Here we are, on the fifth of another month, with a new issue on the theme ‘The Wait’! Read wonderful fiction and poetry, and soak in some lovely photographs, exploring a range of emotions that waiting induces.
Anushree’s story is a narrative on the lingering fondness between two friends who are forced to live in separate cities because of circumstances. The ‘missing’ is ripe; even as the narrator waits to hear from her friend, she doesn’t want to consider the possibility of the two drifting further apart.
Nine women. Nine emotions. And their waits. Anupama Krishnakumar writes nine bite-sized stories centered on women and the Navarasas. Part 2 features Raudram (Anger), Kāruṇyam (Compassion), Vīram (Courage) and Śāntam (Peace).
Nine women. Nine emotions. And their waits. Anupama Krishnakumar writes nine bite-sized stories centered on women and the Navarasas. Part 1 features Śṛngāram (Love), Bībhatsam (Disgust), Hāsyam (Mirth), Bhayānakam (Fear) and Adbhutam (Wonder).
Shatakshi’s photography captures hundreds of pairs of jeans in Old Kolkata that have been given a new lease of life and are waiting to find new owners across the country.
Inspired by Tom Petty’s words, ‘The waiting is the hardest part’, Jean Bonin pens a verse about what it means to wait for things one has no control over, things like growing up.
In this poem, M. Mohankumar pens the feelings of a young man waiting for a woman on a moonless night.
Two women wait at a temple for different reasons. What happens when they see each other? Vani writes a short story.
