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The Dream

A student runs into his professor after 25 years and begins visiting the old man every time he gets the chance to visit the town.M. Mohankumar pens a story around what happens during one such visit when the professor and student talk about a dream.

Thinking of Paati

Grandmothers hold a very special place in the lives of many people. Divya Ananth lets us take a sneak peek into the spirited personality that her grandmother is and in the process, takes us on a heart-warming journey filled with memories of her times with her Paati. Read on.

A Veil of Colours

An incident from a person’s past continues to haunt him years after it happened so much so that It affects his relationship with the woman he loves. Parth Pandya writes a short story.

Nostalgia

Maheswaran Sathiamoorthy’s photos take us on a nostalgia trip.

Waiting

As time moves on and the waiting seems endless, it is nostalgia that offers respite. Vinita Agrawal writes a poem.

Shopping for Firewood

THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Rajitha Gopal, in a reflective piece, goes back to her childhood and reminisces as to how shopping for firewood used for heating water helped her learn some small yet important lessons in life.

Spark – November 2013 Print Issue

Buy a copy of the November 2013 issue themed ‘Going Mobile’ in print.

Spark – November 2013 Issue

Hope you enjoyed the festival season! How often did you use your mobile phone to call your dear ones, sending wishes across, clicking a picture and sharing it immediately – or filming fireworks on your phone? This month, we pay a tribute to ‘Going Mobile’. Contributions span a range of ways in which the mobile phone plays such a large presence in our lives. Look out for heartwarming fiction and quirky poetry besides our usual dose of non-fiction. We hope you enjoy this issue!

For Whom the Cell Tolls

Parth Pandya captures the various ways in which mobile phones feature in our lives, through haikus.