Dear Readers,
Sparsh has always endeavoured to display the charisma and showcase the diacritic craft every individual at Manthan possesses. We believe it is the unique, unconventional, and unparalleled perspectives presented every year in our magazine that has made it so special and integral to the Manthan community. True to its name, Sparsh has managed to touch, travel with, and tug the heartstrings of everyone part of this institution. Students have managed to tease and tickle us with their jokes from the Laugh Out Loud section, tinker with our thinking through insightful essays, and transport us to wondrous, wild, and truly wicked worlds with their creative stories and poems. We hope this edition triumphs too like the many before.
This year, we have put a special emphasis on the importance of reading. Like our feature article states, reading is a sort of experience that awakens the imagination. It is a sort of experience that can preserve cultures, provoke evolving minds, and paint wonderfully memorable pictures. Reading is the very essence of one’s knowledge, perspective, and understanding of the world; it is undeniably the unsung instrument in shaping our society. As Katherine Patterson once said, “It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.”, giving our children the gift to read is one of the greatest contributions we make can make it creating a brighter, bigger, and more beautiful future.
Reading is like the ink in the pen from which we write. It is the initial spark of the fire inside us that compels us to write. Reading is not just entertainment; it is a wilful teacher of syntax, skill, and linguistic fluency. It is a teacher fertilized from the fibers of the past; cultivated from the filaments of the present; and harvested from the feathers of future.
In this edition, we throw a spotlight on how effective reading is moulding one’s technique when it comes to expressing their thoughts and emotions through writing.
In the words of Strickland Gillian, “You may have tangible wealth untold; caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be. I had a mother who read to me.” This edition in this festive season, let us come together in giving children the wealth of finding themselves by getting lost in worlds of wonder, wilderness, and whimsicality. On that note, we welcome you to the vibrant universe conjured by Manthan’s writers; we welcome you to Sparsh.
Happy Reading!
Chief Editors
Mahathi, Suhas, & Valli