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Silence speaks louder than words. Amidst the clamour of voices and clatter of self -expression ,sometimes silence and mute acceptance speak a lot and compels the reader to read between the lines as well as beyond the lines. Silencing a voice gives rise to inquisitiveness regarding the expression or matter that was so unexpectable or dangerous that needed to be restricted. But silence has the fullness of speech."The fullness of silence would have exploded if it had not been able to in speech"( Max Picard 24) So silence has been adopted as a weapon by so many writers to vociferate the voiceless, the ugly, harrowing and deep distressing agony. Shashi Deshpande, a distinguished Indian woman writer , in her novels and stories makes her women protagonists speak louder by keeping them mum. They very effectively give voice to the suppressed feelings of women. In this paper ,I have taken into study three of her stories : 'A liberated Women',' The Stone Woman' and 'Why a Robin'. The three stories present three perspectives of women. Firstly, a woman who is highly educated and liberal yet bullied by her less educated husband because she hurts his ego. Secondly,a woman who does not accept the narcissistic existence of women as it is nothing but a matter to gratify the animal desires of male gaze. Thirdly, a women who is less educated and sophisticated and finds herself out of place and time because of her being naive and less educated.