A tough life in a city not her own. A life where she doesn’t know how much money she will have by the end of the day. And yet, a ready smile on the face. Shraddha Vinod Kutty talks about a migrant lady cobbler she met in 2010, and her perseverance and fighting spirit despite staring down the face of poverty.
Kunti is a woman who bore a big burden and also one who rewrote destiny. In this context, Parth Pandya raises an important question through a poem.
At every stage in her life, when this woman did what she did, she was called a feminist by those around her. And every time, No, she said, until one day she realised, she was a feminist, after all. Vani Viswanathan writes a byte-sized story.
Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, co-founder of a funding organisation, Social Investment Foundation of India, talks about the importance of reaching out to women to put India on a definite track to development.
‘Dear Diary’, is an account of a girl who sees three different women during a day of her journey and writes and illustrates about them. Amrita Sarkar’s art work is based on the patachitra tribal style of paintings.
This is the story of three women, in which 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. Shreya Ramachandran says more in her work of fiction.
A mother wonders how her daughter would perceive her and how she would read her past. Vyoma Dhar Sharma writes a poem that pours out the mother’s questions.
Latha Sakhya talks about the day in the life of a working mother. A woman is reduced to a keyed up machine while multi-tasking, points out Latha through her poem.
We welcome our third year of publishing with a positive theme, full of hope and fun! Yes, the theme this month is ‘Happy Beginnings , Happy Endings’ , and we at Spark, have tried to convey the very essence of this concept through enjoyable fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and photography! Adding to the fun and optimism, are wonderful interviews with four very inspiring and more importantly, really young entrepreneurs. Please click here to read the issue on our e-reader, ISSUU, or to download the issue as a colourful PDF!