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Some Memories From My Mostly Miserable Summers

With a few exceptions, Chandramohan Nair’s summer experiences have been stressful. He recounts some of them in this piece.

Summer Solstice

Parth Pandya writes a poem about the season of summer and what it does to tormented souls.

A Summer Swing

For a child between three and twelve years of age in a metropolis, no summer is complete, it seems, without a stint at a summer camp. Laxmi Sivaram wonders if the proliferation of summer camps around us saying something about our miscalculation as parents.

Sigh

In Sarba Roy’s story, a young man goes through the monotony of a normal summer night, only to retire with a chill of hope.

Spark – March 2019 Issue

Silence is all around us. At different points in our days and lives, we embrace it or run away from it. But all said and done, silence evokes thought, and thought often evokes writing. And in this issue of Spark, we feature poetry, non-fiction and fiction on the theme ‘Silence’.

Speechless

Silence, to Ayaan, for a long time, meant an undefinable fear, as every silent second reminded her of the fact that her child was speechless. But with time, silence became a beautiful language instead, for her and her family to communicate with each other. Ayaan writes about this journey here.

My House Stands in Silence

We are about to sell our house. We will move away and our house will stand there in silence. Just a building it might be, but what if it will yearn to see us? Ranjini Sivaswamy pens a poem.

Please Maintain Silence

A visit to the bird sanctuary in the quest for peace and calm leads Preeth Ganapathy to realise that silence is a very precious commodity.

Stray Thoughts on Silence

From the silence that preceded the birth of the universe to the silence that pervades a music hall, M.Mohankumar presents his perspective on this month’s theme through a poem.