Mridula Nath Chakraborty reviews To Silence by Subhash Jaireth

To Silence

by Subhash Jaireth

Puncher and Wattmann

Reviewed by MRIDULA NATH CHAKRABORTY

The titular aptness of Subhash Jaireth’s latest offering cannot be overstated. If silence can indeed be voiced, here it is, speaking volumes. The slimness of the book belies its depth of thought and profundity of expression. In three short vignettes, Jaireth manages to bring to us whole universes: worlds as far-flung as