Every once in a while you meet a writer whose poems feel lived rather than composed. Someone who records what the world leaves on them and then turns those traces into language. That is where Shince Peter MS writes from.
Shince grew up in Nilambur, Kerala, a place of rivers, forests, and slow, telling rhythms. Those village scenes didn’t just form the backdrop of his childhood; they lodged in memory and later returned as lines of verse. What began as a hobby during his undergraduate years turned into a practice of sustained attention: small moments observed, held, and rendered with care.
His collection Seraphic Verses grew from two converging threads: long rides across India and the echo of home that followed him on every road. The poems move with a lyrical ease, folding travel notes into domestic memories, and giving equal weight to mountain passes and village dawns. Here’s the thing: Shince writes from experience, not from détachement. That groundedness gives his images a clarity that reads like a witness account of life.
His academic and professional path has always run alongside his literary one. He holds a Master’s in English Literature, a Master’s in Business Administration, and an MPhil in HR. Today he continues that pursuit through a PhD in Management at Bharathidasan University, where he conducts research in Human Resource Management and Employer Brand Equity with the same dedication and depth he brings to his poetry.
Travel has shaped both his sensibility and his subject matter. He is the kind of traveller who seeks roads that change you. In 2018 he rode his Royal Enfield to Khardung La, then considered the highest motorable road in the world. Those journeys sharpen his eye and widen his sense of what a poem can hold.
Outside the pages and the lecture halls, Shince tends the land. He curates and markets organic produce through @plantersorganicfarm on Instagram, a practice that reflects the same patience and attentiveness evident in his writing. If his poems are about place, his farming is about stewardship.
His poetic journey found a moment of recognition when he received the 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award for his poetry Seraphic Verses. It is a piece that distills his strengths as a writer. Quiet emotion. Clean imagery. A sense of place. A sense of self.
The book also received a distinguished honour when it was released in Trivandrum by Dr. Shashi Tharoor on 16th November 2025. Dr. Tharoor later shared the release on X, describing Shince Peter as a “promising poet of Kerala.” Praise of this stature, coming from one of India’s most eminent authors, thinkers, and scholars, stands as a testament to the depth, quality, and literary promise reflected in his poems.
Shince’s story is a reminder that literature grows from lived habits: the roads we take, the work we do, the land we tend, and the memories we keep. For readers who want to follow the many sides of his life as a poet, professional, traveller, and farmer, he shares his journey on Instagram at @shincepetersunny.
📖 Book Title: Seraphic Verses – A lyrical odyssey beneath the medlar tree
🏆 Awards: 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award
📍 From: Nilambur, Kerala, India
📸 Instagram: shincepetersunny
