Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens Quotes

“The stories we tell each other, and the stories we tell ourselves. The stories we reveal, and those we hide. The stories we tell our children. These are the temples we build, they must not be erased.”
― Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

“Violence should not be met with the silence of the oppressed.”
― Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

“Possession of land is nine-tenths of the law; possession of history is nine-tenths of the future.”
― Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

“The beauty of a stone is not in its strengths but in the uniqueness of its failings.”
― Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

“I don’t mean English. I mean in their language, through their eyes. They only see their stories as valid. Give them that. Give them their stories but write them better. You’ve studied English literature; you know how it works.’ He”
― Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens