Vinita Agrawal’s poem throws light on one of the ugliest social ills of India – female foeticide.
In a work of fiction that revolves around a lady and her maid, Rohini Manyam Seshasayee highlights emotional insecurities, the need to wield power and validate one’s otherwise insignificant existence.
Two mothers, different worlds, decades apart. And yet, wonders Gauri Trivedi, at the core, didn’t that mother want the same things for her children then, as Gauri does today for her own?
A woman around whom life revolves in a house is no more. ‘She’ is a tribute to that woman. A poem by Sunil Sharma.
The stage seems all set for wedlock when She and He visit The Beach. With the beach in the backdrop, events unfold and the sea becomes all the more relevant. Vasundhara Vedula draws on the sea-life metaphor to narrate the experience of two people.
This is a relationship marked not by love but by an expectation of submission from a woman. Bakul Banerjee’s poem captures the fate of a hapless woman.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Grandmothers are special people. Anupama Krishnakumar’s piece is a walk down memory lane – it’s a tribute and a fond recollection of the many things associated with her grandmother who passed away recently.
Buy the February 2014 issue of Spark (50th issue) themed ‘Romance’ in print.
We feel extremely proud, thrilled and over the moon as we present to you, the February 2014 issue of Spark—this is our 50th monthly issue and it feels unbelievable! Yes, what a phenomenal journey it has been to get to this magical number! The February issue is a tribute to the most important emotion known to mankind—love. We have a brilliant line up of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and art, plus an interview for you to read and relish and ponder.