Click here to buy the print copy of Spark’s March 2013 issue themed ‘Woman : Facets and Forms’.
As summer sets in with full force, we are delighted to bring you an issue that we are sure will make you salivate – presenting, Spark’s April issue ‘Celebrating Food’! We’re also excited because this is our 40th issue! Through a series of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and art, we explore the various sides of food: cooking, fond memories and longing for certain kinds of food, and some thought-provoking incidents that surround the most vital component to a healthy life, food. Our special feature focuses on an interesting topic – food photography. We also have The Lounge which gives you the usual fare on music, books and spirituality. Click here to access the April 2013 issue on the e-reader, ISSUU.
A picture can speak a thousand words, we have heard, and when the subject of the photograph is something that is most fundamental for life to sustain and thrive, it gets all the more interesting. For, when a photograph is that of food, it just doesn’t stop with telling the world about the dish’s existence but stirs in its audience a range of diverse emotions – from being enticed to smitten to feeling the hunger pangs. Anupama Krishnakumar attempts to demystify the charming world of food photography by speaking to food bloggers, Soma Rathore (www.ecurry.com) and Chinmayie Bhat (www.love foodeat.com) and Divya Yadava, food photographer and culinary consultant (www.divyayadava.com).
Being a vegetarian, non-vegetarian cooking has always seemed so interesting to Sandhya. Here’s her ode to fish curry painted using coffee decoction with a spoon, fork and a knife and inked over.
A die-hard fan of the fiery red spice, chilli, Arun Anantharaman is forced to slow down and reconsider his cravings for consuming the spice in varied forms. He tells what exactly went wrong and what the sudden turn of events means to him through poetry.
Food plays a poignant role in Mira’s life, symbolising the love, comfort and security of home. When a new chapter in her life causes upheaval and threatens to cast a shadow of gloom over her happiness, will she be able to provide nourishment to her soul? Sudha Nair’s story has the answer.
Young Jillu was once taken to the ration shop by her mother to buy sugar. This got her thinking and questioning her mother on a number of things. Vani Viswanathan tells the story.
Many of us find cooking a chore – Priya Sreeram was one of us too, until she took her time to find that it can be a therapeutic, fulfilling experience that can also make the family bond better. Read on for some tips from her!
