Shunya

<b>He appears out of nowhere in a sleepy little neighborhood in suburban Kerala. He calls himself Shunya the zero. <p/> Who is he? A lunatic? A dark magician? A fraud? Or an avadhuta an enlightened soul? </b> <p/> Saami as they call him settles into a small cottage in the backyard of the local toddy shop. Here he spins parables blesses curses drinks endless glasses of black tea and lives in total freedom. On rare occasions he plays soul-stirring melodies on his old bamboo-reed flute. Then just as mysteriously as he arrived Shunya vanishes setting the path for a new avadhuta a new era. <p/> This first novel by Sri M is a meditation on the void which collapses the wall between reality and make-believe the limited and the infinite. With its spare storytelling and profound wisdom it leads us into the realm of 'shunya ' the nothingness of profound and lasting peace the beginning and end of all things.