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 Poetry Anthology 2025  Across Latitude & Language brings together voices from across the globe—poets of different races, homelands, and histories, woven together by something quietly powerful: the shared weight of being human. In a world increasingly fractured by borders and conflict, this collection reminds us of the quiet universality of feeling. From the ache of personal loss and unspoken guilt to reflections on vanishing cityscapes and shifting faith, this anthology captures the full spectrum of human experience. Within its pages are poems that grieve, question, remember, and observe—the everyday and the extraordinary. Special Features: Nandana Dev Sen (United States), Shruti Chauhan (United Kingdom) and Saumya Choudhury (India) World Poets: Khushi Jain, Dr Neal Hall, Maahi Kaur Chohan, Akshita Sharma, Moya Roddy Dr Neha Singh, Aditi Sindwani, Mikey Cullen, Shreya B, Ruth Danon, Parii Jain, Aditi Surha, R.W. Haynes, Amit Chatterjee, Mahendra Pal Arya, Kimberly Gibson-...

 Our Faith, our Folly In these alien times, We're simmering As a cauldron, left, On the furnace of faith. The angst, has spilled ov'er, Permeating the atmosphere, Contaminating it, with rancor, Suffusing it with distrust, anger and hate. The disparities are drawn firmly, Widening the chasm, Creation of all the 'Isms' of Cosmos. Peace is a chimera, What will it cost us.. The Earth, the Sky, the last drop of our blood..? We are here on this planet on borrowed time, To inhabit for a while, Not forever, The Eternal and ever present Divinity, Observes our folly, The irony, that we deduce, We're infallible..!

 When one invests in an enterprise, A labour of Love, intense and pure, Focuses on one's aim, vows to decide, Come what may, I'll win  for sure, Scale the High and the Lows, to arrive, In full consciousness, to rise above any lure. To achieve and lose and still survive,  Awaiting patiently, whatever more Has been ordained, granted or denied. To forge ahead, derive strength from core Of Being; unrelenting till the goal is reached.  The dual aspects of worldly success or Failure, Become irrelevant, their impact breached And dwindle to a thing of Folklore. The epiphany, is to actualize Self, To evolve to a composite whole.      

  Recession- A real time reprieve leveraging on EI   “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.” Harry S. Truman It is quite mandatory to begin any meaningful and productive discussion with quotes! Recession is the current “Buzz” word that has quite effectively (unlike the Bond Martini) ‘shaken and stirred’ and continues to shape the current road map of Global economy in 2008! The exact dictionary definition of Recession is:” a period of reduced or declining economic activity.” The other terms and aspects synonymous with it are economic meltdown; stock market crash, downsizing and cost cutting. The topical question is : How to weather this storm; which has acquired delusional dimensions? Specifically; to ensure, that this phase is a period of sustainable growth and consistently productive activity for sowing the seeds of future prosperity.   At this juncture, it is relevant to articulate the premise, th...

  Moment of Truth:  Soul Curry 2020:  A Vignette of Life in Pandemic Time. Life's Journey consists of duality: Within and Without. Our interior landscape requires as much nurturing and care as our physical being.    Each one of us has a purpose: a raison D'Etré to live an enriched life. A life, uncluttered by material accoutrements. A Life, however, enriched with simple joys, fulfilled with precious moments and memories.   The lockdown and quarantine, enforced, courtesy the global pandemic, led to minor and major upheaval globally.   It also made one pause and reflect; about our vulnerability and our strengths. It compelled us to engage  in serious soul searching about what was real, relevant and essential. To survive, to live fully and to Live and let live.  The situation in the Global and local context compelled us to review our priorities, choices and decisions. It has taken a toll on all of us. It has also made us more humane.   The ...

 The Divine Design     When grey threads mark Life’s Pattern, And seem not in sync or Align, Trust the One above,   Who has created the whole design.   1. What is it, if not an act of pure love?    A bountiful blessing of the divine; That each carefully chosen thread,   Woven with precision, flawless and fine, Is crafted to a unique and intriguing design.   2.   Whenever gray threads appear, they mark,   The rose threads fairer,   The gold ones brighter, Their impact is vivid, and   Stark, Interwoven through warp, weft & weave, In the temporal fabric, our mortal   Life.  3.  The weaving and the   unravelling,   That occurs within the yarn of   Time , Knits together both grief and Joy, The two sides of the same coin; In the game of dice, are tossed like a toy, What comes to the fore, is our Gift,   One we can't ignore, forgo or Miss;   What lies hidden, isn’t our   Bliss...