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                            Name                    Page no.             Name               Page no.                   Name                    Page no.

                            Bharati Hazarika         8,9                 Ramakrishna Perugu     40,41                  Reema Das              72,73



                            Flora Sarker           10,11                 Basudev Mallik         42,43                  Princess Lubna         74,75



                            Ishrat Umar            12,13                 Tarannum Shaikh        44,45                  Shohreh Esfan          76,77



                            Geethanjali Dilip      14,15                 Ravinder Kaur          46,47                  Fred M. Lobo           78,79

                                                                                                                                                                                             Today, there are disciplined and elegant   In the anthology 'GEMS' -2 the gems of   In today’s world of precious belongings,
                            Bibhudutta Sahoo       16,17                 Pankhuri Sinha         48,49                  Sonia Batra            80,81                                          ways of assessing the value of a precious   the  world  are  the  beautiful  people  who   there are literally hundreds of valuables,
                                                                                                                                                                                             stone like gems. In addition to its rarity, a   open their eyes to see beauty everywhere   say gems like people to choose. Almost all
                                                                                                                                                                                             gem's market value is often determined by   and portray it in their creativity. They are   the gems are considered as being highly
                            Moushumi Bhattacharjee  18,19                Bindi Sharma           50,51                  Leena Rajan            82,83
                                                                                                                                                                                             its  clarity,  cut,  color  and  carat  –  often   the pillars of any society, opening up layers   precious in life. Gems were as treasures for
                                                                                                                                                                                             famous for the value as well as for its own   underneath the surface to discover a better   affection  and  true  love.  All  the  charms
                                                                                                                       Myriam Ghezaïl                                                        glittering beauty. Women are like gems.   future. They are uniquely original in that   with  valuable  lifelong  predated  the
                            Prakash Nagarajan      20,21                 Pradeep Kumar Mishra   52,53                                         84,85
                                                                                                                       Ben Brahim                                                            Almost all colored gems carry a decorated   they  dare  to  reveal  their  souls  and  pave   founding  of  human  love  in  history.
                                                                                                                                                                                             and  feathered  story  like  any  renowned   paths of their own. Gems have always been   Human  psychology  suggests  that  gems
                            Balveen Kaur Cheema    22,23                 Hana Shishiny          54,55                  Williamsji Maveli      86,87                                          women in this world.                     a precious gift for humanity as a heritage   evoke  the  radiant  and  shiny  surface  of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and souvenir of love. Relationships have   body  of  water  like  crystal  dew  drops.
                                                                                                                                                                                             A woman constantly plays so many roles in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      flourished  around  these  gems  of  people   Human  are  beautiful  and  bountiful
                                                                                                                       Mausumi Kalita                                                        our daily life, be it a teacher, engineer, chef
                            Naheed Akhtar          24,25                 Huma Riyaz             56,57                                         88,89                                                                                   whose  generosity  of  nature  has  both   creations like gems. Yes, it needs another
                                                                                                                       Sachdeva                                                              or a doctor and so on. Her selflessness is
                                                                                                                                                                                             unmatched. She endures all the problems   brought solidarity to society and at times   person to tell you the gem of the person
                                                                                                                                                                                             in life with a smiling face and stands strong   provided  the  impetus  for  change  by   that  you  are!  Always  spread  the  seed  of
                            Jyotirmaya Thakur      26,27                 Arpana Kumari          58,59                  Poonam Wadhwa          90,91                                                                                   highlighting problems. Civilizations from   goodness,  be  another  person  who  tells
                                                                                                                                                                                             and firm. She is our inspirations to make
                                                                                                                                                                                             us  more  and  more  strong  and  highly   ancient times have valued the preciousness   someone how truly wonderful they are and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               then they become as they always were. Let
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of gems'; whether as polished stones being
                            Dvipa Thakkar          28,29                 Anindita Ray           60,61                  Neetu Vaid Sharma      92,93                                          passionate. They are truly our nation's role   symbols  of  status  or  the  value  of  being   us sow the seed and then humanity will
                                                                                                                                                                                             models.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      associated with unique people. These gem   reap  the  crop  of  enlightened  beings,
                                                                                                                       Prasanna Kumar                                                        Women  are  like  gems  holding  natural,   like  people  have  invincible  spirit  which   Happy  reading  of  GEMS  II  from  our
                            Akash Sagar Chouhan    30,31                 Sunil Kaushal          62,63                                         94,95
                                                                                                                       Behera                                                                inherent  appeal  of  gorgeousness  and   radiates in their ability to write creatively   Coffee Table Pictorial Poetry Family.
                                                                                                                                                                                             bountifulness. Each gem has a story if you   on the blank pages of the book called life.
                                                                                                                                                                                             look  closely  at  them  at  any  powerful   They are the pioneers in their own fields,   I feel happy to go through the works of real
                            K.V. Dominic           32,33                 Soma Bhowmik           64,65                  Poonam Nigam Sahay     96,97                                                                                                                            gems  who  have  made  the  coffee  table
                                                                                                                                                                                             woman  in  this  cosmos.  Gems  are  not   drawing on inner strength their voices give
                                                                                                                                                                                             actually for gentleman, it is for fair-haired   new dimensions to life to boost the sagging   anthology  beautiful.  I  congratulate  the
                            Manjula Asthana                                                                            Sharmita Banerjee                                                     and  lovely  woman,  they  just  happen  to   spirit of humanity at large. They are the   contributors  and  participants  of  this
                                                   34,35                 Sadhana Panda          66,67                                         98,99                                                                                                                            wonderful coffee table binder from Nepal
                            Mahanti                                                                                    Bhinder                                                               present in a feminine manner. Here we are   true  warriors  of  the  pen  or  artists  of
                                                                                                                                                                                             proudly  presenting  GEMS  II  –  another   excellence who draw on a canvas as big as   along with my other colleagues working
                            Nandita De                                                                                                                                                       gift of a fabulous anthology of poems to all                                      for  Indo-Nepal  Pictorial  Poetry  &  Art
                            Nee Chatterjee         36,37                 Mountassir Aziz        68,69                  Ekta Desai               100                                                                                   the sky.                                 Forum (C)
                                                                                                                                                                                             our brilliant readers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Jyotirmaya Thakur                         Raghubir Sharma
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Williamsji Maveli                     Project Co-ordinator
                            Sushmindarjeet Kaur    38,39                 Priyatosh Das          70,71                                                                                                                                                                                                   Joint Editor
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