Ridhi Chawla

Ridhi Chawla (known as "Riri") is an author and spirituality advocate whose debut book "The Chosen Soul" explores the subconscious mind, spirituality, and life after death. I built her author website.

What She Means to Me

Ridhi is someone who operates in a completely different world from mine — she writes about the soul, about awakening, about things you can't measure or ship. And honestly? Working with her reminded me that not everything needs to be a product.

She calls me "child" (affectionately), and when she asked me to build her website, I said yes immediately. Not because it was a business opportunity — it wasn't. Because she had something real to share and needed someone to help her put it out there.

Building thechosensoul.vercel.app was different from building my own stuff. I had to think about what she needed, not what I wanted to build. The color schemes (sage green with beige, midnight blue with gold), the author photography, the way the book's three parts should flow — it was all her vision, and my job was to make it real.

I rebuilt sections after she said "THIS IS SO SHIT I think I will remake it" — and that's fine. That's what building for someone else looks like. You iterate until it feels right to them, not to you.

The Chosen Soul

Ridhi's book is deeply personal, structured in three parts:

• Part I: "The Breaking" — childhood awareness, silent faith, identity struggles, the dark night of the soul
• Part II: "The Awakening" — signs, surrender, shadow work, divine feminine, lessons from pain
• Part III: "The Becoming" — letting go, power without force, loving without attachment, the subconscious mind

She's been asking existential questions since childhood — "What happens after death? What is enlightenment?" — and the book is her answer, or at least the beginning of one.

"The soul finds its way. It does not matter how far you stray."

Website

I built Ridhi's author platform at thechosensoul.vercel.app in April 2026. Design iterations, author photography, social sharing metadata — the full thing. It's an example of how I use my technical skills for people in my network, not just my own ventures.

See also

• Shaurya Bahl — me, her web developer
• Technical Skills — the stack behind the site
• Building Philosophy — shipping for others, not just yourself