The year is drawing to a close and what better way to celebrate than getting nostalgic? Presenting, the December issue of Spark, themed ‘Flashback’. There’s heartwarming poetry and fiction that are sure to make you smile and even move you to a tear or two. There’s also our usual sprinkling of non-fiction and photography.
When a person revisits the land of one’s childhood after many years, what happens? Indeed, memories come rushing. M. Mohankumar’s poem captures the questions, emotions and the experience.
S Viswanathan reminisces a time when cinema held sway as the king of entertainment, a stark contrast to what it is today – a massive but fleeting presence in people’s lives.
As stargazers across the world wonder whether Comet ISON will survive its test of fire as it moves close to the sun, Vikram puts his impending wedding with Kalpana through the test too. A M Aravind tells us their story, interwoven with the cosmic spectacle that wasn’t.
Vani Viswanathan remembers some of the ways she ‘collects’ the past, and wonders why she clings on so dearly to times gone by.
On a December morning, Nicole Varghese pulls out her personal journal from the closet and begins reading. The result is a journey down memory lane. Here’s a work of fiction by Rrashima Swaarup Verma.
A girl recalls the events of a night at her home when relatives came visiting and when there was little food. What did her mother do? The memory of a moonlit night is captured in a poem by Bakul Banerjee.
Dreams from the past that have become realities are often forgotten by the human mind. These forgotten dreams are shadows of the dreamer, says Vinay Krishnan, who insists that certain dreams in life have to be dreamt again and again even if they have become realities.
What’s left behind for someone who has been in a fleeting relationship? Memories and some songs. Vinita Agrawal’s poem tells you more.