• Reviewing (some) of the JCB Longlist Books

    The thing about having Sona as your reading partner is, she will share bookish news with you like, “The JCB Longlist is out.” It was only thanks to her enthusiasm that I understood why that phrase made her act like an adult in a bookstore. And only now do I appreciate how much that phrase…

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  • From me, to me

    From me, to me

    I wrote an open letter to myself sometime in August 2017 which makes it exactly 6 years ago. I went through it and I cannot believe I called myself not wise. I mean, that letter was peak wisdom. What was 27-year-old Suchita even thinking, calling herself not wise!

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  • The house that whispers

    The house that whispers

    As you sleep, curled into your side, a blanket raised right up to your shoulder, something moves in the darkness. You don’t sense anything in the beginning, asleep as you are. Confident that a closed door will protect you from events that may mean you harm.

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  • An ode to my Chemistry teacher, on Teacher’s Day

    You came into our life on a bright afternoon when we were 13 because we were being hooligans and they couldn’t find another substitute teacher. You didn’t scold us though. Just set up an assignment for us to do and for the rest of the thirty minutes, we were quiet, in awe of you.

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  • A few bookish opinions

    A few bookish opinions

    If there is one thing that the A-team of Blogchatter loves doing – whether in the middle of the day or during the Wednesday Twitter chats and sometimes later in the evening – it is to share our deepest secrets around books, authors and writing.

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  • 12 instant pick-me-ups

    12 instant pick-me-ups

    I’m not in the habit of making lemonade when life gives me lemons. Because my first reaction to an adversity is plain denial with the fervent hope that if I don’t see it, it won’t see me. The time period between me realizing that the problem is real may have reduced with age, but my…

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  • Questions you shouldn’t ask a writer

    Telling someone I’m a writer has always gotten me a mix bag of responses. Some people look at me with envy. Some look at me with pity. Sometimes people will talk about how much the idea of writing scares them. Many times, I will hear a variation of: I have this amazing story – why…

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