CLRI July 2012

Contemporary Literary Review India July 2012    Wish to Live: A beggar on a street in Pune (India) writing her feelings on a paper to kill silence in her life. Your life is precious. Never give up, always try to live.
Editorial July 2012	Pros & Cons of Digital Publishing by Khurshid Alam As there are pros & cons of everything so are with digital publishing. Discuss this topic on Kindle Community with thousands of members. >>> Read in Full
Poems	Three Poems by Akhil Katyal For the First Few Days Khusro and Nizam You  >>> Read in Full
	Two Poems by Nithya Raghavan American-Indian Daughter-In-Law Hollow & Empty  >>> Read in Full
	I Do Not Have AIDS by Bestin Samuel Even though the odds are heavily stacked against me, I am confident. I do not have AIDS.  >>> Read in Full
	Haiku by Sanchita Choudhury Winged time brings me here Withered time emancipates  >>> Read in Full
	The Fifth by Dr (Ms) Prem Kumari Srivastava Twelve years ago, she entered the staff room.  >>> Read in Full
	Get Me Before It Ends by Krishna Keerthi As the world comes to an end, I can't find me any friend,  >>> Read in Full
	Three Poems by Gopal Lahiri Smile Sharing Thoughts Pencil Sketch  >>> Read in Full
Stories	Three Short Stories by Ron Koppelberger Flourishes of Half Dollar Renown A Breed of Rain A Blessed Blossom >>> Read in Full
	Pete’s Records by Valery V. Petrovskiy “Now, let his best friend have the floor”, said a master of ceremonies turning to me.  >>> Read in Full
	Mukhagini by Ashok Patwari Parvati had another glimpse of setting sun dipping in to the horizon.  >>> Read in Full
Criticism	Mistry's Bombay: Harmony in Disparity by Ezzeldin Elmadda This article discusses Rohinton Mistry's portrayal of the city of Bombay as a unique locale in India... >>> Read in Full
Arts	Arts by Lord Frederic Leighton Flaming June by L F Bennett  >>> See in Full
Book Reviews	Review on Lost In Seattle by Ghanshyam Iyyengar Bruce Louis Dodson, in his debut novel Lost in Seattle, tracks the economic slowdown... >>> Read in Full
	Review on Reading the Qu’ran by Meenakshi Chawla We live in an unsettled and unsettling world.  >>> Read in Full
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