One bright, sunny spring morning, The Wise Owl Team visited a tiny hamlet in Punjab (India) called Motemajra. We had learnt that the local populace had stopped harvesting water chestnuts in the village lake as it was the nesting ground of painted storks.  As soon as we reached the lake, our eyes were riveted by the sight of a flock of painted storks foraging in the shallow waters for fish. It was a mesmerising sight. Storks are also known to be the guardian angels of birth, renewal, creativity and fertility.  So, we decided to baptise our April edition the Painted Stork edition.

 

The April edition has on offer interviews with creative stalwarts- Manju Kapur, an award-winning writer, whose recent book The Gallery, has been long listed for the Auther awards 2024 and Barbara Jaenicke, an Oregon based award-winning artist who excels in oils and pastels. We also talk to Jonaki Ray, about Firefly Memories, her beautiful poetry collection. Poetry, stories, reviews, visual art, & podcasts suffuse this edition with creative energy and vigour. Our Montage film, 'My Phone, My Life' dwells on how phones have taken over our lives. At the centre of the film is a woman who struggles to punch in a phone number and then gives up even while the phone toting herds are blissfully ignorant of her struggle. This film has been selected for screening at various International  Short Film Festivals in UK and USA. 

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So dear readers & viewers, do find time to browse through  the literary and artistic fare we have curated for you. 

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