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A darkly humorous story from Chloe Wilson.
‘The girl’s father wants the boy to be served chai in stainless steel cups only. If the girl mistakenly serves him in ceramic, her father waits for the customers to leave, then smashes the cup.’
Kritika Pandey’s ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’ won the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, as well as winning the regional prize for Asia.
The other regional winners were: ‘When a Woman Renounces Motherhood’ by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, representing Africa, ‘Mafootoo’ by Brian S. Heap for the Caribbean, ‘The Art of Waving’ by Andrea Macleod for the Pacific and ‘Wherever Mister Jensen Went’ by Reyah Martin for Canada and Europe.