When Silence needs Permission

When Silence needs Permission

By Rajat Aikant Sharma Hill towns have always had a peculiar relationship with silence. Unlike the plains, where space is negotiated loudly and endlessly, the mountains prefer ambiguity. A bend in the road hides a shrine. A cluster of trees shelters a memory. A broken stone survives not because it is certified, but because no one ever felt threatened by it. In the hills, silence was never suspicious. It simply was. Trouble begins only when silen…