Writer: Vikramaditya Prakash

Summer Evenings on Sukhna Dam

Summer Evenings on Sukhna Dam

Vikramaditya Prakash

Poornmashi. The bright full-moon nights of the year were always opportunities for us to try to convince our parents to organise a picnic at the Lake. Chandigarh is a long way from the ocean, way inland, surrounded by the vast Indo-Gangetic plains. And although the mighty Himalayas are right at… Read More

The Many Lives of the Open Hand

The Many Lives of the Open Hand

Vikramaditya Prakash

Saturday afternoon, 4pm, the summer heat. My father revs up the engines of his Fiat 1100, his pride and joy. It is the early 1970s and I am in my pre-teens. Small for my age, I squeeze into the front seat, between my parents. I am not welcome in the… Read More