What happens when an idol, once revered, loses their relevance? What can the common man do? Ajay Patri explores the trust human beings place in symbolic figures.
Inspired by a news report about a rebel-held town on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, besieged by the Government troops, M. Mohankumar writes a poem that celebrates hope and the resilience of the human spirit.
Preeti’s story focuses on a quiet woman full of thoughts and her relationships with her mother and her daughter.
Shruthi Rao’s story is about a day in the life of Ishwar Prasad, a professor teaching at a college with students, whose intelligence, according to him, leaves a lot to be desired.
Suresh Subrahmanyan takes an amusing, if exasperated, look at exhibitions and fairs in our country. Do we come out of them enlightened or merely bone weary?
Every person on this planet has a unique life story and there’s much to learn from it or relate to in it. Anupama Krishnakumar’s fictional piece captures the journey of a man’s life.
In her work of fiction based on the themes of friendship, love and loss, Sudha Nair addresses things that she cares deeply about like cherishing friendships, doing what one loves and making most of the present.
In her poems ‘Where I Come From’ and ‘Bespoken’, Vinita Agrawal addresses the theme of ‘women’ because she believes it’s high time women received due recognition as being equal in status to men.
Chandramohan Nair pays tribute to his father and reflects upon the outlook towards life and traits that sustained his father through a long and eventful life punctuated with adversity.