For the past three years, Bakul Banerjee had the privilege of performing Hindu pujas in one of the temples in Chicago, becoming an official woman priest in the US. The deafening noise created by the large number of devotees when worshipping Goddess Durga was a challenge. In this poem, she attempts to articulate her experience with letting go of distractions.
This story is Shruthi Rao’s re-imagining of the last moments of the composer Vidwan Mysore Vasudevachar (1865-1961) who asked his grandson Vidwan S Krishnamurthy (1922-2015) to play the tamboori/tanpura for him.
A woman struggles with the memories of a man unleashed each time she hears a song of his that she has recorded. What is it that she has to let go? Parth Pandya’s poem tells you more.
Suresh Subrahmanyan raises an ironic toast to the pleasures of New Year’s Eve celebrations. And the perils.
A little boy in Saikat Das’s poem is fascinated by a butterfly and does something that’s sure to bring a smile to your face. Read on.
The story from Antara is about a simple minded and innocent village boy, Santu, who leaves his family and his beautiful village to work in the city. A brief encounter at his new job helps him let go of some of his grief and deal with the emotions of the big city.
Letting it go is usually seen as leaving things that bothers one and moving on. But here is a different perspective by Jenani Parthasarathy who believes letting it go means quitting. She writes on why it is important to be persistent and not let go.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Saranyan’s account is about how he and his wife turned the difficulties on account of demonetization into a romantic night.
Movies. They make us laugh. They make us cry. They feed our dreams. They mirror reality. The November 2016 issue of Spark is a take on the magical (or not!) world of movies. Check out our selection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry this month as our writers bring in their perspectives on films.