If you thought freedom from gossip mongers was all about shutting oneself up from the world, think again. M. Mohankumar’s terse poem tells you why.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD In an interview to Yayaati Joshi, Baradwaj Rangan, National Award-winning film critic, talks about what runs in his mind as he watches a movie, what criteria he applies to assess a film’s merit, while also answering other questions about cinema and criticism in general.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Neha Kirpal recounts conversations with a close friend during the tumultuous period of adolescence, and how suddenly, someday, they seem distant.
What’s life like without conversations? The spoken or unspoken kinds? The real or the imaginary variety? Our July issue explores this wonderful topic with beautiful fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Grab a cuppa and settle down with this issue – we guarantee you a treat!
A husband and wife get talking about the day of their wedding that happened 40 years ago. As the conversation flows, there’s a lot that the reader gets to discover. Here’s a beautiful short story written by Ajay Patri.
Based on the famous conversation between Nachiketa and the God of Death, Yama in the Katha Upanishad, Bakul Banerjee pens a poem that explores the possibility of going back through one’s life to negate bad deeds with good ones, instead of going through death’s door.
For a writer of stories, conversations are brilliant fodder. While citing many stories that she wishes to write focusing on dialogue, Anupama Krishnakumar insists that conversations need not be always about words and between people. They could go beyond words and the usual subjects.
In a delightful poem that celebrates conversations, Vinita Agrawal likens a conversation to origami, water, buckwheat and more.
