Cluttered Papers
Adhithya K REssays, book highlights, and thoughts on writing
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It's Chekhov's world and we're just living in it
Earlier this year, I was infected with an obsession. I wanted to understand the short stories of Anton Chekhov.
It isn’t that his language is convoluted. Few writers write in such consistently simple prose shirking any metaphor or exagger...
12 short stories I read in March 2026
1. A girl I knew by J. D. Salinger
Genre: Romance/Literary | Reading time: 25 minutes | Content rating: PG-13
A young American visiting Europe is fascinated with a girl, who doesn’t speak English. They establish an unlikely connectio...
I made a fun game called Tic Tac Toe Chess
It’s not often that Instagram motivates me to action, but this is the exception. I came across a reel about a game: “Tic Tac Toe Chess.” The rules are pretty simple.
- Each side starts with four chess pieces – A pawn, a knight, a bishop...
The Dispossessed: Walls and the people who break them
This review has a few spoilers for The Dispossessed, but hopefully won’t take away from the effect of reading it. It’s a complicated book and an introduction to its structure might help. My hope is that this review makes you pick it up.
Th...
Festival of sodden lights: A short story
This story is set in an Indian context and uses some vernacular references. There’s a glossary at the end, but the terms shouldn’t distract from the story too much.
Savithri knew when she moved to Ooty in 1995 that it was a rainy place. Bu...
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I write two newsletters. Cluttered Papers is for slow reading of literature and original stories. Five Slices is for big ideas and novel insights from business, tech, and culture.
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