A woman and a man discuss Tara, the heroine of Ok Kanmani – an interesting portrayal of an independent woman in today’s world.
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Categories: Fiction
Tag: people
People. How many there are and just how different from one another! Their sheer variety gives rise to a fascinating world of characters jostling for space, waiting to stand out. Inspired by a face or a silhouette, a character is born in the mind of the writer and she or he grows to be a personality sculpted by words and they dwell, sometimes as the writer wants them to, and at others, just the way they wish. Welcome to the world of people. We, the people. The real ones, the imagined ones that are shadows of the real.
Bringing Human Spirit to the Fore
Be it capturing the spirit of the city, telling inspiring life stories of people or spreading positivity by aiding social causes, city-themed Facebook pages in India are becoming wonderful platforms that bring the human spirit to the fore. The people behind Humans of Bombay, Humans of Bangalore and Humans of Madras talk to me about what it means to be running inspiring Facebook pages that have transformed the way people look at the life of a person on the street.
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Categories: Features
Sarah
Breakfast Stories With Uncle Fred
A photograph becomes the subject of a conversation between two men over breakfast. A story of two people whose lives revolve intensely around art.
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Categories: QueSTorieS
Still Not Done
Absence
A journalist sways during her journey from one point to another. Here’s a story of an addict.
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Categories: QueSTorieS
From a Granddaughter
The Case of a Man and a Woman
What Does it Mean to be Old?
What does it mean to be old? This is a question that I have constantly asked myself. In this reflective piece, I draw upon my observations of old people, specifically those aged above 75 years and wonder what it means to go through old age. I share what I have seen of their behavior and the thoughts that dominate their minds.
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Categories: Essays
Blogging – Of Writing, Discovering and More
One of the biggest developments that the internet unleashed was the arrival of blogs a few years back, which grew to become great forums for showcasing talent, having discussions, exchanging ideas, making new friends and most importantly, finding an audience in a world where becoming a published author for an aspiring writer was still a formidable task. I speak to Parul Sharma, author of ‘Bringing up Vasu : That First Year’ and ‘By the Water Cooler’, Judy Balan, author of ‘Two Fates : The Story of My Divorce’ and Sagarika Chakraborty, author of ‘A Calendar Too Crowded’ – all of whom began as bloggers a few years back before they became published authors. Parul, Judy and Sagarika talk about their days as bloggers, the roles that their blogs played in their writerly journey and of course their books, among a host of other blog-related things.
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Categories: Features