(Love is our deepest value: Love is freedom, love is salvation. If love tears us apart, it also keeps us alive. No matter what, love finds a way, almost always. Going against the grimy grain of contemporary political discourse, we have declared 2022 to be the year of love: for us, talking about love in a time of hatred is a revolutionary act. 바카라's first issue of the year revisited The Beatles’ words of wisdom: “All We Need Is Love.” It didn't stop there: we will publish love stories all year long. The next full moon, which falls on February 16, is all set to put under the spotlight our passions, our romantic quests. On Valentine라이브 바카라 Day, we feature a curated selection of love stories that will tug at your heartstrings.)
When A Woman Conquered God
(after Manasamangal Kāvya)
Hail Padmavati:바카라 웹사이트
pardon my ignorance.바카라 웹사이트
Brides in rural layouts바카라 웹사이트
are reminded of Behula.바카라 웹사이트
Her commitment and how hard-
ship failed to mute her ardor.바카라 웹사이트
Onerous it was to fetch your바카라 웹사이트
favor. Behula reifies devotion.바카라 웹사이트
Legend stresses a laundress
ushered Behula to heaven
to revive her late spouse.
Derided for your limited vision,바카라 웹사이트
you evoked fear of well-being.
You were granted the godhead바카라 웹사이트
as Chand conceded to your ruse.
Did Behula claim indelible stature?
Did she ask homage?
While believers observe Behula as바카라 웹사이트
loyal soulmate, you remained a deity바카라 웹사이트
to be worshipped with the left hand.바카라 웹사이트
Urvashi — Beyond the Siren Avatar
(for Aishikk)
1
The Mahabharata does not바카라 웹사이트
ratify your fondness for Arjuna.바카라 웹사이트
It must be severe when he바카라 웹사이트
declined your plea.바카라 웹사이트
Worthy was your forethought
as you imprecated him.바카라 웹사이트
In his last year of living incog,
Arjuna turned into Brihannala.바카라 웹사이트
2
Your son Rishysringa helped
Dasharatha become the father
of Rama.바카라 웹사이트
Does the Ramayana endorse바카라 웹사이트
your direction to Treta Yuga?바카라 웹사이트
(Kiriti Sengupta, the 2018 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize recipient, is a poet, editor, translator, and publisher. Founder and chief editor of the Ethos Literary Journal, he has authored eleven books of poetry and prose; two books.)
