Selina George, an avid reader and reading club member, calls The Last Goodbye to help her draft a decent suicide letter as she decides to bid adieu to the world. Philip John tells us her story, set in 2023, in a world where depression is driving up suicide rates and a group of charged people are reaching out through the internet to add meaning to their lives by creating theme-based groups.
Shreya Ramachandran tells us what’s problematic about portraying all women in Hindi movies as “good” women: it is lazy, inauthentic storytelling.
A husband watches on as his wife negotiates her way through a difficult life; does he feel remorse? Shruthi Saklecha tells us his thoughts.
There are as much miseries – vices and longings, as the number and variety of people in this world. Parth Pandya’s poem structured in the form of a chain of events involving different people, attempts to capture the dark side of human life.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY Our true inner self gets buried deep within layers of external influences, and when we touch that core, we realise what a sublime experience it is to be in touch with that self. Rahul Seth pens a reflective piece.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Vani Viswanathan talks about the different chillies of her life.
