Songs of the Reed
Singhal, Heena
A man close to death is discovered somewhere in strife-torn Kashmir, alone but for the company of birds, in a decrepit room that is silent but for their agitated songs. Where does 'The Birdman'-as he is named by his perplexed rescuers-belong? In which soil is his misery rooted?
Roots are in fact the leitmotif of Heena Singhal's Song of the Reed, inspired by Rumi's poem of the same name, which talks of the lament emerging from the flute, and t...