• Christmas tree, lit up like a star

    The Christmas tree in front of them looked like a disaster. There were pine needles at its bottom, on the sofa and coffee table, and Shilpa spied some near the front door as well. It was a tiny little tree, no more than two feet, and yet it had shed so many needles. Clean up…

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  • Using Sheets to organize my reading effort

    It is a truth universally acknowledged and known that Suchita Agarwal uses a Google sheet to organize her reading efforts. But, why and how that began is a story she would like to tell you today.

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  • 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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