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VOLUME
3 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2004 (6th
Issue)
An
International Literary Journal
Edited
by: Dr.
Santosh Kumar
Binding: Paperback (pp: 312) ISSN: 0972-6004
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Publisher: Cyberwit.net Pub. Date: Dec. 2004
Condition: New
Description:
Taj
Mahal Review, pp. 312 December, 2004 features a comprehensive
collection of
poems, short stories, literary criticism, book reviews
etc, and a detailed separate section of biographies of each
author. This journal of original creative writing published
biannually is committed to promoting creative writing in a big
way. A very large number of poems and short stories selected
for Taj leaves no doubt that the world in the new millennium
is enriched by massive poetical activity. The poems are able
to create an utopia of the mind where our soul finds solace
and peace far from the fever and fret of
life, but these creations are not about 'golden
grasshoppers and bees'; they also reveal the obscure darkness
of the contemporary reality.
From
The Editor
Welcome!
A
very Happy New Year! Welcome to the Taj December 2004! The
whole world saw most intense, almost frenzied campaigning by
President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry for 2\11 US
Presidential election. Congratulations to President Bush,
probably the most powerful man in the world today. I pray for
Peace in Iraq. "More things are wrought by prayer \ than
this world dreams of" (Tennyson).
I
hope you will enjoy these Poems, Short stories, Reflections,
Book Reviews, and contributing artists' brief bios provided in
a separate section. Taj is a well-planned and meticulous
publication, and it extends the hand of friendship in the true
spirit of Peace, across the continents, by including writings
from all over the world. I have tried very hard to find out
the essence and root of contemporary literature, then to
publish the most precious works in Taj. Several authors with
their new inventive forms criticize the new dictatorship of
Science and materialism over humanism and ethical values. They
condemn 'hypocrisies of official society' (John Aldridge), and
the totalitarianism of the postmodern machine age afflicted
with 'a shark-teeth frost' and 'bloodhorses of sex'. Even in
the new millennium the words of Matthew Arnold (1822-88) have
special significance and truth:
And
we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept
with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where
ignorant armies clash by night.
The
greatness of a literary work depends on its dedication to the
increase of Peace and Love, the redemption of the oppressed,
and the creation of mutual sympathies. The Divine Comedy,
Paradise Lost, The Bible, Huckleberry Finn are immortal works
of this kind.
I'm
greatly obliged to all the authors for their cooperation and
help, and all subscribers for their kind support.
With
Best Wishes
SANTOSH KUMAR
Editor
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