The Architecture of Listening

Across India’s villages, life unfolds in rhythms shaped by land, labour, memory, and community. Yet these places are often spoken about more than they are truly heard. In The Architecture of Listening, Tripta Sharma brings together twenty-one reflective poems that emerge from years of working and walking through these landscapes. With a voice that is both contemplative and grounded, the poems explore the quiet intelligence of everyday life — the resilience of farmers, the strength of women’s collectives, the wisdom preserved in seeds, soil, and shared memory. This collection invites readers to reconsider familiar ideas of development and progress, and to that sometimes the most p