Gayatri Saikia | per_fictionist ’s Reviews > The Masala Chai Mystery Club > Status Update

‘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.