Mrs. Ramachandran lived a quiet, unassuming life until Judy Fleming from the UK came into make a difference. Find out what happened in this story by Vani Viswanathan.
And what happens the night before X’mas? A melange of toys wait to meet their new owner. Amrita Sarkar captures this through a colourful, grungy looking poster like painting.
A grandson remembers his cricket-crazy grandfather and a six that made a world of a difference. Tanuj Khosla pens a story.
SOCIAL LENS A reality check shows that the socioeconomic status of women in India is at abysmal levels, despite reservation policies for women to enter politics, a state that is active in terms of providing welfare, all set in the backdrop of a growing economy that is unfortunately not being inclusive. Padmini Swaminathan, eminent feminist economist, comments on the scenario, as Vani Viswanathan listens in.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Anupama Krishnakumar writes on her world of books and all things bookish that find a place around her. If you are book crazy, then here’s something you are sure to relate to!
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi is befuddled as to why Housefull2 runs to packed houses when critics have written it off. And he has an inkling of an answer, which questions the very basic measure of a movie’s success: the box office. Read on to find out.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Much as some of us might find it amusing, a significant portion of the world does live in dread of animals. Priya Sreeram is one of them. However, a little four-legged critter made her rethink her fear. Read on to know more about Spunky and how he woofed in some change.
Dear Reader,
Get set to hit the road with Spark’s April 2012 issue—with some wonderful fiction, non-fiction, art, photography and poetry, as well as two interesting interviews and a guest column too. Click here to access the April edition on our e-reader, ISSUU, or to download the issue as a PDF.
And oh yes, we get started with ‘The Lounge’ segment of Spark this month.
It’s the joys of hitting the road and the nuances of the street we capture in our featured interviews and column this month. We speak to Rocky Singh & Mayur Sharma, popular anchors of the food and travel show, ‘Highway On My Plate’ (HOMP) and authors of the book based on this show. They are our Voices of the Month. We also feature an interview with Writer of the Month, Rishad Saam Mehta, Author of ‘Hot Tea Across India’. Plus, a guest column by Kiran Keswani, Bangalore-based architect. Don’t miss the fun! Catch all these features here.