Wedding revelry on one hand, an evening of cynicism, hunger and dreams on the other – Parth Pandya pens a poem on the different witnesses there are to a wedding.
Madhu, a teenaged wise owl, played an important role in altering the course of her sister’s life (for the better, of course) – or so she claims. Vani Viswanathan pens a story based on what happened, as narrated by smart alec Madhu, ridden with her parallels to Mani Ratnam movies.
What are the expectations from a married woman in India? Meera Sundararajan discusses the way married women and their responsibilities have been perceived over the years. Things have changed a bit, but there’s still a long way to go, she says. Read on.
Traditional TamBrahm weddings are a stylish affair these days, what with everything appearing choreographed. In fact, down South, marriages are absorbing many North Indian tradition including Mehndi and food. Ramya Shankar discusses the new face of TamBrahm weddings.
In an interview to Spark, Maniyarasan Rajendran, photographer, gets talking about wedding photography and what fascinates him about it. And of course, we showcase some of the wedding photographs he has clicked as well! Interview by Sandhya Ramachandran.
Come on, stop cribbing about marriage and look at these cartoons. Really, married life can be so much fun! Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad’s cartoon strips are sure to leave you laughing away!
Paintings on weddings by Usha Shantharam, a Bangalore-based artist. Usha is one of our Voices of the Month.
What would life be without cinema? It really would have been so much less fun. And why not, when it does so many things? It makes you dream. It entertains you. It makes you laugh. It moves you to a tear or two. It awakens admiration in you. It makes you think deeply. It throws you back in time. It teaches you the nature of life. It lets you glimpse larger than life images. And in some way, it lets you forget your own self and makes you feel you are part of a larger, unified scheme, for a brief while. And that’s essentially what this issue seeks to explore. The different aspects of cinema and the sheer joy that films bring to our lives. Ladies and Gentlemen, we welcome you to revel in Movie Magic. Please click here to access the issue on our e-reader ISSUU or to download the PDF.
Spark’s ‘Writer of the Month’, Jai Arjun Singh, is a freelance writer and journalist based in Delhi. He writes a fortnightly film column for Yahoo! India and has also written for Business Standard, The Hindu, Tehelka, The Sunday Guardian, Outlook and The Hindustan Times, among other publications. His book about the film ‘Jaane bhi do Yaaro’ was published by Harper Collins India in 2010. He has also edited an anthology of film writing, ‘The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies do to Writers’, for Tranquebar. In an interview to Spark, he gets talking about his thoughts on cinema, his blog and his books. Interview by Anupama Krishnakumar.