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One Woman’s Earthly Meditation

Get a glimpse of a woman researching in a highly-specialised domain and the space around her. Bakul Banerjee writes a poem on a woman scientist researching theories of plate tectonics.

Driving Home Inspiration

A mother and her teenaged daughter reflect on how the Indian society views educated urban women today, based on print and TV ads that they have recently seen. Vani Viswanathan tracks their conversation.

I’m Here

Life often gets us down to a point we can longer function. Everything seems to be drag us further into the mire. We struggle to operate. But, despite the wallowing, we survive and finally tomorrow seems hopeful. Barbara Gurney writes a poem on a woman who is struggling but has the willpower to reach out to help and take hold of her life. 

She

Painting of a woman by Girija Murali featured on the cover of Spark’s 75th issue.

The Twilight Hour

Parth Pandya tells the story of three working women, disparate from each other, but subject to common societal norms.