The guilt of betrayal throbs like a wound, ushers withdrawal and carves a path of endless wait for deliverance for a man. However, as time passes by, he stops looking for deliverance because he learns how immune his guilt is to justifications. Anupam writes the man’s story in verse.
Shubha’s story traces the hate that a son has for his alcoholic father, which makes him keep letters from his father’s children from his previous marriage. What does he do when he’s confronted with a life-and-death situation?
There’s someone behind the door and he is hiding something. What could that be? Anupama Krishnakumar’s poem will tell you more.
Three women look back on their lives and speak about how the society forced guilt on them to cover its own shortcomings. Pranav Mishra writes.
As we get ready to celebrate India’s 71st independence day, this issue of Spark is a tribute to the graces, flaws and confusions that make India. Get set for an interesting milieu of poetry, fiction and non-fiction!
Noor is having a bad day. But she wants to end it well. According to her, a perfectly spiced chicken biryani should do the trick. But as she sets off in the direction of the biryani place, something diverts her attention. Will the day still end well? Sarah tells the story.
Sarba Roy’s poem is a country’s voice, prodding us to remember what we’re losing and what we can have. It’s her way of reminding how she is the greatest provider, sustaining us even in the unlikeliest of places and the unlikeliest of ways.
Think ‘India’ and what jumps to your mind? For Pulkit Singh, her country is as much about food as about all the other metaphors that define it. She looks back at all the gastronomic experiences she has had and shares her stories with you. And yes, she is talking about more epicurean delights than just the insanely famous butter chicken.
Anupam’s poem is a lament, a call to the people of a country perceived to have potential for greatness but ridden with flaws that forever keep that greatness a dream. Out of many such flaws, this poem focuses on our inability to overcome differences in geography and mind.