For most of us who live in cities away from childhood homes, a trip back home is always full of surprises and a walk down memory lane. We rarely get the time to notice the changes, not in the things we lost, but in the people we loved the most, our parents. And sometimes, when we stop rushing through busy lives and let the tiniest memories wash over our senses, we feel, a true sense of being, at home. Debleena Roy writes a short story.
Here is a poem about the tapestry of memories we create and the relationship between time, love, memories and our own fragility. Satyam Pati attempts to express in words the depth that creates nostalgia.
Prone to going on nostalgia trips often, Vani Viswanathan wonders how much of nostalgia is healthy.
This month, get ready to travel to new realms created through a delightful collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry! The November 2015 issue themed ‘Wonderland’, we are sure, will be a thrilling journey for you as our writers take you to fascinating and mysterious worlds through their words. We hope you enjoy this issue!
In a poem that captures the beauty of life in a village as a child, Mohankumar presents his version of Wonderland.
Little Ria loves to dream and is full of creativity. But she fears how the world would perceive her and her ideas. Anupama Krishnakumar tells Little Ria’s tale.
Bakul Banerjee explores some of the dreamy imageries of Bengali poet, Jibanananda Das, in a poem.
Bhargavi Chandrasekharan envisages a mercurial artist in the equipoised wife, rearranging the little pieces of the grand old Tamizh epic, Silappadikaram. Here is the tale of an innocent woman, treading into the frightening and fantastical folds of her mind ,one thought at a time.
Parth Pandya reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest ‘Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights’, calling it a work of uncommon and unabashed beauty.