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Agnishatdal Agrahayan 1427, November 2020

Agnishatdal Agrahayan 1427, November 2020

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Authors of Agnishatdal

Agnishatdal is an English monthly Ezine blessed with selfless affection of its creative group, these selfless authors, artists have shared their wonderful creation for free and no matter how much I try to thank them for this gift, it will be nothing! Here they are (No order please, just the names as they appeared in mind) :

Brieuc Martin Onraet https://equinoxio21.wordpress.com

Dominic Collucci: http://zen-inspirations.blogspot.com/

Raghunandan Kuppuswamy https://ksriranga.wordpress.com

Troy David Loy http://troythulu.net 

Pat Ritter http://www.patritter.com.au

Brendan https://paddypiccasso.wordpress.com

Labanya

Citizen Null

Saptarchi

Bitter Pill

and

Sharmishtha Basu

https://agnijaat.wordpress.com

https://agnishatdal.wordpress.com

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Agnimalya November 2020

Agnimalya November 2020

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Hope you are enjoying the stories, do let me know if you want something in particular. I will try!

This month Agnimalya contains a bunch of short stories. Hope they will entertain you. This month almost all stories are about cryptids, creatures of folklores and urban legends.

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. Just let me know!

Happy Reading!

With best regards and wishes.

Sharmishtha Basu

17.11.20

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Welcome 2021!

Welcome 2021!

Ah! You will receive a gloomy

welcome everywhere most probably!

But behind that veil of gloom

there is a flicker of hope

in every single heart

that you will be far better

than your predecessor.

Please prove that hope right!

Be a soothing balm 2021!

Wish you all a very blessed 2021!

Love.

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1427, November 2020 critique by Labanya

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1427 November 2020

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Agnijaat Agrahayan 1427, November 2020

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Agnijaat Agrahayan begins with Jagaddhatripuja greeting, another pretty painting. Wish you all a very blessed Jagaddhatripuja, Chhat, Kartikpuja and other festivals of Agrahayan. Be safe and keep others safe!

Indie Author Speaks: A golden tip, if you have a tendency of getting bored and have enough time to invest change your boredom to creativity, do something that will enrich you. What? Select yourself.

FTQFS: Another wise suggestion. Human beings are very good to hide ill-intentions behind the guise of love and friendship. Seen too many back-stabbers to deny it!

Techbabble: This was a horrible experience! Well, I will keep it in mind and won’t trust tech forums blindly!

Corona diaries 3 and Kolkata blues: It is quite evident now that our once trustworthy Press is no longer trusted by educated people of this country, the only people they can fool are the illiterate majority, and that is scary! Just like the corrupted nature of Indian main media. Well, all we Bengalis can hope and pray that Bengal won’t be sold to fanatics, thugs and goons.

SOS: Treat time like a gem.

Intriguing Tales: Cyclops- another story about Shumbha, Nishumbha who destroyed themselves trying to force their attention on an uninterested Goddess. Corruption and arrogance are inseparable.

History of India: Another interesting piece of Indian history, about pre historical time of Indian history, the Mohenjodaro and Indus Valley civilization.

My Pen: wake up India 3: A real eye-opener about unworthiness of our current rulers, how they have money for fun and not for public, even if the public desperately needs it.

Fun and Frolic section:

Proposition by Pat Ritter: This one sounds like a great, fascinating story.

SBPnB Book 11 meadows: Sounds like a beautiful book with lots of illustrations. Maybe, I will ask for these books in return of critique.

Pikatron May 2019 critique by Editor: Will have to get the newsletter from Troy or Agni.

Top ten books: Authoress shared her favorite books from childhood, I have read a few and have not read a few. Will try out the ones in Bengali or English.

Indian Raga Now:

Ismail Azad- I too love qawwali songs, will check him out in YouTube.

SPOTLIGHT ON- Kenny Rogers- What a voice, what a singer! RIP!

Window to West – Shadows on the wall: Sounds like good movie, will try it out if I can.

Kartik Shots: Five beautiful shots of Durgapuja arati. Loved them.

Youtube channel: Already checked them all out.

Storytime: Sonica Chemarin from Patreon: This time a piece of the long story from SBPnB, it would have been fun to have a little bit more to read, the name is intriguing!

Kalbhairava Jayanti: I have not read about this deity, quite an interesting read, will read in details as soon as I can.

Theme: elves- Seven cute paintings.

The cartoon Mr Stick: Who will teach these spitting cobras? In general Indians don’t have much sense of public hygiene or personal hygiene, who will teach them? Only God may!

In the end quite enjoyed the Ezine, and its colourful sketches/paintings especially they are refreshing and pretty!

That is it I guess! See you again next month, and thank you Agni/Sharmishtha for translating my works!

Yours sincerely,

Labanya

Thursday Rhymes 31.12.20

have a great day full of joy and laughter!

lots of Love.

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Thursday Bouquet 31.12.20

have a great day full of joy and laughter!

lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

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Goodbye 2020!

Goodbye 2020

It will be harsh

and a blunt lie

to say that you

were bad through and through!

But the scale was so much tilted

towards darkness and suffering

that in gist you were really lousy!

Hope a year like you

won’t repeat itself within this century!

Adios forever 2020!

Wish you all a very blessed 2021!

Love.

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1427, November 2020

Agnijaat Agrahayan 1427, November 2020

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Agnijaat (Fireborn) is a monthly English Ezine that follows Bengali Calendar. You will get lots of illustrations, poems, stories, thoughts, light and serious essays, cartoons, and a dash of spiritualism in this ezine, every month. I try to keep it as versatile as possible because I love creating different types of things! So when it comes to writing or painting I play by the same rule. Just check out a few to understand their worth! Subscribe for a year, it won’t burn your pocket I promise!

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Agnishatdal Book 13, Durgapuja 1427, 2020, Pat Ritter critique by SB

Agnishatdal Book 13, Durgapuja 2020

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Agnishatdal Book 13 (Durgapuja 1427) Pat Ritter

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Agnishatdal book 13 Shares works of Pat Ritter, his stories revolve around Australian outback. Before I started reading his works all I knew about Australia were its wildlife, I had no clue that they too had their cowboys or sheep-boys to be more precise! These stories are thoroughly enjoyable.

There are first chapters of his books in the book, check out the full books in his site https://www.patritter.com.au , encourage this extra-ordinary author! After all if you guys won’t buy our books from where will be get the enthusiasm to write more? Pick up a few of his books!

Click goes the shears: Very well written piece set in the shearer strike era of Australia, how a young couple and a rebel get stuck in the turmoil and the way it affected them narrated through a very well-written piece.

The full book is here

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/497192

The drover : I rather enjoyed this piece, the bonding of a father and his daughter. The tough and challenging life of the father as a young boy and his encounter with a ghost! The cherry on the pie! Very well-written piece again!

The full story is here:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95766

The shearer: The story of another drover. A glimpse into his rowdy life when he runs into trouble with folks in bar and ends up in jail for a night! Quite well written!

The full story is here:

SMASHWORDS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/395642

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HR5E8QI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5

Tilbaroo Station: This story is so sweet, warm and romantic. A newlywed couple very much in life are about to start their new life together in a nice piece of property gifted by the girl’s father on their wedding. They are so much in love!

The full story:

Available ebook formats: epub mobi pdf lrf pdb txt html

Buying Link: http://www.patritter.com.au/

Tilbaroo Station

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/681247

The year that never was: This one sounds another part of Tilbaroo Station, the future of the newlyweds we have met in Tilbaroo station, the couple shares their memories of a rough year they have passed when extreme drought struck their land.

The full story:

TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK: CLICK ONTO THESE LINKS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/758644.

Agnishatdal Book 13, Durgapuja 1427, 2020, Pat Ritter critique by Labanya

Agnishatdal Book 13, Durgapuja 2020

Pat Ritter

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Agnishatdal Book 13 (Durgapuja 1427)

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Agnishatdal book 13 Shares works of Mr. Pat Ritter, extremely talented Australian author. I really enjoy his writings. They are opening up an absolutely unknown world to me, Australia rural.

There are first chapters of his books in the book, check out the full books in his site https://www.patritter.com.au , encourage this extra-ordinary author!

Click goes the shears: It is the story of Joe and Hanna or so it seems, stuck in the turmoil created by strike of shearers, shearers are people who picked wool from sheep. The story has just begun, it is first chapter and very well written piece!

The full book is here

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/497192

The drover : The drover are those who transported herds of sheep from one place to other. This one is the beginning of the story of Harry, a boy who loved his job and shone well, the story is very interesting.

The full story is here:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95766

The shearer: It is the story of another drover, sounds interesting till the end. The thing I love most about these stories is the glimpse they give in Australian past, something we don’t see anywhere else.

The full story is here:

SMASHWORDS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/395642

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HR5E8QI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5

Tilbaroo Station: A cute and heartwarming beginning of a newlywed in old era in Australian outback, they have been gifted a lucrative property by the bride’s father to build their world. Loved the warmth and tenderness of the story!

The full story:

Available ebook formats: epub mobi pdf lrf pdb txt html

Buying Link: http://www.patritter.com.au/

Tilbaroo Station

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/681247

The year that never was: This seems another chapter from the newlyweds of Tilbaroo station, revolving around a challenging year when drought struck hard Australian outback, the couple taking a walk down the memory lane!

The full story:

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