Vani Viswanathan captures four different moods from using mobile phones, through four byte-sized stories.
Youngsters today are highly addicted to their mobile phones – so much so that they have cocooned themselves into a virtual world. Cell phones have grown to be their extended selves. Pranusha Kulkarni’s poem is a parody on how addicted they have become to this millennial gadget.
Ammu, married only six months to Manoj, who lives in another country, longs to know him better. The muted conversations they have on the phone as his parents sit listening around her aren’t helping. A mobile phone comes to the rescue. Sudha Nair tells us how.
Meera and Siddharth are reeling from the sting of their first fight. They stare at their mobile phones, aching for the other’s call. And then a call arrives… Anupama Viswanathan tells the story.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Vinita Agrawal reviews Blitzkrieg, a “mesmerising presentation of art” that goes beyond being a collection of poems.
Hi there! As the weather changes to give way to the chills, Spark is happy to give you some warmth with its October issue titled ‘Attachment.’ Read on for heartwarming fiction, interesting poetry and non-fiction accounts of what people could get attached to, all topped up with some beautiful photography. We’ve got our dose of non-thematic non-fiction on The Lounge too. We hope you enjoy this edition and as always, we look forward to hearing from you on what you thought about Spark this month.
Vinita Agrawal’s poem is a humorous piece on her attachment to physical books as opposed to digital editions and electronic versions. Read on.
Krish meets Chris, a boxer like himself, in Vegas. The encounter makes Krish reminisce about a different life in a different place – Shom Biswas writes the story about one’s attachment to a small town.
