Bøger af Shamenaz

"Poetic Kaleidoscope" is a multilingual poetry anthology consisting poems of many Indian and international languages. It is an anthology of the poems presented in the Poetry event, "India International Multilingual Poetry Festival 2021". The languages in this anthology include international languages like English, Uzbek, Korean, Italian, Turkish, Greek, Spanish, Persian and Indian languages like Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Sanskrit and Nyeeshi consisting of 15 languages overall. The poets belonging to countries like India, USA, UK, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Greece, Spain and Chile are participating in the current poetry collection.

The book, Virtual World Versus Real World & Other Stories is a short stories collection consiting of five stories. The first story, "An Obligation Called Marriage" is a story dealing with domestic issues. The protagonist of the story is a career-oriented young lecturer, who is pressured by her family and society to marry. When she marries, she had to compromise with her career. The second story, "And Life Goes On…" is an emotional story, about the loss of a dear one's from this world and the vacuum they create in one's life. The third story, "Music, the Soul of Life" is about a singer's struggle as a refugee in his neighbouring country after the civil war broke out in his native country. The fourth story, ""Virtual Versus Real World" is about the changing attitude of the current generation towards their family. How they are neglecting their families and keeping themselves busy with electronic gadgets like mobiles, laptops and computers. The last story, "The Teacher is Like a Candle" is also an emotional story dealing with the sensitive issue of love, respect and brotherhood in the society. All these stories are dealing with different issues but are of vital importance in our lives.

Women Poets: Crossing the Boundaries Volume I" is the fourth book by the Editorial Board of Progressive Literary & Cultural Society (India). It is a collection of poems by Women Poets who participated in the event, "Women Poets: Crossing the Boundaries" by PLCS by PLCS on 8th August 2021. The Women Poets belonging to 19 countries like India, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, Chile, Macedonia, Morocco, UAE and UK have participated in this anthology. This is an initiative of PLCS to encourage women poets to demonstrate their talents on international front.Dr Shamenaz is the author, editor & translator of 25 books

Feminist Voices Volume II is dedicated to the theme of domestic violence, a crime which happens within the four walls of the houses. In this anthology, poets from 23 countries including India, USA, Tunisia, Nigeria, Malaysia, UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Pakistan, Czech Republic, Bhutan, South Africa, Poland, Israel, Mexico, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Indonesia, Ghana, Greece, Egypt, Canada and Bangladesh have participated. They are voicing their narratives to eliminate this crime from the globe and make this world a better place to live in. Let us take a pledge to save women from all kinds of domestic inflicted on them globally. So, this is certainly the voices of poets from 23 countries against the injustice meted out to women in their own house.

"Maganda Tula: Filipino Bilingual Poetry Anthology" is an initiative of Progressive Literary and Cultural Society (India) to highlight the Filipino poets. It is a collection of poems in Filipino language and English by indigenous Filipino poetswho are striving hard to establish themselves in the poetic world by their talents and hard work. The title of this bilingual anthology, Maganda Tula, is in Filipino language which means "Beautiful Verses". The anthology comprises of poems being recited by Filipino poets in the "Filipino Poetry Reading" organized by Progressive Literary & Cultural Society, India in collaboration with Blossoms Journal, Phillipines.