“Race and racial identity and what it means to be Australian and who gets to decide that … that has been a part of my life here, for my entire life …,” says Western Sydney author Shankari Chandran. “I’ve thought about it a lot but never had the courage to write about it.”
Chandran’s third book, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, is the project with which she’s found her courage – and the move has paid off.
