Sajal Choudhary

Sajal Choudhary

Sajal Choudhary

I am a platform engineer and a writer based in Finland.

I am also the author of A Year of Mornings, a collection of poems for young adults.

NordLetter

I send out a newsletter once a week about living in Finland + five interesting things I've found on the open web.

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Lately

Everything, as it happens — from the garden, the stream, the shelf, and the Nordletter.

November 2026
Haiku40 minutes ago

White fluffy snow falls.
A dog and a child stroll on the grass.
I sit writing at my desk.

Nordletterabout 9 hours ago
NL 131

Post Diwali Blues

Do you see the snow? Just now, I tried to click a picture of the falling snow just outside my window. Not one picture showed promise. If I click and hold the picture, as it moves, I can see the snow falling, but as soon…

Microabout 24 hours ago

Can You Write a Poetry Collection That’s a Page-Turner? by Kelly Grace Thomas

Because poetry can do this. It can move fast and deep, ask us to feel before we understand, and hold contradiction, mystery, and hard truths at once. And yet poetry has a reputation for being difficult—a slog you have to wade through rather than something you can’t wait to keep reading.

This is an interesting idea, giving a structure to the poetry where each following poem adds to the story. I tried it a bit with a year of mornings, but not really.