployment the Demon 2:
This discusses the downside of urbanization in a country with a traditionally agrarian economy.
Happiness Skills…. (21):
Marriage doesn’t have to come early, or at all! One ought to get married at any age they are ready to, if they have any actual need to to begin with.
Nature @Kolkata in Chaitra:
The harshness of summer and its muggy, steamy devilry approach as the end of 1424 looms on the horizon.
Those beautiful ladies…:
A discussion of the feminine stars and starlets of early Indian cinema, and the lost art of advocacy through example onscreen.
SPOTLIGHT ON – ABBA:
A piece on the backstory of the popular band ABBA. I too like a lot of their music, though it’s seldom played in the states except on ’70s oldies stations.
Window to West – The Echo:
Ooh! A scary movie! I might want to check this one out, though I doubt that there’s much in American cinema that beats IT for sheer terror value. Worth a look at any rate!
Basantipuja: topped by a digital painting that shows a great color choice and balance, the authoress discusses the spring festival of Goddess Durga, but commemorating the killing of the demon king Ravana by Rama, and attributed to same.
Theme for Chaitra is Final Moments:
This month, in picture, verse, and story, the authoress conveys the urgency and often sadness of nearing the ends of the stories we tell each other and ourselves, including the stories of our lives, and here too, the end of BS 1424.
Fir Milenge:
I love this image, with the dreamlike quality I’ve come to recognize in the authoress’s work!
“Mia padre!” Cartoonpunz:
A cool selection of memes, this reminds me of one of my favorite online comic strips, Randall Munroe’s XKCD. Here, an older man gets turned down by a girl not into that sort of lechery, and poisons her reputation in revenge.
Well, now that it’s currently BS 1425, that’s it for 1424. And in proper abbreviated Soruggon may you always…
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Tf. Tk. Tts.
April 11, 2018
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Agni (sharmishtha basu) Talks about Movie and Music 9.4.18 Constantine
Round about two years ago my brother suggested me this series, he even took the trouble to subscribe me to Amazon Prime in my phone, but I honestly was not curious. Because I think movies with special effect just don’t click in phone screen!
Recently he played them for me in his computer! It is one of the best supernatural series I have ever seen, honestly, starting from the crappiest to the decent ones I try watching them all, and quit only if they are completely dull or repulsive! I watched Hindi horror series Aahat, that is my level of addiction to horror movies/serials.
Before watching Constantine if anyone had told me that horror series can be “classic” type I would not have believed that person. Constantine changed my view on “horror serials”. It is a pathetic tragedy that it lost turf war to “supernatural”, which was my favorite before I watched Constantine.
The stories, their presentation, the characters, actors- everything about this series is above ordinary or good! If you love horror movies/series don’t miss this one! Try it out! It is worth it!
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