Sroojana tells the story of how twenty, in a society that glorifies the sweet sixteens, twenty-fives and fifties, is a forgotten age. However, twenty is when you’re on the verge of the rest of your life, reeling from the puberty-ridden years of adolescence, which sparks the feeling of freedom, comfort… and joy.
Sriram’s photo essay outlines three instances of profound joy that he saw in his travels.
In the lives of two women brought together by circumstances, joy once lost slowly finds its way back. Anupama Krishnakumar writes a short story.
Preeth’s poem is about how in the unbridled quest for materialism, man is in grave danger of losing real joy in the process.
The themes of unwavering love, expressing it and, finding joy and contentment in this devotion are predominant in this free verse by Jyoti Verma. The gardener and her flowers are archetypal metaphors for devotion. A bunch of sunflowers’ ‘silliness’ is overcome when it embraces its essence and in doing so, makes the gardener happy too.
As temperatures soar across the country, greenery becomes harder to find – and our June 2019 issue comes to the rescue! Read poetry, fiction and non-fiction on how people associate with greenery in their lives, and a tale narrated by greenery itself.
Bakul Banerjee’s poem is about a journey through greenery where ferns are a dominating presence.
Vani describes her journey tracking greenery in Delhi, something that had never caught her eye or crossed her mind before.
