In a poem that captures the happenings of yet another day in the street, RK Biswas constructs a picture of the not-so-closely-watched yet interesting things that fill the street – a picture that is framed by the kitchen window.
The transition from staying in a joint family to living in a nuclear family is often not as simple and joyous for children, as it is for adults. Gauri Trivedi shares an incident from her own life when she didn’t return home from school one day, much to the panic and dismay of her mother.
This is the tale of an anonymous lady who waits in the green-lit streets, the one who has lived and re-lived in the red womb that has subjected her to unfair violence and has filled her life with irony. Rini Barman’s poem brings to light the characteristics of the lady’s lackluster life and her companion in the street, a stray bitch that lies among the day garbage.
What does the day look like for a busy street? Parth Pandya tells us the story of one of the hundred M.G.Roads in India.
From little hands that beg for money to vehicles that fill a street to pedestrians to pavement hawkers to stray dogs to dust to myriad shops to sweaty people, Shirani Rajapakse’s poem brings to life the various scenes in a street on a Wednesday afternoon.
Priya Gopal presents a painting done in the traditional art form of Warli, which originated in the Warli village in the Thane district of Maharashtra. She uses this art form to depict the streets of Mumbai where street shopping is a way of life.
Led by her memories, experiences and travels, Vani recounts the many hues she has seen on the streets.
Through two poems, Anuradha Majumdar brings to life, the scenes from streets in the city of Kolkata. In both the poems, the daily tensions in a street are juxtaposed with lightness. The second poem, in particular, describes the daily anger, despair and hilarity that spread through pavements, people, traffic, animals and shops that fill a street.
Sudha Nair’s story depicts the insecurities and uncertainties of life on the street. A street vendor finds his life take an unexpected twist after a chance encounter.