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Sweet Detours

On a routine train journey past sugarcane fields, Jyothi Vinod takes a small detour to revisit happy times.

Paddy

Suresh Subrahmanyan reflects on the joys, travails and commitment involved in bringing up a pet dog – a salutary lesson for children who pester their parents to bring home a cute little puppy.

The Car Keys

This story is about a girl who seeks freedom to live her life as she wishes. Her mother wants to enforce the traditional goalpost of marriage on Chungum unwilling to accept that there are other ways to fulfillment. Chungum is forced to break free.

I Can and I Must

From restarting her classical music learning to consciously working on loving herself, Anupama Krishnakumar shares what she believes is her doable five-point resolution-checklist for 2017.

Fabric

Girija Murali’s painting “Fabric” is based on the Mahabharata and has many layers to it.

The Escape Act

A young man high up on an old banyan tree… what could he be up to? M. Mohankumar’s poem captures the man’s escape act.

Breaking Free

A Rockstar dies, except that he is not allowed to. Parth Pandya’s sci-fi story tackles life, death, rebirth and the challenges of encashing one’s karma and the Rockstar’s gambit to escape it all!

Ha Ha…

Balu George writes a poem describing an incident that took place between him and his niece.

Sadhana Cut

Prashila Naik chronicles her struggles and disappointments with her life… err, her hair.