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The Best of Romance in the Written World: 2012

Blogger itchingtowrite @ The Reading Corner lists her favourite works of Romance from the written world, most of them works of fiction that were released in 2012. Have you read these books yet?

Phantom

Loreto M captures the spirit of romance in a poem that beautifully brings about the comfort zones existing in the most unexpected of places. Read on.

Romance, Everywhere

Through photographs that reflect everyday life, Raju Rhee points out that Romance exists in small things around us. A visual interpretation of this month’s theme.

Waking Up

Sometimes all it takes is a moment to experience the magic of romance, so much so that even priorities can change. Like what Arun Anantharaman captures in this poem.

Love Aaj Kal

Married for a decade and more, a wife-and-a-mother mulls over the lack of romance in her life these days. Annoyed with the hype surrounding Valentine’s Day, she is not so enthused about what the month of February has to offer, until she takes a trip down the memory lane. The lady in question could be anybody, it could be me, it could be you, says Gauri Trivedi. Picture by Gauri Trivedi.

Lost Love

In three small poems, Vinita Agrawal brings out the sadness and pain that someone who has lost their love experiences.

From a Fleeting Image

A cardiac surgeon who can miraculously see into people’s past catches a fleeting image in front of his eyes when he is about to perform a surgery on a patient. The image takes him on a journey with a purpose. What would that be? Madhuri Yelamanchili’s intriguing story gives the answer.

The Elements

Two people deeply in love, merge and transform into the five elements of nature namely Wind, Earth, Fire, Water and Ether. Parth Pandya’s poetry marries romance to the five elements.

Love Blossoms

What happens when love blossoms between a man and a woman? Amrita Sarkar interprets the theme ‘Romance’ through a painting.