Echoes of a Silent Cradle

"Echoes of a Silent Cradle" is a well narrated story that has interesting and varied layers that add to the story's subtleties. The story is interesting for its depiction of unconventional themes of gender equality and of twists of love and life's ardours set against an orthodox and conventional backdrop. There are visual qualities in the narration that attract and sustain the reader's interest. Human relationships that seem to appear by chance, are controlled by an unknown destiny. The references to the Hindu gods, the philosophies of religious justice, and the fate of the characters written in the stars are well-etched. The characters put on flesh and blood and are easily recognizable and identifiable as people living amongst us.