Scratching the Silence : Selected Poems – Praful Shiledar

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Thoughtful and luminous, these poems linger in the way fine poetry does. A book to savour. A book to revisit. — Arundhathi Subramaniam Prafull Shiledar tries to bridge the gap between self and the other, the inner and the outer, the personal and the political. He avoids being loud and vociferous; he scratches ‘silence’. It is a silence, thoughtful and bold, not a withdrawal from the hustle-bustle, rumble-tumble of life. — Ashok Vajpeyi These poems are like the utterances of a meditative mind speaking in a state of sadness, empathy and understanding. Although the poems express human tenderness, this tenderness is not limited to human beings, but their motherly affection goes out for all living beings. — HS Shivaprakash Prafull Shiledar has a unique poetic voice that is luminous and lyrical. His poems invoke the subliminal movements of a reflective mind with ease and eloquence. — EV Ramakrishnan