Archive - The Chaddi Things

Which City Are You From?

We are at our go-to restaurant to grab a quick bite, if you can call two sabzis, one dal, two starters, three desserts, and fifty-seven naans a quick…

Jun 19 •

It’s almost 5 in the morning and I’ve switched off the lights.

Jun 12 •

February 2025

Valentine's Day

“What are we doing tomorrow?” my wife asked me in the afternoon.

Feb 13 •

January 2025

संडे दोपहर का चूरमा

बचपन में काफ़ी साल तक एक ही रेस्टोरेंट गए। काफ़ी बार गए होंगे। पर क्योंकि एक ही था, तो सारी यादें मिल गई हैं। अब वो सब एक ही याद है। कितना भी दिमाग़ पर…

Jan 19 •

December 2024

New Year Resolutions

People often ask, “What are your resolutions?

Dec 26, 2024 •

I find myself packing my bags in the middle of the night.

Dec 11, 2024 •

November 2024

Three weeks ago, I came to Goa for a meeting.

Nov 17, 2024 •

September 2024

Call Me By Your Suffix

I am on a call with quite a big actress.

Sep 23, 2024 •

Garden of Grief

Grief is a tiny balcony in the house called the past.

Sep 15, 2024 •

July 2024

As the Kirana store uncle is almost done billing the items my mother had placed on his table, I reach just in time with three bottles of deodorant in my…

Jul 24, 2024 •

I have woken up in the middle of a forest.

Jul 7, 2024 •

May 2024

"What should we gift them?" I ask my wife, not fully realizing that it's too late to think about a gift now.

May 2, 2024 •

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