“In these fifty-four breathtaking flash fiction pieces, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar paints a world of characters, tender and lucid, heartbreaking with unforgettable details. Be it the woman longing to be a mother, or a wife manifesting the morning chai made right, a daughter on a road trip with her ageing parents to see the Taj Mahal, these short but powerful tales pulse with moments of love and abandonment, each more startling than the last. Morsels of Purple is a collection not to be missed.” — Tara Isabel Zambrano, author of Death, Desire, and Other Destinations.

“In her debut collection, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar explores the intricacies of familial love and duty, questioning what it means to be a wife, daughter and mother. These 54 stories, snapshotting life’s more bruising moments—soured marriages, infertility, gender inequality and grief—are tempered by lush descriptions and mouth-watering meals, from a mother’s mango pickles to bewitched halwa. Chansarkar skillfully transports the reader from the suburbs of Ohio to the perfumed courtyards of India, creating in Morsels of Purple a gorgeous, multicultural feast.” — Sara Hills, author of The Evolution of Birds

“Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar is such a deft writer with an amazing talent for building entire worlds in very small spaces and then populating those places with characters caught in moments of change. I’m especially drawn to the women in her stories—daughters, mothers and might-have-been mothers who are so full of ache and a woman unable to conceive a child who commits an unthinkable act, a daughter who humors her elderly, fading father with a pilgrimage to the Taj Mahal, and a woman who conducts a funeral for a dead baby bird while grieving a recent miscarriage. I’d follow them anywhere.” — Sarah Freligh, author of We and Sad Math

“Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar weaves spells with her stories―at once enchanting, compassionate, wise and illuminating. Set in worlds that are sometimes familiar, sometimes new, she draws us in with a deftness that proves her skill as a master flash fiction writer. This collection is a treasure, one I will savor and relish, again and again.” — Sudha Balagopal, author of Things I Can't Tell Amma and A New Dawn