A MILLION DESTINIES is 17th work of English poetry by Dr. J.S. Anand, an Indian author who has tried his hand at fiction, non-fiction, poetry and spirituality. Dr. Anand has also penned 8 poetry books in the vernacular, i.e. his mother tongue, Punjabi. It is the philosophical thrust of his writings which sets him apart from so many other poets writing in English or Punjabi. Dr. J.S. Anand's most famous work was his volume of poems, 'Beyond Life beyond Death' published in 2001, about which Princial N.S. Tasneem, former fellow of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, had remarked that...

Beyond Life Beyond Death is a post colonial statement on the life of the post modern man, who has suffered emotional, psychological, and spiritual erosion, as a result of which he has lost his mental balance, and his physical shape too. He is a distorted figure now, beyond recognition, and in search of his redemption as a human being, which is eluding him, because, religion has failed to come to his rescue, no prophet can salvage him now, that he has slipped down the 'wasteland' into the 'wretchedland'. In this dark atmsophere, spiritual regeneration alone can help him out of this morass,...