Prompted by her inquisitive five-year-old, Gauri Trivedi makes a trip to the Taj Mahal with her family, where, together with her daughter, she discovers a whole new meaning to the architectural wonder.
One could have so many experiences on the road. Here’s one such. Anjana Prabhu writes a poem.
THE LOUNGE|SLICE OF LIFE|What really does a mother go through with the arrival of her child or children? Is it all happiness and celebration? It’s that and something else too. Chidambarakumari Ponnambalam, mother of two, shares her experiences in a heartfelt piece.
THE LOUNGE |THE MUSIC CAFÉ | Vani Viswanathan laments the music of today and wishes she could have been born to spend her teenage in the 70s, just so she could have lived through the best English music of all times.
THE LOUNGE|SLICE OF LIFE| Parth Pandya’s piece is a fitting tribute and a quiet celebration of the achievement beyond compare of a master batsman. Sachin Tendulkar, we are proud of you and inspired too!
THE LOUNGE|THE MUSIC CAFÉ |For Anupama Krishnakumar, cassettes always remind her of Ilayaraja, the extremely popular music composer from Tamilnadu. And the maestro’s music, even today, takes her down memory lane – back to the 80s and 90s. “Over the last few months, I have realised that Ilayaraja’s music has accompanied me like a quiet companion, as I was growing up,” she writes. Here’s a tribute from an ardent fan.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK | Agent Vinod is ridden with clichés and caricatures, says Yayaati Joshi. While he went expecting something better or different from the Bond and Bourne films that he has watched, he was disappointed.
Dear Reader, Women are of many kinds. And this month in Spark, we’ll present you some beautiful ones. Read on, celebrate what she is, in the Spark March 2012 issue ‘Woman: Facets and Forms’. Click here to access our issue on the e-reader, ISSUU, or to download the edition as a PDF.
Yes, we have five different stories that explore different facets of womanhood in their unique ways. ‘Covetous’ by Gauri Trivedi discusses the interesting things that a woman discovers at a women’s club. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty’s ‘Miss’ talks about the worries of Anurag Dixit and yes, it’s a woman who is the cause for his worry. Anupama Krishnakumar’s ‘Two Women, And Then Another Two!’ explores how women really perceive other women and questions whether they realise that each woman’s needs and ideas could be different from another. Vani Viswanathan’s story is all about how a woman realises she is a ‘feminist’ after all. Finally, Shreya Ramachandran writes a story about three women and how one of them learns to apply Maya Angelou’s words , “I’m a woman, phenomenally phenomenal woman, that’s me.” to the other two women she knows. Catch all these stories here.