What’s a story without happy beginnings and happy endings? A lot, argues Vani Viswanathan, using Japanese author Haruki Murakami as an example.
Keerthi Kiran, Co-founder, Grassroutes, speaks to Vani Viswanathan about how Grassroutes began, how the journey has been and how the effort has evolved over the years, among other things. Catch the conversation here.
On January 28, 2012, Mumbai celebrated its fourth Queer Azadi March. Vani Viswanathan attended with her camera in tow and attempted to capture the pride, joy and humanity among a sadly-rejected minority in India.
You may wonder what people in villages do when they need dental help. People from remote, far-flung villages, a good few hours from civilization (i.e., towns or villages with dentists). This is the story of one such village. And remember this happened some 20 years ago, and the author doesn’t profess knowledge of what happens these days. Vani Viswanathan writes a story laced with humour to celebrate the concept of the first ever issue of Spark – the January 2010 issue themed, ‘New Beginnings’.
They say things change with time. Somehow, this person’s distinguishing feature – his hairstyle hasn’t. A byte-sized story by Vani Viswanathan.
Spark presents Jasleen of the duo at Fashion Bombay, one of India’s top fashion blogs, in conversation with Vani Viswanathan about the Indian designer scene, fashion trends and the local blogging scene.
How many of us read literature in our Indian mother tongue, and how much of it is getting lost as we give way to English taking over our lives in more aspects than one? In conversation with popular Tamil author Sivasankari, Vani Viswanathan discusses these questions and also uncovers more on the author’s effort to bring attention to Indian literature, the Knit India through Literature project.
Call it foreign-return-high-handedness or ex-NRI ramblings, Vani Viswanathan opens up on first thoughts about money she has come across in her three months since returning to India.
Have you ever thought about the connection between India and animals? Here’s some sort of an observation, comparison – call it whatever you want. The bottom line is all about what animals have meant to the Indian way of life. Vani Viswanathan writes.