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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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Before I headed out on that trek (post on it will be up in a couple of days), I had mentioned that I would be putting up excerpts from, and thoughts related to my novel-in-progress for your feedback. I have tried presenting it with the aged paper and old fashioned fonts look because I like… 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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Committing to a Dream
Some days ago I got a few messages on my LinkedIn account congratulating me on my work anniversary. An anniversary that celebrates my finally taking the plunge and becoming a freelance writer and editor. It is also the anniversary for many other momentous and not-so-momentous personal moments. It is the anniversary of the day I… Continue reading
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