Oscillating between paranoia and the fear of being branded a social outcast, Sandhya Ramachandran explores the current trends of the social game in verse, wondering if the written word as we know it has any place in the world today.
She writes, sketches, doodles, takes amazing photographs and makes movies – in short, she’s a creative powerhouse. Meet Sandhya Ramachandran, one of Spark’s first contributors. Sandhya has charmed us with her beautiful verse and splendid artwork that interpret our monthly themes in very different light, very artistically. She also designed the absolutely stunning coverpage art for our very special 50th issue. We must say we are a big fan of her art – her doodles and her experiments with mixed media brim with the sort of creativity that we love to feature in Spark.
An interview with Sandhya Ramachandran.
How would evenings without conversations be like? Sandhya Ramachandran’s poem gives you the picture.
‘Liplock’ is a hand drawn sketch with digital tweaks. It was conceived with Adam and Eve and the first act of love in mind. The art work is on the coverpage of the 50th issue of Spark.
Being a vegetarian, non-vegetarian cooking has always seemed so interesting to Sandhya. Here’s her ode to fish curry painted using coffee decoction with a spoon, fork and a knife and inked over.
Sandhya Ramachandran gives the perfect tribute to the first anniversary issue theme, ‘Celebrating Creativity and Creation.’ See creativity oozing out of sketches that Sandhya pencils around spilt chai.
Sandhya Ramachandran presents the irony of money in India through a sketch with a powerful message.
In an interview to Spark, Maniyarasan Rajendran, photographer, gets talking about wedding photography and what fascinates him about it. And of course, we showcase some of the wedding photographs he has clicked as well! Interview by Sandhya Ramachandran.
In the world of full-length feature films and interminably long saas-bahu dramas, we have lost the beauty and brilliance that telefilms can bring to our television-watching experience. Sandhya Ramachandran on telefilms and why we need them back.