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The short stories included in this issue deal with a variety of themes: alienation, man-woman relationships, revolt against the prevailing social values, spiritual yearning, inner consciousness of the characters. These stories are full of precise... (read more) (Best Deal! Only $16 per copy) VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2004 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. (read more) (Best Deal! Only $15 per copy) VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2004 Welcome to Taj! Taj Mahal Review, (June 2004) features Short Stories, Poems by international authors, Literary Criticism, Reflections, Book review and Author Index in a separate section. The poems included in this well-crafted and beautiful journal reveal that Poetry has not lost its significance as a cultural force in our postmodern world. This wonderful journal contains short stories, which are unique and excellent, and revive 'the almost lost art' of short-story writing.    (read more) (Best Deal! Only $16 per copy) VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2003 The poems included in Taj Mahal Review, (December 2003) explore a great variety of topics. We find nothing doubtful or pessimistic in several poets, who seem to dwell in the infinite realm of spirit. On the other hand, some poets included in Taj Mahal Review criticize the new dictatorship of materialism over the soul, the cruel values of globalized world, full of people who have become "nothing but naked, eternally restless minds." Many poems in Taj Mahal Review have the subtle appeal of music. The poets appear to be influenced by Aristotle's maxim: "Think like a wise man, but express like the common people."           (read more) (Best Deal! Only $15 per copy) VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2003 Taj Mahal Review issue 3 by Cyberwit.net, India features Reflections, Short stories full of genuine emotional depth, Poems revealing a singular beauty and 'inner rhythm', penetrating and stimulating Book Reviews, and a carefully compiled 21 page section providing biographical notes on each of the contributing authors. This is an outstanding journal of quality and variety, featuring 191 authors from 20 countries. This is a beautiful Journal revealing a true kaleidoscope of tone, colour, and brings to each of us a common share of family in the real spirit of international Peace and Friendship. (read more) (Best Deal! Only $16 per copy) VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2002 The December 2002 issue of Taj Mahal Review by Cyberwit.net, India, pp. 351 is a quality journal devoted to Arts, Literature, Poetry and Culture. Our generation is demanding lots of Poetry. That's why Taj Mahal Journal is so important. The poems in the Journal reveal a sense of mystery and uncommonness in the ordinary objects of nature and human life. The shaping power of imagination revealed in these poems creates the highest poetry. Poems, essays and short stories by some of the greatest creative writers enrich Taj Mahal Review with rich variety and abundance. The Journal contains essays, short stories, poems and book reviews from USA, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Norway, South Korea, Nigeria, Ukraine, Japan, India etc. The inspired writings can make a difference, and can change the world.  (Best Deal! Only $14 per copy) VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2002 Taj Mahal Review by Cyberwit.net, India, pp. 300 is devoted to Literature and Arts so that the writers may live in perpetuity to be appreciated for all times. The Journal is devoted to the cause of poetry so that our planet may be a better place to live in. What Taj Mahal Review asks the poet is to be stimulated and moved by the visual and the aural imagery. The poems reveal the remarkable variety of life, and a faith in life, blended by a healthy skepticism. Poems, literary articles, essays, reviews and short stories etc. enrich literature, and the true talent, stature of the writers can be justly appraised. It is a Journal that can be read on a regular basis. Yes, I wish to subscribe Taj Mahal Review.   (Best Deal! Only $12 per copy)                                                                                                                                             Explorers (A Collection of Cotemporary Literature) Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding: Paperback ISBN: 81-8253-018-0 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, India Pub. Date: 2004 Condition: New Description: Explorers features some of the best poems by 21st century poets from all over the world. This collection includes the works of hundred poets differing in style and belonging to different nations. The great diversity and range of themes proves the rich wealth of English poetry in the 21st century. In several poems the reader will encounter the plain, unornamental language really used by common man, and this goes straight to the heart. We also notice that many poems in Explorers possess universality revealing more than a temporary or local interest, since great poetry transcends geographical boundaries. The subtle sense of the mysterious and unknown, and an inner joy due to manifestations of Beauty wherever they may be visible helps these poets included in Explorers to get away from the grim pressure of brutal reality. Some of these poets are Imagists reacting against romantic excess, and creating "hard, brilliant, clear effects instead of the soft, dreamy vagueness or the hollow... (read more) Only $15  ............................................................................................................. New Pegasus  Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding: Paperback (pp: 168) ISBN: 81-8253-003-2 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2004 Condition: New Description: New Pegasus, the latest Global Poetry Anthology by Cyberwit, allows the poetry lovers to relish the most spectacular poems across the world. Few things are more frightening than war, and dark clouds of smoke spilling over the still horizon. No doubt, together the poets create a better world, and ensure Peace through their compositions. Several poets of New Pegasus are influenced by William Carlos Williams, Pound, T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell, Roethke, Sylvia Plath, French symbolists including Laforgue, Corbiere, Mallarme and Valery. (read more) Only $16  ............................................................................................................. Voyages                Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding: Paperback (pp: 304) ISBN: 81-901366-2-3 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2003 Condition: New Description: Voyages features poets characterized by the iridescent color of imagination and accuracy of observation. They add a new light to what they experience and feel. The poets from Europe and other countries exhibit a simple force and chaste tenderness. (read more) Only $15  ............................................................................................................. Symphonies   Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding: Paperback (pp: 280) ISBN: 81-901366-3-1 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2003 Condition: New Description: The poems included in Symphonies will surely deepen and purify our normal existence. In several poets, we notice a decided opposition between the artist and society. Symphonies shows that the poets have a greater knowledge of life and a more comprehensive soul than a common person. Besides, by a deft use of their power of imagination, the poets are able to unravel the mystery of life, and to reveal uncommonness in the ordinary things of life.  (read more) Only $12  .............................................................................................................   The Golden Wings Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding:  Paperback (pp: 320) ISBN: 81-901366-1-5 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2002 Condition: New Description: The Golden Wings contains remarkable, flawless and highly artistic poems from all over the world. The poems included in The Golden Wings reveal a finality of grace and dignity, and the highest poetic triumph of the European writers and other countries. (read more) Only $15  .............................................................................................................     The Color Gallery Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding:  Paperback (pp: 272) ISBN: 81-8253-002-4 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2004 Condition: New Description: Here are tales, fantasies, horror and satire, and character studies created with careful choice of words, sentences, and paragraphs to produce a specific effect on the reader. Some of the major themes of these short stories are human alienation, personal trauma, such as anxiety, love and hate, man-woman relationship, delusion and self-discovery, spiritual struggle, the individual in conflict with popular social values.  (read more) Only $15  ............................................................................................................. The Still Horizon                  Review Edited By: Dr. Santosh Kumar Binding:  Paperback (pp: 227) ISBN: 81-901366-0-7 Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India Pub. Date: 2001 Condition: New Description: The Still Horizon is an admirable, attractive and scholarly anthology of poems from different nations USA, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal, Japan, India etc. The poems included in this anthology are very subtle, full of freshness, simplicity and pictorial power. The poems reveal a sustained impressibility towards the very mystery of life. Devoid of any artistic monotony, here is the triumph of the lyre. The poems from different countries reveal “a world among worlds.” The large number of poems from USA makes it evident that America’s post-modern poetry is all set to storm the world.  Only $8