Sparklers Roll

Here is a list of the writers and other popular personalities who we have featured in Spark.

Issue Featured Person Title
 August 2012 -India Decoded  Kutti Revathi, Poet-feminist-activistJaya Bhattacharji Rose, Literary Conslutant and columnist  Voices of the Month
July 2012 – Musical Musings R.Prasanna, guitarist, composer and Founder President, Swarnabhoomi Academy of MusicHarishSivaramakrishnan, Lead Vocalist, AgamNamita Devidayal, Author

Krish Ashok, Popular Blogger

Vidya and Vandana Iyer, Singers

RJ Prithvi, Radio Jockey

 Celebrity of the MonthSpecial Feature
June 2012 – Rains… Rumjhum Biswas, Sonnet Mondal Writers of the Month
May 2012 – Melange Dude Tamizha, Atta Galatta, Chennai Drama House, Kreeda

Padmini Swaminathan, Feminist Economist and Faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences

 Special Feature

Voice of the Month
April 2012 – On the Road Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma, Popular anchors and authors of ‘Highway on my Plate

‘Rishad Saam Mehta, Author of ‘Hot Chai Across India’

 Voices of the Month

Writer of the Month
March 2012 – Woman: Facets and Forms Samhita Arni, Author, ‘Sita’s Ramayana’Aparna V Singh, Editor, ‘Women’s Web’ Writers of the Month
February 2012 – Happy Beginnings, Happy Endings Rakesh Raghunathan, Director, PetaWrap; Keerthi Kiran, Co-founder, Grassroutes; Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana, Founders, The Sound Space Voices of the Month
January 2012 – Celebrating 25 Issues of Spark Special feature – The best of what they said! – a collection of quotes from interviews and columns featured in Spark between January 2010 and January 2012
December 2011 – Time Machine Ashwin Sanghi Writer of the Month
November 2011- Exploring the Five Fs – Fashion, Food, Fiction, Friendship and Fun Sailaja, Food Blogger;Indira Chandrasekhar, Editor, Out of Print;Jasleen Kaur Gupta, Fashion blogger Voices of the Month
October 2011 – The Culture of India –  a Tribute Devdutt Pattanaik, Author;Vijayendra Mohanty, Author, Ravanayan; Sivasankari Chandrasekharan, Tamil Author Voices of the Month
September 2011 – All about Money! Deepa Venkatraghvan, Author; Priya Gopal, Educator, Kangaroo Kids Voices of the Month
August 2011 – India Decoded Amish Tripathi, Author of ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ and ‘The Secret of the Nagas’; Preeti Shenoy, Author of ‘Life is What you Make it’; Anjali Joseph, Author of ‘Saraswati Park’; Kartik Iyengar, Author of ‘Horn OK Please’. Writers of the Month
July 2011 – Tying the Knot – Weddings and Marriages Maniyarasan Rajendran, Associate Professor, NID, AhmedabadUsha Shantharam, ArtistOormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Cartoonist Voices of the Month
June 2011 – Movie Magic Jai Arjun Singh, Freelance writer, journalist and author Writer of the Month
May 2011 – My Place, My Soul Bishwanath Ghosh, Author Writer of the Month
April 2011 – As you Like it Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Author; Abha Iyengar, Writer and Poet Writer of the Month
April 2011 – As you Like it Karthik Kumar, Theatre and Film actor, Director, Sideways Training and Evam; RJ Pavitra, Radio Jock; Voices of the Month
March 2011 – A Tribute to Womanhood Shaheen Mistri – CEO, Teach for India; Mallika Dutt, CEO, Breakthrough; Urvashi Butalia, Director Zubaan Books; Indian Homemaker, popular blogger Voices of the Month
February 2011 – Exploring Relationships Mridula Koshy, Author Writer of the Month
January 2011 – Celebrating Creativity and Creation Agam, Bhojan, Moodswings Jewelry, Version One Dot Oh Voices of the Month
December 2010 – The Past and The Future Bhavani Prakash, Environment Activist Voices of the Month
December 2010 – The Past and The Future Dr.Michael Petraglia, Archaeologist, University of Oxford Voices of the Month
November 2010 – A tribute to childhood Kalpana Sharma, Independent Journalist and Columnist Voices of the Month
November 2010 – A tribute to childhood Raksha Bharadia, Author, Roots and Wings, Co-author, Indian Chicken Soup series Voices of the Month
November 2010 – A tribute to childhood Radhika Menon, Managing Editor, Tulika Publishers Voices of the Month
October 2010 – Fun under the sun Sidin Vadukut, Author, ‘Dork : The Incredible Adventures of Robin Einstein Varghese’ Writer of the Month
October 2010 – Fun under the sun Suchitra Karthik Kumar, RJ and playback singer Voice of the Month
September 2010 – Learning and Life’s Lessons Meera Sivakumar, Teach for India Fellow Voices of the Month
September 2010 – Learning and Life’s Lessons Sathya Saran, Journalist, Author, ‘From Me to You’ Voices of the Month
September 2010 – Learning and Life’s Lessons Geeta Ramanujam, Director, Kathalaya, Bangalore Voices of the Month
September 2010 – Learning and Life’s Lessons Anita Ratnam, Dance-actor, Cultural Activist Voices of the Month
September 2010 – Learning and Life’s Lessons S.Sowmya, Carnatic Vocalist Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Aarti Mohan, Editor, The Alternative Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Anita Nair, Author Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Deepa Venkatraghvan, Author, ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about Investing’ Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Devdutt Pattanaik, Author Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Shantanu Bhagwat, Author, Satyamevajayate.org Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Hariharan Krishnan, Filmmaker, Director, L.V.Prasad Film and T.V. Academy Voices of the Month
August 2010 – India Decoded Hamsini Ravi, Journalist Voices of the Month
July 2010 – The Written Word Paritosh Uttam, Author, ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue’ Writer of the Month
June 2010 – Dreams Unlimited Rashmi Bansal, Author, ‘Connect the Dots’ and ‘Stay Hungry Stay Foolish’ Celebrity of the Month
June 2010 – Dreams Unlimited Margareta Astaman, Indonesian Author Writer of the Month
May 2010 – Seasons Preeti Shenoy, Author, ’34 BubbleGums and Candies’ Writer of the Month
April 2010 – Food and Travel Lakshmi Sharath, Travel Blogger and Consultant Backpackers of the Month
April 2010 – Food and Travel Anil Purohit, Travel Blogger Backpackers of the Month
April 2010 – Food and Travel Anu Karthik Kitchen Khiladis of the Month
April 2010 – Food and Travel Vanga Srikar Reddy Kitchen Khiladis of the Month
March 2010 – Down the Memory Lane Arun Vaidyanathan, Filmmaker, Director, ‘Achchamundu! Achchamundu!’ Celebrity of the Month
February 2010 – Romance Ramya Sethuraman, Author, ‘The Last Laugh’ Writer of the Month
January 2010 – New Beginnings Deepa Venkatraghvan, Author, ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about investing’ Writer of the Month

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