A young woman goes through a desolate phase at a kid’s birthday party. One little boy decides to turn things around for her, though. Vani Viswanathan tells the story.
A photograph becomes the subject of a conversation between two men over breakfast. Anupama Krishnakumar writes a story of two people whose lives revolve intensely around art.
M. Mohankumar writes a poem on the thoughts and emotions that a beautiful cherry tree in the backyard evokes.
Free speech in India is increasingly becoming difficult, with so much discontent and oppression surrounding writers’ words and content on the media and the Internet. Harman Mavi expresses the Indian censor’s attitude in verse.
Lavanya Pathmanaban traces the journey of her love affair with coffee – from her kitchen, to Chennai’s cafés, all the way to Sydney! Read this hilarious account of a south Indian trying to deal with coffee in another part of the world.
Parenting is no easy task and at every stage of the child’s life, the job only gets harder, says Parth Pandya in his poem.
Clumsy, confused Mira is pushed to meet a prospective groom. Sudha Nair tells a story about the setting they meet in and the mess thereafter.
Amitabh Vikram writes a poem on the people who live in the hills, forgotten most of the time, and remembered only during the time of elections.
What’s the answer to man’s quest for meaning in this vast universe? What is the source of true happiness? Vishal Anand meditates on a very relevant topic and in the process, tries to seek answers.