Beneath the Ashes – A Poetic Excavation of Emotion, Introspection, and Survival
Too grand for stories, too deep for prose, it blooms in verse, like a hidden rose.
This single line encapsulates the essence of Beneath the Ashes, a poetry collection by Ninad Sunil Jangle, a.k.a. N.S. Jangle. A Digital Design Engineer by day and a poet by soul, Ninad has emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in contemporary poetry, earning the prestigious 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award for his deeply introspective and emotionally rich work.
Beneath the Ashes is not simply a book—it is a quiet rebellion against silence. Crafted in under 21 days as part of a writing challenge by BookLeaf Publishing, the collection moves through the emotional cadence of Fall, Conflict, Reflection, Struggle, and finally, Confrontation. Each stage is a layer peeled back, revealing not just poetic brilliance but a soul learning to breathe through the ashes of its own experience.
This is not a book of solutions, nor of moral high ground. Ninad doesn’t write to teach; he writes to resonate. His work is a mirror, often fogged by heartbreak, disillusionment, and longing, but always honest. Each poem in the collection stands as a vignette of inner weather—cloudy, stormy, sometimes unbearably still.
“There are moments in life that leave you burned, and in that charred silence, if you listen closely, there’s poetry,” Ninad says. “Beneath the Ashes is about listening to that silence and giving it a voice.”
Though known in the tech world for his expertise in RTL design and digital systems architecture, Ninad’s literary side explores terrain that is raw and emotional. As a writer, he doesn’t aim to fix anyone’s wounds, only to sit with them, and perhaps make the loneliness a little more bearable.
His poetry personifies internal struggles and frames emotions as characters waging invisible battles. There’s no rush to heal or moralize. Instead, there is space—space to feel, space to reflect, and space to breathe.
The Emily Dickinson Award jury praised Beneath the Ashes for its “introspective power and the poet’s ability to transform quiet sorrow into a resounding truth.” Indeed, it is this capacity for emotional authenticity that makes Ninad’s work linger long after the last page.
For readers looking to connect with something deeply personal yet universally familiar, Beneath the Ashes is not just a poetry collection—it’s a companion through the storms we don’t always talk about.
📖 Book Title: Beneath the Ashes
🏆 Award: 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award
📍 From: Thane, India
📸 Instagram: @ninadjangle
