The June 2012 issue of Out of Print goes
live – in July! Which might cause some sense of being out of sync among our
readers. But we trust they have the faith and imagination to handle it.
In this issue we are pleased and proud to
present six new stories.
We feature Rahul
Soni’s metaphoric and finely told Local.
A man on a local train in Mumbai finds himself transported to a place that
echoes his emptiness of purpose, a solitary space where all is minimised to the
random, to the accidental. Radhika Venkatarayan’s The History of Objects also examines a minimal existence, although
her story is about acquisition and the meaning of letting go. The Brothers Kansara, an extract from
Vidya Samson’s Indian Maiden’s Bust Loose
uses a light hearted and amusing style to deconstruct the meaning of family and
the mindlessness of social constraints. In Mansha Tandon’s The Invisible Constituency the reader must once again confront
societal constraints, this time, with devastating consequences – the mass
produced working environment of the young technology recruit allows little room
for individuality. Anubha Yadav’s Naked
Gods told from the point of view of a child is an intensely observant piece
that follows the disintegration of a young man who is unable to come to terms
with the corruption of his own innocence. Sashikanta Mishra’s Deerskin deals with a different scale
and scope of corruption – social and institutional. Balance is perturbed when
an unshakeably honest forest officer is posted in the region and only a higher
power can resolve the situation.
The issue features art by Anju Dodiya entitled The Difficulty.
