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A Quay in Girvin
Something powerful a monster roiling underneath. The waves of Girvin speak a tongue deeper than any I have seen. It speaks not for ears but for the beating heart and the soul that churns within Hypnotic… the waves rise invitingly resisting the pull of ancient primitive forces that call me from deep within. I think Continue reading
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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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In the shadows
There are days when darkness does not scare me And then there are days when I shy away from the light. And my truth stays hidden. At times a total renegade to my own cause I search for my reality in another’s eyes… only to see blurred, murky Pools of reflections Posing as my reality. Continue reading
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Poem Excerpt
Am slowly limping back into social media. My novel’s final draft is almost done, and I now realise that it is not the final draft. I want to make a few more changes… Aaargh. To paraphrase Deepak from Masaan, “yeh drafts kahe katam nahi hote bey?” (Why doesn’t re-writing come to an end man?) So, 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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