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		<title>We&#8217;re On a Break!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello! After publishing 125 issues from January 2010 to May 2020 on the 5th of every month, we have decided to take a break. We are currently not accepting submissions. Please browse through our archives to read our earlier issues. Do check back here regularly or follow us on Facebook or Twitter to get updates on our next steps. - Editors]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spark &#8211; May 2020 Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We bring you another issue  even as a pandemic wreaks havoc on lives across the world. And with the issue, we are trying to also bring you hope - with poetry, fiction and non-fiction, with the power of words, this issue seeks to encourage you to go on and hope for a better tomorrow. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For my Grandchildren</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richard Rose’s poem is about a promise that a grandfather makes to his grandchildren in these turbulent times. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nuggets of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anupama Krishnakumar writes small notes on how her life has changed in the wake of the pandemic and how she gets by each day with nuggets of hope infused into her life through instances that are part of her days now.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Life is Sacred</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mack Aroni]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The pandemic has halted the meaning of society, and it is a ripe time to question who we are beyond the appearances we make. How can we better understand the connection between our present moment and the journey of our lives? Where does one look for hope when the mind is alone? Mack Aroni explores these questions in a poem. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Mother’s Hope Against Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ram Govardhan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ram writes the tale of a  gritty mother’s hope of finding her lost kid against impossible, cataclysmic odds. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vani Viswanathan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sathya has an urgent errand to run and hopes that her trusty moped will see her through. Vani writes about Sathya’s afternoon. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Cycles of Hope﻿</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Difficult as it may be, one can always find solace in the vicissitudes of nature, knowing that these cyclical changes will turn full circle and restore life. In the midst of this crisis, let us not forget that humanity has survived countless pandemics. Shirley Lalrinfeli captures her thoughts in this poem. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Home Away From Home﻿</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Santanu Das]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[College campus life is at once precious and homely, and the suspension of classes due to the Covid pandemic has affected the mental health of many students. Santanu Das tries to articulate his despair and his attempt to seek solace in hope. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spark &#8211; April 2020 Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Presenting our April issue themed 'While on a Walk'! Even if you live in a place where a leisurely stroll (or a brisk walk) is not quite possible, we hope the issue helps you think fondly of those times, so that they are even more meaningful when things take a turn for the better. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jasper &#038; Ruby</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Zach’s piece of flash fiction is about an elderly couple who take a stroll through a zoo and ponder the future.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Darjeeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mandira’s poem is a personal narrative that moves beyond a walk to encompass the past, present and possible future of the people of Darjeeling, a name synonymous with the finest tea in the world. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Musings on my Morning Walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chandramohan Nair]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chandramohan Nair reflects on his brief morning walk, which is the only time each day he opens his eyes to the world around him, and which puts him in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Solvitur Ambulando</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudeepta Sanyal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sudeepta’s Solvitur Ambulando, a Latin phrase which translates to ‘It is solved by walking,’ is an endearing tale of how a father seeks solace in his evening walks, and his daughter's understanding of it. The evening walk becomes a family heirloom.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>While on a Walk in the Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Mohankumar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mohankumar’s poem is about a strange experience in which, while the narrator is taking his evening walk in the park, he is detained by a man with 'large, smouldering eyes' who speaks to him in a mystical strain even as he listens in stony silence.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Subarnarekha</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandira Pattnaik]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Mandira Pattnaik’s prose poem, the narrator, while on a real and metaphorical walk, trudges through the labyrinthine passages of the mind of an older woman struggling with age-related memory issues. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Longing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Samreen Sajeda]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In these poems of longing by Samreen Sajeda, absence is neither a feeling that surges in during moments of seclusion, nor does it make you a recluse. Rather, it walks right beside you as you return to familiar locales.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spark &#8211; March 2020 Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we get ready to mark International Women's Day, let's take time off to explore the world of women's words. Our theme for the issue is 'Women and Writing', which we have explored through fiction, non-fiction and poetry, as well as an interview and a public poll. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Women Writers are Experimenting With New Genres, Doing Daring Work: Kanishka Gupta</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kanishka Gupta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2020]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an interview with Spark, literary agent-author Kanishka Gupta discusses the status of women's writing in India, the new boundaries women writers are setting and the cliches that remain in the publishing space, and what he hopes for the future. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Who&#8217;s Your Favourite Female Character?&#8217; Readers Tell Us!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[March 2020]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We asked people to name their favourite female character in any book they've read, and why. Here's what we got! ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Through the Word, and Out the Other Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mara Ziyad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2020]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Women have been bleeding their hearts out on paper for long, but our narrative, as women, has recently evolved as our voices have become our own. Mara Ziyad explores her thoughts around what writing means to women and men, and of women as readers and women as writers. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Solidarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[March 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megha Nayar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A tormented writer, who pens stories to keep herself together, receives a series of messages that send her over the edge. Is this a well-wisher or a stalker? Megha narrates a story of two precarious people who almost connect, but not quite. ]]></description>
		
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