Beyond Words [poems]

'Beyond Words' poems] is a post-modern text by Dr. J.S. Anand, an Indian author who has excelled in English poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. This is what the critics have to say about this book and his poetry: Prof J.S. Anand's poems possess a rare simplicity, pristine grace and profoundly moving depth, all of which make a friendly overture to the reader, intriguing and mystifying him at the same time. Like a true impressionist, he applies his brush strokes gently though surely, varying his hues and tones with the deftness of a consummate artist. From the everydayness of the mundane and the quotidian to the intensely touching ruminations and reflections of a philosopher, he covers a very vast spectrum of human emotions and experiences, with the ease of a trapeze dancer. Though his voice is engagingly intimate and personal, his tone changes from subtly ironic to gently self-mocking, and almost always transcends the personal and the contingent. Professor Rana Nayar, Dept. of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 'The poetry of Beyond Words by Dr. J.S. Anand is highly metaphoric and spiritual and marks a big leap from his previous verses." Principal N.S. Tasneem, Formerly Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. "Dr. J.S. Anand is a poet of contradictions. He revels in accepting life with all its contraries and complexities. Unlike typical postmodernists, there is also a strong moral streak in his verses" -- Professor Swaraj Raj, Dept. of English, Govt. Mahindra College, Patiala. Anand's poetry is not of the type that simply gives pleasure to the reader. By contrast, the reader is invited on the stage to see, feel, suffer, and act. Most of the time, the points on which his speaker lays hands are so complicated that even he himself is seen to be caught in a maze. Thereby, the reader is also dragged into a deep philosophical and intellectual labyrinth. Dr. Roghayeh Farsi Iran] BEYOND WORDS is a collection of highly reflective poems, which deal instantly with the living and at the same time, bring into their sweep, the ideal which is absent. His reviewer, Dr. Roghaey Farsi finds in his poetry a dialogic structure, highly metaphoric language, a high intermixing of intertextuality and interdiscursivity. All these features make these poem not only a pleasure to read, with their apparent paradoxical statements, but, at the same time, draw the reader into the depths of his being, and try to relate him to his immediate as well as the ultimate reality.