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For Whom the Cell Tolls

Parth Pandya captures the various ways in which mobile phones feature in our lives, through haikus.

‘I Need No Paint Brushes!’

Archita Suryanarayanan spots a child doing up a drawing on his mother’s smartphone.The incident prompts her to mull over how mobile phones draw people more and more into a virtual world particularly with their technological excellence. She writes down her thoughts in a piece of non-fiction.

Always On

Vani Viswanathan captures four different moods from using mobile phones, through four byte-sized stories.

I’ll Marry My Mobile Phone!

Youngsters today are highly addicted to their mobile phones – so much so that they have cocooned themselves into a virtual world. Cell phones have grown to be their extended selves. Pranusha Kulkarni’s poem is a parody on how addicted they have become to this millennial gadget.

Phone for Ammu

Ammu, married only six months to Manoj, who lives in another country, longs to know him better. The muted conversations they have on the phone as his parents sit listening around her aren’t helping. A mobile phone comes to the rescue. Sudha Nair tells us how.

The Case of a Man and a Woman

Meera and Siddharth are reeling from the sting of their first fight. They stare at their mobile phones, aching for the other’s call. And then a call arrives… Anupama Viswanathan tells the story.

Blitzkrieg – Conquering Genres of Creativity

THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Vinita Agrawal reviews Blitzkrieg, a “mesmerising presentation of art” that goes beyond being a collection of poems.

Spark – October 2013 Print Issue

Buy the October 2013 issue themed ‘Attachment’ in print.

Spark – October 2013 Issue

Hi there! As the weather changes to give way to the chills, Spark is happy to give you some warmth with its October issue titled ‘Attachment.’ Read on for heartwarming fiction, interesting poetry and non-fiction accounts of what people could get attached to, all topped up with some beautiful photography. We’ve got our dose of non-thematic non-fiction on The Lounge too. We hope you enjoy this edition and as always, we look forward to hearing from you on what you thought about Spark this month.