Creation and Criticism

 ISSN: 2455-9687

(A Quarterly International Peer-reviewed Refereed e-Journal

Devoted to English Language and Literature)

Editorial

In this CORONA KAAL, I suffered personal as well as literary loss. I lost my research guide Prof. Sushma Sharma on 2nd July 2020, my father Dr. Vijay K. Arora on 20th Aug 2020, dear poet Prof. T.V. Reddy on 26th Aug 2020 and dear poet, novelist and shortstory writer S.P. Saxena ‘Surya’ on 1st Nov 2020, dear poet, editor and critic Dr. C.L. Khatri on 20th March 2021. Read More

CL Khatri: In Conversation with Abnish Singh Chauhan

Print poetry looks better and reads healthier if it is dressed in figurative attire. The beauty of poetry lies in reveal and conceal. It should reveal the immediacy of thought/feelings in the very first reading to relate itself with the reader but holds back enough for successive readings or be amenable to multiple readings. I usually try to do so in my poetry except when there is immediate outburst or a tale to tell. But there also it intends to covey a distinct thought and emotion in synthesis or takes the reader to a different realm…. Read Again

Shiva Purana and Glimpses of Ancient Wisdom

PCK Prem

One can easily say that Puranas are in truth, encyclopedic in scope and import where one finds essence of life and existence in totality, and where social, economic, political, religious, psychosomatic, and philosophic dimensions become obvious. A judiciously meditative and reflective intellect goes further than the borders of transitory life.... Read More

1. CL Khatri's For You to Decide: A Striking Balance of the Earthy and the Metaphysical — Payal Nagpal

2. The Poetic World of C.L. Khatri: A Critique — Dharmendra Kumar Singh 

3. CL Khatri’s Poetry: An Adventure into the Harsh World of Reality — Sanjay Sharma & Vinay Shanker Shukla

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