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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
                                                       Editor









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