Get set to escape from the pulls of this world with our October issue! Themed ‘Escape’, read our poetry special on how our contributors interpreted what escape conjures in their minds. There’s fiction as well, and a book review and a Slice of Life contribution too.
Gowri, an engineer, often imagines an alternate history in which she studied English Literature. What would her days have been like? Would she have grown to love words and their meaning even more than she does today? This poem captures her flights of fancy which are her escape from reality.
Meera’s story is about a woman’s complex relationship with her bra, and what its less-than-impressive size symbolizes.
An escape that leads to an unexpected set of events in a young boy’s life…M. Mohankumar pens a poem.
In Parth Pandya’s poem, books come to the rescue of a man bogged down by life’s difficulties, and help him make his much-needed escape.
By pitting contrasting elements in a pair against one another, and by showing how any escape from the one to the other retains something of the former, Srinivas’ poem highlights the idea that to escape from any given thing is to be inevitably tied to that thing.
Sunil tells the story of a shadow that sits in darkness and dreams of freedom. As it unentangles itself from its reality, the shadow recalls memories and envisions its future. And somewhere between the two, it wonders what freedom is for one who has never been free.
Indu Parvathi’s verse weaves in the theme of escape by capturing the scene at a park one evening.
When nature decides to strike, there is little one can do to escape her wrath. Even if one is lucky enough to emerge unscathed, there is little guarantee that life will continue to remain the same. Preeth Ganapathy’s poem is about one such ‘escape’.