New Horizons of Human Progress

This anthology covers a large area of our present cultural landscape. It looks at the work of several eminent writers which include Tomas Transtromer, the Swedish poet and Nobel laureate; Gopinath Mohanty, the outstanding Indian novelist; Carlo Fuentes, the Mexican writer; Jalauddin Rumi, perhaps most eminent Sufi poet; Daisaku Ikeda, the great Japanese scholar and Rajendra Saha, the legendary Guajarati poet. Some of them were presented as keynote addresses in international and national seminars such as SAARC Festival of literature, International Sufi Festival, Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies. The articles on Gopinath Mohanty and Rajendra Saha were presented as key note addresses in the centenary celebration organized by Sahitya Akademi for this two eminent writers. Taken together they present an overview on the relevance of literature and cultures in our times.