Random Musings
On everything from parenting to politics to tea cups.
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A Return
I have learnt that the final draft is never the final draft, especially when working on one’s first ‘proper’ novel. Suffice it to say tears of blood have been shed. Continue reading
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Melancholia
I have been busy focusing on completing what I hope is the final draft of my first novel. This basically means that I have let the blog slide. Apologies. This is a poem I had written recently, and was featured in the latest (25th) issue of Dubai Poetics. (https://dubaipoetics.com/edition-xxv) Melancholia By Binu Sivan (Click on Continue reading
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TEACH HER A LESSON
I am trying to get my head around what is unfolding in Kerala. To boil it down to its bare essentials. A leading actress and actor had a fallout. There are many theories, reasons and notions floating around. Some say that she had rejected his advances and he was miffed. Others say that Continue reading
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Pambatt – Honouring The Goddess
Remember the Pambattu story I had promised? No! Can’t blame you. It has been some time coming. I did not forget it though; I was waiting to get some more input before I put it out there J Disclaimer: Image for illustrative purpose only. Image Courtesy: Manoj K. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarpa_Kavu_By_Manojk.JPG) If you have grown up in Continue reading
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Black Dog
This is another post that was written a few years back. Finally, ready to share. Depression, not the clinical variety that needs medical treatment, but the kind that most human beings encounter at one time or the other, catches most of us unawares, mid-step as we go about our chores. The warnings would have been Continue reading
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A Sita For Today’s Women – A Book Review
Note: I usually don’t review books or movies. But this book really got me thinking. I had to put my thoughts (at least some of them that I could pluck out of a rather stormy sea of muddled questions, ideas, thoughts and hopefully, learning) down on paper, so that I could move on to my Continue reading
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Why Being the Champion of our Dreams Doesn’t Make us Bitches!
“I want to live in the Himalayan foothills.” When I declared my long-cherished dream and plan for the future (after our daughter’s schooling), my city and plains-loving husband, to his credit, did not dissuade me. Maybe he thinks it is a phase. However, it has been a while and my dream has become stronger and Continue reading
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Odiyan
I am still working on the Pambattu piece. So in the meantime, here is something else from Kerala. This story (in fact there are two stories – I really should learn to write shorter posts!) too was handed down through the generations, with a few embellishments added along the way. I have also noted the Continue reading
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My Poem is Featured in Dubai Poetics.
My poem “Do You Believe In True Love?” (A verse version of an essay on romance I had written earlier) has been featured in the 6th edition of Dubai Poetics. Please do check it out at https://dubaipoetics.com/edition-vi/. Thanks :). Continue reading
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