Githa Hariharan, in her two short stories 'Untitled Poem' and 'The Reprieve', gives the male characters a chance to voice their feelings and in turn puts them into the dock where they reveal the layers of sensitivity that lies undiscovered in them. They are accountable to themselves for all their actions and such actions give the female characters a stronger position. This paper seeks to explore the voices of the male figures and analyze the female characters in relation to them