An
International Literary Journal
VOLUME 3 NUMBER
2 DECEMBER 2004
Edited
by: Dr.
Santosh Kumar
Binding: Paperback
(pp: 312)
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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.
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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
Cordially
SANTOSH
KUMAR
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