A family is in constant search for a missing amulet belonging to an old man. With every passing day, while the mystery of the amulet remains unsolved, the family pursues the search unrelentingly, pushed by an underlying motive. Parth Pandya writes a poem on the theme, ‘Mystery & Crime’.
Madhu Narasimhan captures the spirit of the people of a land that defines their cultural ethos, through his photo feature on the theme ‘History & Culture’.
Visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa was more than a tourist’s delight; it leads one to think about science and the times we live in, writes Subbaram Danda, under the theme ‘Travel’.
The captain of a ship shares the different kinds of load that his ship carries and how the Plimsoll Line is the magic code that he has to follow. Bakul Banerjee writes a poem on the all important line under the theme ‘Science’.
Oscar the rabbit has been jailed for digging “against the course of nature” and is sentenced to trial. Harman Mavi tells Oscar’s story with strong parallels to the Indian judicial debate around Section 377 under the theme ‘History & Culture’.
Can language be a barrier for someone who’s in love? Poornima Laxmeshwar presents her perspective through a poem on the theme ‘Love & Friendship’.
What links Bob Dylan, prophetess Deborah and the study of liquids that don’t really flow? Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Spark’s in-house scientist, provides the answers in this piece under the theme ‘Science’!
A man listening to music suddenly travels back in time – to the memory of a butterfly that he had chased as a young man. M. Mohankumar’s poem on the theme ‘Travel’, is about travel of a different kind.
Natasha Gayari tells about the workings of the mind of a young woman as she sits through a project meeting with her team that includes a man whom she is surprisingly drawn to. The Designer is a story on the theme ‘Love & Friendship’, highlighting a strange kind of attraction.