Contents

Page No.s

Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Systems Theory/Approach

1

The Role of Generalized Information Theory in Systems Science
George J. Klir, USA

4-19

2

An Overview of String Theory
Shiroman Prakash, India

20-35

Literature and Theory

1

The Narrative Matrix of the Postmodern City: A Study of John Hawkee’s  The Lime Twig, Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy, and  E. L. Doctorow’s The Waterworks
Salwa Karoui-Elounelli, Tunisia

36-51

2

Translation: A New Philosophy
Sheeba Rakesh, India

52-64

3

Shattering the Shackles: Brecht’s Plays and the Language of Political Protest in Bangladesh

Farzana Akhter, Bangladesh

65-71

Creative Writing

1

Many Worlds: A Symphonic Vision of a Scientist
Subhash Kak , USA

72-79

2

Fifty Minutes
Lyzette, USA

80-82

3

(i) Next

(ii) What Does Amen Mean?
Christopher Moylan, USA

83-84

5

Essence of Life
Shama Satsangi , India

87

Book Reviews

1

Book Review of Arundhati Roy's Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy
Jyoti Kumar Verma, India

88-92

Obituary - John N. Warfield (1925-2009)

93-94