Anupama Krishnakumar captures the flavour of her life in recent months in this poem.
In a poem inspired by incidents from his own life, M. Mohankumar talks about a father who wouldn’t let his son leave home unless he saw a certain auspicious omen.
This piece is an ode to the bold, pleasant and lively years of Anupam Patra’s youth when his choices were yet to be driven by mundane conveniences. Often, the discipline of adulthood sparks reminiscences of those impulsive times in him. When the vibrant memories of his young days swim to him, a comparison between what was and what is becomes inevitable.
Parth Pandya’s verse captures the life of a young woman whose soul though has aged owing to scars from her past.
Living in a city is as much about searching for solitude as it is about navigating through loneliness. Deepthi Krishnamurthy addresses the unsettling nature of city life in her three poems about urban commute, restless insomnia and the claustrophobia of the ‘inside’.
A woman arrives in a city that was never hers and soon becomes a fragment of that whole. Parth Pandya’s verse tells the woman’s story and her relationship with the city that took her hostage.
Anupama Krishnakumar’s poem talks about some of the heart-warming experiences that she lived through as a single woman in Bombay over a decade ago.
Anupam Patra sees his city as a person with a soul and a character. He writes of its beauty, ugliness and shortcomings and of its consequence on his own identity. He confesses that his city is messed up but he still has reasons to call it home.
Mallika’s poems present the city in its myriad hues: its din and bustle, its nonchalance, colours and smells.