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The Mystery and Magic of Harry Potter

When one thinks of Harry Potter, the acclaimed wizard boy from J.K.Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, the mind effortlessly conjures the image of a certain bespectacled, serious-looking boy, thanks to the books having been given a visual form through seven brilliant movies. Varsha Sreenivasan writes an interesting conversation featuring Harry and a certain ‘Curious Spark’ who is an excited, curious and die-hard fan of Harry Potter.

Epiphany

Nick, a die-hard ‘Star Wars’ fan has all that he had wanted of life and even more. One fine day, an epiphany occurs and life isn’t the same again. Based on the premise that there is a force that binds the universe, all pervading and omnipresent and that this force can be realised and utilised by a person to his advantage and/or for the community’s benefit or can also be used for dark side or evil, Preeti Madhusudhan writes a story around the popular movie, Star Wars.

A Pale Pink Dawn

A journalist who looks fairly out of place in the city she is in; yet she is someone who carries herself with enviable ease, someone for whom being out of place isn’t much of a bother. And then there’s her friend too. So, what do these two women do? Preeti Madhusudhan tells you a story that’s set in Chennai.

Ripples in Jaipur

Two women who meet in Jaipur begin to understand each other through small conversations. Where does it go from there? Parvathi Jayamohan weaves a tale.

Ghostly Voice

Here’s a tale of a woman and her man, both deeply in love. A short story by Manali Rohinesh.

Cycles to the Sea

Love, innocent, free of tangles and straightforward. Here’s a simple tale of love that blossoms between Vishnu and Keerti by the shore, near the temple, when they’re on their bicycles. Short story by Shreya Ramachandran.

Virtue and its Guardian

More often than not, conversations between a father and a daughter can prove to be really interesting and at its best, intellectually stimulating. Here is a story of a dad and a daughter discussing who is the real hero among the five Pandava brothers in the epic, Mahabharata.

Monologues

A woman is many things: understanding, frivolous, balanced, caring, confused, patient, brave. These five little monologues by Vani Viswanathan, capture the different facets of being a woman.

My Father

This is the story of Sivan, a young boy. Shreya Ramachandran spins a tale – one that when you start reading will make you think that the boy is sitting right next to you at times and taking you along, holding your hand, at others, as he tells you his story.