Kandachamy’s review of Shadows & Silhouettes in the Moonlight > Likes and Comments

Thank you, Dr. Vijayakumar, for taking the time to read Shadows and Silhouettes in the Moonlight and for sharing such a thoughtful reflection. I’m truly grateful for the care with which you engaged with the book.
Your observation about the contrast between the haziness of the title and the vividness of the narrative is perceptive. Memory does soften with age, yet certain moments in life remain unexpectedly sharp, refusing to fade.
It’s heartening to know that Sam’s quiet, unhurried journey, rooted in the rhythms of a very ordinary Kerala childhood in the 1950s, felt familiar to you. Many readers from that generation have found echoes of their own early lives in his experiences, even when the details differ. Your comparison to Nirad Chaudhuri’s style was both unexpected and deeply encouraging.
The book never set out to chase sensationalism; it simply tries to honour the small truths of a very average boy’s life, his stumbles, hopes, and quiet revelations as he searches for meaning. And if some readers sense an autobiographical undercurrent, I can only say that fiction often borrows its emotional feathers from the author’s own wings.
Thank you once again for your generous and heartfelt comments. They mean more to me than you know.

Anna,
We are inspired by the 'little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love', to quote William Wordsworh, which are abundant in our life. Let us cherish them.
My regards to Sophiacchi!
Vijay (annan)