Read Reflect Remember Rejoice Rekha

Since 2011 when aaduna’s inaugural issue was published, I have routinely continued to ponder the daunting task of presenting creative literary and artistic voices that are intriguing and pertinent to how we discover, ascertain, and cherish the multi-faceted dimensions of our collective human existence. And then I throw in our penchant to present emerging and traditional voices that run the gamut of race, culture, identity, gender diversity and all the societal boxes that we tend to put people in.

Interestingly, that specific task of presenting a diverse, multicultural issue whenever we publish is built on a marketing and submission platform that from day one valued everyone’s creativity while recognizing that segments of the human diaspora were overwhelmingly absent from those avenues that provided intellectual and cultural gist to the public.

So, when we state, ‘Read Reflect Remember Rejoice Rekha ” that phrase serves two purposes, the process of discovery and embracement, as well as the joy of presenting a creative and energetic voice.

Rekha Valliappan, photo provided

Rekha Valliappan.

A world citizen with prior residencies in multi-ethnic countries and a passion for travel in the US, Europe and Japan, Ms. Valliappan sees the world through a different lens. I suspect she has a kaleidoscope assessment of the human condition and immerses her writing in that viewpoint.  But you need to read a snippet of her words.  In the coming issue of aaduna, we will present her story,

“The Desiccated Adventures of Coco King” and here is how the story starts:            

When the photo was developed I was stunned to find the tree missing. Was it an omen? There stood Sarkar in a pose to authenticate the tree, smiling in that rakish free-and-easy way he had a snazzy talent for. However, the very subject of our trip had eluded us--not even a blur, the kind that might appear should the camera equipment have shaken. But why would that occur? We had been careful. We were no runaway mad dogs of glory. We were no garden-variety dreamers of dragons and myths. Maybe we were introspective poets. Our camera had stood squarely upon a good-sized fallen stump we had resourcefully located to capture the one-of-a-kind shot, just as Sarkar would have wished. What a killing, closer to the truth! But where was the tree?

To answer the character’s question, you will have to wait.

Coming soon. 

The next issue of aaduna.

Coming soon…

Rekha Valliappan.

Read Reflect Remember Rejoice!

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