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The Synoptic Gospels of Albert Russo, A Review of The Crowded World of Solitude, Volume Two; The Collected Poems, Reviewed by David Alexander
Helicon by Santosh Kumar,
Cyberwit.net, India 2006 pp. 62 $9 Paperback, ISBN: 81-901366-8-2 Reviewed by Janet K. Brennan
Different Worlds - A Virtual Journey ed. Santosh Kumar,
Cyberwit.net, India 2006, $25 Paperback & Hardback, ISBN: 81-8253-064-4 (pp: 168), Reviewed by Janet K. Brennan
AUTHOR INDEX |
 An
International Literary Journal
VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 DEC.
2006 (10th
Issue)
Edited
by:
Dr.
Santosh Kumar
Binding: Paperback & Hardback (pp: 488 with a separate section of authors bio)
ISSN:
0972-6004
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Publisher:
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Pub. Date: Dec. 2006
Condition: New
Front Cover Art: Robert M. Walker
From
The Editor
Welcome to the
Taj December 2006! The aim of Taj is to promote
Art and Poetry for Peace & Brotherhood across
diverse nations. This issue contains an extensive
selection of most notable artwork, poems and short
stories created by artists from all over the
world. The artists whose works appear in Taj are
selected because of their innovative style, and
their faith in limitless freedom of expression
devoid of superfluous ornamentation, empty
verbiage and hollow generalities. The most
important thing for a creative artist is to posses
some inward Platonic reality to face the dark
unspirituality and 'homelessness' of the
postmodern ethos. The most obvious and inescapable
aspect of the
poems, artwork and short stories included in this
issue is to convey the idea that there are as
diverse ways of creative expression as there are
individualities.
Terrorist
attack on July 11, 06 by seven bombs on the train
network in Mumbai, India killed more than 170
people and injured 500. These trains carry about
six million commuters daily. It reminded me of
Hardy's famous statement: "Happiness is but
the occasional episode in a general drama of
pain" (The Mayor of Casterbridge). Hardy
advises us in his another novel: "Our plan
should be to move onward through good and evil-to
avoid morbid sorrow even though we see ugliness in
the world; to do good cheerfully, following
Spinoza, battle with our evil star and follow out
our ideals" (Tess of the D'Urbervilles).
It
was a matter of great joy to me when Joseph Aprile
along with his wife, a resident of Seattle,
Washington, visited my residence, Allahabad on May
22, 06. We discussed a lot of things like
modernism, postmodernism, the problem of selling
poetry and art, contrast between works of art and
real life etc. Aprile is an extraordinary creative
artist. His poems, novel Awakening from a
Distant Dream and short stories anthology At
the Fringes of Experience 'explore the many
facets of the human experience'.
Hearty
congratulations to Orhan
Pamuk (b. 1952) for winning Noble Prize 2006, the
first Turkish author to achieve this honour. His
novels Yeni Hayat (1995) and My Name Is
Red have been translated into more than forty
languages. My Name Is Red is 'a fantasy
and a philosophical puzzle'.
As
many of you will know, I have been trying my best
on the enrichment of Taj, by selecting only those
writings, which add to credibility and prestige of
the journal. It is a pleasure to acknowledge, with
a very deep sense of gratitude, the help,
cooperation, generous support and kindness of all
the authors and artists.
SANTOSH KUMAR
Chief Editor
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© Carliss Mora
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