Status Updates From The Masala Chai Mystery Club

got an arc for this! bring on the book club, the mystery, and the chai

‘I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been told to “go home,” or called “saree-curry” or “dothead” because I used to wear a bindi on my forehead before I became a widow, or had my food called “ethnic.” It’s one of the millions of ways people make us into “the other,” so they don’t have to treat us equally. It hurts. I get it.

I just finished part 1. It does feel like most mystery novels, but there’s something cozier about this one than most. I’m loving the characters