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Travelling alone – not so unsafe after all…
Ever since I returned from my trek, I have been boring the ‘eyeballs off’ the people I know with my ongoing chatter about the trek. However, this is not about the trek per se. Well… there may be a reference or two. This post is about perceptions and reality; with specific reference to travelling in Continue reading
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When the Mountains Called
Chandrashila Peak beckons. Image credit – Binu Sivan Winner of IndiaHike’s March 2016 Blog Contest. http://indiahikes.in/march-2016-blog-contest-winners/ Recently I went on a high altitude trek to Chadrashila Peak (12,083 feet) in the Himalayas. If you want to read something that is packed with edge-of-the-cliff adventure, this is not that blog post. However, if you are willing Continue reading
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MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER
This is a short story I had written for a contest. I hope you enjoy it. Please do take the time out to revert with feedback, opinion and criticism (gently does it) in the comments section. Love, Binu. MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER I am sitting in my room… plucking photographs from an album and putting them Continue reading
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Dubai Poetics – Stay A While
My poem Stay A While has been published on the Dubai Poetics website. It is a website dedicated to poetry by those based in Dubai. Please do drop in and send some love our way 🙂 http://dubaipoetics.com/local-poetry/ Continue reading
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S for Success. S for Suicide.
A 17-year-old from New Delhi, a 16-year-old swimming champion in the making from Ghaziabad, nursing students, IIT students, medical students, engineering students, students who went through the grind of SAT and GRE and GMATS to get admission in the premier educational establishments of the world – what do these young people have in common? They Continue reading
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Acceptance
My first post for the year – :). An update into the last 21 days if you will. 2016 has been a ho-hum sort of year so far. Professionally I am doing well – enough writing and editing assignments to keep me busy. A bit too busy to be honest. But the world continues to Continue reading
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FORGET INTOLERANCE. LET’S FOCUS ON ACCEPTANCE.
I understand the world has been asking a lot of us. Our quota of sympathy and empathy is being dug into like never before. But these are exactly the times when we need to dig in deeper and pause… Continue reading
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Lessons from Aikido and how inadequacy is all in the head
This is a post that I had the opportunity to write for a wonderful blog called mommygolightly.com, by Lalita Iyer – a lady with an eye for the special moments of life. This was posted there on September 4th – http://mommygolightly.com/2015/09/04/lessons-from-aikido-and-how-inadequacy-is-all-in-the-head/. Glad to share it here. Please do share your thoughts and opinions. And do Continue reading
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