What links Bob Dylan, prophetess Deborah and the study of liquids that don’t really flow? Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Spark’s in-house scientist, provides the answers in this piece under the theme ‘Science’!
A girl of nine joins a Boarding school, and enters a whole new world, something so different from the sheltered life she lived. Vinita Agrawal recounts her experiences of childhood.
There are odes written to childhood, but hardly anything for parenthood. Parth Pandya talks about why it can seem so hard, but why, at the end of the day, you might just turn out okay.
What inspires a writer? Joy, pain, triumph, experiences or perhaps just a keen sense of observation? In poetic prose, Gauri Trivedi describes how the desire to write is always within her, surfacing only in times when things are not quite right. It is not an inspiration she deliberately seeks, it’s just the way it has turned out to be.
Subbaram Danda writes about his visit to the ‘Destination of Desires’, Darjeeling, sharing his experiences of witnessing the statues of the Buddha at the Japanese Peace Pagoda as well as many other fascinating attractions including the snow-clad peak of the Kanchenjunga. It’s a visit that made him dwell intently upon ‘desire’, he writes. Text and Pictures by Subbaram Danda.
For someone who grew up in Mumbai in the 90s, Parth Pandya’s dream of owning a car is not unthinkable. But did he eventually end up living his dream? He shares the memories of a desire.
Rajlakshmi Kurup ponders over the various connotations that the word ‘desire’ takes, especially when it comes to women.
Anupama Krishnakumar’s long-cherished dream of owning the perfect study table is now a reality. She can’t stop raving about just how brilliant it is and how she is loving the experience. Read on.
