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a letter I didn't send

I wrote it in October, somewhere between the first draft and sending, decided not to. You were going through the thing you were go…

#letter#friendship#essay

— AnonymousAug 25, 2026

a birthday in a city far from the people who know you

Mine was in January, which was convenient because Delhi in January has a cold that justifies staying home. My actual birthday pref…

#birthday#family#essay

— Ira ChaudharyAug 21, 2026

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a letter I didn't send

a birthday in a city far from the people who know you

coffee at 3am and what it means

rain in June, a corrective

things that disappear without announcement

on the 7:45 from Dwarka

tuesday, nothing special

on missing people who haven't left

moving again

the cook who gave notice

on the day Chandni Chowk felt like mine

the man who fixed my screen

the interview

the bookshop that still exists

how to be alone in a city that doesn't believe in privacy

my father's silences, a partial catalogue

something to do with mangoes

holi, next door

the monsoon city

things my grandmother said about suffering

on losing things slowly

the office birthday cake problem

enough

things I learned from parallel parking in Sarojini Nagar

the colleague who cried in the office bathroom

the last day of any lease

three roommates

my mother calls at 7pm

October

small violences of a shared kitchen

on always being the person who remembers birthdays

the 8:12 from Rajiv Chowk

the neighbor practices harmonium at 11pm

notes from a power cut in July

the street dog I named Govinda

the autorickshaw driver who quoted Kabir at me

my landlord has strong opinions about my curtains

my father visits for three days

cutting chai and other constants

how I accidentally became a regular somewhere

on the efficiency of grief

the café on Hauz Khas

on being asked for the third time this year