The poets of our 100th issue talk about what they believe is the role of creative writing in today’s world.
Silent contemplation makes one more mindful of even mundane tasks, makes us conscious of the moment at hand and has a calming effect, says Shikhandin. Her poems, ‘Sudden Lull’ and ‘Unspoken’, address contemplation in silence.
Inspired by a news report about a rebel-held town on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, besieged by the Government troops, M. Mohankumar writes a poem that celebrates hope and the resilience of the human spirit.
In her poems ‘Where I Come From’ and ‘Bespoken’, Vinita Agrawal addresses the theme of ‘women’ because she believes it’s high time women received due recognition as being equal in status to men.
As someone who often engages in contemplations on divinity, Bakul Banerjee pens a poem on the theme of spirituality.
A man invests his dreams in a shop and a mannequin in the shop window bears testimony to it. Read this by poem by Parth Pandya which tells the story of that man and the shape his dreams take.
The emotional trauma experienced by a young lady in childhood manifests itself, from time to time, in an unusual manner. A poem by Chandramohan Nair.
Indu Parvathi’s poem speaks about the tumbling ocean that surrounds her – an ocean of things that she has shopped for and collected over years.
Parth Pandya captures the bitter-sweet encounters that characterise the relationship between two brothers in verse, gently portraying the unmistakable affection that underlies the bond that binds them both.