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Contents From The Editor's Desk A Fantasy Comes True

~Arpana Kumari~ Love's Labours Never Lost 10-11 ~Zakir Malik~ A Friend in Need 52-53 On being privileged to be editor of this wonderful With a fantastic fantasy of author / poet KC Sethi having
anthology, I would like to share my experiences in come true following the paperback publication of
~Moushumi Bhattacharjee~ The Royal Bengal Tiger 12-13 ~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ Bake The Cake 54-55 managing the beautiful stories submitted by dear Golden Apples of God, the anthology of stories and
participants. Before I go for its drafting process, I wish to tales, now comes the Coffee Table Book—Never Cease
~K.C. Sethi~ A Fool – To Be or Not To Be (A Non-Fiction Story) 14-15 ~Shohreh Efsan~ Nature's Beauty 56-57
say something about book of stories and tales. To Amaze / Stories and Tales. Like the paperback
~Suganthi Doss~ The Queen of Flowers 16-17 ~Williamsji Maveli~ Wounds 58-59 A good story book is born from the brain and heart of its publication fulfilled a dream of bringing out a standard,
own author; the true author has put himself into the ideal and affordable compilation, the present anthology
~Aruna Bose~ Heal The World 18-19 ~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ The Talking Specs 60-61 is expected to go a long way in fulfilling the basic tenets
words, sentences, paragraphs and pages throughout the
of a rich and gorgeous publication in the glorious
~Dr Ritu Kamra Kumar~ ~Priyatosh Das~ book; they partake of his own life, and are inheriting traditions of the Coffee Table Book, the movement that
Malapropism: A Hilarious Misunderstanding 20-21 The Greedy Rich Man and The Innocent Elephants... 62-63 aptitude, attitude with his identity. It is the reflection in has created a visible tremor in the English literary arena and Art world.
the book, therefore. That to begin with what we have to find our way. We have to
~Sulekha Samantaray, Special Invitee~ Khushi and Mithu 22-23 ~Poonam Nigam Sahay~ The Hidden Treasure 64-65 get to know story teller as an individual. As always, we expected high standard stories from writers who have made this
compilation so stupendous. Almost all participant-storytellers have made, it
~Richa Anand~ Say No to Wayward Innocence 24-25 ~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ Pup Gymnastics 66-67 To establish personal, inter connectivity with the life story and its threads in a would be better to say, a hat-trick in their qualitative and spontaneous
simple, direct, genuine way, should this be the primary and constant intention. We
~Bharati Nayak~ The Elusive Barbi Doll 26-27 ~Harinder Cheema, Special Invitee~ The Children of Two Gods 68-69 want first of all to become, not scholars, but good readers of human mind and cooperation. They have further enriched and strengthened the Coffee Table Book
behaviourism, and we can become good readers only when we make our reading a tradition, simulta-neously making a successful bid to impact and encourage their
~Tanu Vermani Kapoor~ A Memorable Experience 28-29 ~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ The Ketchup Queen 70-71 young as well as mature readers, including the kids and their parents.
matter of close and sympathetic companionship. Personal expedience it has been
~Jyoti Patil~ Mai's Love 30-31 ~Jyoti Sahni~ Duckback Boots 72-73 rightly said, it is the basis of all real story telling in literature, and to enter into such We had a wonderful experience in exploring real-life Golden Apples like Ms.
personal experience, and to share it, is similarly the basis of all real literary culture. Kavya Mohindroo, a X+ student and Master Aayan Samal, a student of IVth
~Soma Bhowmik~ Power of Thinking 32-33 ~Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mishra~ Charity is The Joy Forever 74-75 standard whose stories mirror their bright future. You find their new stories in the
A great story book owes its greatness in the first instance to the greatness of the present anthology.
~Cygne De Vie, @ Hayat Haj Khalil~The Magic Gift 34-35 ~Tejaswini Patil Dange~ Scooby 76-77 personality which gave it life; for what we call genius is only another name for
freshness and originality of nature, with its resulting freshness and originality of All stories are packed with a variety of elements — angels, animals, birds, Nature,
~Bharati Hazarika~Gift of God 36-37 ~Harinder Cheema, Special Invitee~ My Daughter Maya 78-79 outlook upon the world, of deep insight and of good thought coupled with wide adventure, witch-world, psychology, tragedy, society, nostalgia, king, princess,
outlook on humanity. A short story is a work of short, narrative prose that is usually dramatic hero, ante hero, struggle, justice, truth and falsehood, love and hate,
~Aayan Samal~ Legos' Adventures 38-39 ~Durgesh Verma~ The Lost Leaf 80-81
cantered around one single event. It is limited in scope and has an introduction, greed and selflessness, wrong and repentance, happiness and sorrow, real life
~Sudha Dixit~ What Goes Around 40-41 ~Manjushree Rudranna~ Be Good and Do Good 82-83 body and conclusion. events, and what not — all treated with great care and human sympathy through
systematic construction with didactic values. This anthology is meant not only for
Although a short story has much in common with a novel, it is written with much
~Ishrat Umar~ A Story Of Courage 42-43 ~Shreya Abhijit Desai, Special Invitee ~ Artist 84-85 the kids or their parents, but also for the general reading public and all story lovers
greater precision. This book of short stories has been compiled and well edited who will, no doubt, enjoy the stories to their fill while going through its pages and
~Sajina Panicker~ Good Karma 44-45 ~Sergio Camellini~ The Prince, The Princess and The King 86-87 with all reasonable efforts taken to make the book error-free, further more complete reading them one by one. We have made all efforts to make the
enjoyable to read and understand situations and situations of everyday life though
~P. L. Sreedharan Parokode~ Rita and Rani 46-47 ~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ The Innocent Dragon 88-89 all the stories included in this wonderful book with the title “Golden Apples of anthology clean and free from errors as far as possible. All credits, and my thanks,
God -Stories and Tales”. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all the are due to Dr. KC Sethi and Mrs Sunita Sethi, authors and compilers of this
~Bibhudutta Sahoo~ Just a Feeling… 48-49 ~Nandita De Nee Chatterjee~ Adventure in Gimmelwald 90-91 anthology for their persistent efforts.
contributing writers. Stay blessed and love to all.
~Kavya Mohindroo, Special Invitee~ Zibaro, The Great Dog 50-51 ~ KC Sethi, Author ~ A Model Mom -Ekta Desai- 92 Basudev Mallik, Joint Editor
Williamsji Maveli, Editor

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