In Mohankumar’s poem, a sea captain speaks of someone else’s guilt on account of which he had to suffer.
Mirnalini Venkatraman describes her journey so far as a full-time working woman who also happens to be a mother, and how guilt seeps in more often than she would like.
A road accident unravels the many layers of love, anger and marriage, and of words spoken too soon or not at all. Komorebi is a love story of sorts, but one seen through the retrospective lens of guilt and regret.
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.